Re-Logic founder Andrew ‘Redigit’ Spinks has confirmed that cross-play is “within the works” for Terraria, nevertheless the game’s producer has stated it’s “not guaranteed” just yet.
As spotted by PCGamesN, Spinks tweeted that cross-play – which may allow fans to play Terraria together across different platforms – is “in the works” for the game. However, yesterday (January 29) Terraria producer Whitney “Cenx” Spinks clarified that “cross-play is not guaranteed but we actually need to make it happen!”
Back in November, Re-Logic shared that 2023 will “hopefully be the year of cross-play“, but has since remained fairly quiet around the feature. For the time being, Re-Logic is focusing on Terraria‘s update 1.4.5, that is scheduled to launch this year. Nothing has been confirmed for the update apart from a crossover with Dead Cells, and also the studio says fans will need to “wait and see” what it contains.
Looking ahead, it seems like Re-Logic is starting to eye its next game. Answering a fan’s request shimmer boss variants in Terraria, Spinks said “it’s a cool idea, but would be a large amount of work. We are attempting to wrap some misconception so we can begin a new game soon.”
Last year, Spinks shared “rough” concept art for a sequel to Terraria. Around the concept art, Re-Logic’s art director Victor Moura said: “I’ve been working with this man for almost Ten years now and it’s reliable advice he's a brilliantly wild imagination. If you think this looks weird I guarantee, it gets weirder. And that i love it.”
Back in 2013, Spinks told Rock Paper Shotgun that his plans for any sequel would involve “infinite worlds” and more biome diversity. “It's gonna possess a lot that is similar to the original [but] it's destined to be quite different as well,” Spinks shared. “I truly wish to expand overall Terraria universe.”
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