Vampire Survivors Developer Teases Big Plans for 2024, Addresses Online Co-Op and Cross-Save
Poncle, the studio behind the award-winning horde-defense game Vampire Survivors, has shared some of its future goals for the surprise hit in a new Steam post.
The UK-based indie studio has big plans for 2024 and beyond. Although most of what's included in this preview of what's to come addresses stuff we already knew about (like online co-op, cross-platform saves, the upcoming animated TV series), Poncle's post also teases loose plans to work on other games.
After thanking players for sticking with and supporting Vampire Survivors and recapping everything Poncle accomplished in 2023, studio head Luca Galante dove into specifics about what's down the pipeline. Details like a firm roadmap or release dates for any of these updates are pretty sparse here given Poncle's relatively small size of 20 employees.
Galante addressed online co-op first. Although it's been announced that developers are working on adding online co-op to the game, the post acknowledges that it's a "huge challenge" to implement.
"We've got help now, and things are looking promising, but it's still too early for us to be able to make any promises," Galante wrote. "We'll keep giving you tiny updates until hopefully we can confirm it's actually going to happen."
He then moved on to cross-platform save files, saying they've been in testing for a while before confirming that Poncle's planning to launch cross-save functionality in public beta next month. At the time of writing, the public beta will only work on Steam and Android platforms but will eventually come to other platforms if all goes according to plan.
Meanwhile, following last year's SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, it should come as no surprise that the Vampire Survivors animated adaptation is still a work in
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