Hey friends! Happy 4th of July to my American players, and happy Thursday to everyone else! I hope everyone is having a great week.
As decided on my discord, I have decided to begin development on a new version of Idle Research. There's a lot of things that need to be remade from scratch, specifically project infrastructure and basic game features (Research, Crafting, etc.). I personally feel like the game needs a more thoughtful approach to what I wanted Idle Research to be.
I would really love if people filled out this Google Form survey, so I have a good idea on my player base's wants and needs for the best idle/incremental game experience. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/jUQ2jT9vWhH9XBhWA
I'll provide more details on what will happen to the current Idle Research, but to keep it short:
- Game will be playable and live, not replaced by Idle Research 2.
- Cylinders will not be a thing, but I may provide a UI playground area to paint a picture on what I had already worked on.
- Bugs will be maintained.
- Features may be slightly tweaked.
- Performance improvements.
- Purchases of any kind will be transferrable to the new game in some way.
...essentially, I will work on fixes when I have extra time.
This game is still in early access, so I have no idea what I want to do in terms of moving it to full release. If anyone has any advice/ideas, I'm all ears.
Anyways, that's all I have. Again here is the optional survey: https://forms.gle/jUQ2jT9vWhH9XBhWA
Questions? Let me know :)
Thanks everyone for the positivity this week, it's making me miss game development.
Zach / Considera