August 2024 - 4th Player Slot added!
[h3]What’s this, an additional mysterious character? That’s right, we’ve added a 4th player slot and character to Deathground![/h3]
[h3]4th Player Slot Added![/h3]
Adding a 4th player slot was the final stretch goal of our Kickstarter campaign but we didn’t reach that funding mark. After talking to our backers and reflecting on our own development ambitions, we felt it would add a lot of value to the game. After some base implementation and testing, it felt possible!
New character? Who dis
We always knew that we wanted to add it in at some point, perhaps in a post-launch update. Perhaps…now?!
Due to the various development hurdles we've endured and overcome (i.e. the loss of publisher support, downsizing to a small team), we had to frustratingly rebuild some elements during that descope period too. But we took that window of opportunity to factor in additional mechanics. Such as the extra player slot! We feel it'll add a lot to the game as well as be a gift to players for your ongoing support and for the delays. Before, we hardly had any breathing room to explore further ideas or take on external feedback. Now, with full creative control back in our court and a small dedicated team, it's quicker to produce gameplay and content.
It’s a good achievement for our reduced team and it’s a sign of things to come as we can start playing around with ideas from the community and see what sticks! It’s also great news for the 4th friend in your gaming circle who didn’t make the cut when you told them it was a 1-3 player game.
Technically speaking, adding a 4th player slot isn't extremely complex, but everything that comes along with it is costly. A new character model, balancing 4 players during gameplay, increasing pick-up items and objectives, lore, audio, matchmaking and UI, etc., adds up in time and effort.
Nothing says “learn from my mistakes” more than a blood-soaked ID card...
Thanks for your support during this challenging dev timeline. If you're a Kickstarter backer, please go to the latest Kickstarter update for details on testing. While there may be opportunities for the wider community to help us with playtesting, we will be honouring our Kickstarter backers who pledged for private Alpha/Beta testing access first. We shall let you know if we need more hands on deck!
We really appreciate your continued support, comments and sharing of the game during this time. Please keep it up and we hope that the additional player slot, character and gameplay possibilities are already getting you excited!
TL;DR Now, you’ll be able to play and attempt to survive in Deathground together as a group of 4 rather than just 3, if you want!
One more cryptic lore-drop for the road…
[h3]Until next time...[/h3]
We’ll be introducing the mysterious 4th playable character in another update soon! As always, join us and the rest of the community over on Discord. And don’t forget, you can find and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and TikTok too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200770/Deathground/
[h3]4th Player Slot Added![/h3]
Adding a 4th player slot was the final stretch goal of our Kickstarter campaign but we didn’t reach that funding mark. After talking to our backers and reflecting on our own development ambitions, we felt it would add a lot of value to the game. After some base implementation and testing, it felt possible!
New character? Who disWe always knew that we wanted to add it in at some point, perhaps in a post-launch update. Perhaps…now?!
Due to the various development hurdles we've endured and overcome (i.e. the loss of publisher support, downsizing to a small team), we had to frustratingly rebuild some elements during that descope period too. But we took that window of opportunity to factor in additional mechanics. Such as the extra player slot! We feel it'll add a lot to the game as well as be a gift to players for your ongoing support and for the delays. Before, we hardly had any breathing room to explore further ideas or take on external feedback. Now, with full creative control back in our court and a small dedicated team, it's quicker to produce gameplay and content.
It’s a good achievement for our reduced team and it’s a sign of things to come as we can start playing around with ideas from the community and see what sticks! It’s also great news for the 4th friend in your gaming circle who didn’t make the cut when you told them it was a 1-3 player game.
Technically speaking, adding a 4th player slot isn't extremely complex, but everything that comes along with it is costly. A new character model, balancing 4 players during gameplay, increasing pick-up items and objectives, lore, audio, matchmaking and UI, etc., adds up in time and effort.
Nothing says “learn from my mistakes” more than a blood-soaked ID card...Thanks for your support during this challenging dev timeline. If you're a Kickstarter backer, please go to the latest Kickstarter update for details on testing. While there may be opportunities for the wider community to help us with playtesting, we will be honouring our Kickstarter backers who pledged for private Alpha/Beta testing access first. We shall let you know if we need more hands on deck!
We really appreciate your continued support, comments and sharing of the game during this time. Please keep it up and we hope that the additional player slot, character and gameplay possibilities are already getting you excited!
TL;DR Now, you’ll be able to play and attempt to survive in Deathground together as a group of 4 rather than just 3, if you want!
One more cryptic lore-drop for the road…[h3]Until next time...[/h3]
We’ll be introducing the mysterious 4th playable character in another update soon! As always, join us and the rest of the community over on Discord. And don’t forget, you can find and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and TikTok too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200770/Deathground/