Dear community,
First of all, thank you!
Since launching GRAIN ROT, we’ve been moved by your response to the game. Thank you for playing, sharing feedback, reporting bugs, making videos, streaming the game and helping other players find their feet in the Outpost.
But alas, launch was only the first level of the Deep Layers! Let’s dive deeper into what we’ve been improving the past 5 days, and what we have in store for GRAIN ROT in the upcoming months.
Rather than a list of fixed dates, we’d like to share an overview of our goals for updates each month. We want to stay flexible enough to respond to your suggestions and feedback, so some details may update as development continues.
One of our priorities right now is making it easier to find and join other players. We’re currently testing a public lobby browser, alongside improvements to the way friends can join a session.
Friends-only and invite-only games will remain available for players who want a more controlled experience. Public lobbies are a different way to meet people and play together, and we’re also working on more tools to help hosts manage their sessions.
New exclusive cosmetics! More Twitch Drops are on the way for this weekend. We’ll share the exact campaigns and unlock details separately once they’re ready.
Over the coming month, we’re planning new content updates: a batch of new constructs, and a new vessel. These updates are about giving you more to discover and more ways to shape your runs while we build toward the larger updates below.
Our first major post-launch content update is planned for September.
The Deep Layers Update will add one new biome and several new enemies. We want it to feel like a meaningful expansion of the world, and we’ll share a closer look as it gets nearer.
In October, we’re planning a larger seasonal update built around Halloween.
The Halloween Update will open the third floor of the Outpost and introduce a new questline, amongst other visual updates to celebrate the season. We’ll have plenty more to reveal when the time is right.
Alongside this new content, we’ll continue releasing fixes, performance improvements, balancing changes and quality-of-life updates. We’re reading your bug reports and discussions every day, and the things you share continue to shape what we prioritize.
We’re a two-person team, and there’s a lot here that we’re excited to build. Thank you for giving us the chance to keep growing this world with you.
See you in the Deep Layers.
/ Miche & Nikko