Hello fellow rats!
I know I have been pretty quiet around here lately, besides a couple posts and replies in the Discussions section. But I am back with some news! And yes quite a few things to tell you all indeed.
So, firstly, I took two weeks off from work for paternity leave. Our second daughter was born on the 19th of September. Naturally, that delayed work on the game.
Besides that, I had been working on implementing multiplayer, but it proved too much for me and my noob coding abilities. I am just one person working on the game. Please forgive me. I really did try my best. I encourage you to read my full post about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/3167260/discussions/0/601918052458825371/
Anyway, this doesn't mean I will never ever ever add multiplayer, it just means it will not be in the 1.0 launch version like I had planned. As my game dev journey progresses (hopefully, if this game does well enough to allow me to continue) and I gain new skills, I may very well come back and add it in a later patch. For free of course. I was able to do a successful LAN test, so if that is something that would interest you please let me know and I will work on adding it in in the near future. I just couldn't get it to work over Steam.
But for now, I am focusing on making WAR RATS the best single player experience it can be. And please know that I really tried to add multiplayer. Ultimately it was getting to the point where I started to dislike working on the game, and so I had to stop. Cause I love working on this game so much, I wasn't gonna let that ruin it for me. And I mean really the game was always single player focused anyway.
And so on to the big news: 1.0 launch date!
20th November 2025
That is when I will be launching 1.0. So, if you're not adding multiplayer anymore, what is 1.0 gonna be then eh? EH?! I hear you squeak. Or maybe it's just the rats in my walls screeching at me. Or the rats in my head. Are they in the walls or just in my head? The age old question. Anyway, 1.0 is gonna be mostly polish, QoL and bug fixes. Is that underwhelming? Maybe. Is it still ratty? Yes! I mean the game has had 6 major content updates, plus many small patches, since the beginning of Early Access, and is now pretty much how I envisioned it to be when I started this thing. So I will be happy to call it 1.0.
There will be some new content of course. I am filling out the Nest Decorations and fleshing out Horde mode with new reward mechanics and maps. Including 2 new exclusive Horde mode reward weapons which are pretty cool if I do say so myself. And more skins! Good ol skins. The skins of the ratoose shall drape upon your rodentian frame.
And as long as people are playing I will be patching the game and adding content in the future. I will have full patch notes when 1.0 launches. They will be many many words to read. So make sure you can.
But yeah that's all for now really. Thank you so much for being on this journey with me. The response has been absolutely amazing. You guys are the best seriously and I hope to keep making games for you to enjoy! I have some big plans for the world of WAR RATS :) If you like what I do, please spread the word, leave a positive Steam review and make sure to play on 1.0 launch day. And if you don't like what I do, what the squeak are you even doing here?
Squeaky squeaks mlem.
Regards,
Brian