Why Early Access?

“As a one-man team here at Ascent Gaming Studios, it can be challenging to develop a game that meets the expectations of my players. However, involving the community in the development process can help to achieve my company's motto of "Taking Gaming to the Next Level", by interacting with my players, and hearing directly from them, their likes, their dislikes and what they would like to see in the game.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We plan to keep the game in Early Access for as long as it takes to reach the point where we are happy with the content and gameplay. It’s hard to establish a concrete timeline but hopefully that will be with in the next few years.”

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

“The full vision of this game will differ in that, as the game evolves from player feedback, we plan to add a larger map with multiple biomes. We plan to add a dynamic weather and seasons in a future update. We plan to add features such as a land vehicle system, aircraft system, new and improved AI, more crafting options, more crafting tables as more raw resources are introduced to the game, and an even more robust building system, with new buildables. We also plan to include animal husbandry and resource farming.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The state of the current game as it stands is fresh out of development and rapidly improving and evolving. Players can expect the same systems usually found within other open world survival games, including a robust crafting system, a way to harvest raw resources, zombie AI, animal AI, combat, as well as a robust building system. As many major bugs have been worked out as have been found by the developer and others who have played the game, but the game is in development and will contain bugs which will be fixed as soon as possible upon receiving feedback from players.”

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

“The game may see a slight increase in price once the Early Access stage completes due to the new features that will be added to the game while the game is in Early Access.”

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

“The way that the community will be involved in the development process is by either using the community hub to submit bugs or feature requests, or by submitting bug reports and or feature requests in a form that will be accessible within the game itself and will directly message the development team.”