Replayabilty is a big aspect of this game genre, and we have been exploring interesting ways we can add replayability to the game.
Introducing "Survivor Stories"
When you start a new game, before you create your characters - you can choose your "Survivor Story".
This is the story of your group of survivors, and it determines what resources you start with, the starting stats of the group (e.g. maybe they are all starving), and any conditions you start with.
There's a lot we can with this system to create unique starting situations, and it can also impact the difficulty of the game. (E.g. an easier playthrough where the start of the game is all sunshine and coconuts - literally).
... or perhaps one of your survivors lost a fight with a shark and is in dire need of medical attention...
Survivor Stories also determine the number of survivors you start with, which can drastically change how you approach the start of the game. Perhaps more mouths to feed? Or less hands that can work!
These are only a couple of examples - we are looking forward to coming up with some interesting and quirky things in the system.
That wraps up this dev diary, we would love to hear your thoughts!
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Some recent Dev Diaries in case you missed them:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330197?l=english
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330187?l=english
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330185