Miksi Early Access?

Hello Creators!

Welcome to Bonfire Early Access!
We are thrilled to welcome you to the Early Access phase of Bonfire. This journey marks a significant milestone for our development team, and we couldn't be more excited to have you with us.

Below, you'll find all the essential details about Early Access and how you can contribute to shaping Bonfire's future.

Thank you for your interest!

Our vision for Bonfire is, in a word, ambitious.
At its core, Bonfire is meant to be a foundational shift in how games are made, and, as such, there's a lot we are still exploring and figuring out to ensure we are hitting as many of the types of stories people may want to tell as we can.
Building and involving a community of creators in the development process is crucial to achieving our goals. Early Access allows us to gather valuable feedback, identify and fix issues, and refine gameplay mechanics based on your experiences and suggestions.

During Early Access, you can look forward to:

Core Gameplay Features: Enjoy the main mechanics and systems that form the foundation of Bonfire, and let your imagination run loose as you build and play your own stories.
Regular Updates: We will release frequent updates to introduce new content, features, and improvements.
Active Community Engagement: Your feedback is vital! Share your thoughts, report bugs, and participate in discussions on our forums and social media channels.

How You Can Help

Your participation is invaluable to us. Here are a few ways you can help improve Bonfire:

Provide Feedback: Let us know what you love, what you think could be better, and any ideas for new features.
Report Bugs: If you encounter bugs or issues, please report them through [Bug Reporting Method/Link].
Join the Community: Connect with other players, share your experiences, and stay updated on the latest news through our Discord ().

Thank You!

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for supporting Bonfire during Early Access. Your feedback and enthusiasm drive us to make this platform the best it can be. Together, we can create something truly special.

Happy Creating!
The Dimension X Team

Miten kauan Early Access -vaihe suunnilleen kestää?

Approximately 90 days.

Millä tavoin lopullinen versio tulee eroamaan Early Access -versiosta?

Our ambitions for Bonfire are massive, and our future features list echoes that.
One of the main reasons we are launching with Early Access is that we want to use community feedback to help inform which features we should roll out next and which we should probably hold off on.
Some features that we already know will be highly requested but will likely NOT be out during Early Access are:

• Multiplayer
  
• Mobile Players (iOS, iPadOS, and Android)
  
• Mobile Builder (iPadOS)
  
• VR Builder
  
• Standalone VR Players (Quest, Pico, etc.)
  
• Unreal-based Players for those craving higher-level graphics (and have the hardware to support it)
  
• and a whole lot more...

Mikä on Early Access -version tila tällä hetkellä?

Today, Bonfire can support content focusing on third-person or first-person player controls and not requiring driving or flying vehicles or other game mechanics that involve changing player input behavior.
This is a known limitation that we are actively resolving and will roll out at a later date.

Bonfire is a platform in which players are encouraged to import their own creations and is VERY mod-friendly thanks to its Spark-based foundations and the Ember runtime scripting language.

Sparks are a new kind of file that allows for code and visuals to live together, separate from any app binary, with nearly limitless potential in what you can do; as such, we are purposefully limiting Multiplayer support and certain other features until we have the data required to ensure our mitigation plans for misuse will work as intended.

Nearly all of our current stable enough-for-release features are included in Early Access, and more will roll out as we refine our roadmap.
We expect bugs and have planned to react to reports with quick updates as required.
We do not expect any hard crashes and will react to any reports with priority.

For a complete list of features and capabilities, refer to our "About This" section.

Hinnoitellaanko sovellus toisin Early Accessin aikana ja sen jälkeen?

We plan to maintain a free tier even after our full launch. As time progresses, we plan to open up additional paid tiers that provide additional services we believe will be well worth the expense. While the prices themselves are still not determined (we need more data to analyze our-side costs properly), we expect to tie the tiers to things like:

• expanding your dedicated storage on our infrastructure
  
• ability to monetize your Books, Chapters, Maps, and/or Sparks
  
• access controls for your content
  
• more to come...

Miten yhteisö otetaan mukaan kehitysprosessiin?

We are actively supporting, engaging, and ideating with the community using the Discord community server.