早期アクセスにした理由

“The Last Starship is the most ambitious project we have ever attempted and we cannot achieve the full scope of our ambition without the support of a committed and engaged community. From ship design and equipment types to mission development, world-building and story, all aspects of this game will be developed over time and with feedback from the players. We promise that from Alpha 1 you will have a deep and enriching game experience, that will continue to increase month by month as we layer in new systems, content and technology.”

大体どのくらいの期間このゲームを早期アクセスにする予定ですか？

“We anticipate being in early access for several years, however we promise to provide regular, roughly monthly - 6 weekly build updates as the game develops and increases in complexity and scope, based on feedback from the Early Access community. We aim to be responsive to the requests and needs of the player base and will be providing updates for as long as there is an audience to play them!”

早期アクセスバージョンと計画されているフルバージョンの違いは？

“We do not view development as a short Early Access phase, followed by a V1 launch. Instead, we see a continuous path towards an ever bigger universe with a complex system of systems approach to start-up and fleet design. At some point in the distant future we may label a build version 1.0, however the step up from Early Access will not be large.”

早期アクセスバージョンの現状はどうなっていますか？

“At present you can design your hull shape and customise the internal layout and equipment package of your starship. Ships can be shared via steamworks and our combat system intelligently picks an enemy fleet with a similar military capability to your own warship. You can also test your design against a limited number of procedurally generated missions that vary in objective and difficulty. The build is constantly changing and improving and to see the current state of the build please visit our you tube channel.”

早期アクセス期間中と期間後ではゲームの価格は変わりますか？

“Introversion promises only ever to charge you once, after which all future updates to the game will be free. This is both during Early Access and post Version 1.0. Pricing may vary during steam sales.”

コミュニティは開発プロセスにどのように関わることができますか？

“To support each update, Mark and Chris will release a YouTube video describing the update and the inspiration behind it. We will be occasionally available for Reddit AMAs and will monitor the discord server / steam forums. We can’t spend a huge amount of time engaging on a 1:1 level, because we have a game to make, but we plan to work in the same way in which we developed Prison Architect - we steer the ship, but you can suggest a course…”