Have you thought about greenlighting this on Steam. It could fetch some decently good views. The price could at least be $5.00.
$5?! More like $10 or $15. Heck, with a little more months of work or maybe an year of work, the developer could charge around $20! $5 is too low in my opinion.
I agree putting it on Steam would be good and you could make use of achievements, badges, auto updates, etc. but there's the overhead of getting it on Steam (one-time $100 fee) plus it has to be submitted to Greenlight then approved (based on popularity, probably wouldn't be an issue with this game but still a hurdle) as well once it's greenlit then Steam has to contact you and work out the details of getting things setup. A lot of work for something that's already available on itch. Still I think it would be good a good idea, but probably later in the development cycle and after there's been enough content to get to an alpha or beta stage maybe.
Yeah. The game is fun, but for only those few moments in the beginning. It is lacking a LOT. It's a good concept that shouldn't be held down to the current state that it is at, or anywhere near, for that matter. I am not saying it should be some gold tier kind of game, but it has potential to be a good fun game for longer than an hour; which is about the time it takes to do everything. Maybe 20mins if you're familiar with the game. Where it's at right now is good. It's free, and with the nameing of the price for the buyer, it lets people try it to see what it offers. Later on, they should charge, but it is too bare-bones to have a real set price for it.
Pirates and pirate ships, tribes from nearby islands, whales, piranhas, octopuses, alien invaders, creepers, Master chief, Dark peasant, dinosaurs, giant kittens, emoji monsters ans so on
Alien invaders? That doesn't fit the theme of the game. Creepers? From Minecraft? Um... Again, doesn't fit the theme of the game. Master chief? From Halo? Again, doesn't fit the theme of the game. Dark peasant? Doesn't fit the theme. Giant kittens? Same reason again. Emoji monsters?! That REALLY doesn't fit the theme of the game.
> The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos.
Obligatory youtube video xD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0AOGeqOnFY
Also, I'm not sure if it is just my computer being slow, but the frame rate is quite low for me.
Story mode just doesn't seem right for this type of game. Regarding multiplayer, the dev has said that the studio is currently small thus they can't do multiplayer so currently, it is not a planned feature and I don't think will be implemented for a long time. Concerning sized islands to go to, that would ruin the very thing that made this game unique. Many games already do this thus if this game did it, it would not be as unique. Finally, diving in the ocean, many games already do this (Subnautica being a popular one).
I've never seen a developer use Trello before, but that's an awesome idea. Helps the community see what's a priority and what to expect from future updates and whatnot.
Multiplayer is not planned currently sadly. The developer has already stated that in the FAQ.
Regarding multiplayer, it is stated in the FAQ that multiplayer is not planned for the foreseeable future.
+1 for the taming an animal. Also, I think Co-Op could be the next best thing compared to multiplayer.
+1 for rain. That could be a small step towards more dynamic weather feature and features related to it.
elevators would be wayy too advanced for the theme for this game. An automatic purifier however seems interesting. I wonder how it would work.
I proposed an idea of using sea turtles to capture drinkable rain water (totally stolen from The Forest) or something primitive. Think Gilligan's Island, but I agree there shouldn't be an overly complicated mechanical system here. You're stuck in the middle of nowhere with next to nothing on your back. You're not MacGyver.
lol yeah but Minecraft isn't the only game that does that LOL other games have beds that you sleep to turn into day.
And it should start to tip if you add to much to one side, and it will not let you build more in that direction until you add more to the other side!
YOUR IDEAS ARE FANTASTIC i added about 6 but there not as ilaberate as these!!!! nice work man!! i hope they implement some of these great ideas! :D
Man! Your ideas are so great! i really wish your ideas to be added in the game :)
I can already imagine the cool cloth and steel that we can use to make more items :D
I like this idea would make the game 100 times better. so cool, Im donating a dollard already
just wondering, what would the npc characters be like? who would they be?
btw theres already an npc... the shark
There shouldn't be islands in Raft. It defeats the purpose of a raft in total. If you found an island with a healthy amount of food, you have a water purifier, and enough trees for a house, your basically set for the rest of the game. Zombieslayer008 is right, it's called Raft for a reason. If islands were added, this would turn into a regular survival styled game. This game is different, and I think we need to keep it this way.
In one of the surveys they had a question about wat ppl would want to see added to the game. They said they would eventually be adding all of the options in the question, which were:
- Moving your raft
-Islands
-Diving
-Other NPC Rafts
I really like your idea so what i was thinking about is maybe make something dangerous on the island could be canibals or wild animals that wants to hunt you down. so i wont be that easy to get to the island. it could also be cool if there was some secret rum storages from pirates or something
Would also be nice if they added, sea exploration (or at least more verticality the game, right now you can only go up). Not sure about the Islands stuff because I believe would make it too similar to Stranded Deep. And the village ideas would be cool but if NPC's can live on the island what reason gives the player to stay on the raft instead of going to the island? Maybe dangerous predators etc could be added to make the player consider the risks of going to land for resources (would also need to make the resources coming from the ocean, less reliable, to also make the player need to go into the islands, otherwise they would stick to the raft and that would be boring). All great options and all, but if executed poorly, it can skew the scope of the game and make it seem lost and with no purpose
Raiju, great ideas you got there! And lets turn all villagers into cannibals, and the other NPC's live on rafts! And maybe they can add some new weapons. And maybe the developers can think about dock building. so you can build docks and explore other islands. And yes, the resource floating by are way too much. So if they add islands, they can also make random chests on the beach of the islands. And i think the idea of predators and stuff awesome! if they will add all of this, this game will be so awesome! predators: crocodiles, of course sharks, and lions (rare).
I agree with sea exploration. There needs to be a way to attach either sails or have manual rows on your raft to explore different areas across the sea. When you explore new areas you can find other computer generated ships and rafts with NPC's on it where you can trade, fight, steal and whatnot, creating friendly or hostile relationships with other people. When you go to other areas, you would encounter different things flowing in the water, and in different directions. At endgame, if you have the resources and you have made generators from harnessing fire or using wave power, you could attach simple motors to your raft to get to areas faster. Since you and NPC's will be on the same ocean, there should be different weapons instead of a spear. To plunder other ships and sink them, you would need simple firearms, using rare gunpowder, scrap metal and other materials to make them. Or you could mount cannons which take up lots of space, are hard to maneuver and are expensive to fire and to craft, but that deal significant damage to other ships and NPC's.
Here are my ideas and glitches:
Raft glitches:
This could just be meant to be but I thought I would mention it anyway
Raft tips:
ok just saying most of these ideas are just from the developers ideas... they are already planning to add most of these..
good idea mincpower
a island and having stone
but also if i may can i add something
maybe some new weapons as well and new build options (like the chair and the lamp and the table)
The first and second items are bugs. They'll find it easier in the bug report page. Third idea is a good one. But only if they implement multiplier. And I've always loved the idea of going under water and searching for items and resources there.
The multiplayer should just be one mode where you can decide to trade/team/raid other players and the creative mode wouldn't be fun I think there should be a building mode where you take no damage and don't starve or dehydrate but you have to get your own resources outside of building mode. Building mode should be turned on and off in main menu and in game toggled with the buttons 'ctrl b' in game. You shouldn't be able to do much in building mode apart from opening chests, building and breaking. In building mode you don't get resources back from stuff you built if you break it.
the creative mode wouldn't be fun I think there should be a building mode where you take no damage and don't starve or dehydrate but you have to get your own resources outside of building mode. Building mode should be turned on and off in main menu and in game toggled with the buttons 'ctrl b' in game. You shouldn't be able to do much in building mode apart from opening chests, building and breaking. In building mode you don't get resources back from stuff you built if you break it.
I think there should be a building mode where you take no damage and don't starve or dehydrate but you have to get your own resources outside of building mode. Building mode should be turned on and off in main menu and in game toggled with the buttons 'ctrl b' in game. You shouldn't be able to do much in building mode apart from opening chests, building and breaking. In building mode you don't get resources back from stuff you built if you break it.
im not hating but making the game more realistic would be more fun and adding all teh of the features that have been reqested (of course not ALL of them ). The only reason im asking of this is because when you play for a really long time you have food recorses because of the nets so the only thing to do is sit there and wait for the shark which is kinda boring.
And please make the sound Q for the shark alittle louder because i have my headphones turned up on the second floore of my raft but when i come back down half of my faft is gone because i can never here the sound QAND ONE MORE THING BEFORE I GO!!! just to make it a little more ominis maybe play the JAWS music when your in the water because the shark starts swimming towards you just to make it kind of scary.
I was thinking you could ad defence mekinisms and there have been alot of reqest of adding spikes and stuff but alot of people have been talking about weight so i dont think those would even be possible. what i as thinking of is somthing more....suttle. For instance when you kill the shark he always comes back!! theres no breaks inbetween! hes alllwaaaaays there. so i was thinking maybe when they try to eat the nets that are on the outside of the raft they would get caught in it delaying the spawn of another one.
This is kinda overkill but maybe the shark could have a family a kind of...reason why te sharks keep coming back and maybe when you killong of the sharks th eone from far out can smeel the blood and when they spawn the come rushing twords where ever the other one died.
Maybe in the game sence the only things you can collect on the surface are planks scraps etc. when the shark isnt looking you could dive under water. this could increase your fatiuge when you diving in regularly.
This is pretty much just an add-on to number five but SCUBBA GEAR WOULD BE AWSOME!! it could be used to stay under water longer because maybe when you go under water ynext to your fatuige you have a blue breath meeter and building peice-by-peice scubba gear would help you when your under water as far and moving and searching goes!!
It is stated in the FAQ, multiplayer is not planned anytime soon and you can't use worlds from 1.03 into 1.04.
Since then doesn't have many more options this game, that if these only in the middle of the ocean doesn't make sense to get so many objects and so many things without a site where the votes come from, would come a point where serious repetitive, only a game build if not you put something more adventure just getting tired.
That is a bit too much to ask. There is only 3 developers working on this game. Outta the 3, only one of them is a programmer. Be patient for game updates.
Great list! There are some things that I personally would like to talk about more...
-Waves
How would they affect your raft?
-Pirates
What would the pirates be like (Modern, old school, what would they do)?
How rare would a pirate attack be?
-Bow and arrows
This idea I do not personally like because fighting the sharks with the spear is such an original thing that it should be left like it is. (Other melee weapons would be cool)
-Multiplayer
Raft multiplayer would be a very interesting concept. In my opinion the multiplayer should be like this...
1-4 People spawn on the same raft
There are multiple sharks
Thats all I have to say...
Yeah! So...
Thanks so much!!
optimize the game please i have a graphic card and i cnts play with beatifull graphics
Hm... Seems to be a bug that affects certain users. You might have to wait for a bug fix update.
lol cas its a really good idea and if its said over and over then mabe we will find out why its not happening
fam no offense but how exactly would u make a shotgun on a floating raft in the middle of the ocean, and how would u get the shells, which brings me to something else. HOW THEFUCK DOES SCRAP METAL FLOAT????
Kinda rude that people would downvote you so much for simply stating that something isn't planned.
This is the use of their form from now on. In the form it CLEARLY says... What do you wish to have in raft?
- Multiplayer and meet others and trade and fight
You have pretty much made a FALSE statement
I'm also an independent game designer. I can do most everything on the design end except make art assets - models and promotional images. My main talents lie in programming and writing.
I spent the better part of a year devoting myself to learning how to code for multiplayer, and it really is a pain in the rear. It has to be something you plan from the beginning, and even then, you have to know EXACTLY how the whole system will come together before you write it; alternatively, you have to go back through your entire set of code in all of the scripts used just to rewrite it to include multiplayer support. By then, though, the game should already still work, so you still have to test it again, thoroughly, to make sure you didn't miss anything in multiplayer, or you need to have several people proficient in multiplayer coding to proofread all of the code too, to double- and triple-check that nothing was missed. And you'll have to debug it, too, which is even worse because, again, the code already works. So you have to find where it works but doesn't.
Every input needs checks for singleplayer, client, and host or server. Any inventories need to be known by a server, as well as any changes and when. Non-authoritative p2p is prone to lag and needs predictive ai to represent other players, to better understand where they are and what they're doing; ai in p2p needs some form of synchronization, so even the shark existing complicates matters. Checks need added to update positions and changes that may have been missed. All connected players need managed so the game knows who is allowed to play, and who gets the data. Everything needs to check if in multiplayer to disable communication attempts so it doesn't waste resources in singleplayer. It's like programming your game layered overtop of your game, and requires points in the singleplayer code to connect to the multiplayer code; you can't just add more code to it and hope that it works, the way you would add new content.
It takes way more effort than it's worth for a small group. It's not impossible, but it's definitely "super difficult" without a team devoted just to it. If they aren't planning multiplayer now, it will be even less appealing when there's more content, and they probably never will. That's the sad truth of it. Knowing how to code is different from coding for multiplayer, and the task is just too ambitious without several experts on the matter.
2 man Co-op would be more than enough fun! :D Multiplayer is too much atm I think.
i think 2 player would be great better yet if you had different rafts but could build 2 each other or move them to set the building blocks for server play IF the devs want sever play
"dont 2 go 4 people" ( google translate) and i think once they get the ground work for 2 people it should be easy to put it up to 4+ people.
я думаю, что как только они получают подготовительную работу для 2-х человек он должен быть легким, чтобы положить его до 4 + людей. (Google Translate очень жаль, если его неправильно)
Rare items that come from the sea would be so cool! I hope they add diving equipment that you could make from the scrap metal pieces or something that would allow you to dive for new items in the ocean. Also the idea of abandoned shipwrecks and deserted islands is such a great idea as well and I hope they will take the game in this direction with the next few updates. :D
hit the ^ button? you forgot to say hit it 67 times because they will trust me. 10/10 for the thinking!
Having worked with arrows IRL, I know that feathers are needed for the fletching (the three things at the back end of the arrow). Perhaps there should be an easy way to gather some feathers just by scaring the sea gulls or pulling them out of the water like scrap and planks. I think it would only take one metal scrap to make the arrow head.
With the bow, I know it might seem like rope is what you'd need, but bows actually require a finer material: string. Maybe a recipe for that could be added as well?
Wool seems unlikely on the ocean (because it comes from land-based animals), but maybe fabric scraps could be gathered from barrels? Cotton seeds would be another idea. They could be planted in crop plots.
All your other ideas are pretty solid, though.
thx togheter we can make the developer to see that ideeas. If he do it, the game will be insane!
Yes, I thought of that too! Perhaps you also have to break down a piece of wood into small pieces first as well.
The broken-down pieces of wood could be called 'tinder'. I think other fuel sources could be found, too. In another reply, I noted that shark skin could be placed on a drying rack. Maybe the drying process produces a small amount of fish oil? Aside from that, the palm fronds are clearly flammable.
... there on a wood floor just burn that :) also the roof as that would heat up a bit as well :b stuff it live in a giant fire {jk devs dont set my raft on fire plz} but i wouldn't lite a fire so open on a wooden raft make it cost more and combine cooking and boiling into a closed fire with a chimney you can put threw the roof. (that uses wood and matches etc to light maybe even paper you have to dry first cant be that hard to find in a ocean were metal floats)
I just posted in another thread and saw yours. Very similar to mine. I shall just expand on yours :P
From my play through of this game, it is probably one of the best builder prototypes I have ever played.
A bow would be a great introduction to the game. I would love to see the shark get harder the longer you play as well. Definitely more plants to plant, more fish types with varying hunger levels/poisonous fish that harm you when you eat them. Also a fishing net would be amazing. Either similar to the nets that collect items or a casting net similar to the hook.
I also think a more advanced crafting system would definitely benefit the game. The more you advance, the more stuff should unlock. A more advanced cooking station/water purifier to harvest more at once from a singular station. A furnace to smelt the metal down to ingots for further advanced crafting recipes. Perhaps leading to diving devices as suggested above? Maybe a craft-able cannon to battle the shark (gunpowder could be harvested from barrels)? Upgraded spears/harpoons?
Going along with what I said about more advanced items. As you progress through the game, more advanced materials start drifting in inside the barrels.
Adding durability to items should also be a must since once you create a tool, you can use it indefinitely.
Nighttime/daytime cycles that limits vision as said above. Weather with hot and cold affects the character requiring you to find shade so the reason to have walls and a roof is useful. Bad rain and storms that damage your structures.
With those listed above, seasons could also be added as well as different biomes. This opens up the option to craft clothes based on the environment or something as simple as a rain poncho to help ward of getting cold from the rain. (Furs and such could also be harvested from barrels)
Lastly... This would greatly improve the current game. Add a cooldown to the annoying starving/dehydrating sound. It is probably the biggest annoyance and downside to this game since it spams constantly until you eat or drink.
From what I have seen from this game, it has a HUGE potential. I honestly can't wait to see what future updates hold.
Since I really like this post, i'm going to list some quotes you said and improve a bit.
i agree with everything but the nets but i do think there op but mabe just have different ones that get different % of the stuff that gos threw them. eg a net with larger gaps would be cheaper as it needs less rope(but gets less) and the smaller ones need more refined thin rope (but can also catch the odd fish and all the stuff that gos passed).
Again with the islands...
It ruins the purpose of the game, if you find an island with a sufficient amount of food and clean water, it defeats the purpose of even having a raft. It would be basically changing the whole game into stranded deep. Think about this: The two major sea games are Subnautica, and Stranded Deep. Raft sits right in the middle of both of them. Stranded Deep is island focused while Subnautica is underwater diving centered. Raft is no islands, and no diving, which, like I said, sits right in the middle of both games. Many people think that since it has neither, it needs some main focal point so the game can thrive on, so they either say islands, or diving. That would turn the game into one of those two games. What I think there should be is sea exploration. Going around in your raft finding other NPC rafts and creating positive or negative relationships with the NPC's.
nice idea with the npc rafts
But i think diving and islands as additional feature cant turn raft into another game the main feature is and (i hope) will ever be the raft you should give the game time to evolve and stop complaining about ideas of fans. Not all islands have clear water, food or even palms and every new feature turns raft into a new game some more some less
So have a nice day and well done so far to the developers
I understand your view point on islands, but I wasn't "complaining". I was just stating my opinion on a largely discussed topic, and the downsides of it. I actually agree with you about not all islands having water, food and trees. If there were mini islands just for either small island homes or aesthetic purposes, it would be nice.
It doesen't have a multiplayer and you can't look at yourself so No Character Customization
The game's name is "RAFT" So no Islands.
What kind of enemies do you expect? You are in the Ocean dude. THE OCEAN!
Something that deals more damage can be ok
More tools? Such as what?
fall damage might be good but also, it might ruin the game because if you are on the 3rd floor and there is a shark attacking the raft, Shark would win. Because you can't jump down.
interactive enviroment? What enviroment? Sea?
Ability to swim down sounds ok, but it would take a looooooooooong time to implement that feature to the game.
Again, what interactions? Petting a shark? pfft..
Voice Acting?! Don't make me laugh.
birds and more types of sharks might be ok but Whales? They would destroy everything that you have created in one bite, Like One Punch Man. Also, Crabs? This is not the seaside dude.
But I am not a developer so...... This is what I think.
(No Offense, No Homo,)
You got a nice list going but here are a few things that would really make this game cool.
IDEAS:
-a possible sandbox mode made just to build and ability to fly
-armor or gear such as scuba tank and scuba suit for going to bottom of ocean
-more blocks such as bed (for sleeping and maybe saves game), spikes (to deter sharks), couches (just for decoration), fences (to prevent falling off the raft while at the same time not interfering with your peripheral vision), ceilings (to top it all off), doors (do I need to explain?) and ladders (for different means of climbing)
to add on to your "more tools" idea,
-shovel for digging at bottom of ocean for sand, used for glass?
-bow for shooting sharks at distance
-possible workbench or building grid for making bigger/ more useful things
-gun or flare gun of some sort
Stone should be an item in the game for making things such as stone foundations that can't be broken by sharks
another cool concept should be a sort of shark bait because shark meat is a great food source in the game
It would also be cool if the developers added a feature that auto joins walls to form 1 big wall that has no gapsThere's a great future ahead for this game. Even in the early stages, I find myself not being able to stop playing. Raft Developers, keep up the good work!
Its called raft, not giant wooden island. The developer should focus on deepening the content rather than just "make the raft bigger." Right now the game lacks realism. There is no considerations when it comes to buoyancy, the raft doesn't move with waves and shit, and doesn't drift in the ocean. The point is to survive in a small space with minimal resources not make a world builder.
stop being a party pooper if we spam they may change there mind :) but i 100% under stand if they want more content first. but eventually servers or even 2p is the way of games know its becoming a must for survival games i think :/ also with this many people asking PROBABLY a good idea to try or give a reason why not even if that reason is the game is not compatible yet (eg. there is no character in 3rd person its just a capsule with arms, rafts cant move and are based around not bring abill to move OR just genral problems with having more then 1 player