EricTheGreat12

In my opinion, Raph has stated in the first Milton Mailbag, and in the February Dev Diary, that Episode 3 has no release date as of yet- we don’t even have any details on it, besides that it will be through Astrid’s perspective, and the playable area will be similar to Episode 2.

Interesting- keep in mind that gun cleaning doesn't require a "mini-game", as it's not a hard task to accomplish. Tool making at the forge would be interesting, but what you do is just hit hot metal with a hammer; tool making and gun cleaning both don't need any time of quick time event. Maybe fishing? Also, first-person firemaking is a very interesting idea: you have to manually drop wood from your radial and then surround it with stones that you have collected in various areas. You then see an animation of your character trying to light the fire

Reddit AMAs on the Long Dark, both done by Raph

Why was the choice of tools for can opening removed? Will this ever be added back into the gameplay of the Long Dark?

It's not happening

Look at the comment over your comment

Nope. It was said on their Reddit AMAs that different seasons would only be implemented in Long Dark 2, in the next game of the series

Don’t worry, you’re not the first, and you won’t be the last to ask that question

Already asked and answered in Milton Mailbag #1

Seasonal Sandbox will be a different game entirely, so you can write it as not happening. Raph has stated that the well-being system and the locket will not be put into the game

Hehe don't worry about it, the way I write is not very pleasant itself, and it has led to arguments with people on these forums more often then not This is a quote from Raph's reddit ama: "Spring Sandbox would be in the next game -- let's call it 'The Long Dark 2'. Tips for any students breaking into the industry: work hard, network, create an amazing portfolio, make stuff. We mostly don't care about degrees, but we do care about seeing that you can create great work. Even more important is evidence that you can work with other people. Game dev is (mostly) not a solo effort. Good luck!"

They will be making “The Long Dark 2” with the different seasons, which means that the Long Dark will not have playable seasons. The Long Dark that we own today is in the winter, and Hinterland plans to keep it that way. The next game in the series may have interchangeable seasons.

Unfortunately, and odly enough, there seems to be no official announcement besides for the video ....

Yes... it’s the whole point what they are trying to say No save wipe issues this time, so expect your current saves to be intact with the new features

The whole point of the new map is that all of the small maps that been placed somewhere else. At this point we don’t know if the map will expand East, West, North or South