为何要采用抢先体验这种模式？

“As a solo developer, Knockback has been a work of passion for the last year to get the mechanics right, create the desired classes and get a playable and enjoyable first level working. While I think I'm getting there with the structure, there is a lot of content that I would still like to add. I feel that now is the time to get a community playing Knockback to help guide the next stages of development.”

这款游戏的抢先体验状态大约持续多久？

“Completion will depend very much upon community feedback, requests and the depth that should be included into the game. My expectation is that this will take about another year of development but only time will tell.”

计划中的完整版本和抢先体验版本到底有多少不同？

“I have a long list of additions that can be added to the game. Fire tornados, sticky webs, love potions, desert scenes, castles, dungeons, additional enemies, etc. I will be relying on the Knockback community to help flush out and prioritize these ideas for the final version. Not everything will make it, but I'm certain the game will become even more fun as a result.

I have also discussed with some people adding mods into knockback, adding additional weapon components would be a great start. Though I would like to gauge interest before adding mods.

In short, when I'm satisfied that the game has an acceptable level of stability, intuitive design, depth, and replayability it will be moved out of early access.”

抢先体验版本的现状如何？

“The current early access version gives a good demo of the gameplay. You can choose from 5 different classes, play with 4 friends, customize weapons with over 40 different weapon components, play in the starting area playground, badlands, and play a procedurally generated island map. Your character levels up over time improving the character's stats and unlocking additional weapon components. The difficulty levels range from obnoxiously easy of 0 on up to the near-impossible 100. As you level up, you can increase the difficulty to gain XP faster or enjoy the slow pace of an easy game.

There are a number of known bugs, some rare crashes, the networking can be finicky at times, but works well enough in most cases. The game still requires a lot of balancing and some more intuitive feedback to the player when events occur. E.g. when a crit lands or mana is being regenerated.

In short, it is at a level now that my friends want to play daily -- sometimes for several hours at a time but there are still warts to resolve.”

在抢先体验期间和结束之后，游戏价格会有所不同吗？

“Yes, the early release price reflects the early stage of the game. As development continues the price will increase to reflect the state of the game.”

在开发过程中，你们是如何计划让玩家社区参与进来的？

“We will provide multiple avenues for users to discuss knockback and offer up suggestions and feedback.

• There are community pages in Steam for people to give feedback.
  
• Knockback has a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/knockbackgame/) for posting new content and getting comments from users.
  
• There is a Knockback Discord server for discussing issues/ideas in realtime (https://discord.gg/pGRvPfg)

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