Hi from a gamedev team!

[OddsparksOrchid]

...came here for work stuff, ended up reading a lot as modding is a new and interesting thing for me.

I'm a community manager for a dev team making a cute automation game, a noob indie dev (after work) and have an unhealthy obsession with cats and dogs.
As our team is about to add modding possibility to the game, I've been looking up the mods other games have and what people request, so that we could make such things possible in our game.

[Demorphic]

Welcome to the site, and good luck with your game development. Always great to hear devs thinking about early inclusion of mods.

[AlienSlof]

1 hour ago, OddsparksOrchid said:

...came here for work stuff, ended up reading a lot as modding is a new and interesting thing for me.

I'm a community manager for a dev team making a cute automation game, a noob indie dev (after work) and have an unhealthy obsession with cats and dogs.
As our team is about to add modding possibility to the game, I've been looking up the mods other games have and what people request, so that we could make such things possible in our game.

I like you already! Dogs and cats obsession is perfectly heathy!

I think I have your game on my wishlist if 'oddsparks' is its name. I like automation games and having a blast with Satisfactory right now!

[OddsparksOrchid]

10 minutes ago, Demorphic said:

Welcome to the site, and good luck with your game development. Always great to hear devs thinking about early inclusion of mods.

Thanks so much for the warm welcome! Means a lot!
I've mainly been using some mods while gaming with my partner, was considering making some (nothing serious, but like replacing some games' sounds with farts ) - but never had a chance to deep-dive into the topic. And now, with those insanely talented people on our Discord who are likely to build epic mods - it's a must to add that opportunity.

[OddsparksOrchid]

1 minute ago, AlienSlof said:

I like you already! Dogs and cats obsession is perfectly heathy!

I think I have your game on my wishlist if 'oddsparks' is its name. I like automation games and having a blast with Satisfactory right now!

Awww, thank you! And that is a majestic creature on your userpic!
I specifically go for animal snoots, so the office dogs already cover them when see me approaching.

And - yes, this is our game! You just made my day, it's always so nice to know someone knows our game and has it on the wishlist!
I became an automation fan (and before more of automation-curious) after playing Factorio & Satisfactory for work, and then Oddsparks became playable - and that got me addicted.
Since the game is creative in its essence - we thought mods are like... a natural evolution of it.

[AlienSlof]

Absolutely they are!

Sometimes it can be illuminating to see what other people come up with, often stuff that didn't occur to the original devs. Modding also increases the longevity of a game.

That majestic creature was the light of my life, my ragdoll, Atherton. Sadly, he died just before christmas and I am utterly heartbroken still. We had such a strong bond that we were like a single organism and I feel hollow without him around. We were joined at the hip!

[OddsparksOrchid]

2 hours ago, AlienSlof said:

Absolutely they are!

Sometimes it can be illuminating to see what other people come up with, often stuff that didn't occur to the original devs. Modding also increases the longevity of a game.

That majestic creature was the light of my life, my ragdoll, Atherton. Sadly, he died just before christmas and I am utterly heartbroken still. We had such a strong bond that we were like a single organism and I feel hollow without him around. We were joined at the hip!

Exactly that, I can't wait to see the mods people come up with - after the in-game inventions and contraptions they're making, this stage is going to be even more exciting

I'm so sorry for your loss... Can totally relate, we lost our boy Power Outlet in October and it just feels more painful daily. I just try to believe, whatever hard or dumb it is, that maybe he and Atherton are playing together on the Rainbow now... and hope Power Outlet plays nice as he was known for having no filter.
Huge same with my cattos (got 3 earthside and 2 on the Rainbow), they're family members and best friends and there's no me without them.