Will there be more?

Nautical_Nick

After the release of Subnautica, will there still be updates adding more content or will the game cease to get updates. I do hope that even after the full release of the game more content gets added in because this means that even after the full release, people can still share their ideas.

WaviestBow6

Of course! They plan to add the Lily pad Biome and other things!

DrownedOut

Chech Trello. The unknown section on the roadmap mostly contains post-release update material.

Nautical_Nick

Cool. @WaviestBow6, I'm talking about content after Subnautica comes into a full version instead of Early Access, not things being added in during Early Access

Calarand77

My guess is that if Subnautica has a successful launch, we will get a lot of updates with new content.

And, considering how amazing a game SN is, success is pretty much guaranteed.

WaviestBow6

Nautical_Nick wrote: »

Cool. @WaviestBow6, I'm talking about content after Subnautica comes into a full version instead of Early Access, not things being added in during Early Access

Yes, it would be a poor decision to just abandon their game. I can't remember but i think V1.0 (the full version) is when they are adding the story parts of the game.
(remember early access is before V1.0 its mostly used to earn more money for the game, add more content and gain more popularity)
(correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not 100% sure)

Hope that helped

Nautical_Nick

Yes you are right @WaviestBow6 . V1 is the first version of the full build. If they continue to update the game than it will go into V1.1 than V1.2 and so on. I thought that story elements were going to be implemented just before V1, but I guess I'm wrong.

WaviestBow6

Well, I hope this at least helped.

Avimimus

I hope they charge for these addons - I'll happily by DLC or a sequel... heck, I might pre-order it not even knowing the content - I like the game that much.

Squeal_Like_A_Pig

Nautical_Nick wrote: »

I thought that story elements were going to be implemented just before V1, but I guess I'm wrong.

We are going to be implementing most of the story elements before V1. But there may be some of the very end game stuff that goes in at V1.

But, yes, V1 will have the entire story in it.

As far as updates after V1, we certainly hope to keep supporting SN after post release. But at the moment we are focused on just getting V1 out the door, so haven't had time to have many discussions about plans beyond that (though we certainly have some ideas).

Nautical_Nick

Thank you for clearing that up.

Lonnehart

I hope more is added after all the updates after V1 is done. More lore to find and examine. After all, the planet has a thirty year history of ships disappearing, right? It'd be nice if the game world was expanded (both horizontally and vertically) to include a lot of wrecks as well as PDAs with clues to the stories of their crew... And who knows? Maybe eventually the protagonist will find a way to get back home (because I imagine that if Subnautica is a really big success there will be less incentive to conclude the protagonists story with a rescue)?

Nautical_Nick

A little of topic but will there be a new Warper warp animation instead of the green gas it releases?

Toasters

Squeal_Like_A_Pig wrote: »

We are going to be implementing most of the story elements before V1. But there may be some of the very end game stuff that goes in at V1.

I've had a discussion on stream with some other people. We all agreed that the story so far is really good and interesting, but not substancial enough.

At this point, you can play the game, without bothering with the story really. It would be so much more fun (and people might pay more attention to it), if we had to actually interact with the story.
I say this, because i really really like the story. It's like a short sci-fi roman. I hope we get to see much more of that

Cheers

Lonnehart

Well, they could always add Story Mode. Where you will be forced to advance the story as opposed to Survival/hardcore where you can take your time.

WaviestBow6

Toasters wrote: »

Squeal_Like_A_Pig wrote: »

We are going to be implementing most of the story elements before V1. But there may be some of the very end game stuff that goes in at V1.

I've had a discussion on stream with some other people. We all agreed that the story so far is really good and interesting, but not substancial enough.

At this point, you can play the game, without bothering with the story really. It would be so much more fun (and people might pay more attention to it), if we had to actually interact with the story.
I say this, because i really really like the story. It's like a short sci-fi roman. I hope we get to see much more of that

Cheers

Uh... What's roman?

yomama

How is the story so far really good and interesting?? It's not in the game yet. They're still workIng on it. You do realize that the game isn't finished, yes?

crane476

yomama wrote: »

How is the story so far really good and interesting?? It's not in the game yet. They're still workIng on it. You do realize that the game isn't finished, yes?

He's probably been poking around the game files. Lots of story stuff and yet to be implemented loot and tech referenced in the english.json file for example.

yomama

Ah, that explains it!