Wozu Early Access?

„The heart of this game is two things: the feel of reading an enemy's attack and answering it, and the fun of going into a dungeon with a monster at your side. Neither can be settled on paper. Is the telegraph readable enough? Is the parry window fair? How much should a companion act on its own? Only people actually playing can tell me.

I'm developing this alone. Rather than polishing it in private for years, I'd rather put it in players' hands as soon as it's playable and work it out together. I think that gets to a better game faster.“

Wie lange wird dieses Spiel ungefähr den Early Access-Status haben?

„I'm expecting around a year, though I may extend it depending on how players respond. I won't call it finished just because a deadline arrived.“

Wie soll sich die Vollversion von der Early Access-Version unterscheiden?

„Here's what I'm planning. This may change based on what players tell me.

- Many more monsters (aiming for several times the number available at launch)
- More weapons and armor
- Breeding and evolution - combining monsters you've collected into new ones
- More biomes beyond the meadow, each with their own hazards
- Boss floors, including alternate routes past a boss: defeating it, stealing the key without dealing damage, or finding another key hidden on the floor
- More behavior-driven skills
- Balance tuning, UI improvements, and more polish on effects and presentation“

Was ist der derzeitige Stand der Early Access-Version?

„The following already works:

- Co-op for up to four players, joined through your Steam friends list
- Procedurally generated dungeons: exploring, descending floors, returning home, and resuming from deeper floors
- Combat built on guarding, parrying and dodging in response to enemy telegraphs, with stamina governing all of it
- Catching monsters and taking them along as companions
- Leveling up, assigning stat points, and unlocking behavior-driven skills
- Equipment drops with randomized affixes, with gear visibly changing your character
- Character creation
- Recovering what you picked up after a disconnect or a defeat

What isn't there yet, honestly: the number of monsters, the variety of environments, boss encounters, polish on effects, and balance tuning. That's what I'd like to build together with the people playing.“

Wird dieses Spiel während und nach Early Access unterschiedlich viel kosten?

„I'm planning to raise the price for the full version. People who join during Early Access will get it at the lowest price.“

Wie werden Sie versuchen die Community in den Entwicklungsprozess miteinzubeziehen?

„- I'll take requests and bug reports directly through the Steam community hub and discussions
- I'll post development updates regularly
- I'll stream myself playing so people can tell me what they think as it happens
- When I take a suggestion or decide against one, I'll say which and why. I won't ignore feedback silently“