Чому дочасний доступ?

«Self-development of a game is quite a long, but at the same time fascinating process. The game has been in development for several years and is being actively developed. Now it has reached the beta 1.0 stage, at the stage of getting acquainted with the story and is being actively refined, adding new interesting features. Small bugs are being fixed and already developed features are being polished.
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Як довго гра буде у дочасному доступі?

«The most difficult part of development, namely the creation of the base, has already been completed. Now the game is at the stage of getting acquainted with the plot and key characters involved in it. But, as we know, good things are not done quickly, and the growth of the world of the game will happen smoothly, bringing each time a little surprise when updating.

Approximate development time is from half a year to a year, until the full completion of the project.

What is already implemented in the game at the moment:

* Combat system and basic movement.
* Sea transportation (After completing a quest)
* Trading, buying items for the Hero and his ship.
* First version of animal and enemy intelligence
* Weapon upgrade system is 40% complete
* World locations are 50% ready
* Hunger system and buying food from merchants
* A secret boss * * Requires world exploration *
* Several starting missions to get acquainted
* A system of changing day and night
* Mining items for sale is 30% complete»

Чим повна версія гри буде відрізнятися від версії для дочасного доступу?

«The beta is the foundation upon which the story of the world with all its adventures and highlights will be built. Planned future updates to the game should significantly expand the world of DarkShine, bringing it closer and closer to the final point of readiness.

What is planned to be added to the game in the future:

*Advanced combat system(Multiple types of attacks).
*Increased number of ship at sea to buy.
*Completed storyline.
*Multiple storyline and secondary characters.
*Completed locations and open world to explore.
*Free mode with many possibilities.
*No multiple endings.
*Advanced intelligence of enemies and NPCs.
*New types of unusual weapons of different strength.
*Battle and environment effects.
*New types of animals.
*System of mining and selling resources.
*Completed system of pumping weapons and Hero.
*System of contracts for the destruction of pirates.
*Contracts for escorting ships on the sea.
*Finished system of cargo transportation by sea.»

Який поточний стан версії для дочасного доступу?

«The game is 40% complete and storyline development is well underway.

* Combat system and basic movement.
* Sea transportation (After completing a quest)
* Trading, buying items for the Hero and his ship.
* First version of animal and enemy intelligence
* Weapon upgrade system is 40% complete
* World locations are 50% ready
* Hunger system and buying food from merchants
* A secret boss * * Requires world exploration *
* Several starting missions to get acquainted
* A system of changing day and night
* Mining items for sale is 10% complete»

Чи буде відрізнятися ціна гри протягом дочасного доступу та після його завершення?

«The price will remain like this forever. Since the amount was picked to the minimum limit to recoup time and effort, the money is only needed to develop the project and buy time to work on it. I sincerely want everyone to be able to afford to enjoy the game without feeling the weight of the price in the store.»

Як ви плануєте залучати спільноту до розробки гри?

«I always welcome new suggestions and fair criticism to improve and correct errors in the process. Watching the development and improvement of the game is quite an interesting process, and all the new features added in the future will be little surprises, and suggestions that fit into the lore can even become a reality and get into future updates.»