April 7th, 2023 - Exploration Gameplay changes in Update 8

April 7th, 2023

Exploration Gameplay changes in Update 8

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  1. Jace

    Okay, that's all I can say.

    All right, this is a big video, you guys, but we got more to talk about.

    So the next area that we're gonna talk about is gonna be the exploration gameplay changes coming in Update 8.

    Okay, so by exploration gameplay, what we're talking about is, I'm talking about creatures, creature placement hazards, like fart rocks, uranium deposits, destructible rocks.

    We're also talking about edibles, like berries and nuts.

    We're talking about artifacts, like the Summer Sloops and the Mercerspheres, power slugs, crash sites.

    These are exploration things we're talking about.

    And so various areas around the map have gotten, like, that were completely lacking these things, have gotten a pretty heavy gameplay pass over them.

    So these areas we're talking about are the Spire Coast, the cliffs between Dune Desert and Spire Coast, I think it's called Dune Desert Mountain or Dune Mountain Plateaus, I can't remember.

    There's also the Abyss Cliffs has gotten a bit of a treatment as well.

    The Cointree Forest has gotten some love and also the Titan Forest.

    There have been other Polish pauses that have happened in other areas too around the map, mostly in starting areas, but that's kind of, I think, it for now.

    Also, you might be wondering, well, aren't resource nodes an exploration feature as well?

    And yes, they are.

    We do consider resource nodes to be an exploration game...

    exploration gameplay feature, but it's important to note that in update 8 there will be no changes to resource nodes as of yet.

    We do plan on doing that in the future.

    There are some areas like the Spire Coast that desperately need changes to resource nodes or maybe more added, maybe moved, who knows.

    Those kinds of changes will come in the future when we do another gameplay exploration pass over the entire map later, okay?

    And that will all come in one go as opposed to like little bits here and there.