Don't Starve Together -- Multiplayer Alpha Officially Coming Summer 2014

[CUDesu]

Wasn't expecting that. Very pleasant surprise.

[Gotheran]

Maybe after the smashing success of the multiplayer mod they felt embarrassed that a modder added a multiplayer system without having to break the games figurative ankles and work it back into shape from the bottom up to make it work.

 

I'm keen to see this, I'm also eager to play the DLC, I still feel that it shouldn't be DLC and that a lot of these features should have been added vanilla but that's just me. That's my two cents worth, can't wait to see this **** fly!

[Verienkeli]

I am so glad you guys waited until well after release to get bitten by the multiplayer bug. Thanks to busy semesters that nearly killed me (literally), I haven't played much since the game launched. Today, however, I bought RoG and played for the first time in months, and I am AMAZED. I hardly recognized the game, but it still feels like quite the single player experience. Although I doubt I will ever play DST, I don't oppose it as I would have back when the game was in Beta and the very idea of adding multiplayer was a waste of development time. May the people who play DST get as much joy from that as I get from the single-player experience.

[hermitthekrab]

WOOOOOOOO. YESSSSSSSS

[YumoS]

Klei is free to use my quotes

Wilson-

On Willow- 'Fire is a main part of science'

On Wolfgang- 'Brain beats brawn'

On Wendy- 'Death happens, usually from mistakes'

On WX-78- 'I really want to open it up'

On Wickerbottom- 'Know-it-all'

On Woodie- 'A lumberjack; he's okay'

On Wigfrid- 'A voice like nails on a chalkboard'

On Webber- 'Gah! What happened!?'

On Wes- 'I hate performance art'

Willow-

On Wilson- 'His hair looks like flame!'

On Wolfgang- 'Strong and funny!'

On Wendy- 'Not fun to play with'

On WX-78- 'A man as a robot or something'

On Wickerbottom- 'She doesn't like me near her books'

On Woodie- 'He really really doesn't like me'

On Wigfrid- 'Too loud!'

On Webber- 'I don't know what to think'

On Wes- 'Hehe, trapped in a box!'

Wolfgang-

On Willow- 'Science man'

On Wilson- 'Fire girl'

On Wendy- 'Ghost girl'

On WX-78- 'Metal man'

On Wickerbottom- 'Book lady'

On Woodie- 'Tree man'

On Wigfrid- 'Song girl'

On Webber- 'Ah! Scary!'

On Wes- 'Quiet boy'

Wendy-

On Willow- 'Flame will be her end'

On Wolfgang- 'Pride cometh before the fall'

On Wilson- 'Ignorance can be bliss'

On WX-78- 'Self delusion is terrible'

On Wickerbottom- 'Knowledge for knowledge sake is foolish'

On Woodie- 'A curse! A curse!'

On Wigfrid- 'The best offensive is a good defensive'

On Webber- 'Horror incarnate'

On Wes- 'A product of his own madness'

WX-78-

On Willow- 'HEAT SIGNATURE OFF THE CHARTS'

On Wolfgang- 'HUNGRY HEATHEN'

On Wendy- 'LIKE DEAD THINGS; LIKE ME'

On Wilson- 'LOOKS AT ME FUNNY'

On Wickerbottom- 'A CODEX IN FLESH'

On Woodie- 'SCANNER DETECTS ABNORMALITY'

On Wigfrid- 'MY AUDITORY SENSORS; SHATTERED!'

On Webber- 'MAY NOT BE HUMAN; STILL HATE HIM'

On Wes- 'VOCAL IMPUTS; DESTROYED?'

Wickerbottom-

On Willow- 'Combustion fanatic'

On Wolfgang- 'The intelligence is weak here'

On Wendy- 'Reminds me of myself, besides the death obsession'

On WX-78- 'An automata! How fascinating!'

On Wilson- 'Persistent fellow'

On Woodie- 'A Canadian tree feller'

On Wigfrid- 'I do enjoy the Opera, at a lower decibel though'

On Webber- 'Arachnid Man, does whatever an Arachnid can'

On Wes- 'Poor dear'

Woodie-

On Willow- 'Get away from my trees!'

On Wolfgang- 'Got a good swing on him, eh'

On Wendy- 'Don't like her that much'

On WX-78- 'Nice get-up, eh'

On Wickerbottom- 'I guess the wood is going to something useful'

On Wilson- 'A scientist I think'

On Wigfrid- 'She could shatter glass'

On Webber- 'I feel sorry for that fellow'

On Wes- 'His axe act is great!'

Wigfrid-

On Willow- 'Fire, fire fire'

On Wolfgang- Heave-hö'

On Wendy- 'Ghösts ain't scary, she is'

On WX-78- 'A röbot, reminds me of an öld stage pröp'

On Wickerbottom- 'Helpful för running lines with'

On Woodie- 'My chief set creatör!'

On Wilson- 'Act öne; a madman enters!'

On Webber- 'Great cöstume!'

On Wes- 'My cö-star'

Webber-

On Willow- 'She has set many a nest aflame'

On Wolfgang- 'He runs from me'

On Wendy- 'We get on'

On WX-78- 'Imbecile'

On Wickerbottom- 'She says she wants to study me'

On Woodie- 'I sense he has my infliction'

On Wigfrid- 'She keeps asking "where's the zip?'

On Wilson- 'He says he wants to dissect me'

On Wes- 'Doesn't talk much'

[Wonderstar]

O my god!!! its announced

My body is ready for the pre alpha release ;D

there will be much tougher,or problematic monsters which to defeat ,you need more players too i guess. o my god it feels so nice now. im really happy now.

[CREU]

when will the alpha come?

Edited May 9, 2014 by CREU

[drunkmonk]

I would like to see couch co-op for the ps4 not enough game shave couch co-op these days

[Doomfan64]

OMG KLEI YOU ARE LITERALLY HITLER FOR DOING THIS TO ME

 

Okay, joking aside, I am very excited for this and want to see where it goes in regards to the other mechanics. I hope they do the World VS World thing for PvP as well.

[XirmiX]

Please no PvP, I beg you please NO! This is a survival game not a war game!

[Ozokami698]

Heheheheh, this sounds like fun! A challenge against survival and other players!

Let the games begin, hope to see y'all in Don't Starve Together!

 

Time for the bloodshed~

[Dekay]

I've still got my fingers crossed for Steam Achievements.

 

That aside, this is exciting news, I'd be able to play with my family.

[XirmiX]

Heheheheh, this sounds like fun! A challenge against survival and other players!

Let the games begin, hope to see y'all in Don't Starve Together!

 

Time for the bloodshed~

Heheheheh, this sounds like fun! A challenge against survival and other players!

Let the games begin, hope to see y'all in Don't Starve Together!

 

Time for the bloodshed~

How many tkmes do I have to tell people THIS IS NOT A WARGAME! If you were trying to survive and in the end just killing those who you summoned with the machine, what would be the point on creating the machine anyway?! You'll wreck the story lkke this! If you want PvP GO MAKE A MOD OF IT!!!

[Boogerlicious]

My fiancé and I are super amped! 

 

This is perfect timing for me too. I FINALLY unlocked Maxwell a few days ago and felt that satisfied, 'Alriiiight, now I can actually casually play this game instead of dying inside when I die in the fourth world for the bazillionth time'. 

 

I'm really excited to see how the game changes with MP. Big hugs!!

[debugman18]

How many tkmes do I have to tell people THIS IS NOT A WARGAME! If you were trying to survive and in the end just killing those who you summoned with the machine, what would be the point on creating the machine anyway?! You'll wreck the story lkke this! If you want PvP GO MAKE A MOD OF IT!!!

 

If you want PVP disabled, go make a mod for it.

 

You get how that's a silly argument? It can apply to anything.

 

If you don't want PVP, don't play it. They may even give you the option.

[xSadoro]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

Im coming back to dont starve , and OMG Since I bought it I was like: "Ugh omg this would be perfect with co op or mp" YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

I can't wait to be the Wendy or Wes of a group !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH YES haha !!!

 

AND YES I CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW YOU WORK OUT THINGS LIKE WHEN SOMEONE DIES IF THERES A WAY TO RESURRECT THEM OR NOT OR WHATEVER BUT IM SO HAPPY

Edited May 10, 2014 by xSadoro

[Brianman27]

Funny

[ThePreChewedTree]

Maybe there will be different servers like Non pvp Non griefing and Non raiding and others that are opposite of that.

[Toshi]

Hear that? That’s the sound of a few million tables collectively being flipped all around the world in sheer joy, terror and confusion.

Alright, so let’s rip this bandage right off. We are bringing multiplayer to Don’t Starve.

Since multiplayer in Don’t Starve is a bit of a controversial subject, we’re going to approach this announcement point by point so that we can cover as much info as possible. We're sure you have a ton of questions.

We can’t give you all the details just yet, but we’ll get through the important stuff right away. I'm going to put this into sections based on the questions we all know you have. So, let’s do this. Buckle up, because this is gonna be a lot of text. But I’ll break it down for you.

What the heck, Klei? What happened to NO MULTIPLAYER?

We promised we would make Don’t Starve the best single player game that we could. To us, this meant using the resources that we had allocated to Don’t Starve and keeping them focused on delivering on that promise. We were not willing to sacrifice our goals for the game to work on a multiplayer version. This was the point we tried to get across in our our original decision.

As we developed Don’t Starve, multiplayer slowly turned into a hot button issue in the community. Ok, let’s face it… it was always a hot button issue. A lot of people have voiced their feelings that multiplayer would be perfect in Don’t Starve. However, at the time we didn’t have the resources to make it happen and we weren't confident that it would actually work both in concept and implementation.

It was (and still is) important to us that multiplayer would not only be interesting for you to play, but also something that we would feel proud of creating.

We weren’t exactly sure how well Don’t Starve would do to begin with. At the time we made the infamous “multiplayer decision,” we didn’t know if we would have the resources to pull off an expansion, let alone a full conversion of our game from the ground up.

Over the past few months, we’ve quietly smuggled in some new people onto our team who immediately said “Heck yeah, this can be a thing!” and actually threw together a proof of concept. After a couple months and an office-wide session of multiplayer Don’t Starve, we were convinced it was worth exploring and bringing it to our community.

Ok, but seriously, you shut down like a million threads!

Since there weren’t any plans to add it, we decided to post a statement to end speculation and argument and keep discussion and feedback focused. Initially we allowed these posts to stay on the forum, and would only close them if they became unruly. It got to a point where there was little if any room for constructive discussion about multiplayer. Each time it was brought up, it would derail into madness faster than before.

Don’t Starve wouldn’t be what it is today without the feedback and discussions that take place in our forums. Moving forward we look forward to having constructive conversations about Don’t Starve Together, just like we did with the original single player game and expansion.

So, what is Don’t Starve Together?

Don’t Starve Together is a multiplayer expansion for Don’t Starve allowing friends or complete strangers to survive together, in either public or private games. As far as we know, it will have most of (if not all) the normal features in Don’t Starve, balanced for multiplayer, and potentially even add new features.

As with Don't Starve and Reign of Giants, we’ll be looking for your input from now until release.

How many players can play together?

We’ll see. We believe that Don’t Starve Together will support 2-4 players simultaneously. Could be more, but we are aiming for 4 minimum.

What platforms will Don’t Starve Together be available on?

Similar to everything we’ve done with Don’t Starve, it will begin on Steam / Standalone. Beyond that, it’s too early to tell.

Alright… Now we’re talking! How much is it going to cost?

Don’t Starve Together will be a free expansion for all current owners of Steam / Standalone. Thank you for supporting us!

With the addition of multiplayer, the price of Don’t Starve will go up to $19.99 USD around the time Alpha becomes available.

When is it coming out?

We are aiming to let you get your hands on it late this summer; beyond that, we don’t know the specifics yet. That could change, but we are pretty confident that we will be able to get things together for you by then.

We don’t have a solid roadmap yet, but it’s safe to say that we will likely have an early alpha before going to Steam Early Access beta, just like we did with Don’t Starve and the Reign of Giants expansion.

But, I really don’t want to play multiplayer.

Single player Don’t Starve will not be affected by the addition of multiplayer except for content or features not specifically related to multiplayer gameplay. Balance changes and content aimed at creating an interesting multiplayer experience will not be added to the single player game.

Wait, I have a real question that’s not in this announcement!

Ok, head over to the forum and let us know!

Ok, where do we go from here?

As with Don’t Starve and Reign of Giants, we’re going to open up a new section on the forums dedicated to Don’t Starve Together and gather up your feedback and ideas.

Now let’s get on with making the best multiplayer game we can make!

My only response  Interesting.......

[Crates]

How do you tame a horse in Don't Starve Together?

[NOMMYS]

Imagine the possibilities!

[cjcj55]

Will Reign of Giants be with the Multiplayer?

 

[Pyromailmann]

Will Reign of Giants be with the Multiplayer?

Most likely.

[ThePreChewedTree]

How do you tame a horse in Don't Starve Together?

Wait, What? .-.

[Spinorex]

Wait, What? .-.

The closest thing I can associate that with is "how do you tame a damaged clockwork knight in multiplayer", but really I doubt that is what's trying to be said.