Hey there, fellow ylanders.
Today I would like to address one specific concern that some players seem to have.
You’ve probably already noticed that we're getting closer to Ylands 1.0 and thus the updates contain more and more fixes, optimizations, and improvements - and yes, at the same time we decided to temporarily disable some features even though it wasn’t easy. The good news is, however, that the game runs faster and looks better, and once we do some MP-related improvements, we believe we will be quite close to the full release.
With sandbox games it’s quite common during this stage for players to grow concerned about the fact that feature X or Y may not be added before the game is “released”. To feel that the game, if it stays this way, is missing something essential.
Let me assure all of you that we still intend to put a lot of effort into the game before we leave Early Access and we believe you will be happy with what will be added / improved before that time. That being said, we understand these concerns.
We’ve said that for us everything begins with Ylands 1.0. We have some very cool things in store for you in 2019 - both features you asked for and features that you didn’t know you wanted until you laid your hands on them. :) We’re planning to add some very original features and fresh ideas in Ylands - something we wanted to do for a long, long time now (with sharegames being such a unique feature and an indication of many of the cool things to come!).
Are you ready for some treasure hunting? :) ( Pirates vs Indians! game made by @Igor Quintero)
To make sure these are not just vague promises, we will present you with a post-Early Access roadmap for 2019 sometime next year. You will see that if anything, the pace of adding new exciting things will accelerate. That we definitely are not interested only in expanding the Editor and Visual Scripting, but that Explore will get a ton of love as well. We hope that not only will this help you better understand where we’re headed and diminish those concerns, but that we will be able to cooperate with you better than before.
I’ve been saying this for several years now, so someone can possibly say that it’s getting a tiny bit old, but since it has remained true the whole time and nothing has changed since that, I feel there’s no harm in repeating this:
We’re just getting started :)
That’s it for today. Have a great weekend, ylanders, and as always - stay classy!