Beyond

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1

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No

Team Icons

Rendezvous

No

Stage Index

1

Target Name

Stage Control

No

Team Overrides

Milestone Index

3

Public Subtitle

Our Journey Continues · Phase 2 · Milestone 4

Reward Description

Seasonal Commentary

Beyond was a massive update, and development was intense. We had two parts of the team working in parallel on two huge, technically challenging new features: virtual reality support, and expanded multiplayer. Up until now, the full multiplayer experience with third-person character models was limited to 4 people per session, and there was no way to ambiently meet strangers in-game. With Beyond we expanded the Space Anomaly into a social hub, where it was easy to meet and group up with other players. We added stacks of new content too - including multiplayer missions, new NPCs, base power, tech trees, and cooking. One thing we didn't anticipate was how different the world looked when playing VR. You have no idea what its like to work on this game for ten years, then see it with fresh eyes! One knock on was having to dramatically increase the size of all the ships in the game to make them look their best in VR - which also made landing pads bigger across the game, which in turn impacted the size and position of buildings and space stations!

Seasonal Commentary Title

Beyond