What is freeplay mode?

Redmoth27

Queen
Backer
For some clarification what would free play mode be about? Is it like Garden survival in Simant or do you make your own levels? Can I please know because I have some ideas for it.
 

Rayalot72

Maximum difficulty
Beta Tester
Extremely Helpful Person
It seems, from what they've developed thus far, that it's going to be an open map with 4 colonies (one you, others AI) who compete for food. Enemies will randomly spawn from various points on the map, and will wander around.

A lot of other features may be planned, as only the general model is set up atm.

John has mentioned that there may be stronger-than-average foes that can spawn.
 

MikeSlugDisco

Community Manager
Staff member
Community Manager
In short - it'll be a much slower-paced, slower-progression, slow-building mode where you build a permanent colony over time and you deal with threats as they arise, controlled by a "director" routine which decides what happens and when. This mode will start in a simple form, but there's a ton of room for it to expand in all directions. Weather / seasons / one-off super enemies / disease, etc etc.... all things that can be added over time.

We don't see us making many assets specifically for freeplay; instead we'll take the ones we make for the formicarium and repurpose them.

Freeplay, by its nature, is a sandbox mode and doesn't have an endgame. Instead, it's all about running your own colony, in the long term.
 

Serafine

Queen
Backer
Beta Tester
Ecosystem Beta Tester
Mike said:
This mode will start in a simple form, but there's a ton of room for it to expand in all directions. Weather / seasons / one-off super enemies / disease, etc etc.... all things that can be added over time.
Larvae feeding? That would actually be the obvious thing.
And once it's done it can be re-integrated into the rest of the game (at a much faster pace obviously).
 
Top