20 devlogs released already. Time flies so fast and I'm so proud to look back on how far we have come.
Since the game was released we have doubled the item count in the game. Added electricity and other upgrade options to the tents. Character customization, quests, teams, and other great features that have really improved the game and made it already a much smoother experience.
This week's devlog will still be quite dry in terms of images but I am sure next time I have some nice concrete things to show you.
Next official server wipe
The next official server wipe will be on 19.8.2022.
Boats and bigger map
We feel like now is the right time to make the map bigger and finally try to stop wiping progression. We have already finished the layout of the map expansion. This will have the same islands that are currently present on the map but we are adding new islands around them. There will be a total of 10 new islands that can be explored. Also, a number of smaller islands are added to go alongside new boats.
All the compendium vendors are moving away from Sgt. Lake base camp and are given their own islands. These islands will require you to complete half of the compendium in order to enter the area and they will have some activities related to the compendium.
Bunkers and enemies
We want to make the looting areas more interesting and we are adding underground bunkers that can be accessed by an elevator that is found inside the buildings in POI
We have also been preparing to introduce hostile NPCs to the game to make PVE more interesting. When combining both the new underground parts for the point of interest and enemy NPCs, we need to rethink how loot is distributed over different areas and there will be changes to them as well. Currently finding weapons is far easier than finding parts and crafting them. Weapon drops will become much rarer and we keep the weapon part drops the same.
When next update is relased?
We currently don't want to give any exact date on when the next update is released. But when we update new things to experimental it usually takes 2 weeks to iron out all the issues that come up from experimental.