Why Early Access?

““Star We There Yet? is 100% fun and around 20% polished, which means now is the perfect time to get people to try it out and get their feedback!

We’re especially excited for players to try out our turn-based PVP Merge gameplay, which was inspired by games like Pokémon. Properly testing and tuning this type of game mode takes a big crowd of patient and extremely attractive individuals playing and giving their feedback. Hey, have you been working out? You look good!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Our main goal is to get the game working cross platform, to make it easy for players to match up with their friends or an endless armada of highly skilled strangers. We also want to polish up a bunch of the game, adding more animation and at least 55% more sparkle and pizzazz.

That being said - we don’t expect to be in Early Access for too long. Once we feel the game is right, we’ll hit the launch button. Most likely sometime in 2023.”

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

“Mostly with more content, more polish, and more ability to play with friends. We have a lot of features we’re hoping to roll out, including improved social systems (start your own Federation?), monthly content, ranked PVP, cosmetics, etc. That’ll take time though!

We’re also hoping to hear suggestions from fans and early adopters on what they would like to see next. This part is always more fun when you’re talking to people who are enjoying the game. We’d like to order a few thousand of those, if you please.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“All of the features listed in the "About This" section are implemented! The game is fun, stable, and definitely worth a test drive!

We’re a scrappy little team, and we want to make the game big and bold and breathtaking. We know that there’s still tons of stuff to add to make it feel “whole”, but we’re having a blast playing it internally, so we feel like this is a great time to invite others to play with us.

Also - you’ll likely notice the game is currently optimized in a “portrait” screen format. This is obviously to make it easy to play across PC and Mobile, since the final version will allow players to battle cross platform. We’ll wait to hear from players on how they feel about it.”

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

“Our prices won’t be changing (the game is free!), but we’re hoping to eventually do something special for all our early adopters.

There’s going to be optional purchases to boost your progress. We’ll do our best to make sure those purchases aren’t lost when we final transition to full launch.”

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

“YES PLEASE! Sorry, that doesn’t really answer “how”... We plan on being super active in the Steam Community channels, and we’re also in the process of setting up additional communication platforms so we can properly interact with the hopefully millions of people who want to play S.We.T.Y?

But in terms of what we want feedback on - the answer is everything! We’d love to hear ideas on everything from what to polish, to what new features people would like to see, to suggestions for stories or twists. The sky’s the limit! Tell us what is inside your thinking meeeaaat!”