Dear Terroir Players, I'm Mark, one of the members of the team working on Terroir. It's been an incredibly busy week leading up to the launch day, but we made it, and in just under 24 hours, we've already got a great community of Terroir Players. I'd like to tell you what to expect in the coming weeks, but first just a short message on behalf of General Interactive Co: Thank you. All of you. You took a chance on Terroir, and are very understanding of the works-in-progress in many of the game's mechanics and features. Your support means we get to continue making this game better. We've got massive plans for Terroir (oh, if you only knew...), and it's your incredible feedback and patronage that will make it possible. So, with that out of the way, and while we're on the topic of plans, we'd like to share with you a roadmap for Terroir in the coming months. First, let's talk about some immediate fixes and additions you can expect in the next week or so:

• Music and volume settings
• Game speed indicators
• A bank loan feature
• Fixes to the camera that have some players getting stuck
• Customization options that allow you to add ambient objects to your vineyard; these objects also generate Renown
• Embedding the tutorial (which is currently hosted on YouTube) into the game, with more detailed information on certain mechanics

Once we've got these fixes and additions sorted, we'll then move towards introducing more of the features we've promised you since early development. These include:

• Steam Achievements
• A random event and mission system (CHANCE & CONSEQUENCE)
• New buildings such as the "TAVERN" which allows you to sell wine directly to customers, and "WINE MAKER'S WORKSHOP" which generates tips on how to make good wine (per variety)
• More wine varieties
• More original music

That's our scope for Terroir so far, and we have every intention of seeing everything through before a final release. We are accountable for every shortcoming of Terroir, and we take your feedback very seriously. We may not be very active on the Terroir Discussion Boards in the next week or two as we work on fixes, but I want to assure you that I am reading everything you write -- your feedback is crucial to making this game better. We hope you'll continue to enjoy Terroir -- that alone makes all of our work worth it. Many thanks, and cheers, MARK

[ 2017-05-18 11:41:25 CET ] [ Original post ]