Hi everyone, Ardent gameteam here! It’s been a couple months since our first event, and we’d like to give you an update on our plans for the game.
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Roadmap: Autumn 2025
First up, thank you for the huge amount of feedback sent in – both responses to the questionnaire and with freeform feedback. It’s often difficult as refs to know how things have been received by players and crew, and this has been invaluable in forming a development plan for the future.
Event 2 is being planned for Autumn 2026, to give us time to implement this feedback properly. Ardent Spacers is entirely run by volunteers, so major updates will take some time, but we’ll be creating devlogs on the website to keep everyone up to date as things are worked on.
Phase 1: Review (Current)
September – October
This period is where we are working through feedback, identifying what areas of the game need attention, and making a plan of action.
We’ve begun recruiting more team members, beginning with those who crewed the event. We’ve split work into five teams – writing, design, mechanics, logistics, social media – which we’ll be growing over time.
If you’re interested in getting involved in developing the game, please complete this form this month or drop us an email at contact@ardentspacers.com and we’ll be in touch by the end of October. We will have a second recruitment round from January 2026.
https://forms.gle/XFc5t3Cpxv1xu4F87
Phase 2: Development
October – May
This period is for developing the core game. Reviewing rules, reworking areas, and making sure everything that the core game needs to run is complete, printed, or constructed.
Writing: Planet, alien, and universe lore expansions
Design: Designing and building a stock of props, costumes, and aliens based on the current setting
Mechanics: Full game mechanics review and refinement based on feedback
Logistics: Improving at-event briefings and information packs, and filling gaps in online logistics such as emails
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Phase 3: Event 2 Planning
Event Pitch: November-December
Phase 3: January onwards
The final phase, developing Event 2! Some of the teams will move onto this area as early as November – such as the writing team – while the mechanics and design team continue to focus on Phase 2 into spring 2026.
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We’re really looking forward to the future of this game and to jetting off into space with you once again. In the meantime, do keep things going on our social channels – this space is for you and we do monitor it so do let us know all your cool ideas and what you’re excited for. There’s also going to be a couple of cool interactive activities coming your way so keep an eye out. 
~ Ardent Game Team