CitizenCon 2021

Quick facts:

CitizenCon 2021

CitizenCon 2021 (2951)

Event Type

Virtual event

Location

Online

Date

2021-10-09

Broadcast

Livestream

Recordings

YouTube

Preceded by

CitizenCon 2020

followed by

CitizenCon 2022

CitizenCon 2951 (2021) was an event held online on October 9, 2021. Rather than meeting in a convention center, the event was streamed on Twitch due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had cancelled CitizenCon 2020 the year prior.

Schedule and Panels

Time	Panel	Description
15:00 UTC	Opening address by Chris Roberts
15:05 UTC	Life in the Verse	Guided tour of locations, systems, gameplay, & more
17:15 UTC	Ship Talk	Reveal of new and upcoming ships, discussion on production, and updates on existing concepts
19:00 UTC	Gen 12 and the Multicore of Vulkan	In-depth rundown of how and why the Gen12 renderer and Vulkan API are being implemented
19:40 UTC	Crafting Worlds: Planetary Tools and Tech	A look at upcoming planet tech features
20:00 UTC	Server Meshing and the State of Persistence	Deep dive of key pillars that enable a scalable and persistent world
20:30 UTC	The Sounds of Space	Showcase of new audio tech
21:15 UTC	Systemic Gameplay: Stream of Thought	Tony Z updates us on how Quantum simulation integration is progressing, along with discussion of upcoming features and Dynamic Events
23:00 UTC	Closing by Chris Roberts

Goodie pack

A digital goodies pack was handed out to all backers for free, contrary to previous years, where backers had to pay for the pack. The pack contained the following items:

• Demon Fang Combat Knife
• Arden-SL Arms Balefire
• Arden-SL Helmet Balefire
• Arden-SL Legs Balefire
• Arden-CL Backpack Balefire
• CitizenCon 2951 Trophy

Reveals

The event saw a few newly revealed vehicles, coupled with a concept sale:

• Anvil Liberator, a transport ship meant to carry other vehicles and ships;
• Origin 400i, a luxury medium-sized exploration ship.

See also

• CitizenCon 2951 – Save the Date! on Spectrum

• Main CitizenCon Webpage - With all the details~
• Official youtube playlist