Why Early Access?

“We have made some of the best game products when those playing them have been able to let their imaginations fill in blanks that only real users see first. Sometimes the valuable infor got relayed directly at meetups or at conferences, much of the time it occurred through group chat and persistent bulletin boards. When you play with and explore our ideas, and concepts we see what makes you happy sooner and hear what might make you want to stay and play. We tailor subsequent releases to make our most devoted players happy as often as we can. We have years of experience getting good feedback and ideas that resonate and make genre/world changing games. We develop our games and collect and connect on your feedback, to bring joy to our players.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Based on previous games we have developed, we expect it to take about 1.3 to 1.5 years.

We have solid goals that we are steadily and forcefully working toward. We are focusing on delivering timely content featuring solid personable characters and scenarios that bring our users along where they want to go. We are dedicated to completing Act One with the impact and significance we have delivered on before. We want to benefit from this platforms reach to help make really good, impactful product.
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How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The goal for the full version of Aether HeXXen:Death-Space Requiem Act1 is a more polished, feature-rich version of the project with more content than Early Access release.

Throughout Early Access, we plan to release a plethora of updates that add new content to the game — We have plans for more cultures, key characters, relationships, skills, vehicles, tools, weapons, and storylines.

We are working through plans to improve the games experience through greater inclusion of animation, greater choice driven narratives, and ever more compelling feedback from our players.
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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“We have multiple hours of playable story and world building, with hints at skill building, exploration and deep interaction with other characters.

With each release we plan improvements to animation systems, narrative choice variety, character depth and variety and acting upon thoughtful and insightful feedback from user experience.
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Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“No. If a Premium Version is released it's animation and extra components would be worth added value but could be accomplished through DLC if allowed. ”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We want you, the player, to be deeply involved with the development and direction of the game. We maintain relationships with folks who have enjoyed our work in the past and continue to serve our former, current and future players with genuine dedication. We have deep backgrounds in Game Art, Animation, Design and Prototyping, making good experiences and challenging games. We continue to elevate the product so it reminds people of past best-in-class: SIMs, Adventures and RPGs. We also are making content that hopefully will remind users of things they watched obsessively on a paid streaming services if not surpass them in pathos. On top of all of that we will be hosting polls, challenges and contests to connect with factions, characters, ships, and events in the worldof the game.

We can be contacted on the irkinteraction discord server, here in the product page and community of the Steam Forums, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, tiktok and soon on Divine for those of you who miss Vine. ”