I know, I know.. Most everyone else posts these sorts of things a week or two after early access launch. We hope to not be like everyone else though. We strive to be friggin' awesome! Along with totally transparent.. I thought it would be helpful to everyone deciding whether or not to buy the game now to see exactly what we have planned for the full version, without digging for the information, so we're also posting it now. We expect to be in early access for a year.
In very rough chronological order:
-Ranked multiplayer We think ITC would benefit greatly from a competitive ranked multiplayer ladder system. It's possible this is done before EA launch, but if not, it will be ready in the weeks after
-More cargoes To give players even more reasons to travel interstellar for hard to find natural resources. Also weaponry which will be important for the next item...
-Politics This will make the game incredibly more dynamic. Civil wars will break out and you will need to choose a side and embargo the other, reputations will change depending on factional politics and who you are servicing, planets and systems will change hands, handle huge weapon demands during times of war etc...
-Contracts Local governments, business, and authorities will approach you with contracts that you can fulfill for big bonuses and penalties upon failure.
-Techtree and Research Currently ships are released at predefined days. We will give players more control over what ships are researched and also give companies exclusive rights for a period of time to ships they had a large hand in developing.
-Stock Market and IPOs We feel this is an essential feature for the management side of the game.
-VR Support We love VR and have been planning since day one to add VR support.
-Mod and Workshop support We're not precisely sure how much modding support we can offer yet, but it will at least allow new ships, planet types, and some game balancing variables to be changed. Possibly much more.
Also we will be adding these things periodically throughout development:
-Localizations to other languages
-More starships and rockets
-Better / more realistic flight paths for ships
-More options in galaxy generation
-More planetside infrastructure
There's also a hundred different directions we can take this game. It really depends on the feedback we get from all of you during early access. I can't wait to see what you all think, and where you would like to take ITC, starting in just 6 days!
And finally, just for fun, a shot of a multiplayer test we did last night! It works great!
[ 2017-08-11 14:44:39 CET ] [ Original post ]