How many players per match?

[Kittenpox]

I might as well start this one off with... I live in Australia.
Which means that having a vibrant community in America is nice and all, but I can't rely on that detail when purchasing multiplayer-only games. (For example, I adored 'Monaco: Whats Yours Is Mine' - but there's no real community for that anymore so I don't even try playing it these days.)

Given that the community is still growing, I'm thinking this even if online play isn't going to work this does look like a really good game for a LAN party or just gathering a bunch of friends together to play it.
My question is: What is the maximum (and minimum) number of players in a match?

PS:- I figure the price won't lower anytime soon, so not gonna ask that. But will the game be sold in a bundle at some point? Like a 2-pack, 4/5-pack, etc? (That way I could share the extra copies from my Steam Inventory with people, rather than having to make specific purchases for each friend I want to invite to play in a private game with.)

PPS:- While I think of it: Can we make private lobbies, and can they be password-protected? Or is it more like one of those games where you get thrown in with randoms?
Will a game with 10+ players have the option for more than one monster at a time? Or is it a single monster each game, no matter how many players there are?

(My apologies if any of these have already been answered, of course.)

[El Oshcuro]

OK SO

20 players max in Shapeshifter. 10 in Survival. 6 in co-op story missions.

Private lobbies, yes, you can password servers! And single monster each game.. for now.

Valve doesn't let devs do 4-packs anymore because people resell the keys BUT the ultimate plan for US is for it to go Free to Play so if you buy now you'll get exclusive stuff for backing the game in Early Access - or you can just wait until it's free :)

Hope that helps!

[Kittenpox]

Awesome. Thankyou for the reply! :-D

With the private lobbies: will we be able to host our own servers for the game, or will we be required to join dedicated servers instead?
(I'm hoping/assuming people like me won't have to connect across the Pacific just to get into a game, but I have been caught out before. So I figure it can't hurt to ask.)

[El Oshcuro]

You can host your own and we will also have dedi servers - even in Straya m8!

[Kittenpox]

Just bought the game. Loving that tutorial! ^_^

[El Oshcuro]

Community games should still be going - hop in!

[Rippa]

Originally posted by El Oshcuro:

OK SO

20 players max in Shapeshifter. 10 in Survival. 6 in co-op story missions.

Private lobbies, yes, you can password servers! And single monster each game.. for now.

Valve doesn't let devs do 4-packs anymore because people resell the keys BUT the ultimate plan for US is for it to go Free to Play so if you buy now you'll get exclusive stuff for backing the game in Early Access - or you can just wait until it's free :)

Hope that helps!

Pretty interesting http://steamcharts.com/app/408900 I checked this out because I was interested in buying the game, if people buy the game what exactly will players receive when it goes f2p, the backers that is, I would love to support a good game.

Just hoping more players will join in the coming times to also push me to purchase it faster.

[Kittenpox]

I jumped in partway through one of their scheduled sessions, and it wasn't too bad. A little laggy because I'm from Australia and the server was hosted in the 'States, but a fun experience overall.
Definitely keen for the next one, if I get myself online at the time.

Perhaps keep an eye out for when those are, The Captain, and see how it lines up with your own schedule. :-)

[El Oshcuro]

if people buy the game what exactly will players receive when it goes f2p, the backers that is, I would love to support a good game.

Just hoping more players will join in the coming times to also push me to purchase it faster.

EA buyers will get an exclusive space suit, helmet, monster skin and more stuff

[Rippa]

Originally posted by El Oshcuro:

if people buy the game what exactly will players receive when it goes f2p, the backers that is, I would love to support a good game.

Just hoping more players will join in the coming times to also push me to purchase it faster.

EA buyers will get an exclusive space suit, helmet, monster skin and more stuff :TR:

Thanks for that lad.

[Zach Fett]

Originally posted by El Oshcuro:

if people buy the game what exactly will players receive when it goes f2p, the backers that is, I would love to support a good game.

Just hoping more players will join in the coming times to also push me to purchase it faster.

EA buyers will get an exclusive space suit, helmet, monster skin and more stuff :TR:

Sorry for the slight bump, but what exactly is the exclusive suit, helmet, and other stuff look like? Or has none of it been shown off yet?

[El Oshcuro]

Originally posted by Zach Fett:

Originally posted by El Oshcuro:

EA buyers will get an exclusive space suit, helmet, monster skin and more stuff

Sorry for the slight bump, but what exactly is the exclusive suit, helmet, and other stuff look like? Or has none of it been shown off yet?

Have we shown it yet? I don't think so! It's a beat up version of the standard suit and helmet with claw marks and damage all over it that lets people know I SURVIVED EARLY ACCESS.

We're still working on it but we want it to definitely stand out for people who got the game during EA.

[Zach Fett]

Originally posted by El Oshcuro:

Originally posted by Zach Fett:

Sorry for the slight bump, but what exactly is the exclusive suit, helmet, and other stuff look like? Or has none of it been shown off yet?

Have we shown it yet? I don't think so! It's a beat up version of the standard suit and helmet with claw marks and damage all over it that lets people know I SURVIVED EARLY ACCESS.

We're still working on it but we want it to definitely stand out for people who got the game during EA.

Sounds good, thanks for the reply!

[Lucifer WPF]

Please make a Steam Workshop for Mods, i would love to see what people could do with this game !, just like many other games i think this would be a blast with a few mods here and there! :D

[Zag]

Originally posted by ^ ^2👌Lucifer:

Please make a Steam Workshop for Mods, i would love to see what people could do with this game !, just like many other games i think this would be a blast with a few mods here and there! :D

I'd like to get Steam Workshop in for helmets/suits/visors/voice packs (maybe something like TF2 has) but I'm not sure on modding at this moment. If I have time and the demand is there, I'd like to add a lot more variables in Host Settings as well, so you can tweak the mode how you'd like.

[Dark]

Question about Coop? So, we have control of our own servers correct? Good! What kind of story is involved in Story mode? I not interested in Playing PVP. Only Coop. So how much game time is Coop and how many maps are we talking about? Are there objectives and missions to go and do stuff? Or is this endless corridor running around??