Hello!
Our regular update on status and plans of the game development.
ALREADY RELEASED
Let's start with what has already been implemented:
- Balance. Balancing of the game was significantly reworked, improved and released on 22-JAN-2018. See Update 0.33.00.00 announcement for more details.
- Gamepad support. Gamepad support including full ship control and object interaction has been implemented. To interact with the main menu and in-game menu you need to use a mouse. See Update 0.33.01.02 announcement for more details.
- A number of improvements and fixes. We hear you! And we do our best to make Origin Space better. Update 0.33.05.02 brings a number of improvements and fixes based on your feedback. and
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Our reviewed and updated development priorities are as follows:
Sandbox mode
A sandbox mode will allow players to travel around the game world without bounds of the campaign story. We expect to release this feature about March 12, 2018.
Online cooperative mode
We plan to release a version with online cooperative mode support in early April 2018.
Engineer player class & Crafting
Among the priorities of future development we see the following:
- To add one more player class Engineer.
- To implement crafting of items.