[2023] New island map(s) - CDLC suggestion

Heya!

Interesting topic, and with the amount of time spent looking at islands, I totally understand having even more variety available.

As some others have mentioned, there are existing modding projects (e.g. by Taludas) to reskin islands for another biome.

From our side, however, there won't be any new island models for Anno 1800. The process for creating an island takes a while and involves multiple departments, it's definitely only higher effort side of things. Plus, going by the comments, one or two islands likely wouldn't quite cut it (and islands would not classify as "cosmetic" content, they are one of the key gameplay elements of Anno).

Far more importantly, however, is, that we are at this point investing our development resources into our next project. That is our top priority.

So, I'll have to shatter any dreams of a map pack DLC, I'm afraid.

While more work, we generally favour handcrafted worlds since they allow us to create a more special set of islands and balance them more in-detail. It's not very likely that we would go for a procedurally generated approach instead.

Thank you, Pop317, those types of comments are always great to read for us and very touching. Knowing our game provided several hundred hours of fun to people is fantastic!