Multiplayer or coop modes?

[André]

Is game exclusively single?

[Lobsterboy]

No multiplayer at the moment but it is planned to be included at release.

[André]

I happy to read it:))

[Nicholas Vining]

The eventual plan is to have multiplayer included, where up to four friends can manage colonies together, "cooperatively." Heh, heh, heh.

We have this running in-house on a LAN, although there's not much multiplayer code other than "everybody runs the same colony together right now" - there's no concept, for instance, of "this building belongs to this player, so I can set it on fire if I want." There is also no support for NAT punching or Steam matchmaking, but these are the major obstacles to getting a first test build of the Netcode out and seeing how it works. We'll keep you posted.

[Sebass]

Talk about rapid response, Mr. Vining thx for the update. Lovecraft, city building and Canadian made, my girl is gonna go nuts over this.

[Panic Fire]

Just remember the ability to punch your NAT is very important for online game play.

[André]

Thank you all!

[Helge]

How is the coop coming along? The full release will be in a few days and I cannot find anything about multiplayer in the dev blog. I hope you guys are still implementing coop, as I would love to play the game with some mates.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Helge:

How is the coop coming along? The full release will be in a few days and I cannot find anything about multiplayer in the dev blog. I hope you guys are still implementing coop, as I would love to play the game with some mates.

https://www.gaslampgames.com/2016/01/27/the-great-building-creator-rewriting/

[Helge]

Well that’s a disappointment. Serves me right for buying an early access game and listening to developers.
Thanks for the info though.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Helge:

Well that’s a disappointment. Serves me right for buying an early access game and listening to developers.
Thanks for the info though.

So goes Early Access. Plans change, dreams flounder.

I've trimmed my EA purchases back significantly the last couple of years from running into some disappointments—one big reason I haven't snatched up Clockwork Empires yet, either. Fortunately, I'm not someone who gives half a hoot about multiplayer, but it's still falling into the "wait and watch" category for me. Here's hoping that I end up seeing enough to take the plunge at some point, because I do love me some of that concept.