THANK YOU for such an exciting few days following Ship Explorer's release. We've loved reading all your feedback and ideas. I wanted to address a couple of points and let you know what's coming next!
First of all - we've loved seeing all your screenshots in the community tab! We are planning on some contests soon - so be sure to join our community Discord (https://discord.gg/za2tmzyAjN),keep snapping and working on your camera skills and you'll be in the running to win future competitions!
Regarding interior spaces - we've seen a bit of discussion around the lack of these spaces in Ship Explorer and some disappointment. We do plan on adding some more spaces to ships like United States and will aim to include at least 2 or 3 interiors for future release. Just to be clear though; this is quite a bit more complex than most people might realize. The reason we decided to launch without many interior spaces is because, in my experience at least, you need to add a month or more of dev time per room you decide to add. They all need to be researched, modelled, textured, reviewed, fitted and bug-fixed from scratch. We were so keen to actually get something into your hands so you could actually play with the experience and explore it. Leave it to us to add more things with time and we plan on developing a road map to help with this over the coming weeks.
At the moment the team is entering bug-fixing mode! As always with a new release we are working to resolve the more persistent bugs. Some of you have reported glitches entering and exiting the Morro Castle's interiors, something we've been working on to iron out. The most egregious of these bugs should be ironed out within the next two or three weeks.
We're also working on some fun gameplay changes to make it easier to track your progress finding historical items - as well as adding some fun new interactable features.
Ship Explorer will be an experience we add to over time and we are gearing up to implement our first new addition to the fleet, the impressive battleship Bismarck. This had originally been slated for an August release but as the team is currently deep in bug fixing and improvement mode we may push her back to September to allow time for this. Future ships will be mostly added to the experience for free, save for vessels we make in collaboration with museums or foundations where we might charge a small token fee with proceeds to go towards assisting those foundations preserving their ships and history.
Many thanks for all your feedback and engagement and we hope you enjoy exploring further!ːsteamhappyː
Screenshot by Discord user Aidanslife2017.