We're officially coming down the home stretch! With... checks title screen 18 days left until launch, bugs are all getting fixed, the last bits of content are being developed, and the last of the polish is being applied. Things are shaping up great, and we're all very proud!
With everything wrapping up, it's naturally got us looking towards the future. What are we going to do next? More importantly, what do you want us to do next? It's something we pay a lot of attention to - after all, ultimately you all are the ones who are in charge.
The Old Plan
First, allow me to be honest for a moment. When we first announced that two Wrack projects were in development (the Wrack remake, as well as Wrack: Reclamation), I honestly thought everyone would be way more excited for Reclamation. To my surprise, this was not the case at all: the overwhelming amount of interest has been in the Wrack remake - will we make new maps for it, will we make more content, more episodes... etc.
Maybe it was too hard of a sell. A remake of a remake?! Sounds confusing. In any case, it doesn't really seem to make much sense for us to go down this road. Why totally reboot the game again - especially when things seem to be in such a good spot?! Why not just... continue forward? As it turns out, there's a very clear way to do that.
The New Plan
The original Wrack was conceived as a three episode game. As a new studio, we ended up stretching ourselves way too thin trying to produce that much content. Hell, I would still be worried about producing that much content right now ... but one or two more episodes?! Sign me up!
So that's the new plan: We're beginning production of Wrack episode 2!! We still have the original Wrack episode 2 as a base (I played through it recently - it is janky), as well as a bunch of content already made for the old Reclamation - enemies, weapons, etc. We will start figuring out what works, and go from there.
... but, if we're expanding Wrack Remake to go beyond the scope of what the original Wrack was... it's not really a remake anymore, is it? In fact, it's truly a reclamation project seeking to reclaim what the original Wrack was supposed to be - a three episode, action sci-fi adventure.
That's why I'm pleased to announce that Wrack Remake is now...
Questions!
I'm sure there will be questions - and I certainly don't have all the answers. But I'll preemptively answer a few things:
We're starting with episode 2. No plans on episode 3 right now.
I don't know how it will be distributed (DLC, standalone game, free expansion).
There is no release date on the new content.
It will be primarily set in space with groovy, gravity fun!
Haven't wishlisted it yet? Do it while it's hot!
Thank you!!