Dev Blog #22 - NextFest Celebration & What's Next!
Hello incredible Voyagers! Michael / Spacenorth here, and I'm still REELING from the whirlwind of Steam NextFest!
[h2]🤩 The Response Has Been Incredible[/h2]
NextFest brought so, so many new players to Voyagers alongside our existing community. Honestly, we hoped it would go well, but the actual response blew us away!
[h2]📈 The Numbers:[/h2]
Your support made this possible. Sharing the game, playing the demo, giving feedback - it’s all adding up to something we never expected when we started this project.
Speaking of clips, we've put together a montage of some of our favorite community moments from NextFest week: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h2]🔧 Getting Back to Work[/h2]
The team is processing the mountains of feedback, bug reports and excitement from NextFest. As always, the real input from real players is so valuable for us as we keep planning our work and developing Voyagers!
[h3]We Want to Hear from YOU[/h3]
Have translation feedback? We'd love to hear it as we work on improving our translations! Please join us in the Localization Section in our Discord!
[h3]📅 Early Access is Coming August 5th![/h3]
With Early Access just around the corner, we're sprinting toward some major features and content:
[h3]Important Upcoming Features:[/h3]
There’s lots of new stuff coming both in and outside of the game! Here are just a few that are at the top of our list right now:
[h3]⭐ New Content Expansion:[/h3]
There’s also just tons of game content to still add to the game!
[h2]📢 Other Exciting Updates[/h2]
[h3]Contest News:[/h3]
[h2]🔴 Demo Still Live:[/h2]
The updated demo is still available on Steam right now! If you haven't tried it yet or want to show it to friends, now's the perfect time.
[h2]Thank You[/h2]
It’s been amazing to see so many players discovering Voyagers, and so many previous players come back to see everything that’s changed!
Once again, thank you to everyone in this community for playing the game, giving us feedback, sharing news with their friends. This is a huge milestone we are achieving together as a giant team of devs and players, and we are so lucky to have your support. It has made all the difference in helping us reach new audiences, making the game better, and giving us the motivation to do our best work.
Early Access is coming up fast, and we can’t wait to keep building Voyagers together. ❤️
- Michael and the Treehouse Team
[h2]🤩 The Response Has Been Incredible[/h2]
NextFest brought so, so many new players to Voyagers alongside our existing community. Honestly, we hoped it would go well, but the actual response blew us away!
[h2]📈 The Numbers:[/h2]
- Tens of thousands of new players tried our demo!
- We hit 100,000 wishlists at the start of the week and climbed past 150,000 wishlists now!!
- Made it to the Top 50 Demos for NextFest among so many fantastic games
- We made it on a Top 15 list by GameDiscover of Most Wishlists Accumulated!
Your support made this possible. Sharing the game, playing the demo, giving feedback - it’s all adding up to something we never expected when we started this project.
Speaking of clips, we've put together a montage of some of our favorite community moments from NextFest week: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h2]🔧 Getting Back to Work[/h2]
The team is processing the mountains of feedback, bug reports and excitement from NextFest. As always, the real input from real players is so valuable for us as we keep planning our work and developing Voyagers!
[h3]We Want to Hear from YOU[/h3]
- Haven't filled out the in-game survey yet? Please do! Your input directly shapes our development priorities.
- You can find the survey link here, in the Main Menu of the game, and in the Escape Menu (the Clipboard symbol).
Have translation feedback? We'd love to hear it as we work on improving our translations! Please join us in the Localization Section in our Discord!
[h3]📅 Early Access is Coming August 5th![/h3]
With Early Access just around the corner, we're sprinting toward some major features and content:
[h3]Important Upcoming Features:[/h3]
There’s lots of new stuff coming both in and outside of the game! Here are just a few that are at the top of our list right now:
- Fast travel / teleportation so you can easily travel between Spirit Anchors
- Broader graphics options to tune your experience
- Performance improvements
- Dedicated server functionality
[h3]⭐ New Content Expansion:[/h3]
There’s also just tons of game content to still add to the game!
- Biome 2 “The Reef” - polish and refinements. We will be back to playtesting this in our Discord soon!
- Biome 3 “The Great Wood” - featuring a completely new enemy faction, fresh recipes and resources, and a whole new space to explore!
- Sneak peeks coming before you know it! 👀
[h2]📢 Other Exciting Updates[/h2]
[h3]Contest News:[/h3]
- Our NextFest Gleam contest for Early Access keys ended!
- Our “P is for Photo” Contests are wrapping up on Discord. Be sure to vote for your favorites!
- Don't worry if you missed out - we've got another Gleam campaign running right now: Check it out here! 3 Lucky Winners will win a game of their choice on Steam! (Value up to $100).
[h2]🔴 Demo Still Live:[/h2]
The updated demo is still available on Steam right now! If you haven't tried it yet or want to show it to friends, now's the perfect time.
[h2]Thank You[/h2]
It’s been amazing to see so many players discovering Voyagers, and so many previous players come back to see everything that’s changed!
Once again, thank you to everyone in this community for playing the game, giving us feedback, sharing news with their friends. This is a huge milestone we are achieving together as a giant team of devs and players, and we are so lucky to have your support. It has made all the difference in helping us reach new audiences, making the game better, and giving us the motivation to do our best work.
Early Access is coming up fast, and we can’t wait to keep building Voyagers together. ❤️
- Michael and the Treehouse Team