JoeW Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 It’s Roadmap Time! NOTE: This roadmap is provided to let players know what our current plans are for the year. As a studio, we constantly re-evaluate and adjust as necessary, so this is not a guarantee of upcoming content and these plans may change. We will do our best to communicate these changes if they come along, but we try our best to see our roadmaps through to completion. 2023 Recap For 2023 our goal was to further build up systems in the game that would allow us to add challenges for existing players but also make the game a bit less opaque for new players and deliver on some common player expectations of a multiplayer game. We added skill trees for Wilson, Willow, Wigfrid, Woodie, Wolfgang and Wormwood. We added the scrapbook to help players learn more about the world and new end game content with new challenges and equipment. We also had a fun crossover event with Cult of the Lamb, finished adding shared unlocks for all platforms as well as all of our usual holiday events. We're pretty happy with the progress we've made, but we went through a few pain points along the way that we want to address with this roadmap. What’s coming up For 2024 we are going to continue these, but we have decided to change our update process for this year. We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates. We have been working toward this goal for the past several months and this roadmap is where we will start with a newer schedule. With our new schedule we will be releasing 4 major updates; each containing a mix of QOL, content and additional character updates. In between these updates we will be releasing new lore shorts, new skins and occasional news on their own just to keep things from being too quiet for too long. I think it’s important to make some clarifications here. We have been doing frequent and regular updates since Don’t Starve originally debuted on the Chrome web store in 2011. We believe the cadence of these updates has helped our games remain fresh and interesting but also helps us build strong community interest. We are pretty apprehensive about this change as we are concerned that the time between updates could slow the community down. So we will be watching closely and making adjustments as needed in the future. This isn’t a massive change, but it is a change and we think the result will be a much more enjoyable experience for players overall. It’s also worth mentioning that we have not changed staffing or output at any level of production. This is an adjustment purely for providing more comprehensive updates, not an effort to reduce or otherwise shift resources on these updates. It should be said that less frequent updates mean less update prep which should allow a bit more time working directly on each update, but I don’t want to set expectations too high here. Don’t Starve Together has become a massive game with a lot of moving parts, and it takes us a bit more time to put things together than it did in the past. The point is that you’re still getting the same amount of content in this roadmap, just not as frequent. Anything else? This is going to take us a little bit of time to get into the swing of things, but also going to try to do a bit more to communicate future updates to players while you're waiting. This may come in the way of forum posts or streams, but you will see a bit more information as we near release so people can see the game is being worked on. This will begin after our update in February. That’s it for now We have the Year of the Dragonfly coming February 8th and after that we have a QOL+More update coming at the end of March. We’ll share more information as soon as we can. See you soon! - - https://accounts.klei.com/link/2024Roadmap 129 10 15 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkemal23 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) YO Edit: It's so relieving that you guys finally changing the update system. I hope, in the end, It all will be worth it. Also, I just hope that you guys can revisit the first six skill trees and make them a bit better with the QOL updates. Because most of them feels unfinished and a bit rushed to be honest. That's my only request. I hope this will be a good year for this game. Edited January 31 by mkemal23 25 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEATGOOD Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 eets update confirmed? 9 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObedTheGuy Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, JoeW said: It’s Roadmap Time! NOTE: This roadmap is provided to let players know what our current plans are for the year. As a studio, we constantly re-evaluate and adjust as necessary, so this is not a guarantee of upcoming content and these plans may change. We will do our best to communicate these changes if they come along, but we try our best to see our roadmaps through to completion. 2023 Recap For 2023 our goal was to further build up systems in the game that would allow us to add challenges for existing players but also make the game a bit less opaque for new players and deliver on some common player expectations of a multiplayer game. We added skill trees for Wilson, Willow, Wigfrid, Woodie, Wolfgang and Wormwood. We added the scrapbook to help players learn more about the world and new end game content with new challenges and equipment. We also had a fun crossover event with Cult of the Lamb, finished adding shared unlocks for all platforms as well as all of our usual holiday events. We're pretty happy with the progress we've made, but we went through a few pain points along the way that we want to address with this roadmap. What’s coming up For 2024 we are going to continue these, but we have decided to change our update process for this year. We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates. We have been working toward this goal for the past several months and this roadmap is where we will start with a newer schedule. With our new schedule we will be releasing 4 major updates; each containing a mix of QOL, content and additional character updates. In between these updates we will be releasing new lore shorts, new skins and occasional news on their own just to keep things from being too quiet for too long. I think it’s important to make some clarifications here. We have been doing frequent and regular updates since Don’t Starve originally debuted on the Chrome web store in 2011. We believe the cadence of these updates has helped our games remain fresh and interesting but also helps us build strong community interest. We are pretty apprehensive about this change as we are concerned that the time between updates could slow the community down. So we will be watching closely and making adjustments as needed in the future. This isn’t a massive change, but it is a change and we think the result will be a much more enjoyable experience for players overall. It’s also worth mentioning that we have not changed staffing or output at any level of production. This is an adjustment purely for providing more comprehensive updates, not an effort to reduce or otherwise shift resources on these updates. It should be said that less frequent updates mean less update prep which should allow a bit more time working directly on each update, but I don’t want to set expectations too high here. Don’t Starve Together has become a massive game with a lot of moving parts, and it takes us a bit more time to put things together than it did in the past. The point is that you’re still getting the same amount of content in this roadmap, just not as frequent. Anything else? This is going to take us a little bit of time to get into the swing of things, but also going to try to do a bit more to communicate future updates to players while you're waiting. This may come in the way of forum posts or streams, but you will see a bit more information as we near release so people can see the game is being worked on. This will begin after our update in February. That’s it for now We have the Year of the Dragonfly coming February 8th and after that we have a QOL+More update coming at the end of March. We’ll share more information as soon as we can. See you soon! - - https://accounts.klei.com/link/2024Roadmap LETS GO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiyss Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) Finally longer time between updates. Hopefully they'll be bigger and better this time. I say this is a win for the community. Edited January 31 by Swiyss 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleksyPL Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 poggers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony_L3hr Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 minutes ago, JoeW said: What’s coming up For 2024 we are going to continue these, but we have decided to change our update process for this year. We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates. We have been working toward this goal for the past several months and this roadmap is where we will start with a newer schedule. With our new schedule we will be releasing 4 major updates; each containing a mix of QOL, content and additional character updates. In between these updates we will be releasing new lore shorts, new skins and occasional news on their own just to keep things from being too quiet for too long. THANK YOU, there is no shame in taking longer to make these updates you guys release. Here's to seeing more beautiful drawn skins for this year! 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grm9 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) Wasn't there going to be some info about the walter halloween trailer replacing the wigfrid and willow winter's feast trailer in the roadmap? Edited January 31 by grm9 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxtonnnn Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, JoeW said: We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates. That's great to hear, I hope this helps with the quality of the updates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Safety Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Nice! Any news on the items that will come with the YouTooz figures? 8 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny.omo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 oh em gee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ850 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hopefully the event doesn't tune Dragonfly negatively (Nerfs/Difficulty Reductions). She has it rough enough as it is. 7 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyuyu Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Glad to see a slower approach be taken instead of needing to push out updates that aren't as baked as they would wish to be! Rifts were quite the doozy at the start due to that so it's really nice to see bigger more content-filled ones coming next, hopefully reducing the backlash 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapchrap Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Will you guys still do betas at the same time as previous years update schedule? That way you can get feedback without it being potentially overwhelming with changes? Obviously still extending development time, but just that you can recieve feedback as development continues. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoKrampusSack Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 any news on the youtooz skins and the choice of the walter story as a short? 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walki Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 actual updates?? what?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kehun Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiyss Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Nightmare werepig on the surface. Hmmmm. 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_Chuchmay Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 That's it, cut grass rework confirmed 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-lem Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 12 minutes ago, JoeW said: each containing a mix of QOL QOL improvements for us dedicated server hosters would be very welcome too *hint* *hint* 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsheen Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Any information on the Wigfrid & Willow skill tree shorts? Hoping to see more of the survivor spotlight series 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almoboi Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) No update to Klei reward store? :< it's been 1.5 years.. Edited January 31 by Almoboi 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BezKa Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 14 minutes ago, JoeW said: For 2024 we are going to continue these, but we have decided to change our update process for this year. We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates. Good to hear! 15 minutes ago, JoeW said: The point is that you’re still getting the same amount of content in this roadmap, just not as frequent. As long as it's polished and done with love, I think everyone will be happy. 17 minutes ago, JoeW said: additional character updates. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0mori Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 New Lore shorts??? Sign me up <3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlVoid Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Longer periods between updates will be great Having bite sized updates not knowing how the following parts will fit or work together was always lending themselves to high amounts of scrutiny. I also think having longer betas and giving people generally more time to digest betas/updates between major patches will have an overall positive influence over the game. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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