Varför Early Access?

“Early Access gives us the opportunity to grow a community on Steam and playtest, engage and allow the community to help drive development. We are a small 7 man team that works on the game after our jobs and we've largely used Early Access to help server as an Alpha/Beta that's open to anyone who is interested. It allows us to do events weekly or at any frequency we choose and constantly release new updates.”

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

“We have been in Early Access for a few years and will be releasing the game in Q3 2021. We have a release roadmap that is on track to hit that mark.”

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

“Early access will feature the following content:

• 4 character classes (Kenshi, Naginatashi, Ninja, & Ite [Archer])
  
• 5 campaign maps (Half of the campaign line) and possibly some smaller dueling type maps and a tutorial.
  
• The full combat system featuring two stances of 4 attacks for the melee classes, two firing modes for the Archer.
  
• Per-Match Skill Trees with 6 ability choices (picking 3) before unlocking a Master skill.

The full version will contain the full-feature set of the game that we have marketed and discussed, including but not limited to:

• All 4 character classes complete (Kenshi, Naginatashi, Ite and Ninja).
  
• Full 7 map campaign covering both Hanako and Yamai Clan territories.
  
• Replacement of 3 set abilities with our Skill Tree/Leveling system to offer players more options.
  
• Better game flow, menus, UI treatments.

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Hur är det nuvarande läget i versionen med Early Access?

“Current State: Pre-Early Access v.3 (April 5th, 2019 release).

• 6 Campaign maps, One tutorial map and one co-op vs. AI map (will be expanding rapidly to the other maps.
  
• 6 Game Modes: Battle (TDM), Capture the Scroll, Village Siege, Castle Raid, Co-op vs. AI, Duel
  
• 4 Character Classes (will launch with these 4): Kenshi, Naginatashi, Ninja & Ite.
  
• Party/Friends System w/ Inviting, Social, Leaderboards and Simple Matchmaking.

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Kommer spelet att prissättas annorlunda under och efter Early Access?

“We plan to gradually raise the price as we ship new content and ideas. The first Early Access release will roughly be about half of what our release price will be, specifically because it won't be a content-complete version of the game.”

Hur planerar ni att involvera gemenskapen i er utvecklingsprocess?

“We will release a variety of surveys and hold "Play with the Devs" events to gather feedback through Discord chats, forms and other means to gather data and do our best to develop a strong family and community to serve as the foundation for the full release of our studio's first game.”