Ahoy, me hearties! Thanks so much for all your support and patience while Aaron and I have been swabbing the poop deck and rigging the masts of the good ship Autonauts. It's almost time for us to weigh anchor, hoist the mainsail, and begin exploring the Bot Seas once again!
It's been quiet lately… too quiet, we know. BUT! There's been lots going on behind the scenes we can't share until everything's finalised for fear of jinxing it. We're not quite ready to announce everything we have coming up just yet, but what we can say is that 2022 is shaping up to be a big year for fans of Autonauts.
However, ahead of all the good news we'll be announcing later on we felt it was important to update everyone about what's happening with the “Survival Mode” we promised as a free update for Autonauts a while back. The good news is that we have been working hard on it and it will be coming out soon, but the bad news is it isn’t going to be free.
Why's that? Well, in truth we didn't think this through. We expected to be spending a few months making it, but it's ended up taking us almost two years to finish. What started as "just an extra mode" for Autonauts has grown into an entirely new Autonauts experience of its own, because Aaron and I wanted to create the absolute best game we possibly could. At times it felt like we'd never finish it, but at last we see the end in sight. Now we're just a few more months away from finishing. We're both REALLY pleased with what we've made, and we're even more excited to share it with you all so you can enjoy playing it after waiting patiently for so long.
Of course, we do understand how deeply disappointed some of you will be that we won’t be able to bring new free content to the original Autonauts game for now, and we are genuinely sorry about that. It's not a decision we've taken lightly, but there really is just the two of us making Autonauts and we miscalculated how much extra work it would take to create “Survival” mode. All our energy has gone into this new version, so we hope you understand and will continue to give us your support as we do our best to deliver the most amazing Autonauts experiences that the two of us possibly can.
We’ll be sharing more about the new Autonauts game in the coming months but in the meantime we wanted to assure all existing Autonauts players that we really appreciate the support you’ve given us so far. As a small token of that appreciation we’ve agreed with our publisher Curve that we will offer a discount to anyone who already owns the original Autonauts and wants to buy the new one when it launches - so not quite as free as we'd originally hoped, but still a whole lot of new Autonauting fun for as little as possible.
This has been a labour of love for our tiny team and we can't wait to share it with you all in just a few more short months.