Kenapa Akses Awal?

“After creating a simple prototype during an internal game jam, we decided it deserved to be developed into a fully-fledged game. The Early Access period will allow us to involve the community in the process by releasing updates, gathering their feedback, seeing what works and what doesn’t, in order to hone the experience and deliver a final game more in line with both our vision and the expectations of our community.”

Berapa lama permainan ini dijangka akan berada dalam Akses Awal?

“We’re shooting for Q3 2027.”

Apakah perbezaan yang dirancang antara versi penuh dan versi Akses Awal?

“We’d like to start with releasing an early build with the foundational mechanics, then work towards a more complex release with more features and polish.

Among other things, we plan to add:
- new locations
- new bosses
- new powerups, items and tables
- new mechanics
- a narrative told through items, interactions and environmental storytelling
- graphical and audio improvements
- additional translations
- bugfixes galore


What would be awesome to have:
- VR support
- multiplayer”

Bagaimanakah keadaan semasa versi Akses Awal?

“We've tested the gameplay loop and main features with our community via several playtests, as well as with Steam players through early demos, and involved external QA specialists. The game has been received very positively: players submitted over 500 surveys, with the average rating of 8/10. They’ve also provided us with a lot of useful feedback that we're using to polish the experience.
We have a clear vision of how we want to develop the current foundations to deliver a game combining horror, pool, mystery and a fair dose of dark humour, and we continue building it with the involvement of the community. We're planning much more polish, more content and more bug-squishing, but the fun core loop and a strong, proven foundation are already there.”

Adakah harga permainan ini berbeza semasa dan selepas Akses Awal?

“We plan to offer Pool of Madness at a lower price for the Early Access launch, then increase it once the EA period ends and we have a more polished product.”

Bagaimana anda merancang untuk melibatkan Komuniti dalam proses pembangunan anda?

“We’d like to release updates, see what players like about different mechanics, what ideas they come up with, and make the most fun version of the game based on this cooperation.

We plan to mainly utilise the Steam Community Hub and our discord for this purpose. Players will be able to suggest features, provide critical feedback regarding the existing solutions as well as the planned ones, influence the difficulty level etc. We also plan to add a separate opt-in branch with new, bleeding-edge features, before they make their way into the main game. ”