00:00Hello everyone, and welcome to the first ever DevBlog for Grounded.
00:04My name is Shyla, and I am the Social Media Manager here at Obsidian Entertainment.
00:09So let's get started.
00:13Grounded is our upcoming cooperative 1-4 player survival adventure game
00:18where you and your friends will need to explore, build, and survive together
00:22as you work to overcome the dangers of the backyard.
00:25When you get into the game, you will play as one of the following four characters
00:31Max, Willow, Pete, or Hoops.
00:34And you will start out very, very, very small.
00:38About a centimeter to be exact.
00:41Why are you so small? Why are you in the backyard?
00:44Well, these are questions that you will answer as you play through the game.
00:52There are some pretty strange things going on around here.
00:55And not just the fact that you've been shrunken down and have no idea where you are.
01:00As you go out and explore, you will be able to uncover all the mysteries of the backyard.
01:06While exploring, you will want to make sure to bring plenty of markers with you
01:10in order to mark areas of interest, helping you and your friends navigate around the yard.
01:18Once you get the lay of the land, you will want to set up your home base.
01:22Using the game's blueprint feature, you will be able to map out how you want your base to look
01:27before going off to gather materials.
01:29And the best part? Your friends will also be able to lay out blueprints and help make modifications to your
01:35plan.
01:36You will also want to craft items to help you survive in the backyard.
01:40To begin crafting, you will first need to locate an analyzer to help you find new recipes.
01:46Each time you analyze an item, the results will be shared with everyone playing, saving you valuable playtime.
01:55Some items you can craft, you will be able to do it anywhere in the backyard.
01:59However, some of the larger, sturdier items and some armor may require a workbench.
02:05Your home base, tools, furniture, weapons and armor will all be needed to help you survive.
02:15You will find out very quickly that you are not the only living creature in the backyard.
02:20From ants to stink bugs, ladybugs to aphids, gnats and more, the backyard and grounded is home to an impressive
02:29ecosystem.
02:31Some of the wildlife you encounter will be neutral towards you.
02:34However, others won't be as friendly.
02:37It will be up to you to equip yourself properly if you want to survive the hordes of insects that
02:43may or may not want to eat you.
02:47Eventually, you will also encounter your eight-legged neighbors.
02:52To help those with arachnophobia play the game, the team has been working closely with Microsoft's User Research Lab to
02:59develop an arachnophobia mode that will change the look and feel of the spiders.
03:05This mode will also be client-side, so each person playing will be able to decide if they want to
03:10play with arachnophobia mode on or off without affecting the other people playing.
03:18In our next vlog, we'll go over how the team has streamlined the survival process.
03:24Also, please feel free to comment below with any questions you may have for the team and we'll try to
03:29answer them in a future vlog.
03:31Grounded will release on Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access on July 28th, so mark your calendars everyone and
03:40we'll see you in the backyard soon.
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