Greetings Talented Gamers!
1.0 has dropped and we're overwhelmed by how many amazing people have tried out our game, joined the community and gave us amazing feedback.
It has been quite the launch, feedback has generally been positive but we were also hit with some fairly frustrating performance issues including a particularly nasty Endless Mode crash bug. We've already released 3 hotfixes to address the biggest problem causers and will keep an eye out for more feedback.
From everyone at the team, we want to give everyone a huge thanks - both for taking the time to try out the game in the first place, and being patient with our launch issues.
So! Let's talk about what's next for Talented!
A New Update!
Work on our game won't stop just because 1.0 is released. We'll be releasing a 1.1 Update which will include a new feature, some new content and a handful of bug fixes, balance changes and quality of life improvements.
This won't be as large as our Early Access updates, but should give a few good reasons to boot the game back up - including a small collections of new Achievements.
You'll be hearing more about update 1.1 in our next Devlog (which we plan to continue every 2 weeks).
A DLC!
After the extremely positive response of Talented's release, I'm very proud to announce that we have begun early work on an expansion to the game.
We're exploring a lot of different potential ideas for new Core Features which I will reveal in due course but for now I can reveal it will include a brand new 7th Class with a unique way to obtain additional Talents.
As you'd expect this will be paid content, but rest assured there will be absolutely no purchasable power for the existing 6 Classes.
We're aiming to reveal more about the DLC in Spring 2025.
A New Game!?
Finally, the biggest surprise of them all... We're working on a brand new game!
It's very early days but the plan is to keep some of the core elements of Talented and mix in new ideas and inspirations to make something that feels part of the same universe but distinctly new.
We might drop hints here and there but we're hoping to have an announcement before the end of Summer 2025.
Whew! That was quite a lot all in one go. I cannot wait to share more detail about each of these things, and luckily the Devlog will be continuing so I'll get to do exactly that! Until then...
Stay Talented