Hello, survivors! Recently we’ve released a brand new Playtest for HordeCore! For this occasion, we’ve prepared a special Q&A blog with our developers to shed light on recent events around the game and tell you more about what’s next for HordeCore! Enjoy! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33940120/5a718f50c0de34e0e213d1fb9af975d6b03c83f0.jpg[/img] [b]How’s the team doing in general?[/b] We're doing great, thanks for asking! As we get closer and closer to revealing our release date, we're all growing very anxious to unveil what we've been working on for the past few months, and it's really exciting to know that more people will get to enjoy the world we're creating pretty soon. [b]What have you been focused on for the last few months?[/b] It's been quite a ride, and we've had no shortage of things to do while getting our wastelands ready for new adventurers! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33940120/a57ddc38c206ed3372e56a967ba38bd55238e7b1.gif[/img] From bug squishing to creating awesome new weapons, new abilities, new places to explore, new threats to overcome, a couple of cool new UI features, and a myriad of funny hats, we're doing our best to ensure everyone can have a blast splattering hordeling brains over their favorite characters. [b]These new effects look cool - tell us more about them![/b] We think so too! An important part of the challenge in HordeCore is to constantly overcome the odds of being outnumbered by all kinds of threats, so we wanted to make sure there was some "oomph" to the player's abilities and weapons while they're doing so, without letting it become too overwhelming to control. We feel like we struck a good balance, and we're eager to hear what our players think - and to continue to improve on it. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33940120/dd794ee9113745bccb3244bf6c5ccc026cbb33f6.gif[/img] [b]Are you planning to add more classes?[/b] Oh, definitely! We want to give the player the opportunity to explore our challenges with as many different playstyle combinations as they can think of, and that includes loot, character classes, and even abilities. That's also the reason why you're not restricted to the same abilities in every class, in fact, one of our favorite additions to the game was the Ability Modifier system, which lets you modify your active skills way beyond their default behavior, to the point where you could have a full squad of Survivors with the same class but different abilities on all of them. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33940120/b1c4d2a4e424c38518aad0755caa3ceada789dc1.png[/img] We have quite a few tricks under our sleeves that we can't wait to reveal, but you'll hear more about them in due time! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33940120/4018a24b1e93e3e003f3b0f8f0bcc02c30f36edd.gif[/img] [b]If you could implement any feature with a flick of a finger, what would it be? [/b] That's easy, pet costumes! Everyone in the team feels very strongly about the idea of slaying hordes of enemies alongside our favorite pet in a shark costume! But don't get us talking about it or we'll end up taking longer to finish the game because we're too busy designing dog-sized outfits. [b]Last, but not least — how have you spent the Holidays?[/b] With the current events, we're all (unfortunately) aware of, we made sure to spend some time with those we love, be it physically, digitally, or on the other side of a phone call. We also caught up on our favorite games, books, or shows, and we took some time off to reflect on the future of HordeCore, as well as everything we wish to accomplish on what we're hoping will be a very exciting year! HordeCore will be coming out in 2022 on PC and other platforms. Wishlist and stay tuned for our upcoming announcements! Thank you for reading and stay safe! https://store.steampowered.com/app/980210/HordeCore/