Hey everyone,
As promised, here’s a bigger update on what has been happening with Steel Ark and why things have been so quiet.
An Update on 4Tale Production
Steel Ark is a big and ambitious project - and, naturally, one that requires a significant amount of time and resources to develop.
Unfortunately, the current state of the games industry has made securing funding much more difficult than we expected. Several of the funding arrangements we were counting on didn’t work out, which had a direct impact on the development of Steel Ark.
After looking at our options, we made the decision to continue the project through self-funding.
And rather than asking our community for donations, we decided to build something new that could help us fund the development ourselves.
We’ve been working on a new multiplayer sandbox survival game about building, sailing, and surviving on customizable boats in a post apocalyptic world.
Think Steel Ark on water.
It’s a smaller, lighter project that we can bring to players sooner, while also giving us a way to generate the resources needed to continue working on Steel Ark.
We’ll be revealing much more about this project on August 25.
What Does This Mean for Steel Ark?
In short: development has slowed down, but Steel Ark is not cancelled.
Our previous plans, including the October release target, were based on having funding secured for the development of the game. Since that funding didn't come together, those timelines are no longer realistic.
For now, we’re working toward getting the next Demo update into your hands while we build up the resources needed to return to full-scale development.
Once we’re able to resume development properly, our plan is still to continue expanding Steel Ark through Demo updates, eventually leading into Early Access and, ultimately, the Full Release.
We know it’s been a long and unusually quiet period, and we appreciate everyone who has continued to follow the project despite that.
There’s more coming very soon - including the Sandbox & Automation Demo Update, and a first look at what we’ve been working on alongside Steel Ark.
Thank you for sticking with us.
August 25. Remember the date.