[2023] will there ever be a steam workshop for this game?

Originally posted by Remnar: That seems like a lame excuse. You know you can remove things from the workshop right? If modders set the right variables or add text so it shows what version of the game it's for, and if it's compatible with later ones, then it wouldn't be a issue. If there mod doesn't work period, then it's the modders responsibility to take it down or update it. I know people can read, so yea it's a lame excuse from the devs not to add workshop now. They can use the same excuse when they go 1.0. Oh, but when we release 1.00001, the workshop will get cluttered! Just say you don't want to add it instead of making lame ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ excuses.

Well, to be fair, we don't know that they made that excuse at all. We have one person that is not affiliated at all with TFP trying to recollect as far as they can that this is THE reason. I don't recall any official TFP rep stating that as THE reason. It might be one of the reasons, though.

What I do know is that there already is a system for adding mods to the game that is a placeholder system and therefore them spending time now to hook up Steam Workshop is not a priority. Those who reaaaaaaaaally want mods can get them and those who are just curious or can't be bothered to figure it out can wait. The devs have bigger fish to fry at this stage of development and since they've provided a rudimentary way to get our games modded that works well enough, they don't feel a rush to to get to that until they can finish the actual default version of the game. Besides....they want most of the player base playing vanilla anyway since that is what they cull their data from for balancing and refining.

Now those might also qualify as lame excuses but whatever excuse any player might have for not being able to download a mod they want today is about 50 times more lame than anything stated today about TFP not getting to workshop support yet. It is super easy to do...