Fearless fridges and boastful boilers, assemble!
It's time to talk about future plans for Frankie's Revenge as we continue growing the game in Early Access. Remember to jump on our Discord at https://discord.gg/5cfetHm, where we talk about these things regularly.
Update Schedule
Since launching on May 31st we released 3 patches, which were all about squashing bugs and small quality of life improvements like SFX volume tuning and highlighting newly unlocked parts & skins.
Most of our energy went into these bugfixes, especially the online connectivity issues that some of you have experienced. With the latest patch — delivered today — we believe that we've fixed the last problems related to creating and joining online games.
Thank you for your patience and for taking the time to report the problems to us. You're the best!
For the near future we intend to stay on the following update schedule:
- a minor update every week, consisting primarily of bugfixes and small QoL changes
- a major update every month, adding more content and features
We plan to follow this schedule for 3 months and then revisit it, to see if it still makes sense.
Le Kraque and Friends!
We're not entirely sure if he has any friends, but Le Kraque is definitely coming your way in the first major update, landing on the first week of July! If you thought Juicy Joe was hard, wait 'till you see the second boss battle. In the same update, we will also be adding official support for 7 different languages, more community balloons and — if we can squeeze them in — audio emotes!
Alongside this update we will also release a Supporter Pack, an exclusive cosmetic skin DLC that all our Beta testers can claim for free and will be available for purchase for everyone else.
Future Development Plans
After the July update, we will steadily add more Frankie parts. The core of Frankie's Revenge is experimenting with all of these components, so it's important that you have enough options to play around with. The Early Access launched with what we consider a minimal set of parts, and we will add as many of them as we can while we build up to the full release.
We're also exploring three major branches of expansion. None of the features discussed below are guaranteed to be in the final game but it should give you an idea of where we're heading.
1. Additional Game Modes
We've heard the calls for an "Endless Mode" from many of you and that's something we dicussed internally for a while now, alongside other mode ideas.
If this is something we'll decide to do, we will want to make sure we do it right. It should be fun first and foremost but it should also add something to the game like letting you compare to other players across the world or giving you a chance to win some exclusive rewards.
2. More Customization Depth
It would take too long to expand on this topic here, but the summary is that we're looking at ways to give you more control over which parts you unlock and more customization options.
Some ideas we're considering include replacing the level up & XP system with a crafting system, adding "mods" that improve or change the way parts function, or adding more customization slots.
3. Challenges & Extra Difficulty
The "Revenge Board" is a feature that we've already experimented with. It works like a career page that lays out all sorts of challenges (some with exclusive rewards) and shows all your progress, highlighting how badass you are. It would of course pair nicely with Steam Achievements but it would be much more than that.
Tightly related to this idea, is the option to have more difficulty levels. We're thinking about ways to add more difficulty levels without resorting to more number-bumping (increased enemy damage or health).
Is This Announcement Over Already? (TLDR)
In summary, we're commited to actively supporting and expanding Frankie's Revenge. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/5cfetHm to tell us what else you'd like to see and share your thoughts about these plans.
Cheers!
-Team Rikodu