Wozu Early Access?

„Early Access gives us the ability to collect and respond to player feedback while fine-tuning the aesthetics, features, and performance of the game. In particular, we hope to iterate on combat mechanics (abilities, melee combo attacks, etc) to ensure our gameplay feels responsive, supports the various playstyles of our community, and has minimal network degradation.“

Wie lange wird dieses Spiel ungefähr den Early Access-Status haben?

„Early Access is an important time to refine the experience using player input. This process is expected to last at least 6 months.“

Wie soll sich die Vollversion von der Early Access-Version unterscheiden?

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• Expand the number of unique Weapons: We want our 1.0 launch to include a variety of weapons, each with unique combo sets, special ranged abilities, and grab attacks.
  
• Unique Maps per game mode: For EA, we plan to include a single map which would primarily focus on balancing around our Elder Wars game mode. For 1.0, we plan to create unique maps that support balancing specifically around our additional game modes Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch.
  
• More Elder God bosses: A large focus of the game is on the dynamic Elder Wars game mode, which culminates in a boss fight during which one team defends and the other attacks. For 1.0, we plan to include additional bosses with unique designs and AI behavior / attack patterns.
  
• Additional languages and accessibility options: We want our game to be as accessible as possible, so throughout Early Access we plan to release additional language support and other accessibility options.

In general, most of the additional features we plan to implement during Early Access and before 1.0 are intended to provide more variety to the core gameplay experience that will be included and iterated on during EA. Our goal is that by adding additional variety, we can extend player retention and maintain a minimum player base to support a healthy player-vs-player community!“

Was ist der derzeitige Stand der Early Access-Version?

„Early Access plans to ship with the core game loop balanced around our Elder Wars game mode. This should include:

• A single map for all includes game modes (Elder Wars, Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch)
  
• 2 unique weapons which include light and heavy melee combos, special ranged abilities, and grab attacks.
  
• One Elder God boss design.
  
• The capability for player-hosted lobbies with various game mode settings exposed (time limits, respawn limits, game mode selection, AI Bot teammates enabled, etc) and a lobby-search for public lobbies to join.

To emphasize, we plan to include AI Bots which would be enabled by lobby hosts. This allows players to always be able to enjoy the game even when player population is low, or simply for training or a more casual experience. But we want to be realistic and transparent - player population for a brand new PvP indie game is likely to be low especially during off-peak hours. So please, if you enjoy the game we hope you will also be involved in the community. Because our community will be what drives our success, and what will provide the most rewarding experiences for our players!“

Wird dieses Spiel während und nach Early Access unterschiedlich viel kosten?

„In order to entice enough players to support a healthy player-base, we plan to heavily discount Early Access compared to the full version "1.0" release.“

Wie werden Sie versuchen die Community in den Entwicklungsprozess miteinzubeziehen?

„As an indie studio, we have the advantage of being able to work closely with our community (literally, players will be communicating directly to the lead developer) and iterate quickly based on player feedback. We plan to do this primarily through Steam discussion boards, our Discord server, and during development livestreams on Twitch/YouTube.

As long-time PvP fans ourselves, we have seen too many potentially great games fail due to either a lack of response to player feedback, predatory monetization schemes, and simple mismanagement of bloated teams which are not long-term solvent. As such, we are dedicated to working with our community to create the best PvP experience we can in order to provide a refuge for PvP gamers who are currently underserved in the market.“