Closed beta (December 2021)

Incorporate feedback from the alpha phase
New content
- Nuclear power & uranium refinement
- Oil chain improvements
- Advanced smelting
- Ship upgrades
- Silicon production
- Electronics production
- Advanced maintenance
- Construction parts IV
- Upgraded pipes & conveyors (stage 3)
- Gold smelting
- Plastic
- Household electronics goods
- Housing tier III
Priority system for resources consumption, logistics and power generation
More maps
Difficulty levels
Soundtrack

Early access - launch (March 2022)

Incorporate feedback from the beta phase
Trees replanting
Waste management & recycling
New content
- Microchip production
- Datacenters
- Smart routing
- Robotic assembler
- Aluminum smelting
- Hydrogen production
- Solar panels
- Space program: rockets assembly, launchpad, space station modules assembly, space station
- Add space program & space station (dust collection & stargate might be moved to the second stage)
- Weather forecast station
- Decorations for settlement (parks, fountains, or something like that)
Open storages so products are visible
Focus on polish - particles, sound effects, quality of life.
Allow players to choose a position of their first settlement
Provide multiple islands to choose from (island generation will not be done yet)
Randomize world map
Enable concrete the ground (might slip to after-launch)
Translate the game to other languages - Russian, Portuguese (might be later), Chinese (might be later), Japanese (might be later)
+ Surprise

Early access - after launch

Experiment with island procedural generation and map editor
Space program
Focus on modding support
Look into other platforms - Mac, Linux
evisit diseases and add more mechanics

Early access - ideas & possibilities

IMPORANT: These are just ideas on what we could do, not ordered by priority. What we will end up implementing will be largely based on feedback and wishes from our community.

Farms & food production

There is a huge potential that we did not unlock yet in regards to food production. Farms would no longer produce food but raw resources (potatoes, wheat, etc.). These would be processed for food. There is also a possibility to add livestock. e.g. players can find cows on the world map and have them reproduced. Cows can starve if not fed, obviously. That would lead to the fact that the player has wiped out the last remaining members of the species on the planet. Livestock could also provide manure. There is also a possibility to implement farming directly on the terrain and provide farming equipment. Food variety could have the following benefits: reduces food consumption, makes people happier = more unity, people are more healthy.

Advanced power management

Consider introducing power transformers that could be connected via high-voltage power lines. Also, provide better automation for power failures. e.g. starting a backup power plant, power switches, etc. This will be very much needed in cases of unreliable power sources such as solar power. Would be cool to build off-shore as well. This might require a special type of ship or helicopter.

Quality of life improvements (some of these will most likely come a bit earlier)

Enable to destroy entities by dragging

Enable players to create blueprints and share them

Add more production statistics for each machine

More content for mining

Even bigger excavators. Dedicated dumping entity connected to transport. Mining cable cars.

More customizations

Battleships or vehicles paint jobs. Flags (for ship and as standalone for the island).

Day & night cycles

This would provide better immersion and new challenges. Currently considered as super low priority.

More chains

Coffee production: Having a population high on caffeine would increase the speed of vehicles and would also discount unity boost.

Ammo production: Having to produce ammo for the ship. With the possibility to have extra tiers of ammo to have better damage. And end-game missiles which would be expensive but could turn the tide of ongoing battle when fired manually by the player.

Extend mechanical power

Add mechanical power transports (shafts), mechanical power storages (large rotating mass), and use mechanical power in more machines/chains than just electricity.

More stuff for settlement

More decorations. Also lavish ones like statues etc. which serve as achievements. Communication module that connects settlements to datacenters - the internet.

Improvements in naval battles

Consider moving naval battles to 3d. However, these would still be automated (no player control involved).

Multiple islands

The player could have multiple islands. Logistics would be managed by cargo ships or by building bridges with trains. This would be handy to potentially provide multiplayer where each player has their own island. We don’t plan to have real islands on the world map as that would be a hell to manage from the player’s perspective.

Multiplayer

Enable players to start on the same island or each player could have their own island. This will need more design and we think we will be smarter once we get further with the game.

Pirates attacking the island

Not something we want to force on the player. However, we could introduce some kind of challenge where the player can decide to engage to get some special rewards. Or it could be interesting for multiplayer as a co-op or to fight against each other. However, this is a huge task and right now the priority is low.

People on the island!

We deliberately made the decision to have settlements as blobs so we can, later on, add people if needed. People in a settlement would be just for decoration purposes and they would not mix with the general island. We could also add a possibility to build transportation between individual settlements or have stations that cover some area of the island with a workforce. This could be built on top of trains or we could use buses. However, buses would require roads or concrete ground and obviously maintenance :)

Digging / dumping challenges

Players would have to dig deep to find some artifact for instance. Or some other valuable end-game resources. Or something that can serve as a decoration for the settlement. Dinosaurs skeleton for instance.

End-game challenges

Challenges such as heatwaves. Heatwaves would kill the population if the player does not provide cooling. They could also put stress on the equipment. These would also increase maintenance and water consumption.