From zero to hero
Hi there everyone, I hope you are well and healthy.
The game is in Early Access process and that means there will be a lot of wipes, a lot of crashes, a lot of bugs and a lot of everything.
At the beginning of the game, there was the possibility to rebuild towns and save villagers that will populate these towns. This was the main Idea of the game and I don't know why I changed my mind. This will come back. There were so many things that I talked about but never implemented them. So I will stop trying to make something, I want to make it.
The game will be started from zero with the newest Unreal Engine version. Means the game will look almost the same in style but will have a lot more fixes for the engine itself and will give me much more control of what I will do.
So why not just upgrading?
Simple answer: I used an inventory system from the UE marketplace that was a good base, but not the best descision to use for multiplayer on dedicated servers. The system caused a lot of networking impacts because it was not prepared for this.
Because of the fact that all logics that I have made is based on this system, there is no other solution for it. I have to restart this. But it will not take years. It will take another month to do it. So I will update the game to the latest version I have made until now, then I will begin with the absolute zero version.
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This time I will make it different:
- It will start with one biome that will have a better look and unique places including caves from the beginning. Biomes will come into the game step by step but much more beautiful and much more unique.
- The building system will be expanded and has triangle build parts (Foundations ceilings etc.)
- AI will be reworked and much more performant (and of course smarter)
- Teraforming is an optional thing that I can not guarantee but is planned.
and much more that I will not reveal until I have done what I have planned.
I know that you all waiting for more content and that you want to have much more to do but this is an important step to give you what you deserve. You paid for a game and it is up to me to give you what you have paid for.
The game is in Early Access process and that means there will be a lot of wipes, a lot of crashes, a lot of bugs and a lot of everything.
At the beginning of the game, there was the possibility to rebuild towns and save villagers that will populate these towns. This was the main Idea of the game and I don't know why I changed my mind. This will come back. There were so many things that I talked about but never implemented them. So I will stop trying to make something, I want to make it.
The game will be started from zero with the newest Unreal Engine version. Means the game will look almost the same in style but will have a lot more fixes for the engine itself and will give me much more control of what I will do.
So why not just upgrading?
Simple answer: I used an inventory system from the UE marketplace that was a good base, but not the best descision to use for multiplayer on dedicated servers. The system caused a lot of networking impacts because it was not prepared for this.
Because of the fact that all logics that I have made is based on this system, there is no other solution for it. I have to restart this. But it will not take years. It will take another month to do it. So I will update the game to the latest version I have made until now, then I will begin with the absolute zero version.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This time I will make it different:
- It will start with one biome that will have a better look and unique places including caves from the beginning. Biomes will come into the game step by step but much more beautiful and much more unique.
- The building system will be expanded and has triangle build parts (Foundations ceilings etc.)
- AI will be reworked and much more performant (and of course smarter)
- Teraforming is an optional thing that I can not guarantee but is planned.
and much more that I will not reveal until I have done what I have planned.
I know that you all waiting for more content and that you want to have much more to do but this is an important step to give you what you deserve. You paid for a game and it is up to me to give you what you have paid for.