One themed feature drop a month — system, district, mechanic. Public roadmap, named credits, build hash on the loading screen. No mystery hotfixes.
One named feature theme per month — a system, a district, a job tree. Patch notes published the same day, with build hash and credit line.
Small fixes shipped as needed between drops. No silent hotfixes. Every change goes in the changelog before it goes on the server.
What shipped, what didn't, what changed about the plan. Published as a post; the roadmap is rewritten in the open.
The first proper crime loop. Multi-stage heists with planning phases, role-based crew slots, and PD response that scales with the score. Mission framework underneath so future drops can plug new jobs in without re-building the wheel.
A pass over player and NPC models — better proportions, better materials, cleaner LODs. The city should look like a place people live, not a placeholder. Outfit slots and customisation get the same treatment.
The biggest drop on the slate. A new map purpose-built for the systems Onyx is shipping — districts that actually serve roleplay, sightlines that work for both PD and crews, interiors that exist before launch. Gameplay tuning across the board to match.
Players become the economy. Crafting chains that need raw materials someone else gathered, businesses that need staff, supply lines that can be disrupted. The point: an active server should make money move whether the studio is online or not.
Suggestions, complaints, "this ordering is wrong" — bring it. The roadmap is steered in public, not in DMs. Regulars get a louder vote than first-timers, but every reasonable note gets read.
