Why Early Access?

“BRICK 2 is one person's game and it is a big one — a city, twenty AI survivors, building, guns, cars, police. I need players to tell me which parts are worth going deeper on and which ones are not, and I need real numbers on balance: damage, armour, speed, how long a day should feel, what things should cost. That is not something I can work out on my own.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“2 to 6 Months”

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

“The full version is meant to have more of everything that is already here — more of the city to go into, more jobs, more to build and own — with the balance worked out on real servers with real players, plus tools for people who run their own servers, and Steam Workshop support.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Playable from start to finish, alone or online, and a long way past a prototype.

What works today:
• Online PvP: join a server from the in-game server browser, or run your own dedicated server. The world keeps going when you log off — and so does your crew
• Single-player on the same island, with twenty AI survivors who gather, craft, build, drive, found clans, take turf and raid
• Survival: health, stamina, hunger and thirst, diseases and cures, and clothing that protects you from the weather
• Harvesting, mining, fishing and farming; a furnace, a campfire and three tiers of workbench; food, teas and medicine with buffs
• Base building with stability, a resource cabinet, upkeep and decay, code locks, gates and garage doors, power, turrets and traps
• Guns with real ballistics, attachments, iron sights and scopes, in first or third person
• Cars to steal, search and drive; buses, taxis and a train around the city
• Four gangs on turf, wanted stars, SWAT and a helicopter, a police station, a prison, a hospital and a military airbase
• Dying and being arrested cost you: a death bag to go back for, hospital and bail, and an impound lot for your car
• Shops, pawn shops, a bank, hustling on the street, paintings to sell and graffiti to tag your turf
• A crew of recruits who follow you, guard your base and work jobs; phone contacts who offer you work; quests and a journal
• Eighteen skills, forty-one Steam achievements and six leaderboards, a phone, a map and a minimap, voice chat, and an emote wheel
• An arcade with real, playable games on the cabinets
• The Da BRICK companion app for your phone: your base cameras, raid alerts and your crew while you are away
• Controller support: play on a gamepad, with the game's prompts showing the pad's buttons

Expect bugs and rough edges — that is what Early Access is for. Saves and server worlds may need to be wiped when a big update changes how the world works; that will always be announced first.”

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

“BRICK 2 is $4.99 in Early Access. When it leaves Early Access the price will go up to $9.99, so now is the cheapest it will be. Everyone who buys during Early Access keeps the full game and every update to it.”

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

“There are specific streamers I want to give keys to, so that the first feedback comes from players who actually want to play this kind of game. There is a Discord, the Steam forums, and a REPORT A BUG button on the game's Escape menu. I read all of it, I want the criticism as much as the praise, and the roadmap moves with what players ask for. Patch notes go up on Steam with every update.”