A look at the future of our projects
Greetings everyone.
Today we have some good and some bad news to share with you all.
With this newsletter, we’ll be covering 3 announcements.
– Conan Exiles Enhanced
– Our First Upcoming Game
– The Future of AoC
We’ll start off with the one related to Conan Exiles and the AoC Mod.
CONAN EXILES ENHANCED
With the release of Conan Exiles Enhanced, we know the question has been: “Will AoC be ported over to the new version?”
Unfortunately, the answer to that is no. As it currently stands, the sheer amount of content and features that have been developed over the course of 9+ years would be unrealistic to update/rework in any reasonable time. We did not make this decision lightly, as we’ve loved working on AoC and would have loved to get AoC over on Enhanced. But, unfortunately, this does not seem to be a realistic possibility as it would likely be many months of intense work to reach a playable state. So, what does that mean for the AoC mod for Conan Exiles? The AoC mod will continue to be available as part of the Conan Exiles Legacy branch. You will be able to play AoC just like before, nothing will change in regards to that. There will still be patches for AoC to tackle bugs, balancing, and content. Additionally, for those playing on the AoC Official Server, the server will be maintained and kept operational for as long as it remains reasonably active and it is financially possible to do so.
We’re sorry that we won’t be able to port this over to the next generation of Conan Exiles.
We’d like to thank you for being part of this journey with us.
It’s been an exciting adventure, and we hope you’ll stick around for what comes next!
OUR FIRST UPCOMING GAME – GRAYSONG
Let’s talk about our upcoming game project, Graysong.
Just to clarify this immediately, Graysong is not an AoC title, it’s a new IP.
Graysong is a game with a futuristic setting, set in a fictional world.
This is planned to be a Singleplayer game set at the edge of a dystopian future.
This game will focus on elements such as Stealth Action and Survival Horror.
STORY TEASER
Eveline wakes up in a place that almost feels engineered… but broken.
She finds herself strapped to an operating table in a room that looks long abandoned.
It feels like someone or something… is watching her.
She is thrown into a nightmare, not knowing why she has been taken or by whom.
Take control of Eveline and uncover the truth behind her abduction, why she’s there, and who’s pulling the strings behind the scenes. Find other survivors, establish a hideout, and work together to escape this warped reality.
We won’t go too much into detail on the lore and story at this point in time as we’re excited for you to discover this for yourself!
GAMEPLAY
Now let’s talk a little bit about the gameplay for Graysong.
This is some of what we’ve planned for the game.
MULTIPLE CHARACTERS
We plan to support multiple playable characters, each with their unique benefits and skills.
However, the first character that will be available and that the story will center around, is Eveline.
UNLOCKABLE COSMETICS AND GEAR
We plan to allow players the ability to customize their characters with a host of different outfits, gear, and weapons that can benefit different situations and playstyles. Of course, we personally love cosmetics, so expect to see a host of different options and styles, ranging from combat gear to casual wear.
THE HIDEOUT
With Eveline’s stay at the Nexus, she will be forced to find a shelter/base of operations.
This base will be known as the Hideout. From here, you the player, can manage your gear and weapons, customize your outfits, display your trophy collection, monitor stats, perform different activities, and potentially customizing the Hideout itself to fit your personal preference!
And yes, unlockable and playable characters will be present in your Hideout!
MISSIONS AND WORLD STRUCTURE
The Nexus will offer a range of different mission types, ranging from smaller missions to bigger world and story driven missions. The Nexus will expand over time and unlock more zones to explore.
BONUS CONTENT
As most of you are coming from AoC, we have some neat unlockables prepared for Graysong that will be AoC related!
Now let’s talk about the game’s development and release schedule.
Since it’s still early, we can’t set a specific release date for the full release version of the game.
That said, our current plan is to release FREE development builds on the Official Discord for Graysong that you can play.
Any feedback on development builds will help us fix and improve upon the game throughout development.
We want to offer Free Builds of the game so that everyone can try it out and see if the game is to their liking or not.
We plan to eventually include Patreon Early Access builds, but that won’t be until later.
We hope, fingers crossed, that we’ll have our first Pre-Alpha Build available for you this year!
If you wish to join the Graysong journey, we’ve set up the Official Discord Server for the project.
Discord Link: JOIN GRAYSONG DISCORD
We hope you will consider being part of our next adventure, and we can’t wait to share more on this game with you moving forward!
DISCLAIMER
Graysong is intended for mature audiences. Content may include but is not limited to, strong violence and gore, horror themes and disturbing imagery, nudity and adult content/themes, strong language, depictions of alcohol, drug use, and smoking. See more information regarding additional disclaimers and development on the Graysong Official Discord server.
THE FUTURE OF AOC
Let’s start off by saying, the overall AoC project is not going anywhere.
AoC is very close to our hearts and we want to get this right. This is why we’re doing Graysong first so that we can establish a foundation to build upon. Over the course of 9+ years of modding, we’ve learned a lot from trial and error. Most of you are here because you enjoy the Survival Sandbox experience, may that be through Singleplayer or Multiplayer. This is something we will take with us into the making of the AoC game. It is too soon to really talk about it, but we wanted to let you know that an AoC game is our goal moving forward. We can’t go into any details on this project yet, but we do hope to share more on this further down the road!
For those of you who are here for the lore and novels.
We’re sorry it has taken so long between any updates related to the lore site or the upcoming novels. Honestly, we’ve been too occupied with real-life events and updating the mod. Rest assured, there is work being done in the background that is too early to talk about, but we’re hoping to be able to share more on this front in the not too distant future! Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.
FAQ
Q: Is there any chance that AoC may be ported to Conan Exiles Enhanced?
A: Unfortunately, as it currently stands, it’s too much of an undertaking to update all the content that exists in AoC.
We have carefully examined this before making this decision. We did not make this decision lightly as we’ve all loved working on the AoC mod over the years.
Q: Can you distribute the AoC Source Files for anyone else to take over?
A: Unfortunately, no. A lot of the content in the AoC mod is copyrighted and cannot be distributed. As such, there is no reasonable way to distribute the AoC mod content. This includes third-party copyrighted content as well.
Q: Why not develop the AoC game first?
A: With AoC, the development of this project will be more challenging. Essentially, the scope of such a game will take quite a bit of time, and it’s going to be quite costly as well as require more help to develop. We want to get our footing first before tackling AoC, so for now we’re starting with Graysong. That game is smaller in scope, and we’ve already finished pre-production for that game. We completely understand that this game will not be for everyone, and that our community is coming from a Survival Sandbox background. We do hope that you will give it a shot, and if not, we hope you’ll stick around for what’s to come next for AoC!
