Hello, my name is Mat Staltman and I am an animator here at Flying Lab Software. In our continuing effort to give you an inside look into the process of making Pirates of the Burning Sea I've been asked to tell you about our emotes and how they get into the game.

Like most of the FLS staff, I play MMO’s. I have played most of them out there and I, like many of you, use emotes a lot when I play them. Emotes are an extension of the smiley; being able to express yourself with actions instead of words can be pretty powerful and a lot of fun :)