Why Early Access?

“We’re launching Seven Cities into Early Access because we believe that a game of this scale needs to be shaped hand-in-hand with our community. The hack-and-slash genre thrives on depth, customization, and player-driven innovation—features that can only be fully realized through player feedback and engagement. Early Access allows us to gather feedback from real players, balancing and refining features, adjusting difficulty, and adding content based on your experience.

We’re inviting players to join us early to experience the core gameplay, while influencing the direction of new skills, item balancing, loot systems, and endgame content. Your input will help ensure Seven Cities reaches its full potential, and as an Early Access player, you’ll be part of shaping this journey.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“12 month but of course it can depend of the success of the early access.”

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

“The Early Access version of Seven Cities contains the foundation of the game, with a large portion of the core features already built, but there’s much more we aim to deliver for the full release. Here’s how the full version will differ:

We plan to

• Add a story campaign : Introduction of the first story chapters
  
• Add New Skills & Weapons: We will be adding more skills and weapon categories, expanding the ways you can customize your playstyle.
  
• Expanded Endgame: While Arena Mode offers early-game replayability, the full version will feature more endgame activities, including additional boss fights, dynamic world events, and challenges for players at max level.
  
• Add More Biomes & Maps: Early Access launches with a core set of urban environments, but the full release will introduce new biomes and districts, offering fresh settings, challenges, and enemy types to explore and conquer.
  
• Legendary Items & Gear Sets: We plan to expand the legendary item pool, introduce gear sets, and fine-tune item rarity to keep loot exciting and rewarding.
  Improved AI & Enemy Factions: Expect smarter, more varied enemy AI, alongside new factions, each with its own identity, tactics, and combat style.
  
• Story Progression: The Early Access release offers a taste of the world-building and narrative elements, while the full release will delve deeper into the story behind the conflict in New York’s districts, including cinematic sequences and more narrative-driven quests.
  
• Multiplayer: Co-op will be a big part of the Seven Cities experience, and during Early Access, we’ll gradually allow player to test the multiplayer, improve matchmaking, communication tools, and introduce new multiplayer-specific challenges.

The scope of Seven Cities is vast, and the full version will offer a richer, more polished experience, but we can’t promise specific deadlines or make absolute guarantees. What we can promise is that the game will evolve with player feedback and continue to grow over time.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version of Seven Cities is fully playable and packed with content. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll find:

• Core Combat System: Fast-paced, tactical combat with a wide range of weapons and skills. All core combat mechanics are in place and ready for player feedback.
  
• 20+ Skills 10+ Weapons 3+ PetS: Choose from multiple skill trees, including the introduction of Summoner abilities and Sniper weapons.
  
• Arena Mode: Face waves of enemies in our new Arena Mode, where players can test out builds and unlock rewards based on performance.
  
• Dynamic difficulty: Tweak the difficulty of each run with City Cards, a unique system that adds modifiers, bonuses, and penalties to each district you play in.
  Loot System: A robust loot system is already in place with 20+ Legendary Items available and ready to be discovered.
  
• Bosses and Mini-Bosses: Players will encounter challenging boss battles throughout the game, with a brand-new boss at wave 15 in Arena Mode.
  
• Customizable Builds: The game already supports deep build customization through specialization nodes, items, and robot companions. We are talking here about 200+ differents specializations
  
• First Map Set: Explore a series of New York-inspired urban environments, with indoor and outdoor settings, and battle across a variety of districts, each with its own enemies and challenges.
  
• Sound & VFX: Players will enjoy immersive sound design and special effects, though improvements in both areas are ongoing.

We’re 90% feature complete, but we need your help to perfect the balance, improve enemy AI, and refine player progression as we continue to add content and features.”

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

“We plan to gradually raise the price as we ship new content and features to reach double of it's price.”

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

“We view community feedback as the most vital part of our Early Access development process. Here’s how we plan to work with you:

• Frequent Updates: Expect regular content drops, hotfixes, and balance patches based on the feedback we gather from the community. We’ll also share development roadmaps so you know what’s coming next.
  
  
• Open Feedback Channels: We’ll engage with players across platforms (Steam Discussions, Discord, Reddit), gathering input on everything from game balance to quality of life improvements.
  
  
• Player Polls & Votes: We’ll run community polls on features you’d like to see next, letting you guide the direction of some updates (e.g., new skills, boss ideas, or gameplay mechanics).
  
  
• In-Game Testing: As we work on new features like new biomes, enemies, and game modes, Early Access players will get to test them first and provide feedback to help us refine and perfect them.
  
• Leaderboards & Challenges: We’ll also launch special in-game events and leaderboards, giving Early Access players unique rewards for completing challenges and reaching milestones.

Exclusive Rewards: As a thank-you for joining us early, we’ll offer exclusive giveaways, in-game cosmetics, and digital goodies (such as wallpapers and concept art) throughout the Early Access period. You’ll also have access to early content previews and special events, so your participation will be rewarded not only with a better game but also with unique bonuses that won’t be available after the Early Access phase.

Our goal is to build Seven Cities with you, creating a game that resonates with the community and evolves based on your experience and feedback.”