Kenapa Akses Awal?

“RIDGERUNNERS already has its core movement and racing experience in place, but we want to develop and refine it alongside the people who play it. Because the game is built around momentum, route discovery, procedural mountains and competitive times, feedback from players with different experience and skill levels is especially valuable.

During Early Access, our goals are to refine the movement systems and hazard balance, improve onboarding and accessibility, expand the variety of maps and ways to play, and improve performance, networking and overall polish. Player feedback will help us understand which mechanics are most satisfying, which maps or hazards need adjustment, and where new content would add the most value. Movement mechanics may change substantially in response to this testing.

We are committed to continuing development, listening to feedback and working toward a complete 1.0 release.”

Berapa lama permainan ini dijangka akan berada dalam Akses Awal?

“We currently expect the game to remain in Early Access for approximately 6–12 months.

The exact duration will depend on player feedback and the scope of the improvements, features and additional content developed during Early Access. We will keep the community informed about our progress and update this estimate as our plans for the 1.0 release become clearer.”

Apakah perbezaan yang dirancang antara versi penuh dan versi Akses Awal?

“The Early Access version contains the playable foundation of the game: its movement systems, procedural mountains, solo time trials, training and practice tools, ghosts, replays, leaderboards and current live multiplayer games. These systems are implemented and playable, but their balance and details may continue to change during Early Access.

For the full version, we plan to expand the range of ways players can use and compete on the mountains, both solo and online. The exact new modes are not being locked in before Early Access because we want player feedback to help determine which ideas are the most enjoyable and worth developing. The full version is planned to include a broader selection of activities than the current Ridge and Sprint time trials and the current Race, Hunt and Random Sprint multiplayer games.

We also plan to expand the variety found in generated maps, including additional course, terrain, environmental and hazard combinations; create more opportunities for advanced movement and route discovery; and continue improving balance, onboarding, accessibility, performance, networking, audiovisual presentation and interface polish.

The priorities and exact form of these additions may change in response to community feedback. We consider the game ready for 1.0 when it offers a sufficiently broad and polished selection of solo and multiplayer experiences built around its core movement systems.

Because movement changes can make times recorded by different versions impossible to compare fairly, significant movement or course-generation updates may begin a new global leaderboard season. This means existing global leaderboard standings may be archived or reset during Early Access.”

Bagaimanakah keadaan semasa versi Akses Awal?

“The Early Access version is fully playable in single-player and online on procedurally generated 6 km x 6 km mountains.

The current build includes:

* Momentum-based skiing, strafe jumping, a vertical jetpack, rocket jumping, a disc cannon and a hammer-slam movement ability.
* Full Ridge time trials with seven checkpoints and shorter Sprint courses.
* Procedurally generated mountains containing seven biome types, environmental hazards, dynamic weather, enemies and multiple possible routes.
* Random seeds, shared Daily and Weekly challenges, medal times, personal bests, splits and global leaderboards.
* Seven training lessons, checkpoint-based Practice Mode and the Line Lab route-planning view.
* Recorded ghosts, downloadable and importable rival ghosts, and a replay theater.
* A custom-map mode that lets players select biomes and enable or disable environmental features.
* Online same-seed player presence and global chat.
* Live Race, Hunt and Random Sprint games, as well as free skiing. Online players appear as non-colliding holograms and do not physically interfere with one another.

The game is still in active development, so players may encounter bugs, balance changes and changes to generated courses or leaderboard seasons. Online presence, chat, multiplayer games and global leaderboards require an internet connection; the core time-trial experience can be played solo.

RIDGERUNNERS is a competitive speedrunning game, and movement or course-generation changes can affect what times are possible. To keep competition fair, major changes to these systems may begin a new global leaderboard season, resetting current global standings. Players should expect that leaderboard records may not remain active for the entire Early Access period. We will announce these resets and explain the relevant gameplay changes in our update notes.”

Adakah harga permainan ini berbeza semasa dan selepas Akses Awal?

“Yes. We currently plan a one-time increase to the base price when the game leaves Early Access. Players who purchase during Early Access will receive the full 1.0 version without an additional purchase. The final price has not yet been determined.”

Bagaimana anda merancang untuk melibatkan Komuniti dalam proses pembangunan anda?

“We actively gather feedback through our Discord server and will also monitor the Steam Community Discussions. Players can use these channels to report bugs, suggest features, share routes and ghosts, and discuss movement balance, map generation, hazards, multiplayer, accessibility and performance.

Community feedback will directly influence our development priorities. We will look for recurring requests and problems, discuss possible additions with players, test balance changes and use feedback to decide which new solo and multiplayer experiences are worth developing for 1.0. We will share development updates and release notes that explain major changes and identify features or fixes that resulted from community feedback.

Not every suggestion will be implemented, but the community will have a meaningful role in determining where the game's existing systems are refined and expanded.”