Encased - Community Influence

[HiddenX]

Henriquejr spotted an article how the community influenced the development of Encased:

How the community influenced the development of Encased

Dear subscribers! Once again, the latest issue of the post-apocalyptic CRONUS Weekly is on your screens. Can anyone hear us?

Today we want to talk about how feedback and creativity from players has changed our game.

Settlers under the Dome
In Encased, players will choose between six unique companions, but did you know that Crump was created by one of the players? Crump is one of the profiles that players sent us through a special site right after the kickstarter campaign. Engineer Yuki Tetsunai was also added to the game this way.

Character creation and leveling up
Balance is a tricky thing, so every content patch we monitored player feedback and made the changes we thought were necessary. There's probably not a single skill left in the game that hasn't been affected in one way or another by player feedback. We hope that our combined efforts will be noticeable at release, and that new players will have a much more balanced game to look forward to.

UI
A user-friendly interface is one of the keys to success of any game. Players should intuitively understand what, where, and how to click for a particular action. Encased is a tribute to Fallout, but the interface doesn't have to stay the same as it was decades ago. Thanks to player feedback and gameplay clips, we've greatly improved the usability. Players no longer have to spend hours looking for the right button.

Encased community is the most important for us - we are going to follow up those closely for your feedback on the game.

More information.

 

[Redglyph]

I can vouch for that, I've seen discussion on their Discord and the outcome on later updates. Those guys have a great CM and open-minded devs who defend their ideas because they have thought it over, but who will make changes after a discussion or from feedback, if they realize there's an issue or a better way to do it with what resources they have.

 

[mercy]

Wasn't there an avalanche of community complaints that this game is far from finished? As in: content simply missing?

 

[Redglyph]

Wasn't there an avalanche of community complaints that this game is far from finished? As in: content simply missing?

There were many complaints because of the delay and lack of communication once they got the new publisher. Perhaps some of the people assumed this was because it was far from finished.

The EA only includes a part of the game, as usual, so there is no way someone could claim content is missing, we don't have this visibility.

 

[Carnifex]

A game I'm seriously looking forward to playing, once everything is completely finished. At least these folks do a decent job of keeping us updated.

 

[Couchpotato]

I'll probably enjoy the game when it's released, but I find I don't have the patience or attitude for hype anymore. Probably why I'm not fangasming over any recent game.

 

[vanedor]

The EA only includes a part of the game, as usual, so there is no way someone could claim content is missing, we don't have this visibility.

Indeed that sort of critic is puzzling given the current state of the game. Now, if it still feeling unfinished next month, once it's released, it will be something else.

 

[Morrandir]

I'll probably enjoy the game when it's released, but I find I don't have the patience or attitude for hype anymore. Probably why I'm not fangasming over any recent game.

You're getting older and wiser. Congratulations!

 

[Redglyph]

Indeed that sort of critic is puzzling given the current state of the game. Now, if it still feeling unfinished next month, once it's released, it will be something else.

Let's hope it's not the case, it would be embarrassing

They're presenting the full game tomorrow to the Russian press, so that's a good sign (https://twitter.com/DarkCrystal_HQ/status/1427193474798002179)

 

[crpgnut]

Aha! So it will be on torrent 30 seconds after that presentation

 

[Couchpotato]

Aha! So it will be on torrent 30 seconds after that presentation

Yep those damn dirty Russians...heads over to a well know Russian torrent site.