Terraria is preparing for the 1.4.5 patch, the latest major update in 12 years of continuous support from developer Re-Logic. If you’re thinking, “Wait, I thought this game had a point.” Last The “update” has already happened, and that’s right—Re-Logic has been considering moving on to the next project for about eight years.
prior to leave twitter Backing up communications on the Terraria forums and head of Re-Logic, Andrew “Ridigit” Spinks recently told fans on the platform that the game is selling so well they don’t need to stop updating. said. “12 years later this game is still selling like hot cakes,” Spinks tweeted. He said, “The demand is too great to move forward.”
“1.3 was actually the final update originally intended,” said Ted “Loki” Murphy, Re-Logic’s head of business strategy and marketing, when I asked for more background. , revamped NPCs, achievements, expert mode, and over 800 new items. “But then we had all these great ideas—a kind of unfinished business.”
Five years later, 2020’s Journey’s End update is another chance to quit Terraria. It started as a minor update, according to Murphy, but spawned “great ideas”, adding new modes, bosses, bestiary and, of course, an ancient golf game. And Re-Logic didn’t stop there. Journey’s End itself was followed up with a series of minor his updates that introduced cutting the patch body and what’s on the floor of his room.
Murphy described the 2022 Labor of Love update as “true fan-driven” and a response to Terraria winning the annual Steam Award of the same name in 2021. “We felt the need to give our fans another update,” Murphy said. “For that update, we really received a lot of suggestions and inspiration from our fans.
The upcoming 1.4.5 patch kicks off with a primary focus on crossovers between roguelike Metroidvanias Dead Cells and Terraria, but Murphy said “unfinished business” is tempting Re-Logic’s team. and refocused on more substantive things. But despite Re-Logic’s commitment to his Terraria and the constant flow of new updates, Murphy believes: [Re-Logic] At this point, despite Terraria’s continued sales success and vibrant fan community, “At some point it just feels right to start working on a second project.”
Murphy seems enthusiastic about the prospect, but is far from concrete at this point. “This will also be good for Re-Logic and the series, as it will allow the team to explore ideas that may or may not work.” Terraria’s current iteration and technology. ’ Indeed, everything on the table seems to be iterating in Terraria rather than going in a whole new direction.
But for now, just wait for the latest version of Terraria, 1.4.5. State of the game “We are (hopefully) in the final stages,” the post said. On the other hand, it’s not at all clear when the long-running sandbox’s really last big add-on will come out. “We’ve felt that way before, so I wouldn’t say never,” Murphy said. “When will the final Terraria update really happen? I don’t think we can say for sure.”
