¿Por qué ofreces acceso anticipado?

«This game needs to get out into public view before the game is considered feature complete.

**BECAUSE OF THE UNITY GAME ENGINE'S CHANGES, THIS GAME WILL REMAIN IN EARLY ACCESS WELL INTO 2024 AS IT SWITCHES TO A NEW GAME ENGINE**

Goals 2 months from release:
-Add 3 more levels, briefings, and story
-Load/save functionality
-Replace player character with customizable player avatar (new animations)

Goals 4 months from release:
-Add space shooter on rails game mode once the story takes the fight to space
-End-game boss fight with story-rich twist
-Add game ending

Goals 6 months from release:
-Improved alien animations/sounds
-Voice acting

Possible additional features still being explored but not guaranteed:
-Player choice-making during briefings
-Unlocking playing as positively-aligned non-insectoid alien race (Sirian, Arcturian, etc)»

¿Cuánto tiempo va a estar este juego en acceso anticipado aproximadamente?

«Unexpected changes from the Unity game engine are forcing this game to move to a new engine before more content can be released, which is a massive and unexpected blow to development. We're probably looking at another 6-12 months of early access at this point now.»

¿Qué diferencias habrá entre la versión completa y la versión de acceso anticipado?

«Planned extra features for full version:
-Extra levels (including entering the alien lander craft) with more cutscenes/briefings
-Levels with different game mode (space shooter on rails)
-End-game boss fight with story-rich twist
-Additional weapons/armor with vastly different playthrough feel
-Dramatic improvements to player avatar (animations, customizations, equipment)
-Improved alien animations/sounds
-Voice acting
-More polish to briefings
-Load/save functionality»

¿Cuál es el estado actual de la versión de acceso anticipado?

«The current state of the game contains a several 2D shooter levels + briefings that showcase the game's overall concept and story.

Current version of the game contains:
-Five 2D levels where the player runs, jumps, and shoots incoming alien insectoids. The first few shooter levels involve the player attempting to gain entrance to the aliens' landing craft.
-Visual-novel-styled beginnings and endings for each level outlining more information about what is going on during the invasion.
-After each briefing, the player automatically gains upgrades at the start of each new level.
-Player character has a planned replacement with dramatically improved visual art and animations.
-Most of the sound and music are complete.»

¿El precio del juego será diferente durante y después del acceso anticipado?

«No. The game will 99% likely remain free-to-play, as number of eyeballs seeing the game is more important than recouping costs.»

¿Cómo tienes planeado involucrar a la comunidad en tu proceso de desarrollo?

«Posting updates and planned updates and gauging player reactions. If community gets large enough, a discord channel will also be used.»