Hello everyone, my name is Russell and I am the new game designer at SCT!
Rich has brought me into the team to help with exclusive development on Junkpunk for the time being so here I am! The YouTube video is a conversation between rich and I about our envisioned plans for the future of Junkpunk, leading up to the release of the anticipated Monolith 3 update.
I have been getting to grips with Junkpunk lately and learning about the game and it's mechanics. I absolutely love the concept and have plenty of ideas and ways to improve the general gameplay and quality of life experience for players.
What I will be focusing on...
1. I am heavily invested in the story and lore side of the game and this is something I want to focus on. I love the themes of cleaning up a planet to make it habitable again and I think having a solid written narrative for the game would improve all areas of gameplay and new added content!
2. I'm looking to enhance the player experience through incentives to explore the map and world of Junkpunk. This will come hand in hand with the lore and story side, as the player explores the map searching for new content, they will discover and become more immersed in the story of Junkpunk.
3. I have already seen plenty of steam reviews and received feedback from players surrounding the UI and UX issues. (Something I have also encountered in my playthrough) and so I will be working to get that cleaned up and polished!
4. Monolith 3! The reality is that there is a huge amount to be done, Richard has done an amazing job so far but his hands are full with other projects (which is why i'm here.) So I will be taking the gradual necessary steps towards the release of Monolith 3. I have plenty of ideas on how to add new content for it as well as redevelop aspects of Monolith 1 & 2 so rest assured that i'm working to get it done! In the near future we should be putting out some kind of update about when Monolith 3 might be getting released ;)
5. Send me feedback! I'm Dimir in the Junkpunk discord so just shoot me a message with anything you would like to see added, changed, or even removed from the game!
I'm really looking forward to getting to work on Junkpunk, once again i just love the sci-fi nature of it all and can't wait to start putting new content out there. But patience is the key, i promise it will all be worth it.
Take care everyone!
Russell
