Tomorrow, Saturday the 18th of April will mark the very first year anniversary of Forager! YAY!
I can't believe it's been a year already! We have worked as hard as we could to get you free content updates and TONS of patches and bugfixes, and we will continue to do so for as long as you want us to! ːsteamhappyː
Let's take a look back to some of the things that happened with Forager this last year...
To celebrate this huge achievement, Forager will be 33% off for the entire week!
This month is a special one because, besides the usual graphical goodies, I have added a special Developer Note regarding certain current events and free Forager Steam keys!
I will be answering questions I get the most often again! If you are interested in having a question answered, I will be doing more Q&A sessions like these in the future so leave me your questions down here in the comments or on our Discord server!
Yes! We are currently working on the multiplayer update and we expect it to be done sometime this year (2020). So far it's going great and we are trying to decide how many new things we want to add to the game. Would you prefer to wait longer and have new content to play with your friends? Or should we just focus on getting multiplayer ready ASAP and add content later? Let me know!
We could definitely do something with the late-game Void! I have a few ideas myself, but what kind of things are you interested in? Should we make some new super-difficult void exclusive bosses with special drops/rewards?
Absolutely! I am sorry this is taking so long, but it will definitely be worth it! Updates for consoles are being worked on by an external team and they are very very very good at it... They are MUCH better programmers than I am so you can expect the game to run MUCH better and have FEWER bugs soon. I have so much faith in their work, it's going to be great when the updates are available later this year!PS4 and Switch players will be getting ALL the updates they are missing probably all at once (Appreciation + Combat + Nuclear)
I love this idea! If no mods do this I will consider us officially supporting it in future content 👍
Right now we are testing several different things. I like having colored arrows + player names but I also want to add some more cosmetic customization options. As you know, every time you get an achievement in Forager you unlock a brand new cosmetic item to customize your character with. Should we add more cosmetic items with Multiplayer? Or is it better to just stick to colored arrows/names?
I am glad you liked the game! We have more content and updates coming for freeeee! ːwinter2019happybulbː
Great question! I have always said I will keep working on Forager for as long as you guys want me to. So... do you want more content after Multiplayer? If so, what kind of things are you interested in?
Additionally, would you be interested in new Forager-related games? I love the characters, aesthetics, and gameplay and have a few ideas that may be fun!
Colony sim Forager focused on keeping your forager village healthy and happy?
City Builder Forager focused on creating a huge sprawling kingdom?
Roguelike Forager focused on combat and digging/exploration?
Please let me know what would you like to see next from the Forager team!
The amazingly talented Bee finally lets us play with her custom cosmetic items! There are over 157 custom items to choose from and more are being added constantly!
I have a couple of questions for you, Foragers. What is your favorite mod so far? And what mods would you like to see in the future? Let me know in the comments below!
Forager players have helped us SO much since the release of the game. It's thanks to your constant feedback, testing, and suggestions that we were able to create non-stop constant big free updates for this game!
We are deeply committed to making Forager the best it can be and to giving back to this amazing community, so today we are going to look at all the ways we appreciate your passion for Forager 💖
Discord Participation Rewards
Spend time chatting and interacting with the community on Discord to gain XP! You will be able to unlock amazing free rewards just by leveling up:
Weekly Dev Streams
Join Ryan every Saturday at 1 PM PST to play Forager and other games with devs and community members!
Our amazingly talented artist Jon shows us how he creates all the illustrations for Forager live on stream every Thursday at 1 PM PST!
If you are interested in creating mods for Forager, definitely come see Topher teach and create amazing mods for the community to use and create! Every other Tuesday at 3 PM PST!
Full Development Transparency
I personally believe passionate players are what make good games GREAT! This is why we are always telling players and fans what we are working on at all times in Discord:
We run quite a few giveaways, contests, and events with real rewards every month! Check some previous examples over here.
Monthly Free Adventure Packs
At the end of every month, players can claim their Adventure Pack for free! This includes high-resolution illustration created for that month, funny little comics to collect, special development concepts and notes, and other random digital surprises!
The world is shaking with the rumble of heavy machinery and is illuminated with the faint glow of nuclear-powerered devices... The Forager: Nuclear Update is coming this week!
Release Date: January 16th (this Thursday!)
What will be new?
Steam Workshop Support(players can create their own mods with very little programming knowledge!)
A new powerful end-game boss with rare drops...
Nuclear tier structures that need to be powered with Uranium
Tons of community-suggested improvements!(for example, Unlimited Saves, improved FPS/Performance & also craftable Flower Seeds!)
Dozens of new items to discover, craft and unlock!
And much more!
Thank you for playing the game, sharing it and giving us your ideas and suggestions! As always, I intend Forager to be a game we build together as a community. I truly believe players can help good games reach their best potential and become... perfect!