Waarom vroegtijdige toegang?

'Project Electric Sheep is an exciting and complex game with lots of features already enabled, and lots more planned in the near future! As we continue to implement these new features and iron out a few existing bugs, we're really keen to give players access to the game so far. We want people to be able to start creating and exploring their own AI dreams, and we want to gather player feedback in order to find and fix more bugs prior to improve the game prior to full release.'

Hoelang blijft dit spel ongeveer in vroegtijdige toegang?

'We currently estimate the game to be in Early Access for about 6 months. We have an internal roadmap with exciting features which we would love to see in the game before leaving Early Access. However, it is also our intention to listen closely to the community’s thoughts and feedback, and prioritise what players most want to see in the game, which will affect the time spent in Early Access.'

Hoe gaat de volledige versie verschillen van de versie met vroegtijdige toegang?

'There are some features planned for the full release – for instance, AI-generated news articles – which will not be implemented in the Early Access version.'

Wat is de huidige staat van de versie met vroegtijdige toegang?

'The Early Access version is in a good, playable state. Players will be able to generate and explore their own dreamworlds, chat to NPCs individually or in groups, and see graffiti, advertisements and Dall·E-2 artwork generated by their dream prompt. Players will also be able to explore pre-generated dreamworlds.'

Zal het spel anders geprijsd worden tijdens en na vroegtijdige toegang?

'Pre-existing dreamworlds are free to explore, while generating new dreamworlds or replying to NPCs uses paid-for credits. The base game currently comes with 1500 credits, or enough to create up to 15 dreamworlds. After that, players who want to keep creating dreams can purchase additional credits at the same price. This pay-as-you-dream approach reflects the costs of the generative AI models used in the game's technology.

There are no current plans to change the pricing structure of Project Electric Sheep once it leaves early access. Since launch, we have already reduced the cost of dreams based on the most up-to-date player data. Post-launch, the cost of credits may go up or down again to reflect any changes in the cost of AI generations, but it will always be free to revisit your own dreams or dreams created by other players.'

Hoe zijn jullie van plan de community te betrekken bij het ontwikkelproces?

'We have a Discord server for Project Electric Sheep feedback which we monitor very actively. We will point players towards this server to give feedback on bugs and features, and to stay updated on development progress. Here is the Discord server: https://discord.gg/yvFPcNKAgX.'