Enshrouded Dev reveals his 'dream look' and future plans

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SUMMARY

  • Keen Games plans to introduce more interaction options for players and NPCs in Enshrouded.

  • Some of the features recently added to the game, including Upstreams, are not used to their “skills” yet.

  • The success of Enshrouded, which exceeded 3 million copies sold in August, surpassed Keen Games' sales goals.

Keen Games' “dream feature” for Covered include expanded interaction options for players and NPCs, with developers strongly committed to implementing such improvements in the near future. This insight was shared as part of the recent AMAs, where representatives of the German studio shared information about their upcoming plans. Covered.

The PC version of Covered launched on Steam Early Access at the end of January 2024. The RPG reached over 160,000 players by the end of January 2024 on the Valve Store, shortly after , and is still being played by tens of thousands of people every day 11 months later.

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In conjunction with the game's first anniversary, Keen Games recently hosted a Reddit AMA with its developers. This has spawned various ARPG ideas, including what some members of the studio's level design team consider a “dream version”. One developer, Maracujahaha, expressed excitement about the prospect of NPCs interacting — a feature Covered the team has not yet implemented but plans to add in the future. Maracujahaha also shared that the entire development team is eager for “crazy weather” and enhanced gameplay, including features such as movable objects and the ability to place snares in the world.

'More Connections' will be covered

The sentiment was echoed by another member of the game's development team, Reddit user TopCat, who said he dreams about “water, traps, moving things, [and] a new way to travel.” Some of these features have already been implemented in the Covered 0.7.4.0, which was released in early November 2024 and introduced a new mountain biome with Ice terrain material and Upstreams, environmental phenomena that propel players upwards when jumping. However, these things are not yet used to their “full potential,” TopCat said, adding that there will be more to come. On a similar note, the developer promised just that Covered will offer “more connectivity” in the future.

The success of Enshrouded exceeded the expectations of a wonderful game

The December 18 AMA also saw Keen Games announcing that the success of Covered exceeded his expectations. While a company representative admitted that the studio clearly expected the game to be successful, the developer's internal sales goals for the early access period were far below what was achieved. 'the living ARPG. Keen Games said it last Covered exceeded three million sales by the beginning of August 2024, six and a half months after its launch. The developer is not giving up on its popularity but is using this new success to expand its team and deliver “an even greater level of polish,” a studio representative wrote.

The number of sales during the game's lifetime must be increased when the console port arrives. Covered was previously confirmed for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, with those versions currently expected to launch in 2025, after the survival RPG's release on early access.

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