Why Early Access?

“Roguelikes in general tend to be developed over vast spans of time with lots of feedback and input from players. The Rogue Fable series is no exception and Rogue Fable IV is really just the latest iteration of a project that has been in continuous development for nearly a decade.

Early Access gives me the chance to do the bulk of development work out in the open with regular feedback and suggestions from players. I believe its only possible to grow, balance and tune such a complicated and unpredictable beast with the support of the people actually playing it.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Approximately 3 years.”

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

“The plan is to focus primarily on expanding the scope of the game. I believe that the basic foundation is pretty solid and so I'd like to spend most of Early Access adding as many new classes, races, talents, enemies, bosses, zones and special levels as possible. There will likely still be some minor tweaks and adjustments to the core gameplay but my plan is really to focus on scaling up the amount of content in the game.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game is fully playable with hundreds of hours of content. Rogue Fable IV is really just the latest iteration in a long running series and so carries forward much of the design, mechanics and content of previous games.

• Runs lasting about an hour ending in a climatic boss fight with The Wizard Yendor himself.
  
• A procedurally generation dungeon built out of 13 unique zones.
  
• Over 250 monsters and 30+ bosses to engage and defeat.
  
• 10 Classes and 8 races
  
• Over 60 talents and nearly 200 items with which to build and equip your characters.

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

“The game will gradually increase in price over the course of Early Access.”

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

“Community feedback and suggestions are critical to my design process and I believe are basically essential to growing and tuning something as complex and unpredictable as a rogue-like.

The Rogue Fable series has always thrived in an atmosphere of heavy community involvement and our Discord has remained highly active for years.”