Among us, a developer explains why the updates took so long

The developer of Among Us Innersloth posted a Dev Diary, promising a 2021 content roadmap and explaining why the game’s updates took longer than expected. As reported on the Innersloth blog, the huge and Among Us’s sudden success led to changes for the game – most notably the cancellation of a sequel in favor of updates to the original. Less noticeably, the popularity of the game led to a lot of changes behind the scenes, and Innersloth implemented a way to work on the game and its updates in a more sustainable way as a result: “We had to spend 2 months there. just restructure, find new processes and get external partners to help us manage on board, ”the blog read.

“If we wanted it to work long term and hire, we had to streamline things. It all works behind the scenes, and even if that meant time away from the game, it will make our current and future game task easier, ”adds Innersloth. “We want to do more for you to show yourself how grateful we are, but without sacrificing the quality and values ​​we had before it exploded.” Obviously, the small team is currently working on new content for the game and making sure that it will be ported to new platforms in the near future.

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As for what’s to come now that much of that work is done, Innersloth says it will soon release a 2021 roadmap. The developer notes that he had hoped to launch the planned “ accounts ” system. the game earlier, but a first moderation-focused update is coming as soon as possible, which will lay the groundwork for this update. In the end, Innersloth wanted to “make sure it wasn’t half-baked before implementing it.” (Believe me, you don’t want a bad reporting system with no accountability.)

As revealed at the Game Awards 2020, a new Airship card is coming to Among Us in early 2021, and the game will also launch on Xbox consoles this year. In other Among Us news, the game was recently in Google’s top searches for 2020.

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