Why Early Access?

“Because Dome: Become Thyself is an experimental infinite roguelite built around procedural exploration, dome items usage, emotions and many other systems interwoven together. Early Access lets players test the core loop while the game is still evolving, especially around stat balance and combat feel, procedural world generation, items, progression, and onboarding.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The current plan is for Dome: Become Thyself to remain in Early Access for at least 6 months. This may change depending on player feedback and development progress.”

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

“The full version is planned to include more lore related content, complete 8 canon emotion quests, balance, new enemy varieties, dome items like dome leak (it flips the world upside down), audio, visual effects, cosmetics and many more improvements.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current Early Access version contains the playable foundation of the game: procedural room exploration, dome-based gameplay, enemies, traps, rewards, keys, 64 stat scaling items, working 1/3 tiers of cosmetics, and experimental systems like procedurally generated cities. Some content, balance, visuals, audio, progression, and mechanics are unfinished and may change.”

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

“The game is planned to stay free to play during and after Early Access.

However, this may change depending on how much the game grows during development and whether additional funding is needed to continue development. If the pricing model changes in the future, we plan to communicate that clearly before the change happens.

Optional cosmetic DLC may also be added or expanded, focused on pigment layers such as Glow Pigments and Trail Pigments. Paid content is not planned to grant combat power, better drops, progression advantages, or gameplay access.
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How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Player feedback will help shape balance, onboarding, combat feel, procedural generation, item behavior, progression, readability and performance.
Feedback will be collected through Steam Discussions, player reports, and update posts during development. There will also be an ingame crash/error reporting system.”