Pixel Privateers Live Q&A Transcript
Greetings, Privateers!
Our first live Q&A was a great success, and we want to personally thank everyone that came out and brought great questions with you! Obviously, not everyone could make it, so we are sharing here some of the highlights, along with the full transcript of the session. Spanning more than an hour and a half, it’s quite a read! These excerpts are edited to remove usernames, and link the questions and answers.
[Question] Is there deep lore in the game, or is it similar to Terraria in lore?
AlexPoysky:
there's deep lore
factional lore, INTER factional lore
[Question] Will there be world hopping with characters ?
AlexPoysky:
YES
[Question] Any kind of multiplayer?
LadyAijou:
Yes, multiplayer up to 4 players
[Question] How many different types of loot are there (normal, magical, rare) and what types are they?
Vitali Kirpu:
there is lots of rarity levels.. not sure.. about 6 or so..
[Question] Is the multiplayer local or online?
LadyAijou:
it's online
Drop in/drop out on Steam
[Question] can i continue my adventure when i finished story?
AlexPoysky:
there WILL be new game plus yes, and many reasons to do so!
[Question] Will the multiplayer be done through the game itself, or will you need to host your own "dedicated server" for everyone to play in? Also will it require the host to port forward?
AlexPoysky:
the game itself, drop in drop out, like diablo 3 or borderlands, simple, through steam
LadyAijou:
It's all done through Steam, no port forwarding nonsense
[Question] Will there be difficulty modes that provide a different experience? Like more/better loot at the cost of more risk?
LadyAijou:
Yes, the game is actuallly capable of that PER PLANET
AlexPoysky:
YES! We have a system that lets you tweak difficulty much like diablo's difficulty levels
Nolic0321:
and there is replay value as well. There is a permadeath mode and you can change difficulties on planets as you visit them
[Question] Is the game only going to be released on Steam, or will it appear on other platforms/sites, like GOG.com?
AlexPoysky:
due to multiplayer restriction we will ONLY launch on steam
Vitali Kirpu:
game uses STEAMWORKS for multiplayer so we will only focus on steam for time being.
This is just a small sample of over 20 pages of questions and answers! To get the full transcript, you can download it from Dropbox here: