Why Early Access?

“I would like to continue to build the game alongside the audience to build features that they request. I have a created a custom game engine so I have lots of room to create cool things and am especially focused on user customization and procedural content based around a customized and intricate galaxy that the player partakes in. I am also planning on actively releasing improvements and bug fixes as the game gets more users, as well as continuing to write the primary story-line and campaign for the game.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We plan to be in Early Access for 1 year, starting 12/25/2025 and ending 12/25/2026. After completion, we will release the full game as a stand-alone title at the same price.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We are planning a lot of world enhancements, mostly in terms of adding large amounts of procedural quest and story line content, entities, environments, bosses and abilities will increase over time, as full potential of the game gets built out. The world is very large, and can handle extremely dynamic interactions and game play (battles, trading, economics).
There is a timeline in the game that scripts events that could be customized, as well as events in the game that might evolve and become more user driven.

We would like to have co-op in the game soon after initial release.
We plan to add 2 additional races to the game over the course of the year, as a part of the original game to add to the game's dynamic faction evolutions.
We are planning lots of strategy enhancements to the game; while staying true to the arcade style of real-time play and outer-space physics. ”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“I have completed development on a custom game engine that is a Hybrid Pygame/Rust/ECS system for an open world that procedurally generates content. The Core strategic gameplay loop is finished, as is the collision detection, the physics engine, and the world creation engine. I am still working on some of the more advanced mechanics, boss battles, event scripting, etc, but much of the game's playing loops have been written into code and prototyped.
Lots of faction/race/evolutionary mechanics, AI, and procedural quest/economic/stragetic gameplay elements remain to be fleshed out, but there is a vision of where things can go.
We have a great core loop of damaging asteroids, comets, enemies, etc to obtain loot and level up. There is a turret-defense style network of space stations that the player activates and levels up to stake their claim in the galaxy. As the player activates more stations, they can create scouts and different kinds of workers for the space stations, even traders and collectors that automatically go to work on the player's behalf.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“I will keep the game price constant after early access.”

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

“I am creating a community space for the game that will have a forum as well as bug submit queue, leaderboard, and daily/weekly in game events. I am also working on allowing for user feedback from within the game, so users can submit bugs and issues from within the actual game interface. I am hoping to create for users that want to progress into high levels and create large scale structures/trade networks/and crafting/exploring mechanics. I am going to need a lot of feedback!”