Why Early Access?

“We want to expand and improve Wild Woods and for that, we need the support of the community. We have been working on the game for quite a while and now is the time to include our players in the process: Early Access enables us to let the community’s ideas and wishes influence the game’s future.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect Early Access to last until approximately winter 2025/2026. The exact duration of Early Access is hard to predict though, since we are a very small team and we plan to significantly let the community’s feedback influence our development from here on.”

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

“Currently we are planning for: More wagon and player upgrades, additional challenges and more gameplay events. Furthermore, at least one more biome. All these points represent content that adds to the replay value of Wild Woods. We also want to expand on the game world’s lore and make that a bigger part of the game. And, of course, polish and improvements for the peer-to-peer multiplayer experience along the way.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version of Wild Woods represents a solid basis of gameplay elements and mechanics that can be improved upon based on player feedback. Currently there are two biomes and a substantial initial lineup of wagon and player upgrades. Balancing and mechanics can – and probably will – change during Early Access based on player feedback!”

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

“We currently expect to increase the game’s price moderately at the end of Early Access, when the game reaches its full value 1.0 state.”

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

“We have already (and will continue to) collected lots of feedback at conventions, through playtests and other channels. We diligently read what players write both on the Steam Community Hub and on our Discord server. The best thing players can do is to join our Discord server, where they are able to directly create “To-Do cards” in our feedback system – they are even able to track if and when their feedback has been acknowledged by the dev team! In the future, we will try our best to keep posting one dev log per month in order to keep the community in the loop about what’s going on at Wild Woods.”