Pourquoi choisir l'accès anticipé ?

« King of Retail was primarily made while in Early Access. Many features, and ideas in the game came directly from the requests of the community. That leads to a game that is in part made by the players, for the players.
And since it was a great success doing it this way, i would like to copy this recipe again. »

Pendant combien de temps environ ce jeu sera-t-il en accès anticipé ?

« I felt King of Retail could have used a bit longer time in Early Access. Many features were a bit rushed, as well some nice ones missing. So this time we will be in Early Access for as long as obvious features that adds to the core game needs to be implemented. So we are talking several years at this stage. »

En quoi la version finale sera-t-elle différente de la version en accès anticipé ?

« The full game will be the complete suite of owning a complete retail chain. My goal is to allow you to manage multiple stores simultaneously.
- Have a deep control of your employes, who now have evolving lives, relationships, dreams and requests.
- Manage you article lineup by negotiation and managing your reputation with the suppliers.
- Very deep customization that allows you to create the shop of your dreams.
- Bringing more depth to the Corporate manager experience. Your HQ is also now a busy place of decisions, control and influence.
- More events in the stores. Webshop management, storage deliveries, returns, complaining customers etc.

And many other things. Over the duration of Early Access these things will be implemented over time, as the game nears the end of procution for the final release. »

Quel est l'état actuel de la version en accès anticipé ?

« Now is the base game, with running your store and taking care of customers etc. HQ experience, as well as Concept evolving is very barebones. »

Le prix du jeu sera-t-il différent pendant et après l'accès anticipé ?

« Yes, at end of Early Access there will be a price increase, as it at this point will be a complete product. »

Comment comptez-vous impliquer la communauté dans le processus de développement ?

« We already have a thriving Discord which you are welcome to join. Here are many channels dedicated to receive feedback form the players, on which implementations you would like, good ideas etc. Beta testing will also be performed by players, which is a major resource in finding bugs. Lastly, last game was also largely community translated, and this i would like to continue as well. »