Ipsquiggle 6274 Report post Posted July 3 Recap We last touched base in February where we announced that we're working on a DLC. Shortly after that, we put out another free Content Pack in March... and then a global pandemic hit and work from home began. At that point we decided it was best for the team to refocus their efforts on the new systems and content of the DLC, while putting out semi-regular bugfix patches for the released version of the game. Since then, we've put out our May patch and now our July patch -- releasing in a few days! (And finally fixed infinite digging, I might add!) The DLC So let's answer the question that's on everyone's mind: What is this DLC we've been working on? New Systems: There are 3 major new features: Multiple colonies on multiple asteroids running simultaneously! From lonely mining outposts to thriving hubs of industry, each world can contribute to sustainability across your civilization. A new radiation simulation and overlay, with conduit-like infrastructure to harness it for science and industry! We're adding this as a new fundamental system with integrations into many parts of a successful colony. Space gameplay has been reimagined. Space destinations are now actual playable asteroids which can be landed on and settled. Rockets themselves are now easier to launch, more interesting to control, and have a deeper role to play by providing infrastructure between asteroids. New Content: While the majority of the new content will of course be in service of the new systems, we're also adding a new start biome, and multiple new biomes throughout the asteroid cluster with their own critters, plants, and resources to discover and integrate into your colony. We're also adding other bits of content, new buildings, traits, and more, to keep expanding on the ONI experience! Keeping performance steady as we add these new features, and trying to improve on it where possible, continues to be a high priority for us while developing this DLC. What about Vanilla? The base game, which you currently own, will also see a large update when the DLC is released! Bug fixes, UI improvements, balance and tuning improvements, and base-game content updates will be synchronized across all versions of the game. So even if you choose not to play with the DLC, we're working to improve your experience as well! Timeline We're going to get the DLC into your rubber-gloved-hands some time this year. The fallout from Covid19 has really altered our estimates and shifted our priorities, so we're not going to make a more specific promise than that. As we get closer to the big moment, we'll be sure to give you more updates! In Summary Most of the team has been hard at work staying safe and developing the new DLC, even while we've continued to fix issues and performance on the released version of the game. We are adding new fundamental systems so we're taking the time to make sure we get them right, and especially working to integrate them well into the existing gameplay for all players to enjoy. We're as excited as you are to be playing the game with these new features in it, and can't wait until it's complete! Thank you from the bottom of our cardiovascular systems for all your support, suggestions, encouragement and enthusiasm, which has got us this far. Onward! 100 28 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minespatch 77342 Report post Posted July 3 Will radiation included bodily harm and mutations? 21 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainbowdesign 195 Report post Posted July 3 1 hour ago, Ipsquiggle said: New Systems: There are 3 major new features: Multiple colonies on multiple asteroids running simultaneously! From lonely mining outposts to thriving hubs of industry, each world can contribute to sustainability across your civilization. A new radiation simulation and overlay, with conduit-like infrastructure to harness it for science and industry! We're adding this as a new fundamental system with integrations into many parts of a successful colony. Space gameplay has been reimagined. Space destinations are now actual playable asteroids which can be landed on and settled. Rockets themselves are now easier to launch, more interesting to control, and have a deeper role to play by providing infrastructure between asteroids. Thats somewhat a great upgrade to the game and sounds like a really awesome improvement 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wumpus the 19th 1072 Report post Posted July 3 ol' reliable hype gif 10 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee1026 109 Report post Posted July 3 Multiple colonies? My computer wants to cry at the thought of reliably simulating all of it. 2 1 11 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SackMaggie 163 Report post Posted July 3 OMG the DLC is the idea from last year. It finally happen! I'll buy it for sure. 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastiangperez 140 Report post Posted July 3 (edited) Instant checkout. They did what i been thinking long time ago , the space rework. This is my post predicting the future .... Edited July 3 by Sebastiangperez 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadameHardy 19 Report post Posted July 3 Like everybody else says, take my money. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beowulfe 159 Report post Posted July 3 This sounds incredible! I'm in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Szczuku 13526 Report post Posted July 3 Very interesting. I still don't know how to cool my water source though 5 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf2010 654 Report post Posted July 3 In a word? Sweet... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuantumPion 81 Report post Posted July 3 As an actual nuclear physicist, I hope Klei treats radioactivity with a good amount of realism like they do with thermodynamics! 12 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xedlord 1243 Report post Posted July 3 Guess I'm gonna get back into ONI 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilcat19xx 12 Report post Posted July 3 This is awesome. Thank you for the regular updates. Space is a perfect area to expand on Hear me out: If it will be possible to have "Multiple colonies on multiple asteroids running simultaneously," it eventually will be possible to play the game with multiple people as well. Btw, hope you guys have some ideas regarding the end-game goals. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mooagain 2269 Report post Posted July 3 Spoiler IS THAT A POP BOTTLE ROCKET? (I hope there's pip& pokeshell morphs) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lbphero 2483 Report post Posted July 3 YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseyTheYes 1681 Report post Posted July 3 2 hours ago, minespatch said: Will radiation included bodily harm and mutations? If so @DragonMage156's ocs will be canon- 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeegee 761 Report post Posted July 3 (edited) I wonder how the printing pod will work, will we be able to move it!!? actually wait there's multiple in the image woah they added window background tiles, yessss Edited July 3 by Squeegee 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Variant 5689 Report post Posted July 3 Look, there I am! 4 1 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psilo 8 Report post Posted July 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, evilcat19xx said: This is awesome. Thank you for the regular updates. Space is a perfect area to expand on Hear me out: If it will be possible to have "Multiple colonies on multiple asteroids running simultaneously," it eventually will be possible to play the game with multiple people as well. Btw, hope you guys have some ideas regarding the end-game goals. Multiplayer would totally help me motivate friends to buy the game and play with me... Connecting with friends on other asteroids would be amazing. But yeah, this DLC looks fantastic even if it doesn't have multiplayer. Edited July 3 by Psilo 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webber is bes 162 Report post Posted July 3 Ah yes finally a way to punish dupes with radiation. I love it already. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurgel 1819 Report post Posted July 3 (edited) Hahaha, at least partially a "Nuclear Update"! Called it If they can make this run well, this is quite a bit more than I expected, though. Also, lead suits and PET-bottle rockets! Edited July 3 by Gurgel 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racso5 6 Report post Posted July 3 (edited) Awesome news! Thanks Klei! Are there planned updates to the effects/lethality of germs/diseases for the DLC? Will the new DLC content include anything resembling external events (e.g. asteroid weather, machine accidents etc)? Edited July 3 by Racso5 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacovf 878 Report post Posted July 3 I hope this also comes with a rework of how asteroid surface works. The way to handle meteor showers for scanners/telescopes/rockets is really awkward and unintuitive right now. I don’t expect the introduction of radiation to also come with black body radiation, but that would definitely shake things up. The teaser shows a lot of new plants and critters too! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
