Plans for post release content

Hi guys,

A lot of people have been asking lately how we plan to support the game after release.
So I wanted to fill you in on what my plans are.

I know that now, more than ever, people are buying into games as an ongoing service. Players want a game that will evolve, improve and provide new experiences post release. And to many that ongoing service justifies the price of admission.

So, to respond to that demand. The Starbound team will continue to update the game for a *long* time after release. Not only that, but we'll be putting together a second team that will exclusively handle weekly, small scale, content updates whilst the original dev team works on bigger, more involved updates.

Eventually the original dev team will be ready to move on to a new project, whatever that may be - sequal, new IP, etc. When that happens, the secondary team will become the primary update team and I will personally continue to oversee and work on all updates to the game.

I will ensure there is *always* a team in place to continue updating the game for as long as people are playing it.

All of this is on top of us opening the game up massively for players to create their own content, both in game and via modding.

Let me know if you have any more questions or concerns I can answer.

All of my love! This freaking rocks!

But a bit of concern, will updates Break mods? A big issue with Minecraft is that updates to the game Break any mods you have, so if it were possible to have it so that mods would not be broken per update (which would be weekly) then the game would be absolutely perfect.

I'm curious how this second team will be chosen when the original team moves on. But I suppose that's a question best suited for further down the road.

And yes, I see small scale and weekly. But any plans for larger content updates? Say one time they do a large seasonal winter update or whatever? Think mission packs, but without the actual pricetag associated.

Perhaps an...Avian Uprising large mission pack. Or Danger Zone where the threat level on planets gets capped to 120 instead of 100, etc.

The performance of the game is constantly changing atm, as we add new features that kill performance and then optimize them so it's nice and smooth again. So I don't want to give you any system requirements just yet.
The game runs at >60fps on my entry level macbook air at the moment.

We plan to implement a modding API that should make this a non issue

Then this game shall be absolutely perfect! Couldn't ask for more in my opinion.