A new blog by Innersloth, the developers behind Among Us, announces that the long-awaited Airship Map will be arriving on Wednesday, 31st March.
The team says that the Airship Map will arrive as a free update which features new tasks, the ability to pick the room you start in, ladders, a basic account system for moderation and even free hats.
Why did the team not release a map ASAP?
They explained this a bit in their last dev log, but Among Us’ popularity was something no one expected, and quite late into 2020 too. (Thank you for that!!) We had already considered the game done and had moved onto something else.
And while it may seem odd things took a few months, it’s quite normal in game development, especially for a team of our size. When you work in an official capacity and need to handle various business needs, there are more legal considerations that need to be put into it versus if it were just a side project or mod!
Additionally, creating a map and updates isn’t as simple as creating one aspect of the game and throwing it onto the PC. Because our game is cross-platform, it means EVERYTHING needs to work on as many devices as possible. (Every kind of smartphone and its various versions, console, etc.) You may have noticed most modifications to the game focus on just PC, as that makes development much easier.
When a game becomes unexpectedly popular it’s great, but it brings a whole slew of other problems we were extremely new to, which I’ll outline below. That being said, we’re extremely grateful for all of the success we’ve found. The explanation of problems is just that – an explanation! Not a complaint. Thank you for letting us be a part of your lives.
Among Us is available right now via the Nintendo Switch eShop!
