Why Early Access?

“The Early Access platform gives us an opportunity to reach out to the members of the steam community to help us refine Empires of Creation. We strive to provide the best possible experience, and your voice matters to us. Our goal is to ensure that our game provides interesting and unique features that ultimately bring the player as much enjoyment as possible.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We plan to ride out early access for 3 to 4 months before kicking into full release. This time will be spent exclusively on implementing community derived features, as well as refining existing systems. We plan on pursuing all features that appear to be within the community consensus during this time, within reason.”

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

“Current plans for additions primarily involve combat expansion - e.g., more combat mechanics, more weapons, combat balance, etc. We also have plans on expanding the scope of Empire interaction and economy management.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current version of the game has many of the systems planned for full release. Some are quite refined, and others are rather new and need more attention to perfect.
Players can currently:

- Explore a procedural generated spiral galaxy
- Utilize resources around you to forge your own empire
- Engage in Empire-wide wars
- Destroy legions of Pirate fleets
- Upgrade your fleets by destroying your enemies in combat skirmishes
- Assume direct control over any ship you can acquire
- Manipulate time itself”

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

“Our early access price is slightly discounted, as our multi-national team of developers will be working, quite literally, around the clock for the 3 to 4 month early access period to provide as much substance as we can manage.”

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

“Our primary goal during the early access period is to add as much community influenced content as possible. We want this game to reflect the desires of our supporters wherever possible. Any and all suggestions will come straight through our team and a decision will be made on whether it's practical, and how to implement it.”