Why Early Access?

“EverWorld has several core features - procedurally generated adventures, deep life-sim style party AI, class progression, magic and combat - and we could 'turn the volume up' on any of them. We see the best way to guide EverWorld as a product is through direct feedback from the community, and understand what direction our players want the game to go in.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“At least 12 months depending on the scale of the feedback from our players, potentially longer if the features that players most want to see require a longer development cycle.”

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

“Our roadmap includes extensions to existing features (deeper AI capability, more diverse world gen, a deeper wildlife ecosystem, more variety in items and spells) and we have question marks about whether other features might be valuable to players as well (voice synthesis, crafting, historical simulation, economy, large world scale).”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The core features envisioned for the game are functional and present (player-NPC relationship simulation, procedural dialogue, AI sense-decide-act simulation, procedurally generated terrain + items + magic, XP class-based progression etc), as is the core game cycle (adventure, build NPC relationships, repeat). EverWorld contains a single biome type (mountain island) with sub-biomes within this, four base classes, a base combat system, and a fully fledged dynamic soundtrack.”

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

“The price will likely increase slightly as new content and features are incorporated into EverWorld and it moves out of Early Access.”

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

“The Steam forums and Twitter primarily - players are welcome to suggest ideas and refinements, and we have a small group of alpha release test users who form a first line of feedback mechanism.”