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(HNYTAOOWF for short)
Note: If you don't want to read this announcement in one sitting I have placed a few key points at the start of this for your reading pleasure. However, if there are things which aren't quite clear, please check that the article has not covered them already!
Key points to take away from this announcement
- Constructor will be receiving updates this quarter. We are expecting to have everything ready to start rolling out the updates late January. Apologies for the delays thus far!
- Support for Constructor will not be dropped in favour of Constructor Plus. Constructor Plus is an upgrade for Constructor, but not owning it does not stop you from receiving updates to the base game and, where possible, additional content.
- Constructor Plus is planned to be released late Q1, and existing owners can upgrade to it for £5.99. It will include many new buildings, some new levels, and additional missions on top of what the base game will contain. However, upgrading is completely optional.
- We will be revealing more in the coming weeks regarding the plan going forward.
Our story begins...
Hello, you beautiful people. It is I, the Brightful BrightPaw along with the other fantastic folks from System 3, with (finally) an announcement from within the deep dark dungeons of... well... System 3. Kidding, it's more like a padded cell and I have only just been let out to spread the news about what's coming next, coming soon... Coming when?
So, firstly we want to wish all of our wonderful fans a happy new year! We hope that you have achieved all that you desired in 2017, and are moving into 2018 with a new set of goals in mind. Our goal happens to be releasing an update, and maybe cutting back on the pumpkin spice lattes... Scratch that, it's all about the update!
We appreciate that this is a rather long news post, but we felt that there was a lot of ground to cover with some of the upcoming stuff. We thought it best to get the boring stuff out of the way first before digging into the rest of the content!
Hold your horses... What about the existing version?
Good question! We will be releasing updates for the existing versions prior to the launch of Constructor Plus. You can expect this update late January to February depending on how quickly we can get the work completed (translation, narration and other such tasks) This update will add support for additional languages, fix multiple issues, and of course address some of the more pressing issues with multiplayer. We will add that multiplayer is going to be an ongoing process so please bear with us!
The update is also planned include the missions that we have been hinting at (did anyone notice the missions button on the menu?) for the past few months. Without spoiling them too much, we can happily say that they will be a mixed bag of story, and simple goal-based missions. There will be something for everyone to try out!
Well, maybe not these two!
Remember: Constructor Plus is completely separate to the updates that will be rolling out. You will not be paying to receive updates to the existing version of the game!
But BrightPaw, what even is this update? You guys have mentioned it since July and we haven't seen anything since then. You're a horrible person, BrightPaw. Now, wait just a minute. For all you know I may in fact be a highly sentient AI created to spit out announcements when the time is right. Well, as I have stated ERROR CODE: 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01110101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010000 01101100 01110101 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111
You should probably plug that into a binary decoder. It looks important. I'll wait... No, really. Okay, so you've decoded a rather unimportant message but while you were doing that it gave me time to put together the following statement regarding Constructor Plus.
What is Constructor Plus?
Constructor Plus is a massive (optional) upgrade that will bundle together multiple DLCs, a few new Plus exclusive things such as additional missions and levels. You can call it a season pass, expansion, gold edition, deluxe edition, or whatever else you want, but we will simply be referring to it as Constructor Plus. Like, Constructor Plus all of these new, yet to be revealed, goodies!
There will be two options to access the content for Plus:
- If you are late to the party, we'd recommend picking up Constructor while it's still on sale. Once you have it, you'll automatically have the option (at a later date) to upgrade to Plus for only £5.99 - that is a significant saving compared to if we released the packs separately. This will also be the option available to existing owners of Constructor across each platform.
- If you miss the sale, and don't own the game, then you will instead have the option to buy Constructor Plus at its regular price. Pro-tip: Don't miss the sale!
So what does this mean for the people who don't upgrade? Well, if you find yourself in tough times, or you just don't want to upgrade because you don't care about some of the new content, we will still be supporting the base version of the game. You will even be able to play the new levels (assuming the host has them) at no cost during multiplayer games just like the current DLC levels.
It's at this point that we must again emphasise: You do not need to buy the upgrade to continue to receive updates for the non-Plus version!
But what about the extra building packs you showed us in July?
At the time we weren't ready to release the new buildings, which is why they had a lovely "COMING SOON" sticker plastered over them. Unfortunately, by the time they were ready to ship we had already put the next stage of Constructor into motion - the aforementioned Constructor Plus. At this point we had two options:
- Release the packs as they were knowing that in the future Constructor Plus would be coming, and would contain all of them at a greater discount to existing owners.
- Delay them until Constructor Plus releases at which point fans will be able to access all of the new buildings (and other goodies!) for a much cheaper price of £5.99 compared to what would, separately, cost about the same as the price of the base game alone!
As has become apparent, we picked the latter option in order to pass on the savings to the wonderful fans that had supported us in 2017.
So what is the plan for the next month or so?
We will be unveiling all of the wonderful stuff that will be shipping with Plus including new buildings and levels. Stay tuned for follow-up announcements as we draw closer to the mystical release date!
If you have been following our Facebook page, and if not you can find it here, you may have noticed some screenshots of our newest level "Lunar Alpha". We will have more details on that, as well as some previews of it, in future announcements.
We will be releasing more space levels, but unfortunately we will not be selling these separately as the level pack alone would end up being the same cost as the upgrade to Constructor Plus.
How about a quick screenshot of Lunar Alpha? You can see more of it on our Facebook page, but stay tuned for future announcements where we will be giving you a much better look at the level, as well as some of the upcoming buildings.
We wish you, the ever wonderful fans of Constructor, a happy new year!
*Fireworks noises*
- System 3