Attention Officers,
Thank you for joining us for the 68th edition of our biweekly development briefing, February 16th, 2024! We had a momentary pause between this one and our last edition.
This week we’re thrilled to bring you our public Ready or Not Roadmap for 2024, highlighting future milestone developments to the game! Although we’re unveiling this roadmap to solely cover 2024, we have many more plans that we’re charting further out.
Please do keep in mind that the content we’ll show and discuss as part of this roadmap is still subject to change. Game development is a fluid process, especially for a small indie team like us with this level of a project, so certain priorities and timelines may shift based on necessity.
Vol.68 Development Briefing summary points:
(not a changelog)
- Ongoing 1.0 bugfixing/patches for Winter 2024 with Hotfix #4 arriving shortly.
- Both DLC 1 and the 1.1 update are planned for Spring 2024.
- DLC 1, currently named "Home Invasion," will be free for Supporter Edition owners, as originally intended.
- DLC 2 is planned for Summer 2024.
- The 1.2 update is planned for Fall 2024.
- All of these DLCs are planned to come with free new weapons for the base game, one DLC-exclusive player outfit, and new maps.
- DLCs will also be accompanied by bugfixes for the base game.
- Updates 1.1 and 1.2 will include additions, improvements, and bugfixes to the game.
- All of these DLCs are planned to come with free new weapons for the base game, one DLC-exclusive player outfit, and new maps.
The 2024 RoN Public Roadmap:
As many of you may know, we have intentionally refrained from sharing public roadmaps in the past. Instead, we chose to operate on our own private internal roadmaps that were best suited for fluctuating development schedules during Early Access.
However, now that we’re past 1.0, we can speak more assuredly about public timelines and milestones.
This roadmap highlights the larger milestones on the horizon rather than projecting every possible patch that may occur.
We used due diligence to account for as many seen and unseen variables as we could in the creation process of this public roadmap, but keep in mind that things are still subject to change.
Without any further ado, here’s our graphic laying out the 2024 RoN public roadmap! :
(Image below: The 2024 RoN Roadmap.
Note: All DLCs come with free new weapons for the base game and one DLC-exclusive player outfit. *Disclaimer: All dates and names are subject to change)
As for Downloadable Content, our DLCs are both planned to be released with additional bugfixes to the core game, including the Roadmap footnote’s aforementioned free new weapons for everyone added to the base game. Each of these DLCs will also include additional new maps.
Meanwhile, the core purpose of updates 1.1 and 1.2 is to deliver further additions, improvements, and bugfixes to the game.
During Winter 2024 we've been focusing on delivering ongoing bugfixes and improvements for 1.0, with Hotfix #4 arriving shortly.
In Spring 2024 we aim to deliver both DLC 1 and the 1.1 update to the game. DLC 1 currently has the name "Home Invasion" and will be accompanied with bug fixes. This first DLC will be free for Supporter Edition owners of the game, as was originally intended.
Summer 2024 is the planned time for the launch of DLC 2, accompanied with bugfixes.
Last but not least, Ready or Not's 1.2 update with its additions, improvements, and bug fixes are slated for Fall 2024.
We’ll share more specifics about the DLCs and these updates at later dates!
Conclusion
This 2024 RoN Roadmap brings with it four milestones: updates 1.1 and 1.2 as well as DLC 1 and 2. Although the nature of development means the names and timing of these milestones may not fully permanent, the roadmap provides a good outline for the game’s direction in 2024.
Thank you for taking this journey with us through 2024 and beyond!
This concludes our 68th development briefing. Be sure to tune in next time for more development news!
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