New Roadmap!
Majic Jungle
With the release of the Sapiens 0.5 multiplayer update, a lot of the previous roadmap is now complete. Your feedback has helped to lead the direction of the game, and I have a few new features I want to add, so it’s time for a complete new roadmap!
This roadmap covers all of the features I intend to add before the 1.0 release. There are many more features I’d like to add beyond that too, but this is a good set of launch features that can be achieved in a reasonable timeframe.
VR is the only removal from the original roadmap, all other omissions either have been implemented, are still planned, or have been replaced by other equivalent features. The VR market has changed substantially in recent years, and my goals and priorities for Sapiens have changed a bit, but I do still genuinely want to support VR one day.
These updates will mostly be going out in much smaller bite-sized releases from now on, and if you want to keep a close eye on development and help test new features as they are developed, please do join us on the Discord .
-Dave
Phase One - Travel, trade and culture
Canoes to transport goods and sapiens quickly by water
Fishing, new animal species, animal husbandry and pack animals
Trading of research, technologies, luxuries, animals and sapiens between tribes
Improvements for a nomad play-style, with movable shelters and beds
More types of quests, challenges, and random story events, like crop failures
More diverse personalities, behaviors and social interactions, and a family tree panel
A need for recreation, with new activities to help your sapiens relax
Increased variety of sapiens, animations, expressions, and vocal phrases
Phase Two - Conflict and advancement
All conflict will be optional, with peaceful modes
Attack other tribes and defend against raids with new weapons like bows and swords
New tools for commanding and managing separate groups of sapiens
Burial, cremation, and stretchers/sleds for moving incapacitated sapiens
A need for water, with the addition of spring water sources
Game controller, Steam Deck, and Steam achievement support
Share world creation seeds along with starting locations and world configuration
New paths and roads, furniture, structures/walls/roofs, fences, signs, doors and gates
New ovens, iron tools, wheeled carts, improved automation, and new industries
Notes
VR was previously listed in the roadmap, but has now been delayed indefinitely
A single player campaign is now planned for Sapiens, but this will be after the 1.0 release
This announcement was originally published by Majic Jungle on Steam on Aug 24, 2024.
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