Why Early Access?

“Godstone is at a stage in development where it contains the first and biggest act of the game in its near-finished state, and I want to include the community in the development of the rest of Godstone. The whole project has always been shaped around community feedback, and the rest of the game will be no different.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Godstone is set to be in the early access state for 2 years.”

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

“The early access version currently contains act 1 in its near-finished state with act 2 planned to be added in the future. The full version is planned to release with the third and final act to connect the whole thing together and finish the story.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current early access contains the first act, the Ruins with over 100 handcrafted levels full of secrets and challenges, a multitude of bosses, a main hub with interactable NPC's, a large prologue with multiple story-altering choices that also affects the main game, quests, permanent unlockables such as playable characters, side dungeons and more.”

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

“The game is set at a lower price for the early access, and will increase on full game release as it will have much more content at that time.”

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

“I always listen to community feedback daily through Discord, the Community Hub etc and shape the game around their input where it makes sense. These include bug reports, balancing issues, quality of life, cool ideas and more. We have even had community contests where the best monster design would become an enemy in the actual game. The feedback given will affect the development of the second and third act as I want these to be as good as they can possibly get, and this can really only happen by including the community's feedback in the development.”