Varför Early Access?

“Kyoukai is envisioned to be community-driven and competitively focused. Early access will make it easier to communicate that the cards themselves will be subject to sweeping changes in design intent if the meta evolves to require it.

That said, the plan isn't to be making constant, targeted changes. Kyoukai's first set, and its time in Early Access, will be spent adjusting the direction and design themes of the entire game as a whole, to try and mitigate any major problems far into the future, rather than just in the moment.

Multiple planned engine features directed towards single player content will also be in progress through Early Access, as they will require more manpower than multiplayer content to develop, but also only represent a small portion of the expected value of Kyoukai.”

Ungefär hur länge kommer det här spelet att vara i Early Access?

“Over 1 year. ”

Hur är det tänkt att den fullständiga versionen ska skilja sig från versionen i Early Access?

“There are a finite number of planned features that I want to complete before leaving Early Access, including Ranked and Unranked ladders, a tournament mode, replays, an undo system, and more. Not all of these are guaranteed to be in the final release, but Kyoukai will leave Early Access before an additional set of cards is released (beyond the first 181 card Phoenix Dawn set).”

Hur är det nuvarande läget i versionen med Early Access?

“The unreleased Early Access build is in development. Before release into Early Access, we hope to complete Ranked and Unranked Ladders, a tournament mode, the full 181 card pool for the first set, more music, and solo missions for the 9 chapters of Phoenix Dawn. Completed features include the single player tutorial, a constantly increasing percentage of the 181 card pool, and online lobbies. These can be experienced in the demo now.”

Kommer spelet att prissättas annorlunda under och efter Early Access?

“Price will not change when we leave early access, but future card sets may be released as DLC at a currently unspecified price.”

Hur planerar ni att involvera gemenskapen i er utvecklingsprocess?

“During Early Access, this will be my full time job. I will be consistently reading all feedback, and responding here and there, with dev posts frequently, once a week at minimum. The goal is active involvement, and the development of a strong foundation for future set development. There are design factors that keep most TCGs from feeling like they listen to players, including a requirement for cards to feel exciting on release, and the difficulty of an errata for a physical card. As Kyoukai will be starting completely digital, even though it's been designed to be playable in paper, these challenges can be avoided, and the entire community can have involvement in driving balance adjustments.

You can directly contact us through our Discord, Bluesky, or website. Those links are in the social media links section of this Steam page.”