为何要采用抢先体验这种模式？

“Our goals are to work with Early Access players to refine both the story and the balance of the game before final release, making changes in response to their feedback to ensure the best possible final release version.

We will continue to work on the final, polished 1.0 version throughout the Early Access period with a clear path for updates, while we evaluate and incorporate critical feedback from players.”

这款游戏的抢先体验状态大约持续多久？

“Roughly six months from the launch of the game on Early Access, depending on the scale of Early Access player feedback.”

计划中的完整版本和抢先体验版本到底有多少不同？

“The Early Access version of *The Killing Stone* currently includes the first three primary story arcs and associated decks of cards; one for each family member. All core gameplay systems are functional and are representative of the design direction for the rest of the game. Additionally, all the optional missions (called Rituals) and a total of three demon lord opponents and their decks of cards are available across critical path and optional content.

During Early Access, we hope to gain more feedback from players - especially regarding the narrative layer, pacing, and gameplay tuning. Our goal is to update the game based on this feedback so that we exit Early Access with a more clear and comprehensive experience.

We also plan to expand the game with significant, additional gameplay and story content by the end of Early Access which involves the culmination of player's choices throughout their playthrough in a grand finale currently called "The Reckoning".”

抢先体验版本的现状如何？

“The Early Access version offers approximately 6-8 hours of deep gameplay with our core deck-building mechanic. Story is used to motivate the action and reward triumph on the player’s part.

All three Family Member chapters are available in the Early Access version, and are intended for replay to refine the deck in various saved builds, and cleanse more of the “sins” or cursed cards out of each Family Member’s soul.

There are additional Optional Rituals within each chapter that the player can leverage to unlock new, special boons and cards that will eventually give them an advantage in the full 1.0 launch out of Early Access, in which we plan to include a final concluding chapter of the game.”

在抢先体验期间和结束之后，游戏价格会有所不同吗？

“Yes. The Early Access price is lower than what the full version price will be after Early Access concludes, to account for the remaining content.”

在开发过程中，你们是如何计划让玩家社区参与进来的？

“We have an active Discord server, and Early Access customers will be invited to join us there - we have made many changes based on their feedback in the past, and intend to watch both that channel, and here on our Steam Community forums, social media, web-based e-mail, and so on.

Additionally, we plan to keep our Steam page and forum updated with improvements and bug fixes until the final game is released.”