Having Children/Romancing Merfolk

[Impeachment]

Are both these things REALLY not being implemented at "full release"? Those are two things that were definitely on the fall/winter 2023 roadmap for the game and it seems now it's listed at being added at an unknown date in 2024?? If this information is true then it is beyond frustrating.

[Dex]

Originally posted by Stairway_Bene:

Hello Skarv!
Marriage and children will be implemented on full release.
Not just that, you can have up to 2 children, and they will grow up until teenagers side by side with other kids in town!

oops

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Happy Tree:

Are both these things REALLY not being implemented at "full release"? Those are two things that were definitely on the fall/winter 2023 roadmap for the game and it seems now it's listed at being added at an unknown date in 2024?? If this information is true then it is beyond frustrating.

Merfolk romance was never listed on the fall/winter roadmap in any of the roadmap versions.

Regular marriage and kids have always been listed as 1.0 in all the roadmaps. (several of the categories in the earliest roadmap were combined)

Oct 2022 roadmap - https://www.stairwaygames.com/post/early-access-faq-roadmap

May 2023 roadmap - https://www.stairwaygames.com/post/may-2023-dev-update

[Stardust Memories]

Yes, I think that was rather their point. That this was 1.0 and now isn't.

ETA: To clarify i'm talking about the children, not the merfolk which has as you noted never been 1.0.

[Merlin]

Did i miss that you can actually date? XD I have a few singles with 8 hearts but im not really seeing that im actually date one of them :/ The only game I played like coral island was stardew vallyes..there you have to give a Bouquet of flowers to be girlfirend/boyfriend with each other...did i miss something like this in coral island?

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Naruhi:

Did i miss that you can actually date? XD I have a few singles with 8 hearts but im not really seeing that im actually date one of them :/ The only game I played like coral island was stardew vallyes..there you have to give a Bouquet of flowers to be girlfirend/boyfriend with each other...did i miss something like this in coral island?

Not quite yet. Dating, marriage, and babies are coming in the 1.0 release.

Merfolk dating and marriage, and kids growing up are coming later.

[Jefft]

Yeah there's a lot of promised features that aren't in 1.0. I'm also disappointed :/. No one else seems to be acknowledging it.. but I wish they were more transparent during the Kickstarter otherwise I'd not have bought the dual pack 2 years ago.

I genuinely will have had a baby irl before I get the chance to play this with my boyfriend and have a bubba ingame :/

[direwolfd20]

Originally posted by Jamie Skateboard:

Yeah there's a lot of promised features that aren't in 1.0. I'm also disappointed :/. No one else seems to be acknowledging it.. but I wish they were more transparent during the Kickstarter otherwise I'd not have bought the dual pack 2 years ago.

I genuinely will have had a baby irl before I get the chance to play this with my boyfriend and have a bubba ingame :/

I was kinda expecting it all at 1.0, too. To me, 1.0 is usually synonymous to "Full Release." But, people had some good points. A lot of what isn't coming right away are Kickstarter stretch goals. They'd already started making the game without any of these things in it, and wanted to get the "base" game out for everyone to play while they continue on the extra content unlocked by kickstarter.

So, while it is frustrating to not have all of the features, that point of view helped me at least understand a possible reason as to why Stairway is doing it this way.