Why Early Access?

“Extracto Proviso is a systems-heavy factory building game, and games in this genre live or die by balance, pacing, and the thousand small quality-of-life details that only emerge when real players build real factories. The game is already fully playable from the first landing to the story finale, but we want to tune progression speed, recipe balance, combat difficulty, and factory logistics together with the community before calling it 1.0. Early Access lets players shape those decisions with us instead of us guessing in isolation — the way the best games in this genre were built.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect Early Access to last approximately 6 to 12 months. The exact timing will depend on player feedback — we would rather ship a well-balanced, polished 1.0 a little later than rush it. We will keep the community informed about our progress toward full release throughout.”

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

“The Early Access version already contains the complete game loop and story campaign. Between now and 1.0 we plan to focus on three areas, driven heavily by player feedback:
Balance and quality of life — tuning recipes, research pacing, combat difficulty, and logistics based on how players actually play, plus the QoL improvements the community asks for most.

More content — additional buildings, recipes, and things to discover and automate, expanding the mid- and late-game.

Performance and polish — continued optimization for very large factories, plus visual, audio, and UX polish across the game.

The scope of the full version may grow based on community feedback during Early Access.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game is feature-complete and playable from start to finish. The Early Access version includes:

The full story campaign, from crash landing to the endgame finale
Factory automation: conveyor belts, pipes and fluids, power networks, splitters, storage, and a wide range of production buildings
A complete research/tech tree with milestone and lab-based research
Hand crafting, equipment, and an inventory system
Multiple biomes with hostile creatures, defensive turrets, weapons, and invasion waves
Companion robots that help you fight, haul, and harvest
Full save/load support, difficulty options (including a peaceful mode), rebind-able keys, and settings”

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

“Yes. We plan to gradually raise the price at full release to reflect the additional content and polish added during Early Access. Buying during Early Access is our way of thanking early supporters who help shape the game.”

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

“Community feedback will directly drive our Early Access roadmap. Concretely:
Discord — our main hub for discussion, feedback, suggestions, and bug reports, where you can talk directly with the developer. Player suggestions there will directly influence balance changes and new features.
In-game reporting — the game includes automatic crash reporting, and we actively monitor these reports to find and fix issues quickly, often before they are even reported manually.
Regular updates — we will publish patch notes and development updates on Steam so players can see how their feedback is being turned into changes.
Factory games are built by their communities as much as their developers, and we intend to develop Extracto Proviso the same way.”