Is this game ever going to go 1.0?

[WanaGo]

Just curious, is this game ever going to go Release 1.0, or is it just a slowly evolving game that is going to stay in this beta type phase forever?
I haven't played for some time, just installing it again now, but I see its still like 0.1 release etc. Lots of updates since I last played, but why not get a 1.0 release out there and go up from there, rather than keeping it sub 1.0 ?

[dhitch89]

The dev team - 5 people mind - have updated this game at least half-a-dozen times this past year, one of which was a major update and the rest mainly moderate additions/adjustments, so they're still active.

Imho, length of time spent in EA doesn't really matter in the end, nor does 1.0 tbh - as the game was a year ago if not longer, it could've been considered complete then, in terms of content; 1.0 or release numbers =/= indication of completeness. For an AAA game, maybe, but indie games have a much broader definition of such things.

So let them make the game they want at their own pace. They've consistently delivered high-quality content since it came out, so I feel they've earned that leeway.

[Stormwind]

I was in software development and my POV is I couldn't care less what they label it as.

[pemmons1]

When it becomes 1.0, won't the price go way up and the value of our input way down? Why would anyone be eager for those outcomes?

[Stormwind]

This game as is is my current favorite game, and I like it better than I ever liked factorio because the goal of constructing the Dyson Sphere is about 100x more interesting than the goal of launching a rocket.

[Dashiell]

Yeah when I launched rocket in factorio and got victory msg I felt really blue balled "that's it?" in DPS Dyson Sphere gives you tangible target to work toward and expanding your factory which is better imo.

That said, factorio's expansion just came out and launching rocket was changed to early game, now your logistical issues is making space platform(s) then conquering other planets and I'm damn interested how it goes.

[Dragonmaster]

Satisfactory was in ea for 8 years. Length in ea doesn’t matter that much. Remember this is a small dev team. For such a small team they did release something that could be 1.0 at any time honestly.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Dashiell:

Yeah when I launched rocket in factorio and got victory msg I felt really blue balled "that's it?" in DPS Dyson Sphere gives you tangible target to work toward and expanding your factory which is better imo.

That said, factorio's expansion just came out and launching rocket was changed to early game, now your logistical issues is making space platform(s) then conquering other planets and I'm damn interested how it goes.

IMO launching the rocket is when the game begins.

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by Ryan:

Originally posted by Dashiell:

Yeah when I launched rocket in factorio and got victory msg I felt really blue balled "that's it?" in DPS Dyson Sphere gives you tangible target to work toward and expanding your factory which is better imo.

That said, factorio's expansion just came out and launching rocket was changed to early game, now your logistical issues is making space platform(s) then conquering other planets and I'm damn interested how it goes.

IMO launching the rocket is when the game begins.

That's true in DSP as well I reckon, getting the 4,000 white matrices and the game complete tech is really where the game begins, you can reach that point relatively quickly and without even building a dyson sphere (a swarm is sufficient) and then from that point on scale and complexity increase dramatically.

[Red]

Originally posted by pemmons1:

When it becomes 1.0, won't the price go way up and the value of our input way down? Why would anyone be eager for those outcomes?

Likely yes, but considering its review scores i'm surprised they haven't already tbh. Your second point though is less likely. Any good developer knows the value of player feedback.

[Ryÿ]

Originally posted by Dashiell:

Yeah when I launched rocket in factorio and got victory msg I felt really blue balled "that's it?" in DPS Dyson Sphere gives you tangible target to work toward and expanding your factory which is better imo.

That said, factorio's expansion just came out and launching rocket was changed to early game, now your logistical issues is making space platform(s) then conquering other planets and I'm damn interested how it goes.

its funny how you said that the exact same day the space age expansion was added to factorio. you know it adds like 4 other planets right? launching the rocket is only the beginning at this point (bc the expansion takes way longer to beat than the base game)

[Dashiell]

Originally posted by Ryÿ:

its funny how you said that the exact same day the space age expansion was added to factorio. you know it adds like 4 other planets right? launching the rocket is only the beginning at this point (bc the expansion takes way longer to beat than the base game)

It's impressive that you can even play factory games while being unable to read.

[son-goku]

Originally posted by pemmons1:

When it becomes 1.0, won't the price go way up and the value of our input way down? Why would anyone be eager for those outcomes?

Personally, I'm wary of playing a game and then have an(other) update complete upend my game.

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by son-goku:

Originally posted by pemmons1:

When it becomes 1.0, won't the price go way up and the value of our input way down? Why would anyone be eager for those outcomes?

Personally, I'm wary of playing a game and then have an(other) update complete upend my game.

It's not really a concern with DSP, as far as I'm aware no update has ever broken saves, there have been some new things like new planet types and the combat that required a new game to be seen/turned on.