Varför Early Access?

“My name is Mark Christopher and I am the sole developer on SALVAGE. While I am reasonably happy with the game's current scope and how it is playing, I am looking for feedback from the player community as to what aspects of the game are good and working well and what needs to be improved. Also, some of SALVAGE's current art assets are placeholders that I would like to replace over time—Early Access gives me time to do that while simultaneously getting feedback from the player community.”

Ungefär hur länge kommer det här spelet att vara i Early Access?

“I expect completing the game to take about three months to polish the game to Final state with its current planned scope, which is to add a few more plotlines, challenges and or threats). My hope is that this period in Early Access provides me with constructive feedback that I can use to improve SALVAGE's game play and stories, as well as to identify and fix any bugs I may have missed in my testing.”

Hur är det tänkt att den fullständiga versionen ska skilja sig från versionen i Early Access?

“For the Full version, I want to add a lot more room types and other locations, and I want to add at least one new story with its own set of possible plotlines and challenges. I also want to use the time in Early Access to replace some of SALVAGE's art assets, which are currently placeholders.”

Hur är det nuvarande läget i versionen med Early Access?

“SALVAGE is already a complete experience with multiple storylines, and each play-through should take you, end-to-end, about 30 minutes. SALVAGE's stories are short by intent, as my focus is on providing a tight horror experience that offers high replayability, rather than trying to drag a single plot out over too long.

In terms of replayability, the layout in SALVAGE is randomly generated, so you will never explore exactly the same environment twice, and important item and plot device locations are similarly randomly determined. In addition to this randomization, there are a variety of different threats with which you may be faced, and the story beats can be different each time you play as well. At the start of each game, you won't know what you will experience.

I am also happy that SALVAGE's codebase is already reasonably solid. In my personal testing, I have not found any game-breaking bugs or experienced any crashes, and all the core FPS and survival-horror RPG interface elements are already in place and working well. Having said that, I will of course be keeping my eyes peeled for any issues players may encounter with the game in the Steam Discussions forums.”

Kommer spelet att prissättas annorlunda under och efter Early Access?

“If I should decide I have added enough to SALVAGE's content during Early Access to warrant a price-rise, I may choose to raise the price. When SALVAGE has completed its Early Access journey, I do intend to raise the price.”

Hur planerar ni att involvera gemenskapen i er utvecklingsprocess?

“I will be haunting SALVAGE's Steam Discussion forums regularly, with the goal of capturing player feedback and constructive criticism that can help me make SALVAGE a better game. My hope is that players post in SALVAGE's Steam Discussion forums to let me know what they think. I aim to reply to every post that is looking for one.”