Coop (or versus)

635 votes

A coop mode where you can play together with some friends. Plan together, build together. Split tasks. A simple coop-mode like prison architect has would be ok.

Or do some negotiation or sabotage in a pvp-mode.

Under consideration Suggested by: Rudolf Fischer (10 May) • Upvoted: yesterday • Comments: 19

Comments: 19

25 May
Alexandra
No, let them focus their efforts on making the best single player game they can and not waste time and money on something I and many others will never use.
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25 May
Rashadjin
No.

Enormous resource drain that should be outside of project scope. Makes for a far worse single player or core game experience due to diverted developer resources and the sacrifices on engine and game complexity required to make multiplayer happen.
17
12 Jun
Miguel
Yes - i would like to play it with my brother in versus mode.
32
21 Jun
Cal
Multiplayer would be awesome and it is often a driving decision whether I purchase and play a game. That said, I have rarely seen multiplayer programmed effectively. Oftentimes, devs half-ass the multiplayer function in games and make it a bug loaded, miserable, crashfest of an experience (Satisfactory ring a bell?). If you do it, DO IT properly and dedicate appropriate resources to make it enjoyable. If so, YES PLEASE!
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26 Jun
ICBM919
no thx to a co-op mode
7
27 Jun
Thomasi
Great, we are always looking for games like this with multiplayer-mode. SP we don´t like at all.
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28 Jun
Sapphire Knight
Making a co-op or Vs. mode BEFORE the game is completed is just not good sense. Finish and polish the SP game before thinking of other modes. After the SP is done, then let them focus on the Co-op/Vs. modes. I personally will never play co-op or Vs. as this is not a game that I see as that type.
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05 Jul
Manny A
Yes. But after release!
5
09 Jul
Chris S
Please, add Co-Op. Do not compromise on quality for it, but if you can, add multiplayer. No servers, just a private host so you can play with a few friends. Too many building games are solo only, and it is just sad. Dyson Sphere Project and Anno come to mind and it has prevented me and many of my friends from playing. If we play, we want to play together, not alone. And honestly, I prefer playing a mediocre or even bad title with friends over a good one alone.
It does not need to be much. We do not need a voice or even text chat, no lobby searching, no servers, just direct connect via steam.
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17 Jul
Surehand
if it was first person building game i could agree with the Coop thing but its not and i do not
if it has to be then fine but wait till the SP is dun b4 going off on that
18 Jul
Hussein Thini
This game is not built for Coop.
18 Jul
Dmitry P
I would love to play this sort of game in a co-op mode, both VS and building together but like some of the other comments here, I agree that focus should be on the main single player experience first, feature creep can be a mighty problem for scope. Perhaps open up development to modders and see if anyone can assist in such a task.

A recent good example is Dyson Sphere where the Nebula team created a fully functioning multiplayer ("recent", they've been supporting it for years and props to them), me and my mates played it as a group and it was top stuff, it was fun to compare different build styles and resource pipelines, ended up learning tonnes from them and vice versa.

@Chris S you can find their multiplayer in the Thunderstore mod client if you wanted to give it a go, just search Dyson Sphere Nebula and it will come up. We had 3 of us on 1 save but I think it supports more. It has some limitations but all in all goo

I guess I would lean towards a "build together" sort of mode.
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18 Jul
Aaron
I do think multiplayer would be interesting, and I would prefer co-op compared to pvp, though both could be fun. However, I think that if it is something that will be added, it should only be after the majority of the single player part of the game is finished. Adding multiplayer now would add too much work, which might decrease the quality of work or drastically increase the time it will take to complete the game.
19 Jul
Frank H
It's interesting people think they need to "vote down" other peoples upvotes by commenting a "no" here. ;-)

Coop Multiplayer is of course something that would fit this game as much as it does every other similar building game. It shouldn't even be a massive resource drain as other suggest as it does need any separation of game resources. Of course it needs work and is probably the most complex features in the top 10 I think it's definitely something that opens the game up for quite a bunch of new people.

Definitely looking forward to this being added and also very happy to assist with testing with tons of experience.
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20 Jul
Heiko
Please not! Use your energy and money for more useful elements.
21 Jul
Commissioner Jean Claude Van Dan
I don't see why every Single player game has to have people asking for it to be multiplayer and waste development time.
Please don't bow to this request, this is a single player game and just focus on making it the best you can. Don't give in to these stupid requests which will add nothing to the overall gameplay.
22 Jul
zw98
I love the idea. Definitely something I'd want once the single player is in a complete state.
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31 Jul
Kelurym
j'aime bien l'idée d'un mode coop mais je préférerai de loin un jeux solo bien développé et l'ajout de scénario avec certaines recherches déjà découvertes et d'autre non accessibles pour des parties plus courte.
17 Sep
Marc
yes, great ideas. Would feel nicely!
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