We've already started up the next update. The next one will be named EYEBALL, and should be launched somewhere in October or November. I am planning on getting testing branches going again at the end of this month.
This update will focus more on content. Characters, weapons, some locations, and new CYOA events. Especially more road CYOA events, which I wasn't able to get to in the DUODENUM Update. I think Death Road could really use a pile of new road events, for more variety there.
I will also be including some things that just barely missed the last update, like the pictured turtle man. You will be able to find him in a secret sewer, as part of a rare city location. There are also at least a couple more Rare Trader Camps on the way, which will also let me make those a little more common than they are now.
Madgarden is also going to start work on looking at the BIG FEATURES we have on our list. More details below.
The Next Year of Death Road
We're going to continue doing content and feature updates for Death Road to Canada. There are still some big features we want to do. Some of the remaining ones are ones we tried to do in the past, but ran into problems for.
A big feature we've been wanting to do since launch is co-op improvements. We've put a bunch of time into this in at least two separate updates in the past, but ran into problems. Most of the issues involve getting splitscreen support in, which I think would make co-op much more interesting as a whole. That's why we haven't done things like 4-player support yet, as I think splitscreen would help a lot.
Also on our planning board are things like trying online support, localization, expanded mod support. We're going to try all of these. I'm not sure which will be successful, as they're all difficult features.
Attempting any of these features will take a lot of time, so updates coming up will likely have more of a focus on content and less on new small features. That way we can work on prototypes of the big features.
As I've been saying for quite awhile now, Online Co-Op is likely the biggest feature of all in that short list above. This will likely require a followup game of some sort. Then we could attempt to back-port it to Death Road. There's a lot of points where this plan could fail, but we'll try it.
You can see our task board of update ideas here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/deathroad/announcements/detail/1439316974569800468
All of our other Anniversary announcements can be found in this post: http://steamcommunity.com/games/deathroad/announcements/detail/1425804364184359221
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This ends our first Death Road Anniversary month! Here's hoping that we have another strong year, all the way to the second anniversary of Death Road!
I'd also like to thank everyone for their support. We don't get much press coverage. Outside of some exceptions, Death Road really doesn't get covered at all. I'd say most of our success has been due to streamers and word of mouth, fans recommending the game to their friends.
The results have been pretty amazing for us, so we can't complain too much.
If you like what we're doing with the game and updates, keep getting the word out to others!
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