A new Dungeons & Dragons live stream show is about to launch, but this one is unlike any others. InstaQuest is the upcoming RPG web series that combines high fantasy D&D with high tech mixed reality visual effects. The augmented reality set surrounding the players will display their world in real-time, creating an immersive D&D adventure story never seen until now.

Produced by Joseph Bohan, Parker Howell, and Jay Stone, InstaQuest will feature a cast of popular streamers and cosplayers, including Alex Drastal, Darth Lexii, TheSushiDragon, and ZombiUnicorn as players. Joseph “Jobo” Bohan will be the Game Master, in addition to his producer role. The first season of InstaQuest is scheduled to premiere on Saturday, July 25 at 1 p.m. PST on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.

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The InstaQuest live stream series aims to bring conventional theater of the mind gameplay into the 21st century by amplifying it with mixed-reality VFX. This is done by setting the gaming table in front of a 600 square foot projection screen, where visual elements of the adventure will be displayed in real-time according to the player’s choices, and at the direction of the GM.

The visual elements have been created using the Unreal Engine to achieve top-quality visuals to help bring GM Jobo’s story to life for the players and the audience. For example, the screen will display a tavern scene when the players enter one in-game. When the group enters combat, enemy creatures will be displayed on screen, along with combat actions such as weapon attacks and spell effects. This compelling visual content will bring a creative flair to live-streamed D&D shows and raise the bar on what’s possible for online streaming entertainment overall.

The InstaQuest season 1 campaign story arc will involve an Artificer (TheSushiDragon), a Barbarian (Alex Drastal), a Druid (Darth Lexii), and a Ranger (ZombiUnicorn) as members of the Adventurer’s Guild in a realm where decreasing energy resources has ignited a terrible war. As the group journeys across the land, they will have to carefully make decisions on who to trust and ally with, and where their path should take them. Each of their decisions will have consequences that will decide their fate as well as the fate of the entire world.

InstaQuest Warrior image
InstaQuest Warrior image

“It’s as much about conquering your inner demons as it is about overcoming the digital ones,” says Howell. “As proud as we are of all the technical wizardry that’s gone into InstaQuest, the show is ultimately all about the players and the story they co-create. We’ve got a team of rising superstars, self-created artists whose characters reflect their real-life archetypes. The light, the dark, the sublime, the chaotic--the only way for them to move forward is to realize the alchemy of their fellowship.”

InstaQuest will premiere on Saturday, July 25 at 1 p.m. PST on the show’s Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube channels. The series will stream live, with each episode being reformatted episodically to be streamed on InstaQuest’s online channels. Augment your reality with more show info as it gets released on the official InstaQuest website, Twitter feed, and Instagram.

Source: Press Release

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