With the early access of the WW2 strategy simulation game Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles now started, the developers shared their plans for expanding the game.
First of all, here’s what the early access build includes:
- Coral Sea scenario & variant (May 8)
- Midway scenario & variant (June 4)
- Coral Sea battle generator set (the Midway one will follow shortly, right now it is emulated by having the Midway task forces being included to the Coral Sea environment)
- Playable fighters, savegames, and TacView integration
This will be expanded “ASAP” with the following content:
- New Coral Sea & Midway variants
- New carriers (Saratoga, Ryūjō, Junyō)
- A complete Japanese Midway Order of Battle (that’s a lot of ships…)
- An original 1940 “Early War” Midway variant with older air groups and aircraft models.
In the first six months, we hear that development will focus on expanding content, refining systems, and reacting directly to player feedback. Here’s what is planned for the first half of the year.
Gameplay
- Debugging & fixes based on community feedback
- New Strike, Search, and Seaplane mission options
- Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz battle sets
Graphics & Sound
- Combat chatter for aircraft & ships (so that it looks more like our new trailer ^^)
- Static and animated crew
- New music tracks
Other Features
- Guadalcanal, Rabaul & Port Moresby bases
- Localizations: German, Chinese, Spanish, and French
- A functional scenario editor (yay – I know you want that, but making it properly will still require a bit more time, apologies)
Beyond the first six months, the developers plan to work on “refined surface combat, submarines, search & rescue, extended direct gunnery control, additional locations (Wake Island, Mandates), a complete manual and historical supplement, interactive tutorials, in-game replay cinematic tools, and campaign modes.”
Below you can see the full roadmap.
If you’re unfamiliar with Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles, it’s one of the first strategy simulation games revealed under MicroProse‘s umbrella when the historical publisher was officially revived in 2019
It’s coming for PC, and no other platforms have been announced at the time of this writing.
Full disclosure: the author of this post backed Task Force Admiral as soon as the Kickstarter campaign was made available.