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A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable islands. Build your colony, scavenge debris, craft equipment, and train your survivors. Construct a raft and fend off sharks as you explore island bunkers and uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

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Dev Diary #5 - Tech & Research

20 May

Oceaneers is getting closer to releasing a demo! Private playtests have been amazing, with a very positive response, and fantastic feedback. Recently with the help of this feedback we have made some tweaks to our research tree.

The latest version of the research tree has 9 categories, and within each category there are branching items, as well as improvements that unlock upgrades.

When designing a research tree, it becomes a careful balance of choosing how linear you want it to be. Linear research trees take away most decision making and are easier to use when you first play a game, but they limit choices, limit your ability to react to challenges, and limit general replayability.

When designing the research tree in Oceaneers, one of our main goals is to ensure it's not too linear - we want players to have real choices.

Perhaps you focus on establishing a solid water supply first while surviving on mediocre meals - or maybe you rush to higher tier scout boats and focus more on expeditions and scavenging.

Here is screenshot of the latest cooking section of the research tree.

Here is a sneak peak of the scale of the current research tree. Note that this is a work in progress and is missing a bunch of items that we are still working on.

Blueprints

Another unique aspect of our research tree is "blueprints". There is a whole section dedicated to these blueprints, which you must find on expeditions (and when exploring bunkers). You will find some weird and wacky buildings from the old Float-Tech Corporation, and be rewarded for exploring!

That wraps up this dev diary, we would love to hear your thoughts!

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⚡ Be sure to Wishlist Oceaneers, and stay tuned for the next dev diary and more announcements. ❤️

Join Us!

Join our discord to discuss the game and share your ideas!
Join discord here[discord.gg]

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Some recent Dev Diaries in case you missed them:
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330199?l=english

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330197?l=english

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330187?l=english

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330185

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this game will be early access or full release game?

Looking forward to this game i liked this game i hope this game will be fun :D

PatoPixelado

27 Nov, 2024 @ 5:20am

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Dev Diary #4 - Survivor Stories

19 Apr

Replayabilty is a big aspect of this game genre, and we have been exploring interesting ways we can add replayability to the game.

Introducing "Survivor Stories"

When you start a new game, before you create your characters - you can choose your "Survivor Story".

This is the story of your group of survivors, and it determines what resources you start with, the starting stats of the group (e.g. maybe they are all starving), and any conditions you start with.

There's a lot we can with this system to create unique starting situations, and it can also impact the difficulty of the game. (E.g. an easier playthrough where the start of the game is all sunshine and coconuts - literally).

... or perhaps one of your survivors lost a fight with a shark and is in dire need of medical attention...

Survivor Stories also determine the number of survivors you start with, which can drastically change how you approach the start of the game. Perhaps more mouths to feed? Or less hands that can work!

These are only a couple of examples - we are looking forward to coming up with some interesting and quirky things in the system.

That wraps up this dev diary, we would love to hear your thoughts!

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⚡ Be sure to Wishlist Oceaneers, and stay tuned for the next dev diary and more announcements. ❤️

Join Us!

Join our discord to discuss the game and share your ideas!
Join discord here[discord.gg]

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Some recent Dev Diaries in case you missed them:
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330197?l=english

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330187?l=english

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/news/app/3052510/view/538843836072330185

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Dev Diary #3 - Character Creator and the Magnificent Beardstache

24 Mar

Character development is integral to Oceaneers, so wouldn't it be nice if you could customize the look of your characters? Well, you can!

Name your characters
Customize the design
Choose a background
Choose starting traits

Playtesters have already been loving huge amount of customization for characters! You can really create unique designs, making the characters your own.

40 hair styles
Beards, Moustaches & Eyebrows
Colors (hair, skin etc).

The "Beardstache" System

Our unique "Beardstache" system allows you to choose a separate beard and moustache, combining them together. This results in a huge amount of variety, allowing you to come up with great character designs, with facial hair in all the right places!

Backgrounds

Character backgrounds determine their starting stats, skills they like/dislike, and in some cases give them unique traits!

Traits

Choose traits to customize your characters even more. Optionally choose a bonus positive trait by taking a negative one for a little risk and reward.

All of these systems together allow you to create different characters when starting each playthrough. Whatever happens after that is up to the sharks!

That wraps up this dev diary, we would love to hear your thoughts!

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⚡ Be sure to Wishlist Oceaneers, and stay tuned for the next dev diary and more announcements. ❤️

How to sign-up for playtests?

Join our Discord and fill out the playtest sign-up form (link is at the top of #oc-general chat, and it's also pinned there, but just ask if you can't find it).
Join discord here[discord.gg]

Join Us!

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Mod Support?

Will this game be easily moddable? What is the end game like? I.e., Is it a "tell your own interesting stories" kind of game or is there a "roll credits" moment when the story is completed?

Mozleron

1 Jan @ 6:02pm

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