Video promotion idea - Zero-K Vs BAR

Just a thought, would anyone that makes Youtube videos about ZK be interested in making something like this:

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Real Time Strategy Game Showdown!
Zero-K Vs BAR
Who is the King of Free OSS RTS?

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The video could be a brief mention of the TA and Spring history, followed by audio interviews with a developer from each project. Each developer could talk about the philosophy, features and implementation of the respective game (eg. ZK = flat tech tree, terraforming). The audio would be supported by footage showing off various features and closeups of various units in action.

If there wasn't someone within ZK available to do this video, could someone from the two projects approach a suitable Youtuber about doing the same, or maybe even someone from BAR?

BAR is fairly friendly to ZK on its website (see the ZK FAQ), so both projects would probably come off looking good in their respective areas of strength. The video could also honorably mention other Spring projects therefore being a win-win for Spring games generally.

could be fun. Although I wouldn't pitch it as trying to come to the conclusion about who the king is. And how would one reach a conclusion on that anyway

Yeah sounds great. Why dont you do it yourself? Its less of a deal than you probably think it is.

Here is a free and impressively functional video-editor:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

Here is a free recording-program:
https://obsproject.com/

I needed around 4 hours to find out how to work with those. Have fun.

do I want to see that clip or will it make me too sad?

ZK OP :

I've been asking around on the BAR side of things and having no luck. I think it needs to either come from GF or a senior dev here, or from someone with actual video experience and credibility (ie. runs a YT channel). Hopefully the idea is good, just not sure how far I'm going to get with it myself.

I do think the incredible Replaycam widget is a way which could make gathering footage for this kind of thing far easier.

quote: Huh? The game is free, why do we have waaay more people watching via a streaming platform, compared with playing? Did I miss something?

There was a Taiwanese streamer who had about 3,500 people watching a ZK twitch stream last night! It was great. An army of first-timers in a 16x16 match.

chaplol can you link?

fork

he just played a quick match without knowing what he was doing. someones need to tell him all the unique side of zero-k (terraforming, commander lvl up, physic based units, etc...)
else he will just play it like a cheap BAR clone without much thought about it.