Dear community,
We're excited to update you on '83's development journey. Our team is working hard on our current primary objective: to get a stable build ready for closed community playtests, with the main hurdle so far being sub-par network performance.
Fortunately, running the game on a powerful bare metal Windows server (as opposed to the standard, more cost effective cloud-powered virtual machine we aim to use) offers acceptable performance and enables us to begin some level of testing – as we proved in a short, closed test earlier this weekend.
Our progress in net code optimization is now driven by a talented duo of experienced programmers, which marks a significant improvement from a few months ago when we solely relied on volunteers. The development ultimately moved from a slow crawl to a steady jog and we are continuously gaining momentum!
Thank you for your ongoing support and patience as we continue to bring '83 to life. Your feedback is invaluable, so stay tuned for more updates!