Ylands Announcement - 10 years since development started

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Ahoy Ylanders! 

Can you believe it's been almost 10 years since the development on Ylands has started? Throughout all those years, a crazy amount of stuff got done, even crazier amount got changed, edited and improved, but most importantly, a crazy awesome community formed around Ylands. As developers, we are so incredibly grateful for the driving force you have become and for the joy that interacting with you has brought us. We all know that without you, your creativity and your voice, Ylands would not have come all this way to become the game we all love. A huge thank you goes out to each and every one of you.

See this cool video to find out more about the last 10 years of Ylands: 

For a game such as Ylands, 10 years of development is a long time and at this point in the development cycle, we wanted to let you know that we are not planning to add any more updates or content to the game. The game will continue running in its current state, servers will remain online and so will we. We'll be here to chat with you, jump into the game with you on occasion and help you out if you get stuck or if your game experiences critical bugs.

We of course understand that you may have lots of questions so we prepared a short FAQ below, but please do let us know if there's something else that you want to ask or tell us. And as C.A.G members, we love correspondence, so if you'd like, send us a letter to the office: BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE, Czech Republic, Rozkošného 762/5, Smíchov, 15000 Praha 5

And always carry with you, the most important lesson of them all: 

Stay classy, Ylanders! 

 

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FAQs

 

1. Does this mean the game is no longer actively supported by developers?

This change means that there will be no new updates with content or features but we will still dedicate time for fixing critical issues and staying in touch with our community.

 

2. Will there be any future content updates, or is development completely finished?

We don't believe there will be any more future content updates.

 

3. What happens if we encounter bugs or technical issues? Will they be addressed?

Players can still report bugs through the in-game Feedback option. We will address more critical bugs that are preventing players from accessing the game and similar.

 

4. Are the servers going to remain online indefinitely, or is there a planned shutdown?

The servers will remain online, there is currently no plan to shut them down.

 

5. Will there be any new events or in-game content going forward, or is what’s available now final?

No events or content is planned, which makes the game final in its current state.

 

6. What does live ops mean for player-created content?

Players can still upload their creations to the blueprint shop and workshop, nothing changes about this.

 

7. Will there be any more communication from the developers?

Occasionally, we may post a note but more likely we will stay in touch with our players on Discord. If you haven't joined yet, here is the link to the Ylands Discord server.

 

8. Are there any plans to bring back active development in the future, or is this decision final?

There are currently no plans to bring back active development.

 

9. Will there be any moderation available, especially for stolen BPs on the workshop and similar? 

We will occasionally check in with our players on Discord or check the feedback reports. In more severe cases, we will interfere.

 

10. What will happen to Creators Club?

Creators Club will be closing down and we will be in touch with players that will be affected by this change. If you have an active membership, it will continue to be active until the end of your subscription and then it will cease to exist.

 

11. Why have you decided to end an active development of Ylands?

After 10 years of numerous updates and shaping the game in close cooperation with our lovely community, we feel we have reached all our goals. We have created a game that we are proud of, the game that is loved by players across platforms.

 

12. Does that mean Bohemia Interactive is leaving development of Unity based games?

Journey of developing such a complex game as Ylands brought a deep knowledge to our dev team and to a company as a whole. We are indeed looking into possibilities how to further utilize this knowledge so stay tuned.