Blueprints, critters, space station features: FOUNDRY Roadmap discussion with the Devs

Summary

このビデオスクリプトは、ゲーム「ファウンdry」の開発者であるパトリックとマークによるロードマップのディープダイブを紹介しています。彼らは、今後のアップデートにおける新機能や改善点を説明し、プレイヤーのフィードバックに基づいてゲームをより良いものにしていく方針を明確にしています。新機能として科学レベルの拡大、ロボットの多様化、宇宙ステーションの機能強化、機械のチューニング、さらには新しいエネルギープラントやワールドデコレーションなどが予定されています。また、プレイアビリティやユーザーインターフェースの改善、そしてワールドのカスタマイズオプションの充実も予定されています。

Takeaways

• 📅 ゲームの今後のロードマップについて話し合う予定の2つのアップデートが年末までに計画されています。
• 🔍 ロードマップには「制作中」と「研究中」の2つのカテゴリーがあり、前者はより確実な要素、後者はまだ計画段階にある要素が含まれています。
• 🚀 科学の階層5の拡張と新しい科学階層6が今後のアップデートの主要ポイントとして挙げられています。これによりゲームの長さが増し、新しいクラフトレシピや建物が追加されることが示唆されています。
• 🤖 ロボットの販売とその種類の増加は、ゲームの後半で重要な要素になる一方で、プレイヤーに対して早期にロボット関連のメカニックを導入する調整が行われています。
• 𑁍 宇宙ステーションの機能強化が計画されており、モジュールの追加や販売プロセスの改善が含まれています。
• ⚙️ 機械の調整機能が追加され、既存の機械を高速化するなど、生産ラインの効率を高める新たなシステムが導入される予定です。
• 🌟 宇宙ステーションの他、大きな構造物や新たな科学要素を含む拡張コンテンツが今後のアップデートで提供される予定です。
• 🏗️ より多くの装飾品や建物のカスタマイズオプションが今後のアップデートで追加され、工場の個性を出すためのオプションが広がります。
• 🔋 先进的な電力プラントの開発が進行中であり、モジュール型の建物が電力供給システムにどのように組み込まれるかに興味が持たれています。
• 🐇 クリター（動物）の導入が計画されており、ゲームの世界観を豊かにし、プレイヤーの工場に个性を加える要素となるでしょう。
• 🗺️ ゲームのワールドジェネレーションの改善が計画されており、バイオームや地下のコンテンツに意味と深度を加えることで、より興味深い世界が作られることを目指しています。

Q & A

「ファウンdry」のロードマップディープダイブの目的は何ですか？

「ファウンdry」のロードマップディープダイブの目的は、ロードマップ上のアイテムやロードマップにないかもしれないいくつかの要素、そして最初の2つのアップデートの計画について話し合うことです。

「ファウンdry」の開発者はどのように自己紹介をしましたか？

「ファウンdry」のゲームディレクターであるPatrickは、自己紹介のルールを考えることができず、Markは自己紹介の方法について話しました。

「ファウンdry」のロードマップにはどのような2つのカテゴリーがありますか？

「ファウンdry」のロードマップには「制作中」と「研究中」の2つのカテゴリーがあります。

「ファウンdry」のアップデート1とアップデート2の内容は何ですか？

アップデート1とアップデート2は、今年の残りのスケジュールに基づいて2つの大きなアップデートであり、具体的な日发布は未定です。

「ファウンdry」の開発陣はどのようにプレイヤーフィードバックを考慮に入れていますか？

開発陣はプレイヤーフィードバックに基づいてロードマップを更新し、ゲームの進行方向を反映させています。

「ファウンdry」の科学階層5の拡張と新しい科学階層6とは何を意味しますか？

科学階層5の拡張と新しい科学階層6は、ゲームを長くし、クラフトレシピや建物、その他の要素を追加することを意味しています。

「ファウンdry」のロボットの販売はどのように変化する予定ですか？

ロボットの販売はより早くプレイヤーにアクセス可能になり、プレイヤーフィードバックに基づいて調整されています。

「ファウンdry」の宇宙ステーションに何が追加される予定ですか？

宇宙ステーションには、新しいモジュール、修理可能な項目、販売ロボットの深いコンテンツが追加される予定です。

「ファウンdry」のマシンチューニング機能とは何ですか？

マシンチューニング機能は、既存のマシンの速度を上げるなどのプロパティを変更できるシステムです。

「ファウンdry」の開発陣はどのようにゲームのユーザビリティを向上させる予定ですか？

開発陣はゲームのユーザビリティを向上させるために、プレイヤーの不快感を軽減する多くの改善を行います。

「ファウンdry」のワールドアップデートとは何を意味しますか？

ワールドアップデートは、プロシージャルに生成されたウェルワールドをより興味深くし、バイオームに限定される特定の要素を追加することを意味しています。

「ファウンdry」の開発陣はどのようにコミュニティと協力していますか？

開発陣はDiscordを通じてコミュニティと協力しており、ゲームの進行方向について議論し、フィードバックを受けています。

Outlines

00:00

🗓️ ロードマップの概要と開発計画

ゲームディレクターのパトリックとマークが、ロードマップの詳細について語ります。彼らは、ゲームの進行状況と今後のアップデートに焦点を当て、プレイヤーフィードバックに基づく開発の方向性について説明します。ロードマップには、今年の残りのスケジュールと2つの大きなアップデートが示されています。また、制作中のものと研究中のものという2つのカテゴリーに分類されたアイデアも紹介されています。

05:04

🤖 ロボットの販売とゲームのテーマの強化

ロボットの販売とそれに関連するゲームのメカニズムについて語ります。ロボットの販売はゲームの後半でしか体験できないため、プレイヤーが早くその魅力を体験できるように調整を行っています。また、ロボットを工場内で活用するアイデアも検討されており、ゲームのテーマを明確にし、プレイヤーが生産と販売に焦点を当てられるようにしています。

10:05

🛠️ 機械調整とゲームの深さの追加

機械調整機能の追加とその重要性について説明します。これは、既存の機械を高速化する機能で、工場ゲームのスケーリングを改善し、プレイヤーがより効率的な工場を構築できるようにします。また、ゲームの長さと深さを追加し、プレイヤーがより長い時間をかけてゲームを楽しむことができるように計画されています。

15:07

⚙️ モジュラー建築物の紹介と進化

モジュラー建築物の詳細と、それらがゲームの建設システムにどのようにフィットするかについて話します。高度な発電所の開発が進行中であり、これらの建築物は接続し、興味深い動作をします。モジュラー建築物のシステムは複雑で、プレイヤーがシステムの背後にあるロジックを学び、より深いゲーム体験を提供します。

20:09

🏰 ワールドデコレーションとビジュアルカスタマイズ

ゲームのビジュアル性と個性を強化するためのワールドデコレーションの追加について説明します。プレイヤーが工場を自分自身のものにカスタマイズできるように、より多くの装飾品が今後のアップデートで提供される予定です。また、既存の建築物のカスタマイズオプションも増やされ、プレイヤーがゲーム世界をより自分自身のものにできるようにします。

25:11

🐇 クリッターの導入とゲームの活性化

ゲームに野生動物を導入し、ゲームの個性和生き生きとした感覚を提供する予定です。クリッターは、ゲームのビジュアル要素としてまず登場し、稀に見つけることができるため、プレイヤーにとってのリワードになります。将来的には、クリッターに関するゲームプレイ要素も追加される可能性があります。

📐 ブループリント機能の要求と開発

プレイヤーからの要望に応え、ブループリント機能の開発について話します。Steam Workshopを通じてのMODサポートも計画されており、プレイヤーがゲームをより自分自身のものにできるようにしています。ブループリント機能は、ゲームの建設業界に深さを加えるために開発されており、独自のアプローチで実現する予定です。

🛠️ ユーザー体験の改善とゲームの快適性の向上

ゲームのユーザー体験と操作性の改善について説明します。プレイヤーがゲームをより快適にプレイできるように、多くの改善点が計画されています。これには、ユーザーインターフェースの改善やゲームの操作性の向上などが含まれます。

🌏 ワールドの更新と探索性の強化

ゲームのワールドジェネレーションをより興味深くし、バイオームに意味を加える方法について話します。地下のコンテンツや洞窟、その他の探索要素を追加する予定で、これらの要素がゲームのコアゲームプレイループと調和し、プレイヤーに楽しい体験を提供するように注意深く計画されています。

🔄 ロードマップの未扱い項目と今後の展開

ロードマップの下部にリストされた5つのトピックについて今後のビデオで詳しく説明する予定であり、今回はロードマップの上半分のトピックに焦点を当てたことを示します。また、開発チームはコミュニティと密接に連絡を取り、フィードバックを受けてゲームの方向性を見直しています。

Keywords

💡ロードマップ

ロードマップは、ゲームの開発計画や進捗を示す重要なツールです。このビデオではロードマップをもとにゲームのアップデートや新機能について議論しています。ロードマップの「in production」と「in research」というカテゴリーは、開発の確度や計画の進展状況を示しており、ゲームの将来の方向性を示唆しています。

💡アップデート

アップデートとは、ゲームに新しいコンテンツや機能を追加するプロセスです。ビデオでは、年末までに2つの大きなアップデートが予定されており、それらはゲームの長さや深さを増やすことに寄与すると説明されています。

💡科学階層の拡大

科学階層の拡大は、ゲームの研究システムを拡張することを意味します。ビデオでは、現在5段階の研究があり、それ以上の新しい階層が追加され、より多くのクラフトレシピや建物をプレイヤーに提供する予定とされています。

💡ロボット

ビデオではロボットが重要な要素として取り上げられており、ゲームの商業要素を通じて販売される商品として機能しています。また、ロボットが工場で使用可能になるかもしれないというアイデアも議論されています。

💡宇宙ステーション

宇宙ステーションは、ゲームの後半で重要な役割を果たし、ロボットの販売や新たなモジュールの追加によりプレイヤーの活動範囲を広げます。ビデオでは、宇宙ステーションの機能を強化し、販売プロセスに深度を加えることが計画されています。

💡マシンチューニング

マシンチューニングは、ゲーム内の機械の特性を調整する機能で、スピードの変更や消費電力の削減などが含まれます。ビデオでは、プレイヤーが既存のセットアップを最適化する手段としてマシンチューニングが導入される予定であると説明されています。

💡電力プラント

電力プラントは、ゲーム内のエネルギー供給システムを拡張する新しい機能で、複数のモジュラービルディングを接続して動作させます。ビデオでは、高度な電力プラントの開発が進行中であり、プレイヤーの建設システムに新しい要素を加えることが示唆されています。

💡ワールドデコレーション

ワールドデコレーションは、ゲームのビジュアル要素を豊かにするための装飾品や建築物のカスタマイズオプションのことです。ビデオでは、プレイヤーが工場をより個性的にカスタマイズできるようにする予定であると述べています。

💡クリッター

クリッターは、ゲームの生気を与える野生动物のことであり、各バイオームに固有の種類が存在するとビデオで述べています。クリッターはゲームにパーソナリティを加え、プレイヤーの探索体験を強化する役割を果たす予定です。

💡ブループリント

ブループリントは、ゲーム内の建物や構造物の設計図を意味し、ビデオではプレイヤーがSteam Workshopを通じてMODを利用できるようになる予定であると示されています。ブループリントMODは、ゲームの建設や計画の柔軟性を高める重要な機能になるでしょう。

💡ユーザーエクスペリエンス

ユーザーエクスペリエンスは、ゲームのプレイ性や操作性を向上させる取り組みを指し、ビデオではプレイヤーがゲームをより快適に楽しむことができるようにするための改善が計画されています。これはゲームのインターフェースや操作方法の改善を含む幅広い分野です。

💡ワールドアップデート

ワールドアップデートは、ゲームの世界をより興味深くするために行われるプロセスで、バイオームの特性を強化したり地下の空洞や洞窟を追加する予定です。ビデオでは、これらのアップデートがゲームの再プレイバリューを高めるために重要な役割を果たすことが示唆されています。

Highlights

欢迎来到我们的路线图深入讨论，今天将谈论路线图上的物品以及一些可能不在路线图上的内容，还有我们对前两个更新的计划。

介绍了游戏总监Patrick和Mark，讨论了路线图的创建和游戏发展方向。

今年剩余时间的更新计划，包括两个主要更新，具体时间尚未确定。

“生产中”和“研究中”的分类，说明了游戏开发中不同阶段的内容。

讨论了游戏开发过程中的调整，以及如何根据玩家反馈和内部发现进行改变。

科学等级五扩展和新的科学等级六，计划增加更多工艺配方和建筑。

对机器人销售和产品销售机制的调整，以提前带给玩家更多乐趣。

社区讨论对游戏调整的影响，以及如何保持游戏核心体验。

机器调整功能，允许玩家改变机器属性，如提高速度和降低功耗。

空间站功能的扩展，包括更多模块和商业活动的深化。

对现有电力系统的改进，计划引入高级发电厂和模块化建筑。

世界装饰元素的增加，以及现有建筑的可定制性。

Critters（生物）的开发，为游戏世界增添活力和个性。

蓝图功能的引入，以及对Steam Workshop的mod支持。

可用性和用户体验的改进，以提高游戏的舒适性和易玩性。

世界更新，使程序生成的WXEL世界更有趣，增加地下内容和探索元素。

允许玩家在游戏开始时自定义世界，如调整矿石丰富度等。

讨论了如何通过社区参与和反馈来共同推动游戏发展。

Transcripts

[Music]

hello everyone Welcome to our road map

deep dive today we're going to talk

about the items on our road map a couple

things that might not be on our road map

and what we're planning for the first

two updates I'm Patrick I'm the game

director and today here with me is Mark

hello Mark

hey how's it going fine I was thinking

about how to introduce myself and I

couldn't come up with a rule uh yeah I

mean I'm I'm excited to talk about the

road map because it's it's interesting

we created this document uh right at the

um at the the Inception of Early Access

and then uh over over time it's grown uh

are thinking about where the games going

the feedback we've received we've had a

lot of opportunity to uh reflect on on

what on how the game development is

going to go going forward we wanted to

share that with you and and make sure

everyone was on on board with our PR

thinking yeah that sounds good well

let's look at the image it's right there

on the screen um at the top we're seeing

update one and update two this is

basically our schedule for the rest of

the year um so we're still planning with

two more updates we don't know yet about

the specifics when they're coming but

they'll be roughly two evenly sized

updates so you could imagine when that

would be

roughly um and below that we have two

categories we have uh in production and

in researches what we call them so

basically the upper category means we're

very certain about those things or at

least more certain again everything is

subject to change depending on player

feedback and our discoveries but the

things on the top are points that we

think will work very well the uh bottom

list in blue is what we're very excited

about but this definitely needs a bit

more planning and thinking also the

workload there is a little bit higher so

um that's how we categorized those two

things it's an important distinction for

us because we do want to mention the

points at the bottom but it's also

important to say that they're not as

safe as the things on top um so

yeah and I think there's another

uncertain another bucket of work that

we're doing which is not even

represented by this docent which is

things that we realize we want to add to

the game uh and and are working on right

now we can like touch on that a bit

think we're going to focus today's talk

on about what we've already present

presented but uh just know that like

this isn't the limits of what we're

working on like the goal is to get to

Foundry 1.0 we're going to work on all

the features and uh you know things that

we think is necessary to do that

absolutely okay well the first two

points are science tier five expansion

and new science tier six um well there

is not that much to explain they're

fairly obvious we want to make the game

longer add more crafting recipes more

buildings

more more of the things you already know

basically um there will be uh new

features and mechanics as well but those

are actually the the other point so the

first two are just about more research

more stuff more content

um we stop at science Peg 4 uh currently

or like at five but five is really basic

they're just a few uh researches in

there so that's the obvious step on

where we continue um we've been the the

last thing you as a player uh have been

doing is producing robots and sending

them to our space station to sell them

and that's where we are going to

continue there will be more robots there

will be uh other uh different types and

and and this is how we're going to

expand the content and um here I think

it's a perfect segue to uh a bit of a

branching point this is not represented

here but what we realized is that

selling robots and products in general

is something that we think has a lot of

potential and is a really cool mechanic

but at the same time it's also coming

very late so we're currently making some

adjust ments on um how we can bring this

earlier to the player the the space

station for example and everything

around that to get a more clear theme

and so you can expect this coming in a

little bit before the science pck five

and six

expansion yeah and I think that's that's

interesting I know you put out a Foundry

Friday where you discussed some of your

initial thinking on that idea and it

sparked a lot of discussion in the

community um which which has been both

really helpful but also mirrors a lot of

our own internal discussion like we we

certainly uh aren't looking to like

rethe the game so deeply that it doesn't

feel like Foundry anymore uh we're more

looking at here are the way the people

that like didn't get it and like you

know the things that made our game feel

generic or like uh just didn't didn't

sit right in our stomachs as we watched

you know you know 10 thousands of people

play a game and and get to experience

all this feedback you know we realized

we wanted some of those elements to come

earlier so more people got to see what

was really great about Foundry earlier

on uh but like you know certainly when

you watch somebody get to hour 100 you

really just see the Delight in their

eyes as they set up that first assembly

line and so then the question became how

can we pull some some elements earlier

and how can we unify our teaming uh

especially as we grow the game into

having all these other feature sets uh

that that we're talking about in a bit

so yeah we're trying to solve a bunch of

different problems all at the same time

and I think I think we're we're

threading the needle uh carefully here

yeah well said uh I think it's it's

exactly that we want to make the theme a

little bit more clear more Central um

you are there to produce and sell stuff

and that that's going to be robots first

and foremost and this is what we're

putting in more Focus we also got a lot

of feedback that almost everyone would

be excited if uh more of those robots

you're making can also be used in the

factory so this is something we're going

to look into um I think we're not going

to get to a point where every robot can

be used but I do see a lot of potential

for many different robots that can be

used in the factory so that is

definitely something we're looking into

and adding more in that

direction yeah yeah I think that's I

think that's the interesting part is

that you know this is a Foundry right

we're building uh this is a galactic

Foundry we're building these robots both

for Commerce but maybe also for use in

your own Factory and I think that you

know it's not not necessarily going to

be Fe so heavily into the Commerce

section uh that that it allows us a

little flexibility to create interesting

content yeah

exactly okay well maybe let's look at

the next Point what do we

have uh the more space station features

or did you did you want to touch on any

of the mega structures you're working on

yet I think we can uh look at the space

station uh real quick I think this is

quite related to what we already said to

expand uh the science Peg five and six

content and uh with a bit of the changes

to one sciencec 1 to 4 uh the space

station will of course get more depth

there will will be more modules to build

up that provide you with various bonuses

um there will be more things to repair

generally more to do the uh the selling

of robots currently is extremely

simplified uh right now you're just

shipping the robots there and then

they're sold uh after a few minutes uh

regardless of how many you shi there

that is something we're going to adjust

uh and add some some twists um we're not

going to make it annoying or anything no

worries we we always know for for

factory players it's important to have

some sort of predict predictability uh

where it's like people want to know how

much they can sell and they don't want

some random events where like now you

can sell more then you can sell less so

like uh we're not going to do any of

that but like we do want to put some

more depth on on the Commerce and how

selling of different products work uh I

think it's we might talk about that more

in detail in a separate video I think

that would make this one too long but uh

it's worth noting that there will be

more space station content but about

building the space station and about the

Commerce part of the space

station yeah and I think I think the the

interesting bit of the space station is

it's sort of our tether to the rest of

the Galaxy right and and it's it's also

uh our replacement for like the endgame

meta game uh you know so we have a lot

of features there for for f for we have

a lot of features planned for folks to

get get want to build large factories

and to reward scale so like after you

grind through the content it's not just

about reaching that vital size back it's

about building a really efficient uh

Factory to actually uh get the most out

of this and win the game right so it's

it's try to gamify just endless play

right enjoying building factories

exactly well enjoy building factories is

actually a pretty good segue to the next

point which is uh machine tuning um so

machine tuning what we meant by that is

the ability to change certain properties

of machines uh the the most important

one is to speed them up like everyone

knows that while Factory gaming is about

scaling up in general and build more

machines often it's just not the right

time to just build 20 more of the same

machine you want to speed up the

existing setup and this is where machine

tuning is going to come in we'll add

some systems that allow you to make

existing machines faster this is not

going to be the only thing you can

change there are a couple other obvious

ones like reduced power consumption and

we're thinking about what else we could

do with machines um the way we're doing

that is currently not fully decided but

we have a couple really good ideas to

tie together with what we said before um

it's a bit too early to to reveal that

but I think it'll be revealed in a

Foundry Friday um I don't know in which

one not the next one but soon um and

yeah that's that's that feature yeah and

I think you know like I know where we're

going with it but like what what's

interesting to me is like or

thematically what's interesting to me is

the idea that you know we're not going

to dictate as much how we think you

should play the game the idea that you

would have other ways to make your

factory more efficient than just by

scaling it the way that we think you

should uh I think that makes it feel

more like you're in control of what

you're doing in Foundry yes I think

that's like you know we have this like

golden path of like how we think the

game is going to be played but I think

as as Foundry grows we're going to have

all these other ways and different

players and different ways of

experiencing this sandbox and I think I

think machine tuning leans nicely into

that it's also so got some of the same

hooks that we enjoy yes yes um we want

to provide the players with more

abilities to reach a certain goal like

sure you can always build more machines

but you could also use the machine

tuning feature to make existing ones

faster so um yeah it's about more more

decisions for for the player yeah I

think um this you know we we kind of

talked about where we're going to

increase the length of the game you know

seen people spend you know a lot of

folks are spending over a 100 hours on

Foundry so it's like it's not a short

game already for many folks but you know

we do want to add more depth but we also

want to add more bread you know because

not everybody is going to want to put in

the 200 hours they want to have a good

experience and we want to improve that

experience for for the average player

yeah that's that's exactly it which

brings us to power plants yeah um well

we have quite a bit planned here uh we

actually already started working on them

um it's a pretty big feature so I don't

know yet in which update it'll be but um

yeah we've started working on uh

Advanced power plant which is made uh up

of multiple um Modular Buildings uh that

need to be connected and they have some

interesting

behaviors um yeah stay stay tuned for

that um yeah we don't have to we don't

have the do I mean it you can imagine

what kind of complience boundary is

lacking and then and then uh predict

what's coming but I think it's I think

it you know modular buildings are really

interesting because you learn a lot

about the actual system behind it and I

think with with what we're doing with

Advanced power plants you're going to

have a relatively complicated power

plant that's deep and needy and can be

kind of pushed in your direction and I

think that's that's what we like the

most about the modular building system

system is that they're they're not

simple buildings I think yes yes the

advanced power plant will be uh a really

great addition for the construction

system uh or the construction industry

system and the Modular Buildings um this

this is going to work really well I I

believe and I'm really looking forward

to to share that with with the

community yeah and I I think like you

know it's interesting that we're we're

talking about all these different types

of gameplay and you know the next item

on the list is World Decor pieces so you

know we've seen some really amazing

cosmetic bases I think that's a system

that like you know it's it's relatively

easy for us to produce that kind of

content uh and and it's just interesting

when we see people like make Factory

their own so we're going to keep

producing content uh in that vein you

know ways to make your factory your

factory look the way you want it'll be

more Decor pieces coming out in in the

coming

updates

absolutely next up that also means some

some existing buildings will be tintable

and things that that that weren't

customizable yes we're going through

doing a pass so there's no more no

excuse for anly

factory

exactly next up Critters maybe

you you have been uh spearheading

Critter development tell us more about

them I've been trying to put Critters in

this game for the last year and a half

and they're they're finally coming

together so I'm really excited I mean

you know we you you sort of see it bit

starting to come with with c3bb in the

game that that they you can walk around

and and all that but but from there the

idea is that we actually want to have

Wildlife uh around the planet you

specific to each of the biomes uh that

that can add a little bit of personality

to the game and make it feel a little

more alive uh you know the coner that

we're not going to like flend the planet

with so much biomass uh that you can't

actually build and they're frustrating

um I think the plan right now is to

introduce Critters mostly As Cosmetics

like just happen to be there in the

planet make them relatively rare so

they're not in your way so it's actually

a reward when you find one but then

layer content on top of them uh in a

future update uh which you know you see

that sort of as like Critter related

gameplay in the uh in the research area

which is we're not exactly sure you know

whether we're going to do breeding or

selling or extracting you know wool for

achine or or how deep that Loop's going

to go a lot of it really depends on how

we pull together our uh Commerce update

right so how are we going to be able to

create a loop within Foundry that's

meaty and interesting but doesn't mess

with the core science research tree and

so that that that's actually been a big

discussion and something we've been

we've been trying to iron out is how do

we grow this game wider with interesting

mechanics that don't feel like onea and

so Critters is is an example of

something where we're going to try to

figure out how can we make these an

interesting automation task within

Foundry that doesn't feel like a

throwaway and then like leans back into

the main core of the game and but in the

meantime we're gonna have cute animals

running around you can grab and and

build a little Zoom for so okay that's

that's what I needed out of that sounds

exciting uh let's see where it goes yeah

I mean and you know maybe I'll grab the

next one which is which is blueprints

one of the most requested features uh

entirely yeah uh and and actually the

reason I want to grab this one so we're

working on a mod kit right now that will

that will basically allow you use the

Steam Workshop to uh to install mods for

Foundry I think one of the first mods

we're hoping to have on there would be

the blueprint mod uh and uh you know so

we might try to like shortcut this and

get get something out for people that

really are dying I know you're you're

working on like the actual blueprint

system and it's a lot deeper but uh

curious if you could say a bit more

about that this was a very clever way to

uh reveal that we're working on on mod

support with the Steam Workshop for the

upcoming update um yes as you said

uh there has already been a fantastic uh

blueprint mod been made in the past but

of course we're working on adding this

natively to the game um I'll I'll be

fully transparent even though it's

requested really highly it is not the

thing that's going to come super quickly

because it's unfortunately a lot of work

and it needs to be done the right ways

if

at the top it starts to look quite easy

and then there is a lot of edge cases

that take really a lot of work and we

want to also work on on content and

other stuff uh first but they're on the

list we know that they're important and

uh eventually they'll be there um I

don't have the specific yet about how

they're going to work uh the idea is

obviously since we have this

construction industry that the buildings

are not just going to magically appear

but they will have to be built uh from

from those construction ships and drones

we have but the the concept uh stage

here is like really really early and um

yeah that that's all we or I can say

about it at the

moment like the way I you know think

about that is that you know we're we're

looking to make blueprints a feature and

not just like copy what we've seen in

other games like we have ideas that make

it The Foundry blueprint system that it

feeds into our game the way we want

people uh we we think blueprints Mak

sense in our in our universe and what

you know the challenges we want players

to have so that's I think is an

interesting way of giving people at

least access to what they want which by

the way we didn't make blueprint mods so

no guarantee it's on the on the mod

store but you know get out our Discord

and start begging for it um but but you

know it's it's it's a way that we can

let people take the game and do the

things they want with us with it even if

we don't agree or it's not in our plans

right away so so I think that's one way

we're going to let people also you know

pull the game in their own

Direction okay perfect um so time's

already getting a bit uh short so I'll

make the next Point really quick

usability and user experience is

basically a blanket term for making the

game more comfortable to play there is

countless of things we want to improve

uh in terms of

usability user

interface whatever like everything

that's currently in inconvenience we

want to make better um yeah there's not

there's nothing specific here on that

one so far we have done already one

small update about ux um and there will

be many more

improvements and and that's that and the

final Point here is World updates um and

World updates what that means is to make

uh our procedurally generated wxel World

more interesting um add more meaning to

the biomes certain things that are

limited to certain biomes um we want to

add more underground content uh at some

point we want to bring caves and other

things a bit of

exploration um yeah this this also needs

a bit more time uh we really need to to

get that one right you can just put in

caves and then be done with it you

really need to put in some testing and

make sure this is the this is actually

fun and works well um so it's it's on

our list but from all those points it's

not the most important one at the moment

but uh this might also be done in

incremental uh stages and com in minor

updates uh what one of them that's

actually going to come soon is We'll add

abilities to customize the world at gam

start modify or richness and and and

things like that um we probably start

with only ores at the first update but

then uh at some point you'll be able to

modify the amount of mountains oceans or

whatever to to make to addend more

customization that's actually a good

point is the idea that you know after

after Blueprints and trains the most

requested feature is to make ores

infinite so it's like we we hear we

could hear that we could hear the

Roaring crowds like we're we're going to

create more World gen option that let

you do things like that we're going to

introduce those with every single uh

content update we're going to try to

give you a reason to play the game again

uh with some more options and you know

if you really need infinite ore we'll

figure it out for you guys and um you

know I'm excited for World updates I'm

excited to have things you can find in

the world I'm excited for caves and like

maybe lava at some point absolutely know

you know the conversation always ends up

being is like this stuff's really neat

but we can't make it distract or chk the

core gameplay Loop of building factories

and so it's it's all got to be done

carefully to actually uh move the game

in the right direction so we're not

being too halfhazard with it but it's

something I'm excited for it's just the

world of fa is a place I want to spend

more time

in okay well Mark we've covered all the

inroduction uh tasks I know that

everyone is curious to hear about the

bottom list as well where we're out of

time for today but we might come back

with a second video like that where

we'll take a closer look at the five uh

topics at the bottom of that road map

and that's it for today yeah and I mean

we're always in Discord so come join the

community chat about foundary we're you

know we're not this isn't a closed

development cycle we're trying to engage

with the community and understand uh you

know what we've created and where the

game needs to go and part of that

working with the community so uh we

appreciate everyone that's taken time to

play foundary since we launched and uh

you know it's been a tremendous month

and uh we're just really excited uh for

this journey and growing Foundry into

the game it can

become well said thank you all for

watching see you next time have a good

day bye

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