Temtem Dev Tracker

Hello, Tamers!

The build for patch 1.4 has been sent out, which means that the platform holders for the consoles will review the build, and find any possible issues. Once they give us a green light, the patch is ready to be published on the the planned date, which for 1.4 is June 19th.

Would you like to know more about what’s included in patch 1.4? Let’s go!

A new Season

With patch 1.4 comes Season 4: Splash up! Like you can probably guess, this is a Season filled with pool parties, beach sunsets, chill activities and summer fun.

Splish*ty splash

It’s a Season for splashing around and not fighting the current, but rather f...

Hey Tamers, Temtem is on sale for Xbox Series X&S!

Get it at 33% off its price! Sale lasts until June 20th.

Get it here!

Lowest Temtem price on the Microsoft store so f...

I’ve been to a couple and even officiated a wedding in one on the spanish channel!

There won't be an in-game event, but we'll be gifting things through that week and there'll be celebrations for the TemCS finals, that happen around the same time!

The problem is anything other than adding the items to the store as-is needs a lot of dev time and we don’t have that for 1.5. So either we do that and honor what we said or delay it until a further update down the road to implement something “better”, but we would be failing what we said.

Even the suggestion about adding the free track items to TP (which I like a lot) would require quite some time because we would need to add more floors to the store which has several tasks associated.

Hello peeps! I know this is not the Discord server, but maybe the Temtem Reddit artists wanted to take part in it too!
Design and draw a handful of emotes or stickers (you can send up to 5 in each category!) for the Temtem Discord server, and gain Novas for every one of it that gets selected. One Tamer whose emote or sticker we like the most also gets one of the exclusive, limited Pigepic plushies!

✨Here's the form to submit entries, along with the contest's rules and details in length: https://forms.gle/4zkW5MsoYCSGWW7V6

Contest deadline is...

we've tried to send it with enough time that if Switch fails us, we'll be able to get the issues fixed and build re-sent and still launch in time!

I'm taking this one guess as it was the second oldest! But unfortunately there's no N!

Yes! It totally was!

Hey Tamers!

Patch 1.4 has been sent for review by the platform holders. They'll now test it and either send it back to us for fixing, or give us the green light so we can launch as planned. Remember that the estimated date of launch for 1.4 is June 19th!

I'm currently writing a post overseeing the features and changes that come with this update, stay tuned for it!

Great guess!

😞🤘

Hello!

The theme has been guessed!

The name of the upcoming Season is... Splash Up!

Here's a sneak peek, more to come as the date grows closer!

I see jaws...

The Royal Waspeen dress is to die forrrrrrrrrrr I love it

babies....... <3

This was very refreshing to read, thanks for going into all that detail and being so empathetic!

From reading your posts and others' I realize there's not really a consensus on whether to shut down ideas or not, though haha I'm unsure of whether I should really ease on the shutdowns or not, but I'll do my best to reply to the things I like or find neat.

I always feel whiny when I bring up the "I'm a whole person" argument, although it's true, but if I'm being honest reading all that negativity about you or your colleagues can really bring one down. I wish people would remember that even if I don't say so.

I love the idea of having everyone take part in the challenges, and I'll let them know!
And we have a contest in the works rn :)) I hope to be able to post it this week. I like contests too :))

It has always been my goal to create safe and open spaces, but it's definitely been a hard balance to maintain these days.

Thanks for all your o...

The issue with Temtem from the beginning was what you just mentioned, that our expectations and the players misaligned along the way. Temtem is not meant to be an MMO like WoW, Tera or FFXIV. For a team like us, that'd be delusions of grandeur, and we consider Temtem to be a miracle with the resources and experience we had. We've also very often encouraged people who only want to play the campaign and then drop off. It was first mentioned in our Kickstarter's FAQ.

So I agree with you on that point, but I also think knowing one team's limits and having a sensible vision is a good thing for devs. I understand why players are ambitious, we are always after that perfect game, but imposing one's expectations on someone else's game will always end up in bitterness and frustration. How would you propose we close that gap in ambition without changing our idea for the game, or our budget, time, resources and teams, and without antagonizing the community?

I understand why you...

Hi! Sorry about the delay, got busier. I like the first idea, but as I said in some other post, it's not my time alone to compromise so I can't say if it'll happen. Feedback ends up having to go through many teams to see if it's doable.

As for devlogs, I really like the idea, but I know in practice some of them would be very boring, like "we're still developing the 3rd Mythical, we're still working on a secret feature that we want to keep a secret from you until release". The old roadmaps still work in terms of features, and with Seasons there's a lot more info on dates, themes, and all that. I'm also, personally, worried about spoiling too much about upcoming features before the right time. I've seen it happen and didn't like the result.
But the one, true, actual issue I see with this is that I fear the community won't feel heard unless their feedback has been implemented, not acknowledged or discarded.

Hmm I think flat-out saying we haven't said a word on the subject is unfair, and the kind of argument that only cause damage and disconnection from the community. We've (I've) said in multiple occasions that the team is aware and considering the need, but until a decision has been made and it's ready to be publicly shared, we cannot give a yes or a no. When I asked you before, you said our reply should be more balanced towards doing it in the future or not doing it, but at the time of gathering the feedback no one can tell me that. That comes much later, that internal definition.

DRG has an open development-type of approach, and we had that too during Early Access, but like we've said in the past, the current stage is a bit different. I stay in contact with the community daily, but I don't have feedback approval or public news daily. I liked your idea of setting aside a couple hours, but even if the design team says yes, the coding team and art team have to say yes too, and...

Congrats!!