Developer Bigfoot Posted August 8, 2016 Developer Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hello folks, I’m here to give a much needed update on Through the Ages. Over the last year, we’ve been working on this expansion, and while the team was often pulled to help get Reign of Giants and Caves properly integrated, they’ve been busy developing and prototyping different mechanics for TTA. One of the most important processes we have at Klei is the process of experimentation. For example, Mark of the Ninja used to be a puzzle game, Invisible, Inc. started life as a mobile game. Don’t Starve itself used to look like this. This is why TTA has taken so long -- we spent a lot of time trying new things. Some of the things worked, while many of them seemed interesting on paper but ended up not being very good in practice. One of our biggest concerns has been making large scale changes in one go without the constant feedback of the community. We hoped that a major expansion could provide a lot of the things we all feel DST could benefit from: more creatures, more long term challenges, more ways to cooperate, more ways to manage servers, more lore, and so on. We still feel that the game could benefit from these things, but we are concerned about the impact of adding everything all at once. We decided that doing this incrementally, with your feedback, is the better way to go. That’s why, starting this Thursday, we are going to restart an old tradition: regularly scheduled updates! In addition, to better represent the content in these updates, we will no longer be using the name “Through the Ages,” this series of updates will be known as “A New Reign”, and it will be delivered to you every 3 weeks for the next 6 months. We also know that some players don’t want to be forced through the process as we’re changing the game rapidly, so we will be putting the updates in a Beta branch that anyone can subscribe to. Every so often, once the features are stable, we will merge them back into the main branch. Here’s the first update poster to get us going! Spoiler To recap: Instead of continuing to work on Through the Ages for several more months, we are going to release content every 3 weeks starting this week. The content we’re delivering will now be call A New Reign A New Reign will be available on a Beta branch, and merged back into main every so often A New Reign starts this week, and will continue for the next 6 months. Once again, I really appreciate the constant feedback -- game development is never easy, and as a studio we keep trying to push the boundaries, and often that throws our plans awry. Thanks again for being such a great, supportive community. I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fb03 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 On 8/8/2016 at 5:19 PM, Bigfoot said: more ways to cooperate On 8/8/2016 at 5:19 PM, Bigfoot said: more lore *_* I can't wait for "A new Reign". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsomony Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 This is awesome Jamie, thank you for the update! Having been around in 2013 for Don't Starve updates coming along every few weeks, this process feels familiar, and I'm confident everyone at Klei will be able to stay on-track more easily and keep development streamlined and polished. Thanks to everyone there, and I'm looking forward to what you've been working on! Also, more lore? I think I can speak for everyone when I say Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PizzaPocketful Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 More ways to cooperate? A way to share your map with others? LORE!? JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I moved the post to DS general discussion as it was off topic. But, as noted previously, we are looking for bug reports for SW as well, for our long to-do list. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeadatrix Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Every time a take my eyes off you Klei... You blow my mind... YOU GUYS ARE LITERALLY THE BEST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPsiPower Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 "A New Reign" eh? Don't disappoint me now, Charlie. It's about time! Now im excited for Thursday darn it. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhOostNight Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 awesome news can't wait so see them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zillvr Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The posters are back! ...Also noticed each feature item is enclosed in thorny vines, thank you Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Awesome! And more update posters to boot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faintly Macabre Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Very curious about the mention of disease. I wouldn't think they'd be advertising features already in unless they were changing somehow. I presume it won't just be a way of killing off resources that aren't in cycle anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyouMoorlord Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 AMG! Yes! Thank you so much. And I was just thinking about posting something about the game dying off. A Much needed and welcomed update! Again thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebbit Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 UPDATE POSTERS ARE BACK BABYYYYYYYY! And looking creamier than ever. Beautiful stuff. Also, the other stuff like regular updates... I'm so excited, thank you guys at Klei! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterStuffed Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Klei has a weird habit of delivering good news at stressful moments in my life. Thanks for the good news Klei! I can't wait to break the game in the name of science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Sounds like a good update to me. New Reign sounds better. It fits the cinematic and ties closer to the Charlie development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyNamedChris Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 As long as this bundle of fun wasn't scrapped, I'm on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage156 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 More lore? Does that mean we get to know the other character a little better or just deeper meaning into the Wilson and Maxwell cyclum lore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtollerOfTrolls Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Ooh, this is exciting! Will a big notice be put up when the beta branch is ready? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahlsen Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 This is heartwarming. There seems to be quite a good relationship between the Don't Starve devs and their fans, seeing you choosing the path of beta and feedback again feels like a gift. Well, time to roll up my sleeves again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer ImDaMisterL Posted August 10, 2016 Developer Share Posted August 10, 2016 The choo choo hype train is finally up and running again! At full speed! I am so ready for all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidooop Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Looks like Unnatural Selection now has some competition! well... WELL... UHHHH.... I'LL JUST HAVE TO WORK HARDER!... What? you don't believe me? ...I'll show you! I'll show you all! o_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1v0 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thank you for this information ! Me and my friend will play it for sure and I will report if we find bugs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypersomnia Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanAzej Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hm, nice! Kinda wanted to get all stuff at once, but this way it's good as well. So, there's going to be a new craftable from Deerclops' Eyeball it seems. And disease changes? Or resource variants will become more common by default? Oh, and a new improved map/map sharing! Useful for caves exploration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingDedede Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh man, the update posters are coming back! I loved looking at them and seeing what terrible things would happen to Wilson, as bad as that sounds. If anything, I might be more pumped for the posters than the actual updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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