Welcome,
I think we will be able to ship the huge update next week. 70% sure.
If we would not manage to add everything we planned to, shall we still ship the update next week anyway, or you prefer to wait? Let me know in the comments.
Survey outcomes
How will we work with the outcomes?
If an answer is above 70% or above in favor of one answer, we just do it.
If You are parted like 60-40 or even closer, we will try to make a mix or push it into starting settings, so you can choose.
I will add, the full roadmap based on these answers, your and our ideas a week after the next update.
1. Most of you are builders, 71 %
That means we will organize the roadmap in a way to first provide you all possibilities regarding building your castle, village, your medieval business etc. And then move to improving fight, adding fighting missions etc.
2. For 90% of you, the story is important
But 74% of you want, that we add it when we finish everything. So that is how we will do it. Makes it possible for us to think about cool ways to implement the game systems into the story.
3. 75% For a good mix of RPG and Survival
I don't think it was done before. To mix story, RPG and free building system before. But I might be of course mistaken. I know Conan mixed Survival, Free building and RPG but had no quest type story. Kingdom Come had a great story and RPG, but from the survival part it was mainly food and washing in a bale. That makes it even more exiting to honor your wish.
4. A Medieval world to live in
That is your pick. But 55% of you want to do it after they finish the story.
5. Crafting
72% of you want it to have more tiers, more items needed to accomplish things, and make it harder/deeper in general. That is what we will do.
6. Mini-games in crafting
There is a 8% win for the mini-games. So in this case we will make it skip able or add it only to the master levels in a certain job.
7. Character creator
No surprise. 70% win. But we were expecting that. We have it almost ready. Also, the banners, crest armors and shields for you to be able to add your own crest. Probably will appear next month. If the co-op does not flood us with tons of bugs.
8. Villages or crops
Here you are of course greedy, you want both option. Well, Customer is King. We will add the crops too. Because the villages are incoming next week.
9. Heir and Family
Very strong 90% win. So we will have to think about adding the kids to this brutal game. We will probably just make them immortal, as D4ddelzw3rg suggested on Discord.
10. Seasons
Another strong 83% win for yes. We have never done it before, so it may take us some time, but it will come. We will try to make it fluent not with a reload, but if we fail we just make a reload type season like in other survival games.
11. Leveling system - Points to give out or level up by doing.
The mix of option wins and the rest of the answers are equally divided between points and level up by doing. So I guess we can call it a perfect win for the mix.
12. Dedicated servers
only 18% of you wait for it. So we will make it probably after the full release.
13. Voice over
Voice over most of you left a 5, so we treat it as cool but not necessary. But the second place has the note 1 - not important at all. So we will do the voice-over only when we reach at least 60k copies sold in a certain country. So a very long way to go. So if Germany crosses 60K we make the German voice-over, if USA, Greatbritian or Australia we do the English one, If Poland then the Polish etc.
I hope our approach satisfies you. From the amount of ideas you have sent us, we are sure the Early Access will take at least 2-3 years. But many of you tell us you are here for the long run. So we are exited to work with you :)
Have a nice weekend
Your humble scribe
Sartorian