The Creative Director of Dune: Awakening spoke in an interview about the future of the survival MMO and revealed that he already has a plan for the next ten years that could completely change due to two factors.
What kind of plan is that? In an interview with Videogamer, the Creative Director of Dune: Awakening, Joel Bylos, discussed the future of the survival MMO. He revealed that there is already a 10-year plan for the game that he has come up with.
Those who believe that every update is set in stone are mistaken. The Creative Director clarifies that this is more of a list of bullet points in order, with each bullet point representing an update for the game and bringing new content. Two factors can completely overturn the plan.
Here you can see the first part of the plan:
No Plan Survives the Community
What can change the plans? Even though Dune: Awakening is already planned on paper until 2035, according to the developers, no plan survives the community. Funcom has already revised the endgame of Dune: Awakening after loud feedback from players and made it friendlier for PvE players.
But in the future, the developers also want to respond to the players, as he revealed in the interview with Videogamer. However, another factor besides the community can change the plan.
What is the other factor? The other important factor that can change the plans is the gaming industry. As the developer himself reveals, the industry is currently in uncertain times, and it may be necessary to adjust the plans, even if that is not the current plan. In the interview, he states:
Given the current situation in the gaming industry and the uncertainty of things, we will stick to the current plan […] we will continue to update the game and improve things for the players. We are not a small team working on this project. The success was thus necessary in any case to continue the plan. I think that is the state of affairs. […]
We do not intend to make significant changes up or down. […] I also think that it is frightening and concerning when a team grows too much, right? And as things stand at the moment, I think it’s best to keep a cool head. We should not let the success of the game go to our heads and focus on developing high-quality updates for the players and giving them more Dune.
Joel Bylos at Videogamer.com
The developers want to stick to their 10-year plan for now and not let themselves be impressed by the uncertain times. However, changes are not ruled out if necessary.
Whether Dune: Awakening can convert its initial success into a long-term one remains to be seen. The community is an important factor that needs to be convinced. However, the new patch is currently causing much frustration among players: Players from Dune: Awakening have lost everything through no fault of their own and are demanding drastic action from Funcom
