Switching Things Up in the Saga
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- WolfQuest has always sought to put players into the role of a typical wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Usually, wolves have a rather repetitive life: hunt, feed pups, maintain territory, rinse and repeat. And presumably, that's the way they like it.
Humans, however, do like some variety. So one goal for the upcoming WolfQuest Saga* is to add more variety to the gameplay. We can't really change up that core gameplay, but the new quests coming in the Saga will certainly help.
We talked about one of those a few weeks ago -- where the player can switch into the role of a pup as it disperses from the player's pack -- but that's not the only one. Another also involves dispersals: When you're playing as a dispersal, looking for a mate, you've always been able to form a new pack with another dispersal or by tempting a member of a rival pack to leave that pack and join you. But in the Saga, you'll also be able to join a rival pack! If you come across a pack which has lost one of its pack leaders, and the remaining leader is the opposite sex as your wolf, you can engage in courtship and then, if successful, become the new co-leader of that pack. (Note that this is only an option when you're a solo wolf -- we are not doing blended, Brady-Bunch families.)
Another new feature is what we're calling Pack Succession: if your wolf is an Elder Wolf (age 8 or older) or an Ironwolf, when it dies, you can either finish the game -- or you can continue the game by playing as either your widowed mate, or one of your offspring (anyone over the age of one). After you respawn as either of those, you'll carry on, leading the pack. You'll need to find a mate, of course.
In both of these new scenarios, the Family Tree will consider any pups of the year that you are now suddenly foster-parenting as your offspring, and they will appear in your Family Tree. Older offspring will not be in the tree, which is a compromise but necessary to avoid some crazy complications depending how things unfold subsequently.
These new features should open the game up to more stories for your wolf, for your offspring, and for your pack. Obviously this kind of expansion takes a lot of playtesting and bug fixing, so we're deep in it -- but we're definitely going to release the Saga later this year.
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The WolfQuest saga will continue! Stay tuned for more news in upcoming devblogs about it and other new features!
We do not announce specific release dates. We will release them when they are ready.
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I love the ability to be able to join rival packs and even continue family packs after your wolf dies. It's a nice touch to increase the variety of gameplay and I can't wait to test it out when the Saga is ready!
Yes
+ good for making your own stories that are connected
Ikr ! It feels like the game is changing so much to a completely new different gameplay and I LOVE IT ♡ The moment when your pups can finally grow up fr
(Still trying to predict which month it's gonna release XD)
“Blended Brady bunch families” help 😭
I think you’re the first top comment to not be “EVERYONE WAKE UP WOLFQUEST UPLOADED.”
Oopsie daisy. This wolf pack's leader mysteriously died from wounds on his neck and legs.
Anyway, here's my wolf that just happened to be looking for a mate.
I thought that as soon as he said it lol
So innocent yet diabolical😂😂
Out with the old in with the new
@@WolfTamer oop
Bahahaha 😂
YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THE DREAM GAME OMG 😭 TAKING OVER PACKSS??
Joining a pack as the new Alpha? Wow! Now that is going to be fun! xD
I can't wait
@@Zoopal55 YESSSSSS its great for role playing too!
hi zoo
For some reason i am excited to become a step-parent 😅
@@Storm-ys2ix Lol
I was 6 or 7 when I first played WolfQuest. Crazy to think about! WolfQuest was such an innocent and fun source of escapism for what was a very sad child. Now, as an adult, WQ remains one of the few things that brings back purely good memories. Very few things can make me feel like a kid and in a good way, and this donation is my way of saying thank you for creating a game that has ended up being so special to me.
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your extra support and hearing how much WolfQuest has meant to you. ❤️❤️❤️
@@WolfQuestGamehi idk if you’ll see this but I had an idea and I posted a comment. It might be buried under the 400 others but I think it’s a cool idea if you wanna check it out :)
Edit: just look under newest
Same
I relate to this so much! I can not believe how much it has grown since then. I even still have it downloaded on my phone from when I got it years ago after not having the ability to play it on PC anymore. Years later, I now have a laptop of my own that I am able to play this new amazing version on! I'm happy to hear there is another person who went through something similar to me that fell in love with this game, too.
Im still a kid, but i've been playing this game for a good chapter of my life. I bought WQAE in 2020, and I still love it. I swear im gonna cry when the saga releases. This game has come so far. I always have loved it and always will.❤❤❤
1:18 You're spoiling us man! But in a good way. You're giving us thing that we've dreamed of for years and this will be the best animal survival game ever!
This IS the best animal survival game out there in my biased opinion
@Zahelthebrowndog And you're right. But im talking about when it's fully finished. As it is now, I agree that it beats out most games already
Game is extremely realistic compared to other simulation and wolf games. Got you fighting wolf and bison bosses. 3 different seasons all at once on one map 😂🤦🏽♂️ yeah I choose WQ over ANY simulation game! And after the Saga, nothing will come anywhere near close. WQ adding towerfall and possibly a 5th map (not including lost river) will be amazing! Can’t wait.
Continuing your pack as an offspring was one of the things I really hoped we'd get.
Joining a rival pack I thought was a pipe dream holy heck that's fun!
All these new additions are amazing. Rival takeovers. No more losing hexes from wolves just passing thru. Offspring taking over rival packs. Us taking over our parents rival pack lol larger packs to hunt with. I mean this is everything we ever wanted
Man I can’t wait to play that I find it cool that you can continue taking care of your pack when your wolf dies
Yes! I hated having to start over repeatedly with new saves! I love that I can play realistic (which I love doing) by creating saves for my dispersed pups, playing as my mate if I die, taking over rival packs if I they lose their mate etc
@@DinosaurNick I think playing as your mate if you die is the most exciting part, cause I always wished that would have been a thing. Then he/she can find a new mate. It just makes things more dynamic.
WAKE UP, Y'ALL! WOLFQUEST HAS JUST UPLOADED!!
IM UP!!!
I WAS AWAKE SINCE LAST YEAR
I LOVE the idea of being able to join rival packs. Pack succession is also super neat, I love that we can continue the story even after an Iron wolf passes on. These new features are going to make gameplay so much more dynamic. The possibilities will be endless!
YESSS I DO TOO I SOMUTCH wont to jone Rival Pack!!!🐺🐺
Wolfquest posted. Time to drop everything.
I literally stopped playing WolfQuest to watch this video lol
@@1ChuckFrmDaLand I've been avoiding it until the saga for the past few months. I've been playing planet zoo instead.
I just stopped my essay so that I could watch this. 😅
@@Animalboy-nk8xcthat’s a good game to play!
I literally asked my boss for an extra break to come watch this 😂😭
I am SO excited, I've been hoping for an update like this since I was 8! I've always wasted to join another pack as their new leader
Oh, this is very exciting! I do often struggle with repetative gameplay putting me off the game for several months at a time, so any options for variety are great!
OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVVVVEEEEEE the option to become co-leader of another pack!! Opens up so many new story lines!
I can't tell you how EXCITED I am to play the Saga update!! Once you release it, you bet I'm gonna play it every chance I get for like a month straight lol
Me too! I'm so excited, there will be so many storytelling possibilities I'll probably play it without getting bored for like a year
I literally started screaming with joy when they said that you can become a pack leader in a rival wolves pack🥹
I can't wait for the saga! I still haven't even finished playing as Clara's offsprings yet lol 😂😂
Imagine becoming a pack leader of a rival pack (which is your pack now lol) , then instantly greeted by all the yearlings, pups, subordinates 😭😭😍🥹
@@harleyquinnisekai21I would absouletly love that
I actually really love these! And finally being able to play as a mate when ur wolf dies so you can continue on with the litter instead of it automatically being over is actually really cool!! I love that all of these things are being added. Indeed does give more variety and would have people playing the game more and more!
Not me in the middle of a wolf quest game and I get the notification
Edit: TYSM THIS IS THE MOST LIKES I HAVE EVER HAD!
Same lol on HellRoaring Mtn.
Same! I was actually preparing my saga wolf for when the update comes out
i've had a wolf ready for the saga for over a month by now honestly 😅
@@LovattFamily I had her ready when I still thought it was going to be Tower Fall! All her siblings have already had their lives and passed on and she's just waiting :')
Oh my God guys, what a amazing surprise to wake up to! I hope you have fun in Yellowstone as well, enjoy your vacation!
I was literally asking the other day, "Would you be able to take over other packs if you mate with their leader?" omg, that's so cute. I LOVE THIS!
Edit: I was also hoping for a feature to continue as your pack if you die by either playing as your mate or pup! GOD I"M SO HYPED ITS EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR!
seeing a new video from wolfquest always makes my day better
I love that you added the ability to continue a family pack. That’s how I play the game anyway lol. Now it’s more streamlined. This is so cool!
I LOVE this way of variety in the saga. The way you can join a rival pack pack as an alpha gives me an idea to make revenge on the pack that killed all my pups..
No way! Like join the pack and intentionally get everyone killed?? That's so evil lol
@@PoloWolf47 maybe..
This is very exciting! So happy to see this wonderful game progressing to a level I never thought could be possible when I was 9 and playing 2.5.
A feature I recommend, since you are obviously accepting to courting the leader and inherenting their big family, to be open to the idea of your pups who disperse to have a chance to go in pairs, or more rarely 3s and who may stick around even after getting a mate, or may go their own way. And same goes the other way, if you meet a wolf with a sibling or two, they might stick around. I recall a documentary about a female Yellowstone wolf who paired off with one brother, and the other brother stuck around and really aided in the packs success and the female wolf became fairly popular for her success. Can't recall the name but it was on CZcams.
Have a great trip to Yellowstone Dave and family, hope you get some amazing memories and inspiration, perhaps, even for WolfQuest! May you see many of Yellowstones wonders, flora and fauna! ❤🐺
I also saw that documentary. I think I remember the Devs saying years ago that irl wolf lives are complex, but they're making the game simple. However, with all these updates and such I don't see how it would be that difficult to make it so there's a chance that you have an uncle/aunt in the wolf pack. It happens fairly often irl
That would be a fantastic addition. I'm sure it's crossed their minds, but who knows where on the ideas/plqns list it is right now - if anywhere.
Maybe one day... but then again, they have been spoiling us, so maybe that day is sooner than I think.
I think adding a chance for your mate's siblings to join the pack is the only thing on my wish list that they haven't promised to add to the saga now
I saw a documentary like that yesterday, the wolf had for nickname white wolf, yeah very original
wolf O-Six?
YESS! i love these ideas! especially the option to continue your pack as another member
Absolutely crazy how Ive played this game since I was 13 NOW I’M 20 YOU GUYS HAVE COME SO FAR OMG
These features are so cool!!! I’m so excited for the saga
I loved watching this! Ty wolfquest!! I love the idea of getting into a pack, especially if you cant find any elk to hunt or if its too difficult. ❤
Oooo this is lookin spicey. These new features sound exciting! Especially courting pack leaders and joining those packs.
It’s so amazing seeing how far WolfQuest has come! I’ve been around since the original version, and never in a million years would I have thought we’d be getting this kind of development. Thank you for all the hard work and time that you’ve put into this project! 💕
The ability to continue the same pack after death is everything I wanted...I might cry... I'm so excited thank you!!!
can't believe i was binging the saga videos and now here's a new upload!
both these new features have me SO excited. playing as your mate after you die as an elder wolf really surprised me. these features are incredible, thank you thank you thank you wolfquest team!!!
Gosh. This was a nostalgic game and I can’t believe it’s still going. I would totally play this new improved version but goodness I don’t even have a computer or pc. One day..l just one day.. I’ll play my beloved game as a child!
Literally in school, when this uploads, dropping everything
I have a couple of suggestions!
1. It would be really cool to see a hierarchy system when eating. Since Wolves do tend to have rules while they eat, some wolves get pushed aside and have to wait while others eat first. It would be nice to see a warning or discipline system that allows you to keep members of the pack in check (like snapping your jaws at them or a displeased lick-lip snarl) while you, your younger pups or mate are prioritised and eat first.
2. Also, I'm surprised PvP isn't an enable/disable feature for multiplayer since some people RP as 'rivals' who then disperse themselves and others form small groups or 'packs' within an existing server opposing another small group and PvP would be a cool feature for that reason if clashes occur and just in general, people take pack ranks seriously in RP sometimes and may want to put you 'in your place' and so being able to latch on or submit someone could be cool.
It sounds like a great compromise Dave Take the time you need to finish it you are doing a fantastic job ❤❤❤❤
Ugh I’m so excited for all of this! I have been playing Wolf Quest since I was a kid and discovered it at the wolf center in Ely Minnesota on a state park trip with my family! I just got back from a week long backpacking into the slough creek and second meadow area all because of how inspired this game has made me! Keep killing it Wolf Quest gang!
Those are really cool features, cannot wait!
I always drop whatever I'm doing whenever WolfQuest posts! I cant believe this game have come so far! The progress is so amazing! Keep it up!
Every Dev Blog makes me even more excited for the saga!
Oh HECK YES!! I am soooo excited for the Saga update omg!! I never imagined we'd get the option to court a newly-widowed pack leader and take over leading their pack with them but always in the back of my mind thought "oh that would be kinda cool if it was a thing tho" so to hear that you guys have managed to implement that has me SO PUMPED :D :D
oh yay, im glad there's going to be an actual intended feature for pack succession, i'd love to do that... and joining rival packs WOW!!
Omg this is HUUUUUUUGE! Especially the continuing as another pack member after your wolf’s death
Thats amazing. Playing as your mate if your wolf dies was always on my mind!! Great job
Oh damn, this is sick. Would you consider allowing the player to disperse with one or two siblings if they’re playing as one of the dispersing offspring? I think that’d make for an interesting restart to the game compared to going through the same events as a different wolf.
I also really want this!
Dropping EVERYTHING. So excited for the saga
Seriously, I love all work what you doing. I so glad see this new functions. About first function, I so love it. You just making players's dreams real. I'm just hope it's will be in the fall or winter. You are making a great work. I don't regret knowing about this game. It's will be the best day when saga comes. Good luck at work.
It’s so awesome seeing how far WQ has come over the years. You guys are doing such a great job making all this happen
Omg its finally happening!! I never ever thought it'd be added! (the joining a rival pack. I was under the assumption that it was part of the not-being-added-to-the-game-ever list) That is absolutely insane, I am SO excited for the saga ughhh
Love how dynamic everything is becoming, can't wait for it!
Succession is brilliant! I've been hoping for that feature for awhile. Thank you again for the update and the whole team for the great work on this game!
I'm so proud of how far you guys have gotten! I remember playing the old Wolf quest in middle school.
This is AMAZING! You're doing SUCH A GREAT JOB Wolfquest Team!!
This game has come so far! I remember when there were no known intentions to take it further and to see it flurishing like this is so amazing
I love watching wolfquest dev blogs in class 🤩🤩🤩
no way it's you
Definetly what I was hoping to happen! Now when an elder wolf dies you can continue the legacy and go on and on and on!! 🤩
clicked the second i got the notification. i love y'alls work so much
I am loving ALL of these!!!!! They're so exciting!!!!
I was waiting for this video for 13 days! (Last video was uploaded 13 days ago)
SAME I've been so hyped ever since the last dev blog lol
I'm so excited to be able to carry on the pack legacy in a fluid way! The game could literally go on forever
This just keeps getting more 🔥🔥🔥 really can't wait! 🐺
ahhhhhhhh, this is awesome! So many cool updates coming with the Saga.
Very excited for the rest of the saga! This is my favorite game to play, and I'm really glad that you guys show us the development.
Oh wow! That's so cool that you can join packs now, I've always wanted to do that! So great to see this amazing project continue to grow!
Excited for the next blog! I’m interested to see what you’ve saw in Yellowstone.
this is actually amazing and gives the player so much diversity
AHHHHHHHHHH this is honestly amazing! I love the wolf quest team so much this is going to be amazing
OMG?! We can finally join rival packs?! Lets gooo!
When I heard the news I grinned from ear to ear, so excited! 😊
Omaigad it’s better than I ever imagined 😳😳😳
That’s
So
So cool
Posted 20 minutes ago, already over 1k views!
Thank you so much for all of this, I am So absolutely excited for the full release😍🤩😍
NO WAYY IVE BEEN WANTING THIS EVER SINCE THW FIRST GAME YAYYYYY
I like everyone else dropped everything I was doing the moment this WolfQuest notification came. Then when I heard the new option to join a rival pack? Guess what I did. I paused the video, did a dramatic Arab gasp and freaked out in screams. YES WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE NPC WOLVES RUNNING EVERYWHERE. I remember the time they said that would be complicated.
The other feature is also extremely interesting!
Now I have some questions:
1. How will a yearling wolf find a mate when you choose to play as them to continue the legacy?
2. Why do you choose a rendezvous site in fall when you join a rival pack? Don't you go through winter etc. etc. then have the pups at a den?
3. What do you mean by co-leader/co-owner? Aren't we supposed to be the now male/female pack leader if we're the mate of the pack leader which is of course the opposite gender of us?
4. Say we chose to be a yearling/subordinate wolf after our main wolf died as said at 3:10, do wolves actually like randomly become 'heir'? It sounds a little unrealistic, especially when you think about the fact that more than one wolf wants to be the successor.
I'm very curious about all this, would be lovely if it would be answered.
This game is really branching out and spreading in such an unexplainable way, I haven't seen no other game like this.
Truly, purely, honestly beauty. 🤯❤
1, good question! I'm not actually sure. I think they magic snap up to 2, just like if you play as one.
2, you are playing in fall as a dispersal. Note the "Growing Pups" prompt. So you're inheriting them with fall pups, not den pups.
3, you're co-leader alongside your new mate, the existing leader. Technically you are co-leader of your own pack as well.
4, especially among female wolves, that's apparently a major reason why they stick around. In hopes of inheriting. There's obviously ugliness in real life that gets wallpapered over for gameplay reasons. The most realistic option is to play as your newly former mate, but some people like inheritance storylines, and they're plausible enough, so they're coming. I'm not complaining.
I'll respond in several comments because my phone doesn't let me edit
1. You will simply choose a mate like you would with any other wolf. Irl wolves do disperse at 1 year old sometimes, though it's more common for 2 year olds to disperse. In game there are occasionally 1 year old dispersals for you to court
2. I think it could possibly be just to move the home hex? I also wasn't sure about this one, irl I think wolves just wander around their territories with the elk herds, they don't have set rendezvous sites. I think this is just a practical thing to move the home hex from the edge of the map, it wouldn't work to get rid of all pack's home hexes in the fall and winter because then you could take over all the pack wolves' hexes and they'd have no place to go which would make the game a bit weird. This is just what I think because I'm not too sure myself
3. Co-leader is just one of the leaders, you and your mate are both co-leaders from how I understand it
4. I'm not 100% sure of realism, but in game it is possible for one of the subordinates of other packs to become the leader of their parents/parent dies
Omg you guys answered my questions with this whole video I love y'all sm, wolfquest is a game to die for 🙏🙏🙏
I got the anniversary edition, and I’m in love!
This is so cool! I feel like having more variation will definitely make a huge difference to gameplay!
I've been waiting for so long as you annouced it's coming later this year i smiled with joy!! changing things up must feel really exciting! thank you so much for doing your best on the saga! i appreciate all u do for us and also trying to make it more fun! the saga is great keep it up! i love that u get to be a life as a wolf! we get to know how hard and fun it is to start a life as a wolf! this saga is my dream! i think all of ours! thank you for giving our dreams once again! hope it will come out when the new year starts!
this all seems so cool that we can join into a different pack and become the leader if courted with the original leader, but it also seems quite stressful to take care of a whole pack. cant wait for the saga, its surely going to be a handful
Ooh, they have said no to these features before so I didn't really think that they would add them, although they did mention becoming the leader of a rival pack in one of the recent devblogs! But I love that they did, because players have been requesting these features a lot and I think they will add cool variety to the gameplay! And NPCs are allowed to do these things already so why shouldn't we be. Can't wait for the Saga!
OH MY GOD I always wished for that kind of feature!
Im so excited for the next saga, I am loving all the new stuff we will be able to do!
Huh this will be interesting.. thanks for the update!
This is awesome! Im glad they're mixing things up. While realism is the goal, this is still a video game. Adding unique features that keep players engaged is always a healthy thing for a games lifespan, even if its not 1 to 1 with a real wolf's lifestyle
I'm so excited for the saga release! Keep up the awesome work!
OMG IM SO EXCITED! I love doing legacy stories so the continuation feature is going to be such a help!
I'm so excited for Saga, and every devlog just makes me more excited! I hope by the time Saga comes out, I've got my regular PC working again, because I'd love to record gameplay and start a youtube channel that includes it.
If you start a channel I'd love to watch. I love binging WolfQuest CZcamsrs
Hi Wolfquest! I have an idea for the Saga, if you would consider it.
So, as you know, when you get a major or minor injury, you get speed/strength/stamina stats taken away. Maybe instead of it lasting for a few days and disappearing all at once, it was taken away slowly over time. For example, if it started at -7 stats, it would go to -6, -5, then -4, all the way until it got back to zero. It’s just an idea, but I would be glad if you added it!
By the way, I’m so excited for the Saga! You clearly put a lot of effort into your games, and I am very grateful for it. Thank you for all your hard work!
Yes that's a good idea so that we can keep track of when we can heal! I would also love if wolfqiest could add stub tails to pups if you or your mate has them, this can also go to multiplayer if someone in the pack has a stub tail (cuz i think wolves can be born with stub tails if im sure correct me if im wrong)
as someone whos been following this game for over a decade now, i love that y'all are still releasing updates and making the game better. my inner child is so happy and grateful to have been here for so long :)
this is SO awesome!!! finally i can enact hostile takeovers of other packs the way i have always dreamed LOL
This game literally has one of the biggest glow up
Hope you guys have fun in Yellowstone! I worked there last summer and it was amazing…and very hot lol
Super excited for all this new stuff in Saga 🎉
This is gonna be awesome!! I can’t believe how far WolfQuest has come since I first got the game, and it’s so cool seeing the progress you guys have made!!!
Yes I love this!! I was tired of constantly fighting with rival packs, now I can just join an insta family!
This has been one of the most exciting things to look forward to this year. I'm absolutely elated with every post. I love y'all.
This is amazing ❤ I love this so much
I have been role-playing my wolves with the Lamar pack for just about as long as we've had the raise pup quests (three or four years now) and duuude when I say I am excited to actually be able to live that life... yes. Thank you guys so so so much, you have to be my favourite game developers at this point ❤❤
I really excited for the saga! Especially since you can join rival packs!
Aaaaa, this is more than I could have hoped for! So cool to be able to carry on with the current pack after your elder wolf/iron wolf dies
i was hoping we would be able to continue to play as our packs once the player wolf dies, this is going to be great!
I love the idea of being able to court a surviving pack leader and joining the pack. Everything you've mentioned here is wonderful and I'm so glad you included it.