Developers of Iron Harvest, a steampunk RTS game inspired by Company of Heroes and Men of War, mention a possible release of map editing tools. No modding capability is promised due to the notorious lack of moddability of the less modding-friendly Unity engine.
Here is the developers' exact response to that recurring moddability question:
Will there be official map making / modding tools?
(asked by DFYX)This has been the most-asked question, not only in our Discord channel, but also during the Kickstarter. We understand it’s very important for some of you and I can honestly state that we will do our very best to have at least a map editing tool available at a certain point. Unfortunately, it is really not easy to develop modding tools for games that are being developed with the Unity engine.
There are examples of that, like City: Skylines or Sudden Strike 4. City: Skylines (the game itself) is basically a big level-editor, so a lot of the necessary work has been done already. The Sudden Strike 4 editor is a Unity editor expansion, but pretty difficult to use (or even to get up and running).
Thomas, Lukas and Arne will be at the Unite (Unity developer conference) in Berlin next week and talk to the Unity guys about how to tackle the problem. I’m not sure if we will be able to deliver something on release but, as said, we heard you loud and clear and it became one of our top priorities.
Iron Harvest takes place in the World of 1920+. It is an alternate version of our own world created by Polish artist Jakub Różalski. In the early 20th century, tradition clashes with progress, and the world is still full of mysteries and secrets.
Humankind, fascinated by technology, iron, and engines, invented powerful walking machines, that proved to be mighty weapons on the battlefields of the Great War and are now part of everyday life.
Now, a few years after the Great War, secret forces are working towards the destabilization of Europe, determined to set the world on fire and seize control.
Wait... why haven't I heard something sooner of this game? This really looks amazing!
It is! They had a fairly active facebook presence before the Kickstarter! Look around you surely find something useful.
Untill than it is (quite obviously) a Company of Heroes esque game with Mechs, set in the 1920+ universe (sharing it with Scythe) which is based on a Polish artist's paintings.