What's Happening?

Hey everyone! I imagine you have questions regarding the steam announcement. Why is FTB "Coming Soon" on Steam?

I apologize for not really giving details in my last post, but I was sort of in a hurry at the time (and also excited at the idea of finally having a steam page for FTB), and things have finally calmed down.

Yes, FTB will come to Steam in late 2020. Why not immediately? Because it's good practice to let a new steam game gather interest (wishlists) before actually releasing it. As a result, I set myself a target to prepare the game as much as possible before putting it on sale in Steam.

FTB will eventually (most likely soon-ish) turn into a paid game. That was always the goal at some point, of course. FTB is a very important project for me but I need funds to make games, so it's only natural that FTB would become commercial at some point. It's been a tough journey starting from nowhere, investing my own time and money, to get where FTB is at now.

What's going to happen next?

I'm planning to do a crowdfund in itch.io at some point. You'll be able to buy the game and reserve a steam key for when the steam version comes out.

There'll be extra rewards in tiers depending on how much you wish to invest. Among them there are the following:

• Name in the credits
• Unique card(s) based on a theme of your choice
• A playmat based on a theme of your choice
• A hero based on a character of yours (themed for the game)
• Unique codes with cosmetic rewards to use in the in-game shop
• Name NPCs in the campaign mode
• Encounters/Rooms in the campaign mode based on a theme or character
• A set of two/four physical decks (real cards)

After the crowdfund, the game will be sold for a price of $10 (not final) while in early access.

What will be done for Fairtravel Battle this year?

I feel that FTB is in a pretty good place right now, and will only get better over time. There's still a lot of work to do, but right now this is the roadmap I have for this year:

• New base set
• New class/faction-based deckbuilding
• Priority Windows/Responding to actions
• Instants
• Team-based multiplayer
• Team-based Raid battles
• Revamped multiplayer
• Revamped UI/general experience
• Campaign mode (Explorable RPG)
• Quest mode (Roguelike direction-based labyrinth exploration mode, possibly with multiplayer too)
• More customizable game rules for things such game elements such as costs, followers, starting cards
• More animations and sounds for cards
• Pass and Play support (for local duels and co-op)
• Profile level system
• Player-hosted servers

What else?

This is pretty much my plans for the future of FTB this year. I am very motivated to keep working on FTB for the foreseeable future, even after the final first version is released.

I know that FTB turning into a paid game might be a bummer for some of you, and I apologize for the inconvenience, but I hope you see my side and agree with my actions.

Thank you all for your support, I can't wait to show you my progress in the next update!