Developer Innersloth’s 2018 title Among Us became incredibly popular in 2020, thanks to several streamers and content creators constantly playing the game. In a blog post, the developer has explained that it didn’t expect the game to be this successful.
The dev is working on adding a new Airship map and player accounts to the game. The Airship map will be added in the coming months. The Innersloth team has also explained why Among Us updates are taking so long. Innersloth community boss Victoria Tran said, “Among Us gained incredible traction pretty late into 2020 that we weren’t expecting, and that meant A LOT of change for us. Not to dive into too much organizational stuff, but not only did we need to switch back to working on Among Us after thinking it was done, but we also needed to set ourselves up more sustainably to work on the game. We had to spend 2 months just restructuring, figuring out new processes, and getting external partners to help us manage on board.”
Tran added, “Originally it was just 3 friends working together (and now I'm here to make 4, hi), but if we wanted this to work long term and hire up, we needed to streamline things. It’s all behind the scenes work, and while it meant time away from the game, it’ll make it easier for current and future us to develop the game better. Not to mention additional platforms (like Nintendo Switch and Xbox) means more support, certifications to go through, and whatnot. We have help from our porting partners for that, but it still means we need to make sure future things we do are supported on those platforms. There’s a ton of other things out of our control (legal issues, meetings, planning), so sometimes these things take longer as well.”
