Slough Creek multiplayer is shaping up! In Amethyst multiplayer, it’s all about hunting and claiming a territory, but we know that the heart of the game is pups and many players are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to raise a litter of pups with a pack of friends.
However, the Slough Creek quests pose some new challenges that we did not face with Amethyst multiplayer. For example, in singleplayer, Slough Creek generally takes 6-8 hours to complete, but we understand that multiplayer needs to offer a shorter experience, so we have created an Accelerated time mode, where pups grow more quickly. We’re currently aiming for a full SC game session to take about two and a half hours, though we may tweak that.
We also decided to cap the number of players at four or five, reduced from the maximum of eight in Amethyst and Lost River. We know this won’t be a popular decision but we feel it’s for the best, to avoid crowding and navigation issues around the homesite and more importantly, to avoid having to crank up the game challenges to a crazily unrealistic degree just to maintain game balance. We’ve also got a plan for genetics and parentage, but will talk about that in a future devblog.
Today’s devblog video takes a look at those, along with some sneak previews of gameplay and — of course — some amusing bugs.
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WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is available now for PC/Mac on Steam and itch.io, as Early Access. The game currently includes Episode 1: Amethyst Mountain, Episode 2: Slough Creek, Lost River: Classic, and multiplayer mode in Amethyst and Lost River. (Slough Creek multiplayer is coming soon,.) Once the game is completed on PC/Mac, we will turn our attention to other platforms. The next episode, Tower Fall (DLC) will follow. We do not announce specific release dates. We will release them when they are ready!