Unveiled Newsletters

City State Entertainment publishes a monthly newsletter about the development of Camelot Unchained, entitled Unveiled. It contains updates, articles from various members of the development team, questions from the Community, and usually a new or updated story for the game's lore.

General Overview

The Newsletter is broken up to multiple components, some of which aren't available in every Newsletter.

• Team Tidings: This is the introduction and overview of the Unveiled newsletter.
• Dragon Accident Report: A short section that humorously talks about an incident or event in the studio.
• Updates: Serves as a section for general game news. Everything from stretch goals, testing goals, and other milestones are talked about in this section.
• CMSphere: Originally this section served as a Q&A for the Newsletter. It was later repurposed to serve as community focused news.
• Hot Topics: This small section gives a pulse about what topics are trending on the forums.
• Community Meetup: This section only shows up occasionally, and serves to give a reader a heads up about official visits to Cons and Events.
• Look What You Did: This is where Backer creations are showcased to the wider Community. This can be everything from C.U.B.E./Building System creations to fan fiction or art.
• Thank You: CSE is never one to let a gift go unthanked, and often the surprises they receive are presented here.
• Dose of Design: This is where one of the design team discuss some of the design of the game.
• Developer Quotes: A short quote that a dev has made, often related to gaming.
• Artitup: This section offers additional concept art, or art explanation. The featured artist will often explain their thoughts and mechanical process for the featured piece.
• Tech Central: Where a technical aspect of the game is presented. Similar to Artitup, this is often done in great detail.
• State of the Build: This is a summary of the improvements done to the game build for the month of the newsletter.
• Spotlight: The spotlight focuses on an individual or group's contributions to the game in the form of an interview. This section often comes with tags to show the relevance of the reviewed, such as: developer, Backer, etc.
• Lore Corner: The Lore Corner section features a new or rewritten lore story from Max Porter.

Issues of Unveiled 2014

Unveiled #1

August 2014

Updates	Store is added to the website.
Dose of Design	What will happen in Camelot Unchained when a veteran player battles against newer players?
State of the Build	Improving client/patcher/server stability, performance and scaling improvements. Oh, and fireballs.
Dev Spotlight	French Community Manager, Charles Ribemont.
Lore Corner	Golem Becoming teaser.

Unveiled #2

September 2014

Updates	P.A.T. (Pre-Alpha Test) Checklists are added.
Dose of Design	Map size.
Artitup	Fir Bog concept, Stormrider concept art, Web/UI assets, and more.
State of the Build	Character persistence, data driven sky, improvements in Relay/Listen server, and more.
Dev Spotlight	Senior Engineer, Brian Green - A day in the life of a Game Programmer.

Unveiled #3

October 2014

Updates	E.A.R.S. funded, [Engineer Cometh] starts, 2nd P.A.T. Checklist.
Dose of Design	Banes and Boons.
Artitup	3D modeling and rigging for Stormrider, melee combat, and Armor.
State of the Build	Stability, new features, DX10 card issues, control game and more.
Tech Central	The testing process.
Backer Spotlight	German Translation Team, Endoria.

Unveiled #4

November 2014

Updates	Progress in P.A.T. Checklist, tests gone well.
Dose of Design	Progression, and daily rewards.
Artitup	Armor concepts, mix and matching, and mage armor.
State of the Build	Server capacity, performance, improved bone level of detail, auto-run, and more.
Tech Central	User interface benefits.
Partner Spotlight	Nvidia Technical Evangelist, Chad Vivoli.

Unveiled #5

December 2014

Updates	Halfway to [Engineer SG], clearer description of job.
Dose of Design	Motivation for Building.
Artitup	Spell FX concepts, and more on Armor.
State of the Build	First building system, health/stamina, arcing projectiles, and more.
Tech Central	High fantasy take on coding and engineering.
Backer Spotlight	Mod and graph specialist, Internal Tester Mehuge.

Issues of Unveiled 2015

Unveiled #6

Janurary 2015

Updates	Sound Enginer Cometh funds, ding 3 million, and Hug the World.
Dose of Design	Economics.
Artitup	Character customization, spellbook concepts, and Tuatha Archer.
State of the Build	Start on ability crafting, UI improvements, channeled abilities, improved sync, and more.
Tech Central	Physics in a gameworld.
Spotlight	Socialization in MMOs, where has it gone?
Lore Corner	Úlfhéðnar Becoming rewrite.

Unveiled #7

February 2015

Updates	Intro to Daniel Beck, Hug the World funds, next SG is for programmers.
Dose of Design	Archetype, class, and path structure.
Artitup	Art Pipeline and mage armor concepts.
Tech Central	Unchained Editor for art assets.
State of the Build	Ability crafting, new larger map, reduced projectile life, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Dedicated Dev Tracker, Tarsir.
Lore Corner	Cait Sith Becoming rewrite.

Unveiled #8

March 2015

Updates	Tech Alpha Footage and intro to art intern Chris.
Dose of Design	Constructing ability building.
Artitup	Building textures.
Tech Central	Character visualization.
State of the Build	Alpha bug fixes, song intro, sound effects for the spellbook, swing effect and more.
Backer Spotlight	Collaborative building and city projects with Fanglo, Foggye, and Mordran.
Lore Corner	Dvergar Becoming rewrite Pt.1.

Unveiled April Fool's Edition

April 2015

Updates	Winner tag.
Dose of Design	Stealth.
Gold Selling Program	Beat gold sellers by undercutting them.
Tech Central	Be the Cube, Pong, and working on a 286.
State of the Build	Patch notes, patch notes, patch notes.
Alternative Rules	Pay to Win Server.
New Race	The Poodl'elic'iou~s Race.
Lore Corner	Poodl'elic'iou~s Becoming.
Redefining PvP	Were-Platypus.

Unveiled #9

April 2015

Updates	Programmers SG funded, and Spirit Caster SG starts.
Dose of Design	Pet classes in CU, and how they can work.
Artitup	Spirit pets, and an archery frame.
Tech Central	Importance of Source Control.
State of the Build	Grey world bug smashed, new blocks, textures and extrude tool for C.U.B.E., and more.
Backer Spotlight	Technically Handy Backer, RealLifeGobbo.
Lore Corner	Dvergar Becoming Part 2.

Unveiled #10

May 2015

Updates	Spirit in the Sky near funding, more SGs to be announced, and new hire updates hoping to come soon.
CMSphere	Updated format. 2 year anniversary, t-shirts upcoming, more German translators added and more.
Dose of Design	Making archers distinct, feel different from mages, and feel immersive.
Artitup	Human models, updating art for the Master Avatar System and C.U.B.E. logos.
Tech Central	Programming Languages.
State of the Build	Working on terrain editor, building physics, add sun and moon with stars, more component modifiers, and more.
Dev Spotlight	CSE Sound Engineer Daniel Beck, aka dB.
Lore Corner	Hamadryad Becoming rewrite.

Unveiled #11

June 2015

Updates	Building destruction, world terrain editor/generation, and sky/weather additions.
CMSphere	Vines, IT Self Test group, players adding to the game, and field of view.
Dose of Design	Procedurally Enhanced World Building.
Artitup	C.U.B.E. page and design.
Tech Central	Clouds.
State of the Build	Fixed some rubberbanding, arrow abilities, some stats, copy/paste in C.U.B.E., and more.
Backer Spotlight	Awesome Streamer, Arctix.
Lore Corner	Luchorpán Becoming rewrite.

Unveiled #12

July 2015

Updates	Realm honors SG funds, and the Stealth SG begins.
CMSphere	Exciting vines, rainbows, C.U.B.E. optimization, Gen Con, Dragon Con, and more.
Dose of Design	Counter-Revolutionary Combat
Artitup	Animation and stance editor, new members to the game, adding environment and props, UI, and more.
Tech Central	Data storage
State of the Build	Importance of development tools, Improved data saving, rubberband fixes, added HBAO, updated interrupt system, and more.
Backer Spotlight	C.U.B.E. Expert, Necromaniak.
Lore Corner	Jötnar Becoming, Part 1

Unveiled #13

August 2015

Updates	Stealth Unchained is moving along.
CMSphere	Storms, exotic buildings, sample armor skins, backer event calendar, and questions answered about animations.
Dose of Design	Digital Dice: Introducing randomness and uncertainty without relying too much on RNG.
Artitup	Updated Fir Bog Model from new artist Jon, concept artist working on armor, more icons, sfx and more.
Tech Central	Recipe for Destruction: About building stability and destruction.
State of the Build	Building optimization, general gameplay effects, blueprint improvements, a new moon, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Italian Translation Team, Harkrom.
Lore Corner	Jötnar Becoming, Part 2

Unveiled #14

September 2015

Updates	Beta update, new devs Marc Hernandez and George Davidson, Dragon Con, and Fall Class Reveal
CMSphere	Live gameplay for Dragon Con, more Community events, donation of Tiers for fundraiser, question answered about seasonal events.
Dose of Design	Iterative Design: The design process through pushing limits and experimentation before finalizing.
Artitup	Terrain art push, promotional posters, second pass human models, and Realm-based armors.
Tech Central	Every Designer's Favorite Tool: Use of Excel and scripting to make effective tools.
State of the Build	Body part locations and injury, new sounds, client improvements, and plot rules.
Backer Spotlight	Energetic Blogger, TimothyTierless aka Tierless Time
Lore Corner	Valkyrie Becoming rewrite Part 1

Unveiled #15

October 2015

Updates	Stealth Unchained SG funded, and the next one starts for more programnmers, Shapeshifters class reveal.
CMSphere	Art and UI Livestreams, Reveal discussions, backer visits, and community question about Recruiter Anna.
Dose of Design	Archetype Evolution: Ben breaks down design choices going from the Path_System to trios in the class reveals.
Artitup	Class reveals art, armor art, model updates to test soon, patcher redesign and status vfx.
Tech Central	Tech Central: Dave talks about some tech choices and options to have more unique characters on the screen.
State of the Build	Rendering and gamma improvements, local keybinds, new UI system, test bots improvements, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Savvy Youtuber, CloakingDonkey
Lore Corner	Valkyrie Becoming rewrite Part 2

Unveiled #16

November 2015

Updates	Merchline swag, SG update, and UI master James
CMSphere	City projects, art and streams, and Devout question.
Dose of Design	On the Road to Beta: an overview of what the game would be like come Beta.
Artitup	Female Luchorpán model, Silverhands art, and Aftereffects VFX.
Tech Central	A Less Gooey UI: An overview of the UI team, the tools they use, and how to get involved.
State of the Build	Autoscaling, bigger test map, physX bug fixed, bigger block selection and more.
Backer Spotlight	Dedicated Mod Squadder, Saddie
Lore Corner	Tales of the One True City - Part 3

Unveiled #17

December 2015

Updates	Performance upgrades, alpha performance testing, new crafting doc and reveal, and new splash for the main site.
CMSphere	Community review, stretch goals, wiki, translation teams, hanging out, Merchline, and a question about archers.
Dose of Design	Class Construction: behind the scenes look at how the classes got put together.
Artitup	Armor pieces, Valkyrie revisit, environment moods, crafting UI, and more.
Tech Central	Letter from the Knights of the World Weavers: rendition of how the world is put together that will make RPers smile.
State of the Build	Balancing anti-cheating features and performance, new building materials, Bigger blueprints, equipment slots, wounds UI and more.
Backer Spotlight	C.U.B.E. Artist, Zeroumus.
Lore Corner	Gargoyle Becoming, Part 1.

Issues of Unveiled 2016

Unveiled #18

January 2016

Updates	Send More Programmers stretch goal is making progress, updated website, and animation system added to game.
CMSphere	Test help with the website/gift code, translation going well, MAGfest, and question about non-crafter building.
Dose of Design	System Analysis: process of reaching goals, expectations, gathering information, and evaluating changes once a plan has been put in place.
Artitup	Team working on Armor design, animation editor, added Substance Painter to the pipeline, and more.
Tech Central	Let's Engage in Jolly Cooperation: how the Coders/Engineers work together to not only get tasks done, but broaden their skills.
State of the Build	Health and body part system, memory management code upgrade, animation system, and more!
Backer Spotlight	French Translation Expert, Pouloum.
Lore Corner	Gargoyle Becoming, Part 2.

Unveiled #19

February 2016

Updates	Send More Programmers funds, RP Pack #1 stretch goal starts, MAGFest, new environmental light, and more.
CMSphere	Upcoming livestreams, cool gifts, 24 hr. Backer stream, MAGFest, and question about animations.
Dose of Design	Beta Balance: The challenges of doing "Rock, Paper, Scissors" balancing in Beta 1 when all the systems haven't been implemented yet.
Artitup	Comics from Sandra - The Artists in: Beta 1
Tech Central	Becoming Dynamic - The Story of Abilities: Detailing the CAS (Client Ability Spec.), and what it allows the team to do.
State of the Build	Getting good feedback, improved animation blending, ability power modifiers, and building destruction is back!
Backer Spotlight	Wiki Guardian, Foggye
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 1: A Gathering of Delvers

Unveiled #20

March 2016

Updates	RP Pack #1 coming along nicely, building upgrades, lighting system update, new patcher, buffs/debuffs and more.
CMSphere	Lots of streaming, emote morning, translation team interviews, wiki overview video, lots of Q&A, Depths boardgame, question about the meta, and more.
Dose of Design	Streams with Ben: In depth answer about weapons. Plus bonus Piercing the Veil Q&A!
Artitup	Max talks to Tyler: Extensive info about the terrain system, environmental assets, biomes, PBR (physically-based rendering) and so much more.
Tech Central	Max talks to Cory: How he's worked on the plot system, building time, building disruption, and respawning.
State of the Build	Max talks to Brian: Multiple passes on PBR, bodyparts, changes to character creation, improved editor, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Super Fan, Vellic
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 2: Enter the Depths

Unveiled #21

April 2016

Updates	RP Pack #1 SG funded, no new SG until Beta 1, working towards new ability system, more hiring candidates, lots of updates, and more.
CMSphere	Livestreams, wiki tutorials, Ben Q&A's, PAX East panel and Community meet-up, and question about TDD siege.
Dose of Design	Reconstructing Combat: About the challenges of small studio, and the thought process behind changing the game's combat system.
Artitup	Sandra comic about Michelle, animation editor, substance designer, substance painter, and more concepts.
Tech Central	Tale of the Golden Sound: An entertaining tale of how the sounds of the game get rolled to the client.
State of the Build	New version of C.U.B.E., plot updates, first pass of crafting, ability overhaul, Picts joined the Arthurians, and more.
Dev Spotlight	Environmental Artist, Dionne
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 3: The Great Gullet

Unveiled #22

May 2016

Updates	New intern Jules Graham, 1 billion cube blocks reached, and server stability with a lot of buildings in play.
CMSphere	Lots of C.U.B.E. creations, Multi-player C.U.B.E. incoming, lots of new Backers, question about weapon handness, fan fiction from Creideamh
Dose of Design	The World of Beta 1: What to expect from the map and islands come Beta 1.
Artitup	Team shows off sword art, drowning animation, Koo works on secret stuff, and more.
Tech Central	Who Watches the Watchers: About support and monitoring software, and what happens when it goes wrong.
State of the Build	UI overhaul, new toggles in options, backface lighting, mesh simplification, rubble, Vox model, and more.
Backer Spotlight	German Translation Overseer, Apollon
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 4: Strange Collection

Unveiled #23

June 2016

Updates	Update section to change soon, big strides in the ability rework, 4 new programmers, satellite studio, gifting system, and more.
CMSphere	Rob gets married, Jen is leaving CSE, Jen's goodbyes and thank yous, JB's desk gets TP'd.
Dose of Design	Combat Look and Feel: Thoughts behind systems that help make for smoother gameplay over technical limitations of playing online, and the feedback needed to polish.
Artitup	Shield concepts, high and low res weapon models, specular and roughness maps for armor/clothing, locomotion, and lighting for presentations.
Tech Central	All About Threading: How threading works, and what CSE is doing to make the most of it.
State of the Build	Armor materials, blocking loading, random disconnect fix, cooldown fixes, ability creation has been re-introduced, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Mod Squad member and UI expert, Tyrsis.
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 5: The Sudden Plunge.

Unveiled #24

July 2016

State of the Game Address	Highlights progress toward Beta, more programmers, testing is coming back, artists shape the world, extra game copy gifting coming soon, path to Beta 1 becomes clearer, thanks for patience, and more.
Dose of Design	Re-abilitation Results: An article that details the importance of the ability system, and how it will work from a designer's perspective.
Artitup	Staff models, concepts of maces and polearms, gender animations, Substance Designer, new highlight reels, website improvements, and charm tree.
Tech Central	Delving into Texture Compression: Details how texture compression is important to the game, and what it does.
State of the Build	Skill resources back in, skill scriptable values, more fluid skill results, RoboDuck, Updated chat, Plot capture is back, and more.
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 6: Suspicion Blooms.

Unveiled #25

August 2016

Updates	Return to Dragon Con, streaming continues, revisit missed streams on YouTube.
Dose of Design	Class Construction, Continued: How re-abilitation changed the ability creation behind the scenes for the whole process.
Artitup	Mace concepts, mace modeling, texture auditing, new biome, idle animations, node graphs, and new logo.
Tech Central	On Roboduck: An automated process for finding problems, how it works, and its benefits.
State of the Build	Event chains, limb targeting back in, more ability support, environmental and light variables, move UI elements around, and more.
Backer Spotlight	Discord Server Overlord, DrunknGod
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 7: Madness and Memories.

Unveiled #26

September 2016

Updates	Autumn biomes, CSE visits Dragon Con, more Twitch streaming, long Q&A, Stonehealer stones can drown (move over doors!)
Dose of Design	Prototype Implementation: Details of going from an abstract design goal to a testable prototype, and what it takes to get there.
Artitup	Running animations, more idle animations, more weapon models, wrapping up procedural materials, designing Realm logos.
Tech Central	Task Management - The Urgent vs. the the Important: Balancing act of fixing critical bugs, but still keeping focus on larger goals.
State of the Build	Ability support for multiple zones, warbands, bug fixes for the client and C.U.B.E., faster file retrieval for the Patcher, and more!
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 8: The Cautious Climb.

Unveiled #27

October 2016

Updates	Productive month, Bring Out Your Devs Andrew streams gave good detailed information, simul-cast streams to YouTube now.
Dose of Design	Finding the Fun: The long process of going from a working prototype to getting a fun finished product.
Artitup	Weapon models, walking animations, animation corrections, TDD Fall Court armor, and more.
Tech Central	Layered Arithmetic Expressions - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Math: Factors modifiers out of order of operations but can be layered back together.
State of the Build	More skill nodes, skill item dependency is factored in, healing stones have health, warband fixes, UDP overhaul, better server performance, and more.
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 9: The Whispering Dark

Unveiled #28

November 2016

Updates	Cory leaves the studio, but CSE introduces Brittany Aubert and Gabriel Ortega from the Seattle Office.
Dose of Design	Battle Scalability: The thoughts and system behind allowing smaller numbers to have a chance against many.
Artitup	Process of concept to testing model for TDD fall armor, moon concepts and models, hammer animations, particle debugging, and Realm logos.
Tech Central	Didja Hear That?: Under the hood look at the tools and function of sounds for abilities.
State of the Build	Various small bug fixes, stance implementation, B&B components, chat fixes, loads of bots, and more.
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 10: A Priceless Gift.

Unveiled #29

December 2017

End of the Year Wrap-up	Ability refactoring, Seattle office opening, improved engine tech, upgraded visuals, big Bot testing, new animation system, multi-server tech, continued stability, deal with Discord, and lots of blocks.
Updates	More on Discord, team introductions of Seattle team members: Brad, Colin, and Matt.
Dose of Design	Concluding 2016: Running down some improvements, and teasing completed code that's looking to be hooked up to the game.
Artitup	A thank you from the Art Team.
Tech Central	A Letter from the Knights of the World Weavers: A fantasy breakdown of the coding accomplishments of the studio.
State of the Build	Animation integration is under way, reduced packet size, fixed a delay in the code, fixed some false positives, rendering improvements, basic support for Banes & Boons, and much more!
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 11: Rush of Shadows.

Issues of Unveiled 2017

Unveiled #30

January 2017

Updates	Looking forward to the new year and keeping the ball rolling, introduction of engineer Christina Carr of the Seattle team.
Dose of Design	From Systems to Content: A missive about going from prototypes to the content that players will expect to see for a functioning game.
Artitup	The Places of Power Process: Dionne breaks down the process of making the assets of a Place of Power.
State of the Build	First of animation improvements with new system, tagged expressions for Banes and Boons, working on building code again, item flags, network improvements, and more!
Lore Corner	The Great Depths Raid - Part 12: The Tilted Maze and the Tower.

Unveiled #31

Feburary 2017

Updates	Checked off four necessary items towards Beta 1, new team members making a difference, and insightful programming streams.
Dose of Design	Scribbles in the Dark: Addresses one of more pressing questions regarding CU, why there isn't more to see in terms of content.
Artitup	Finishing up on equipment setup, animation streamlining, polearm animating and art concepts, weapon modelling, reshaping Humans, and Places of Power assets.
State of the Build	More formal testing cadence, reworking animing mode, animations ability syncing, fixed camera orientation in Wwise, Banes and Boons starting to be put in, and much more!
Lore Corner	Brude and the Picts Part 2.