Why Early Access?

“We want to provide the most fun and engaging online sports brawler experience through Field of Heroes. By engaging with our community to create more balanced and exciting gameplay, better controls, improved matchmaking and faster performance on a wider variety of hardware, we can achieve this experience.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Hopefully six months or less.”

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

“We plan to add more fields, expose more functionality to field creators and modders, support more languages, and release a Linux version. We also plan to improve the social experience with features like guilds, and new ways for Twitch viewers to engage with streamers playing the game, and local multiplayer.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version will include at least ten fields, nine heroes, Quickmatch play, practice versus AI games, player-hosted games, and single player offline play. Additionally, the Early Access version will include a Creator Kit that allows players to create fields and share them on Steam Workshop, and Twitch support for streamers to have their viewers maintain a virtual presence in the crowd to cheer them on.”

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

“There will be a price increase after Early Access.”

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

“Communication with players on the Steam forums, and real-time during weekly online streaming sessions will drive development in a number of ways. Based on player feedback, hero ability stats will be balanced to maximize player fun, and proposed changes that improve how players function as a team will be investigated. Requests for expanded functionality in custom matches, field creation, modding and Twitch integration that improve the overall game experience will be considered.”