2026 Roadmap
Hey all - first off, we're so grateful to everyone for the support and playing the initial Early Access build! We've been blown away with the positive response so far, and to see everyone enjoying the game, theorising on the lore, and sharing their experiences and feedback in the forums! Rest assured, we're taking each and every comment on board and we're working hard to implement everything we can :)
We're also incredibly excited to finally share our 2026 Roadmap with you all, so you can see what we have planned for the rest of the year going into 2027!
Secrets of The Forest - Chapter 1.5
A New Community Event
To start with, we are incredibly excited to be trying something a little bit different... From August 11th - August 31st, we'll be launching Chapter 1.5, Secrets of The Forest. What exactly does that entail...? Well - it wouldn't be much of a secret if we told you!
What we can say is that there's going to be more to discover within Verdana! Once the update goes live, there'll be some cryptic clues, given by a mysterious individual. Who might that be, what are these clues, and what awaits... that's for you to find out!
We highly encourage you all to band together with your fellow Knights, and discuss your findings - both here or on our Community Discord (which you can find here: https://discord.gg/muZ8KeSqJt), where we have a designated channel specifically for you all to band together, share information and solve whatever mystery awaits!
As you all solve the mysteries, you can expect another update coming which will feature the second part of the update. Clearing this content will grant a special reward, which will give exclusive access to something within Chapter 2.0 (the Forest Dungeon)!
We can't wait for you all to get your hands on it, and see what you find.
May Eira be with you...
Going Forward
We're also working hard on further content - with Chapter 2.0 being our next major content update, and the primary continuation of the main story. This will see Lucian investigating the first Great Sacred Stone, housed within Verdana's Ancient Tree. This will be our first large-scale, Zelda-inspired dungeon, with a new boss, enemies, puzzles, and more to discover!
Depending upon how you all enjoy Chapter 1.5, if it something that everyone likes, we'll be using a similar strategy for future '.5' updates, which will serve as intermediary chapters between the main releases. For Chapter 2.5, we also aim to include new Purification Quests, as well as 'Post Purification Quests' which will unlock after saving Blight-stricken NPCs.
Further to that, we're also working on including the first of our Kickstarter Community Goals - the Chicken Race minigame! So stay tuned for that.
Thank you all so much once again for the support so far. We are truly so grateful and incredibly motivated to continue developing Colossus to be the best it can be! Please do keep the feedback and comments coming, and we'll respond and address each aspect as soon as we can :)
For the meantime, please look forward to August 11th and the Secrets of the Forest Update, as it'll take everyone's participation to discover what hides within Verdana!
-Adeel