Maharin Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Will the alpha releases still be available after gold? Games like Terraria Factorio do this on Steam, is that the plan for 7DTD? EDIT: Sorry, just realized I wrote Terraria when I meant Factorio. Sorry for the confusion folks! Edited May 30, 2021 by Maharin (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Ignore post... I misunderstood the question. Also, stop hating me for it, lol. That's an easy one to answer. As long as the money keeps flowing, devs will always release more content to prolong and encourage the flow even more. Doesn't matter what game it is, if they care about their game and of course money, then they'll always do whatever they can to prolong it. I imagine we'll be seeing at least 5 more UI overhauls before they finally get bored of it. Edited May 30, 2021 by Fox (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Maharin said: Will the alpha releases still be available after gold? Games like Terraria do this on Steam, is that the plan for 7DTD? It's been a few years, but I'm pretty sure TFP did state that the earlier versions would always be available to those that supported EA. For those who purchase the game after release, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maharin Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 I expect the answer would be yes, which is why I called it a dumb question. If Steam Workshop support ever happens and it also supports old versions then... wow, I could see a whole lot free content out there in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Maharin said: Will the alpha releases still be available after gold? Games like Terraria do this on Steam, is that the plan for 7DTD? This is basicly a steam feature to instal older and beta/unstable versions. Check out your steam launcher options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maharin Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Canute said: This is basicly a steam feature to instal older and beta/unstable versions. Check out your steam launcher options. I have used this feature many times, but thank you. I was asking if they were going to stick around after release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I misunderstood the question... my bad. I blame fatigue for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmers Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I can't imagine they'd remove a feature like that, that requires zero support from them to maintain. And if they do, there's always a workaround to find old depositories on Steam. But their goal of going "Gold" is that you'd want to play that and nothing else for the complete feature set, and it will be finished/stable so modders use that as a base for everything going forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Lemmers said: I can't imagine they'd remove a feature like that, that requires zero support from them to maintain. And if they do, there's always a workaround to find old depositories on Steam. But their goal of going "Gold" is that you'd want to play that and nothing else for the complete feature set, and it will be finished/stable so modders use that as a base for everything going forward. Steam probably charges them for each version that is available for the tool. Just like they charge extra for various levels of cloud storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechanicalLens Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 2:26 PM, Maharin said: Will the alpha releases still be available after gold? Games like Terraria do this on Steam, is that the plan for 7DTD? Terraria's done updating pretty much, might want to pick a more relevant example. 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maharin Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, MechanicalLens said: Terraria's done updating pretty much, might want to pick a more relevant example. 😛 Yeah, totally meant to say Factorio, not Terraria. Sorry about that. EDIT: But, seriously, Terraria and Factorio have both been released and updated several times since. So... Edited May 30, 2021 by Maharin (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt115 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Maharin said: Yeah, totally meant to say Factorio, not Terraria. Sorry about that. EDIT: But, seriously, Terraria and Factorio have both been released and updated several times since. So... Well it depends about they "owner" decide : if they decide to be independed alpha will be avalible if they decide to issue shares on market then well it depends who will buy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daystodierocks Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 3:26 PM, Maharin said: Will the alpha releases still be available after gold? Games like Terraria Factorio do this on Steam, is that the plan for 7DTD? EDIT: Sorry, just realized I wrote Terraria when I meant Factorio. Sorry for the confusion folks! the only dumb question in existence is pondering whether or not to put pineapple on your pizza because the answer is ALWAYS yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechanicalLens Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 1:41 PM, Maharin said: Yeah, totally meant to say Factorio, not Terraria. Sorry about that. EDIT: But, seriously, Terraria and Factorio have both been released and updated several times since. So... This was due to the fact that Terraria was cancelled a couple of times. 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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