A new free expansion is now under development for WESTSLINGERS!
The aim of the update is provide a separate Free Roam experience from the original Linear Campaign that provides less structured but with more depth and longer open-ended playtime. By starting a gang in the Free Roam playstyle, your gang leader will move to a permanent encampment after the first mission. It will act as a central hub that allows to travel to different towns. You will also be able to improve the camp with buildings.
Free Roaming
- Visit the towns as the gang leader outside of missions
- Discover various missions through NPCs in town
- Towns repopulate to provide a different challenge for the next mission
Permanent Encampment
- Improve your camp with prefab buildings that affect the meta game
- Defend against Indian and rival gang raids
Meta Gameplay
- Persistent gang member states like wounds and bounty
- Resistance in each town increases based on your gang's notoriety
These are some of the more concrete ideas in progress. As the development continues and the design experiments become fun, I will update the official thread with a lot more detail on what will definitely make it into the expansion. Development will likely take many months, but I would be more than happy to provide early access once stable enough to play. Thanks for tuning in. Happy Wednesday!