Parkside Developer Plans Free Expansion, Credits Community With Bug Fixes
The developer's own account of post-launch feedback and a planned free content update is the practical signal for a solo-built immersive sim that released without Japanese support and is still being worked on.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Banana Hardsoft, a solo developer from New Zealand, says a free expansion pack is planned for the retro-style FPS immersive sim PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION, adding new missions and content. The developer also plans more NPCs and bug fixes, and says players called the game their favorite immersive sim. The PC title released on July 31 at 1,800 yen.
The developer, who goes by Banana Hardsoft, cites Deus Ex, Half-Life 1 and 2, E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, Fallout and Pathologic as influences on the game, which is set in a fictional dystopian California city in 2038 and casts the player as Alexander Petrovich, an unemployed hacker abducted by a group that worships a mysterious entity called the Divine Rod.
He describes the design as linear in story but open in playstyle, with updates available from the start and no complex skill tree, the only real limit being experience points to spend. Asked about Japanese support, he says he is currently in the middle of that work.
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