Raiders of the Broken Planet is a campaign-based indie game with Triple-A production values that includes a starter campaign that players are be able to play for free and, if they like the game enough, invest 9.99€/$ in one of its premium campaigns.
Having a substantial part of Raiders of the Broken Planet offered for free, the game is labelled “Free to Play” in First Party game stores, and that has led to some confusion and discomfort among players who expected to find the usual F2P formula within.
For the game to progress, we need to satisfy that perception in a way that brings more players in and improves the game to be a better experience for all users.
We started by adding the possibility to play with all the game’s characters and interact with the progression and economy systems in the Eternal Soldier free starter campaign. Then we introduced the Invitation system and the Mission Unlocking for Gold. Now, we take a step further with the Mission of the Week.
From now on, all players will have access to one premium mission every week. This mission will rotate each week. This way, players who don’t own the premium campaigns will be able to play through the missions more easily, in addition to the current Mission Unlocking for Gold and the Invitation system.
This will help bring in more players and open new possibilities to veterans:
• As it has always been, only premium campaign owners can be awarded invitations. This is a key feature that eases progression and helps unlock new characters.
• Veterans will now have easier access to non-premium users who play the game and are hoping to be invited to other missions. These people will be easier to find; they will gather in the current Mission of the Week.
• Whatever map is currently chosen as Mission of the Week will have more players on it. This will lead to faster matchmaking times if you include that mission in your queue list.
We’ll announce what new Mission of the Week is available every Monday in all our Social Media channels. This is just the first of the many major changes we are implementing in Raiders of the Broken Planet based in the players’ feedback. We hope you enjoy them!
See you at the Broken Planet!
