We are aware that some people who wish to play the game are being discouraged by the mandatory, online connection.
At the same time, there are many players who are looking forward to the MMO version.
The current GHOST version, can be thought of as a bridge between the SINGLE PLAYER and the MMO version of the game.
We have great news! Because the whole game has the ability to run without the need of a server connection (a feature originally developed for testing purposes) we decided to revert changes, removing the single (offline) version of the game and release it to the public. Think of it as a creative mode for the game. In this mode, characters and the items they’ve created will be stored locally and will not be connected to an online version in any way. Not now, nor in the future.
SINGLE (Q1 2016) :
- Will not require Steam to be active in the background.
- Will not require an online connection
- Data stored locally.
GHOST (Current version) and MMO (2016-17) :
- Will require Steam to be active in the background.
- Will require an online connection.
- Data stored online on our server.
This new game mode is focused towards players who: wish to play alone and do not want to use any online features, are without stable connections, or any other potential reasons.
Most of the features are ready now, but it still requires some changes and a bit of testing from our side, so this mode will be released during the following weeks. We will share more details about this feature later.
Our current priorities are: solving bugs preventing users from playing; tweaking game and server performance; and adding new content in the form of furniture, seeds and new anomaly types. MMO mode will come as planned before. All three game modes (SINGLE/GHOST/MMO) will run on same client.
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