Why Early Access?

“When we look back at the original How to Survive we realize that we had followed a similar path. We released the game and then we were able to gather feedback from the community and work to deliver.
If we had had access to a community early in the development process most likely we could have identified what players felt was most important and implementing it in a faster and most effective manner. We also found out that some of the more ambitious features players highlighted required a whole new development to be implemented so… here we are working on How to Survive 2.
We think of Early Access as a tool to keep that relationship with the community going. Let’s do it.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Not forever! Which may not sound very precise but it’s a statement not every game on Early Access makes. Putting a date is risky because unexpected things might happen but we have pretty clear that we want to finish Early Access in 2016. But it will also depend upon your response and feedback.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“UPDATED TO APRIL 2016

We did launch Early Access with the basic gameplay structure laid out and functioning, you were able to create playable characters and specialize them, get together with friends, build a camp, defend it and go on quests and raids facing a variety of natural and unnatural threats.

So far WE HAVE ADDED TONS of stuff! Many customization options for male and female characters, new game modes such as Elite Quests and Zombie Horde Attacks, more Coop options such as Local Coop as requested by community, more skills to learn, more workshops, more parts, tools and weapons and crafting recipes, new NPCs, etc.
We also brought back a few things as requested by players: night zombies, finishing moves, Kovac tutorial videos (OH, YES!).
So the game, in a few months, is already looking pretty different. How different from the final game will it be? We don’t know because we are following the community lead, it’s ideas and suggestions. We just know it will be awesome.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“UPDATED TO APRIL 2016

The game is fully playable and fleshed out, currently you can find:
• Multiplayer! 4 players simultaneously.
o You can create your private camp and invite up to 16 friends or join their camp.
o You can also create a public camp, manage the admin rights of your community and welcome all the survivors on earth!
o Local Coop - 4 players on the same computer.
• Open world, sandbox play-over 43 different raids among city and bayou.
• Over 20+ hours of gore action gameplay and a lot more to come.
o Zombies with varied looks and behavior.
o Zombie fauna!
• Heavily customizable male and female characters (i.e., physical appearance and clothes).
• An impressive set of bloodbath finishing moves.
• Up to 29 skills to unlock, for the character, workshops or the camp.
• Leveling capped at 35.
• Avatar's physiological components to manage (thirst/hunger/stamina)
• Discover and gather up to 100 different resources that will allow you t craft up to 174 different recipes.
• Heavy physics-based objects to move, alone or with one or several partners.
• Unlock cars, doors, chests, etc.- careful what you open as a car alarm can trigger hordes of enemies!
• Over 46 unique weapons + up to 17 modules to mod these weapons (suppressors, scopes, reinforcements, bow stabilizers, magazine extensions, etc.)
• 3 full armor sets are also available to equip and protect your avatar
• 6 workshops to build and upgrade + various traps and defense structures (fences, watch towers)

We have a lot to add and are looking forward to hearing your suggestions.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We want to build the best game possible for you. We have realized that we may need to adjust the price while in development. That said, we will try to keep it fair and we will be part of Sales and Discounts during this period.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We have many profiles were you guys can contact us via http://www.facebook.com/HowToSurviveTheGame or @How2SurviveGame, but as we did in the past, we’ll keep an eye on the community hub and, eventually, we will run polls and surveys for players to participate. So if you want to help Kovac craft the new How to Survive adventure… come join us!”