Mod Support

More like a question than a suggestion, but will Risk of Rain have modding support? (Custom items, levels, and gamemodes for example)

 

Yes, this sounds like a dream but I'd be happy to see steam workshop support in far future.

 

This would be amazing if the devs were willing to take the time and do it. It would open up a lot more playability as the community has already thought up so many additional character ideas and will no doubt dream up exponentially increasing amounts as this game gains in popularity.

 

While we're trailing in this thought of mods and add-ons, do you think that using Game Maker Scripts that you export as .gml files could be imported into the game as mod scripts? That way anyone with a working copy of Game Maker could write, debug and test their scripts before even importing them into Risk of Rain.

Pff haha here we are discussing modding technical terms and the Beta isn't even in our hands yet!

 

Well, we'd still need the source code, and I don't know how willing the developer is to release that, yet. I just really hope it isn't written in GM:S.

 

What? No, we'd probably just need a framework (supplied by them, of course) in which we can incorporate custom classes, items or graphics (texturepacks, if you will). That would mean a lot of work on their part, of course - and only if they feel like they want to do such a thing. The upside for them is that some custom content can really improve replayability, community growth, etc. etc..

 

This would've done great as the $25,000 stretch goal.

 

When I was thinking of mods, I was thinking of more ambitious things that would require rewriting parts of the game. Not just editing/adding classes, monsters, items, or spawn rates.

 

Well, yeah, those kind of mods would require hacking - but unless the game is made to fit mods in, isn't that usually the case?