Development Roadmap

[Ravenholme]

This, oddly, is not a suggestion about the game itself, but rather about the Factorio website and the information you're putting out there.

So, the idea is that you guys create and display on your website a development roadmap - Wherein you list both long-term goals (Features etc that you intend to add before the product is considered "feature complete" or near enough) and what you expect/hope to include in the next few updates. The idea being that it would give newly interested people a greater grasp on what the final version of the game may entail, and a better understanding of what we could expect soon.

As far as I know, with some searching, no one has suggested this yet and it doesn't yet exist, and I think creating it can only be to the advantage of yourselves and community (And the expansion of the community)

[Balinor]

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... ?f=3&t=678

It's just out of date.

[Ravenholme]

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... ?f=3&t=678

It's just out of date.

Aha, well, I'd strongly suggest they turn it onto a page on their actual website and keep it up to date and replete with long term goals as well. With "Early Access" kind of games it is a very important and useful tool to keep people informed of the immediate and long term plans for the game.

[ssilk]

I don't see, what to write. They stated that also: http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-10

And I think it's not needed! whoever reads the forum and the FFF's knows this:
- release the trailer
- add multiplayer till begin of summer
- polish game for steam
- when time: add more things for pipes, eventually better circuit network and devices which can use them, boats
(but very unclear when and what)
- I think I did forgot something important...

And because nobody reads the whole forum I begun to catch that up:
https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/index.php?title=News - the items marked with "roadmap" .
(My plan was, to include that into the wiki homepage, some lines)


Btw: while research for this I found this links:
- http://ask.fm/FactorioGame. - questions and answers. Nice. will link it from wiki.
- https://www.facebook.com/Factorio
- http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio - the old roadmap from indigogo campaign. All done, but multiplayer missing.
- http://article.wn.com/view/2014/01/09/C ... rdern_Ind/ - I see for "related videos" only factorio let's plays. wtf??

[slpwnd]

ssilk got it right, still the development roadmap should be updated. Will be done after 0.9.5 is released (that will be sooner than friday this time) and we have time to make some estimates.

[jeroon]

I think the Friday Facts posts are a really good idea, I find myself looking forward to reading those every week

Since there is no regular release interval for the alphas (like Prison Architect has, once a month), it's good to read every week what you guys are up to, and what to expect next. It's good to have this on the frontpage, not everyone reads the forums, a lot of people will check back every once in a while to see if there's a new version out (it's what I do with Rimworld and Rust (Well, twitter will tell me when there's an update ). Keeping people interested starts on the frontpage

[Alfdaur]

- I think I did forgot something important...

The only things I can add are "longer range artillery" (Kovarex, https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 9&start=20), and tanks (Slpwnd, https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 5&start=20) It is mentioned in the second quote that tanks may use modules, like in the modular armour.

[ssilk]

Ah yes. And now when you mention it: He mentioned also, that he wants to make domestic biters, which may fight for you. And more biters, like a swarm of zergs...

[kovarex]

Yes, but note that these are wishes that might come true not actual plans for the roadmap.

[Alfdaur]

Yes, but note that these are wishes that might come true not actual plans for the roadmap.

Ah, this is good to remember. It would be cool though.