Early Access Roadmap

Hello, adventurers! All of us here at Dreamlit Games are amped to debut our upcoming open-world fantasy builder, Towers of Aghasba. We cant wait for you to experience this fantastical world as you design your island with bustling settlements, and nurture thriving ecosystems, while fighting off the Withered invasion! Yes, this post reveals the first version of the Steam Early Access roadmap, but we want to discuss a few things before we get to that.

Why Early Access?

This project is an ambitious open-world sandbox developed by a small team, with core mechanics intended to let players shape their island however they like! By launching into early access, we can involve all of you in the development process, allowing us to better balance, refine, and iterate on these core components. Not only that, community members will be given the opportunity to propose new content and features with the possibility of seeing them added! Players can expect a fun, fantastical experience, with lots of content to explore right from the start of our early access journey. However, there is still a long way to go to the 1.0 version of the game. With your invaluable feedback, well be adding additional polish, updates, and features in the weeks and months ahead. Heres a roadmap of what to expect from Towers of Aghasba at launch and throughout early access:

Launch Content

The initial launch of Towers of Aghasba is already brimming with content, deep gameplay systems, a compelling narrative, and a vast world to explore. We release with:

• 6 regions to explore
• Exploration across vast open-world lands climbing, gliding & riding mounts!
• Ruins & relics to discover, unlocking ancient knowledge
• Leisure activities (eg. fishing!)
• 3 types of settlements to build, design, & decorate
• 3 types of ecosystems to grow
• 50+ unique creatures
• 150+ decorations to craft
• Singleplayer & co-op gameplay:
• You can invite up to 3 friends to your island to build up your settlements, tend to your ecosystems, take on challenging withered foes, and discover secrets across the world!
• Post-launch Roadmap
• As with any early access title, the launch is just the beginning and we have plenty in store for the foreseeable future following the release, from introducing new systems to expanding existing ones, adding new quests and narratives, new regions to explore, and more!

Q4 2024

• Post-launch support
• Quality of life updates
• Polish & fixes
• Q1 2025
• New regions to unlock & explore
• New quest lines
• A fresh cast of characters
• Time of day related gameplay
• Offline play mode
• Expanded glider traversal mechanics
• Photo Mode
• Player Emotes
• Q2 2025
• New mounts & mount management system
• Expanding multiplayer activities and experiences
• Crossplay
• Player character customization
• Improved Townsfolk AI
• Improved Shimudex functionality

Q3 2025

• New regions unlocked
• New withered quest lines and characters
• Giant withered demon combat
• Cold environmental effects
• New creatures
• Creature relationship systems
• Q4 2025
• New biome type- shallow water
• New ecosystem type- water ecosystem
• New village type- fishing village
• New creatures
• New foliages
• New quest lines and characters
• Q1 2026
• New regions unlocked
• Hot environmental effects
• New creatures
• Town happiness system
• Building customization
• Q2 2026
• Increased Tower levels
• New major quest lines

Conclusion

So there you have it! Bear in mind that almost all of these elements of the roadmap are subject to change at any time, but we hope that this provides a comprehensive overview of what were planning moving forward. Apart from all these exciting and ambitious plans for the road ahead, we want to reiterate that one of the most important pieces of the development of Towers of Aghasba through early access is YOU. A game is only as good as its community, and we cant emphasize how important it is to have you all involved in the development of our game. Your feedback and suggestions will be integral in the decisions we make, and we hope to expand our roadmap to accommodate our player communitys requests on the way to making the game the best it can be. You can join our official Towers of Aghasba Discord Server to be a part of our early access community. Lets build an incredible, unique, ambitious, and special game together! You can wishlist the game now, and dive into the adventure with us next week on November 19th! Shimu Shima! Dreamlit Games Team

[ 2024-11-14 18:50:05 CET ] [ Original post ]