¿Por qué Acceso anticipado?

“A big appeal of Early Access is being able to avoid partnering up with a publisher, only to have them try to push the project into becoming a poor clone of another popular survival game with an African-themed re-skin. PvP or VR are not something I want to shoehorn into my project just to appease a publisher. Instead, Early Access allows me to hear feedback from the people who actually matter; you, the customers. People who play games and understand what they're talking about.”

¿Cuánto tiempo va a estar este juego en Acceso anticipado aproximadamente?

“I'm aiming for just under a year, it could be more or less depending on various factors such as sales figures, work load at my other job, and what the community wants in regards to tweaks, features, and changes to the game.”

¿Qué tan diferente será la versión completa de la versión de Acceso anticipado?

“The full version will have more vehicles, more friendly NPC's and quests, more weapons, more ways to escape, and more features. There will also be more variety in inventory items and likely many more ways to interact with items. It will also be more polished, as would be expected for a full version. The early access version is also more resource intensive, and it is planned that the full version will be more optimized and run better. It will also look better as time progresses and I tweak and improve the graphics.

I will be adding Linux, Win32, and Mac support, controller support, workshop support, trading cards, and more languages to the game as the project develops. Priority of these is in that rough order, with my current focus being on a working Linux and Win32 build. There is also a possibility of a console build, after early access.”

¿Cuál es el estado actual de la versión de Acceso anticipado?

“Currently most major functionality is in and working smoothly. Game-breaking bugs are minimal, as I've put a lot of time into testing and any I've found, I've fixed. That being said, it's a large game and I've probably missed some bugs. Rest assured that large bugs will have a priority fix ASAP. There are small graphical imperfections and other aesthetic issues still to be worked out.

Some weapons and vehicles are not in yet, or may have placeholder models or animations. For example, there is a Humvee model as I don't have a diesel truck that fits the theme yet, but it will be replaced as the game progresses in development. There are also very few side quests, methods of escape, and friendly NPC's. These will all be bolstered as time goes on. There is also limited OS support currently, with only Windows 7, 8, and 10 X64 being supported.”

¿El precio del juego será diferente durante y después del Acceso anticipado?

“The game will release at 10% off for the first week, as a thank you to people who have been supporting and following the project since the early days. Once the project leaves Early Access, it will increase 50% in price.”

¿Cómo tienes planeado involucrar a la comunidad en tu proceso de desarrollo?

“There will be a master thread on the discussion board that will detail all known bugs, sorted by priority. There will be a second master thread that details all requested features, sorted by the size of scope they would require. Each one will have a reply on likelihood of it being added as well as the number of times it's been requested. If the community is really pushing for a feature, and hundreds of people are asking about adding something, it will of course get priority consideration. Players are encouraged to post threads in the discussion boards regarding bugs or feature requests. Being as detailed as possible with your posts is greatly appreciated.

Community input will be important on deciding which features to enhance and flesh out, and which to consider reworking or even removing altogether. Anything from weapon degradation/jamming to level design will be subject to change depending on how you, the players feel about it. There will be regular posts asking for community opinions on some notable features. Everyone is welcome to add me on Steam and reach out to me personally to voice their comments and ask questions.”