It might be a tiny bit unexpected after this prolonged period of silence but AFF is still very much being updated!
In fact, there is a massive update on the way that not only fixes a lot of bugs but also:
- Reworks a number of systems, making the gameplay smoother
- Makes the AI even smarter so that the game forever remains enjoyable with or without human players
- Adds a big, beautiful, new map, Majuro. Here's a small teaser:
It doesn't end there either. AFF is still being developed for fun and giggles so it's not exactly possible to set any deadlines in stone but here's the rough plan for the nearest future:
- This big update comes out in the next 2-4 weeks, we're already wrapping things up. Likely followed by a small hotfix or two if something falls over after it goes public.
- Another update in the next couple months, including an in-game tutorial to finalize the scope of the game we initially planned and to ease the onboarding for new players a bit. Plus a few completely new pieces of content too, which are already being made but which we'll keep as a surprise for now.
- After that tutorial update we hit the big red "1.0" button. AFF comes out of Early Access. Is it going to be absolutely bug-free at that point? Unlikely. Is it going to look more modern than it does now? Definitely not. It's still, however, going to be a fully-fledged combined-arms sci-fi shooter with an insane amount of content enjoyable both in single- and multi-player.
- And then? Do we ride off into the sunset? If you hang out with us on our Discord you're likely aware that the whole AFF team (and the Community!) still sticks together for the sheer joy of playing and making video games so that's not going to change anytime soon. We'll likely still update AFF here and there post-release - but more importantly all the long years doing other more-or-less gamedev-related jobs professionally enable us to potentially do something new and shiny... Watch this space, it will get exciting!
By the way. the Summer Sale is still going on so it's a pretty good time to grab AFF at 50% off if any of your mates haven't yet. No worries though, we'll try to organize some discounts around the updates as well.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270
Onwards and upwards!
