Ahoy!
On the menu:
- Starting a Q&A session
- Highlighting the best mods of the month
- Unveiling new content from patch 1.6
Q&A
Last week we released a dev diary showing a small, curved and fancy glimpse of the upcoming patch 1.6
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2230980/view/526478592467534463
Forty-four new perks, complete item overhaul, and more. We intentionally didn't reveal the details, but promised to make a separate post from the game designer if the diary got enough questions in the comments.
We got 9 pages of comments, so the post is definitely happening. But why stop there? We haven't chatted in a while, so the next "Game Design Notes" will not only cover the mechanics, but also include a whole Q&A section.
We're collecting questions in the comments under this post, in the comments under the dev diary, and on our Discord server in the #qa channel until September 12th.
I'll be answering the most interesting questions along with the game designer and other team members. The authors of the three best questions will get keys for the DLC coming out at the end of September. That's the so-far-hidden pre-order DLC with three items. Though soon it'll have considerably more.
Mods of the Month
Q&A is all great and fun, but let's not forget that the third season of Steam Workshop just started recently. In December, I'll award the best mod author $1000.
But right now I'd like to highlight some promising work from super talented creators.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561262612&searchtext=
Super useful stuff from one of the Spanish localization authors. Next-gen and AAA gaming.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3515783993&searchtext=
The first mod with quest content from one of the BlackMark Studio team members. Translated into several languages and made, hopefully, outside of work hours. Want to see more of this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3545837950
New hero for free play mode with a high level of polish matching the three base heroes. The author needs no introduction. You'll hear more about him from me this year.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3544584430
I'm against big ships and fleets in the game. So it's great that there are mods covering this need for the fairly large cohort of players who care about this sort of gameplay.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3539476021
Cool idea that improves one of our mechanics. Candidate for integration.
The second season had more mods than the first. The third ALREADY has more than the second. I like this momentum, and I plan to do everything to keep things heating up.
Though not everything's perfect.
As before, I'm still disappointed by the lack of NSFW content.
Just keeping you posted.
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I believe that news in your Steam feed should provide value even if the topic might not interest you.
Even if you don't care about the mod scene or surveys, you'll definitely like this.
I think you can guess what ship this is. ːcharles_happyː
What we do - we do for you.
ːjollyrː