為何採用搶先體驗模式？

「The HinterLands is a game aimed at people wanting to contribute to a games development, and for those who want to learn from it. It has grown a lot already due to player feedback, and community input helps shape how the game evolves over time.

The Hinterlands needs a lot more work put into it before it is finished. The basic game play works well (mining, crafting, exploring, multiplayer, attacking and collecting), as well as some of the tools to create content (most content is saved externally, including items, tiles, text).

But if you're interested in game development, want advice or feedback, or would like portions of the gameplay to go open sourced eventually so you can learn or improve it, just let me know!

It's just me and my wife developing the game, so progress is slow, but if you want to add anything into the game, there is a high chance of it being added (items, tiles, mobs, ect), and all ideas will be considered.」

這款遊戲的搶先體驗時間大約會持續多久？

「The HinterLands will stay in early access until the initial experience is complete. This includes quests, multiple biomes, many bosses, NPC's, scripted events, several multiplayer game modes, and modding tools. Once the game can stand on its own, I'll be able to work on additional content: new biomes /npcs/bosses/ quests.
So it depends on how much interest there is in the game. If a lot of people are interested, it could be finished in a year. If there aren't as many, it could take several years (it's mainly just me working on the project).」

正式版預計會與搶先體驗版有何不同？

「The full version will have many quests, mobs, biomes, crafting recipes, and a lot of the elements will be beyond merely 'functional'.

The early access game is to just get all of the required elements into the game that are necessary to be able to just work on content. The full version will use that framework to build out a complete, enjoyable story.」

搶先體驗版目前的開發進度如何？

「The HinterLands is completely playable, but still has bugs, and needs almost everything "tweaked". You can run around, mine everything, build anything from those blocks, fight and harvest several mobs, play multiplayer together over LAN, on public servers, or even with mobile devices (Android and iOS currently).

But it is missing a lot as well- the UI is just made to be functional, there are no quests, no character leveling, not a wide variety of objectives, npcs, mobs or enemies yet.

Mainly just building, mining, killing mobs, playing with other people, and contributing to the development of the game.」

遊戲售價在搶先體驗期間前後會有所變動嗎？

「The price will initially be set low, because the game isn't complete, and I would like as many people as possible to be able to contribute to the games development, and hopefully learn something as well to help them with their future projects.

As the game becomes more complete, the price will go up, to be competitive with similarly scoped products on steam.」

在開發過程中，您打算如何與社群互動？

「The main driving factor for what gets added to the game is based on player feedback, and contributions.

You can give feedback in many ways:

On the forums:
http://ackmi.com/forum/

Poll for what you'd want to see in the game:
http://goo.gl/forms/GDEkMTVjgn

On the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Ackmi/

I keep regular progress updates on the facebook page, but can make some write-ups on the blog if there is something in the game you're interested about how it works.」