Hometopia Roadmap Update!
Hey Topians,
We're thrilled to share with you the official Hometopia Roadmap, a guide to our major plans from now until our full 1.0 launch and beyond. In this video, Hometopia’s Game Director, Carl Ahlund, walks us through the updates coming to Hometopia!
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Here's a breakdown of our roadmap:
Q4 2023
- Sandbox Mode (Nov. 8th): Unleash your creativity with unlimited budget, unlimited inventory, and the freedom to build whatever you want
- UI/UX Improvements: Expand display options and improve/debug other features
- Player Profile Resets: Start your game fresh from the beginning
- Full Offline Play: Play offline in single player
- Performance Optimizations
- UI Overhaul: A revamp with animated elements and captivating effects
- Improved Multiplayer: Stabilized multiplayer experience and gameplay
- Full Audio Pass: Immerse players in the world with satisfying sounds and ambient noises
- New 3D Campaign Map: A visually revamped map with terrain updates and new job icons, aligning with Hometopia's style
- Snapping & Grid Improvements: Perfect building precision tool
- Localization Improvements: Enhance translations for a global audience
- New Items
- Expandable City: Expand the city map block by block with your own custom-designed neighborhoods
- Communities: Create diverse urban spaces including shops, restaurants, art galleries, city parks, residential areas, hotels, and much more
- Progression Rewards: Earn exclusive titles, profile pictures, card styles, and emotes
- Customizable Player Card: Craft your unique player profile with unlocked content
- Custom Keybinds: Personalize your controls for a tailored experience
- New Item Placement, Building, & Roofing Systems: Rework and improve how players design and build
- Weekly Challenges: Implement various challenges including title screen image gallery of winning player builds
- Client System Rework: Massively improve logic for traits, preferences, desired layouts and job evaluation to be more naturalistic
- Cars & Pedestrians in Neighborhoods: Bring neighborhoods to life with bustling streets
- Controller Support
- Item Customization Overhaul: Dive into more intentional and customized design choices
- Free Roam Neighborhoods & Biomes: Explore expansive, open-ended neighborhoods and diverse biomes
- Interactive Items: Collaborate and engage in co-op with interactive in-game items like ping pong
- New Game Modes: Explore new neighborhoods, job types, standard items, and terrains
- Customizable Player Avatars
- Console Ports
- Mac Support
We have a lot of exciting plans for Hometopia and can’t wait to deliver these features to our players!
Let’s build better, together,
The Hometopia Team