I have clicked the "Release" button. That means the game should now be available to play on Steam! I am pretty excited because I have been working on this for a while now. I have spent more time on this than any other game so far, so please enjoy.
Over the last few months I have been regularly updating the game every week or so for volunteer testers and internal testing (which is basically just me now). They have found a lot of things up front that you probably didn't want to see in Early access lol.
The current state of the game
- Single player is very stable. Any bugs are mostly visual or have backlog items to track them.
- Multiplayer is stable, there are a few remaining known issues that I am actively working on.
Future updates
In terms of an Early Access update schedule, I don't really have a good estimate there yet. My only guess is that it will be between 1 week to 1 month intervals with general patches such as bug fixes being faster than larger updates with new content.
I am hoping to continue updating this game for a while. I have a large backlog of items and an active list of tasks to complete which I am sorting through regularly and will generally prioritize based on feedback. I do not have a graphical roadmap of any kind available yet, but I can maybe work on one if that is important. Currently I have some immediate actions to complete after this, the first of which is completing the modding guide because it is mostly just some loose readmes at the moment, then I am going to work on preparing another patch with some minor bug fixes mainly related to multiplayer (Nothing that stops you from playing the game).
Community and giving feedback
I will be active on the Steam discussions and you can most likely find me in the Nautikin Adventures discord https://discord.gg/CfX7xs25m3 where there is an awesome bot created by MartinPlayZ that will let you report bugs and make suggestions in threads. Its a lot easier than Steam discussions because if you are having problems with a vessel or a save file you can just drag and drop it to me in a thread and I can take a look.
There are also some very helpful guides here on Steam https://steamcommunity.com/app/2244830/guides/. Some of this information may be critical to understanding and playing the game. Feel free to create your own guides.
Have fun!
That is all for now, keep an eye out for updates and tuned into @revmatek on twitter or hang out in the discord if you want to know what is going on. Have fun!