Why Early Access?

“Hi why choose early access? When I (solo dev here) started working on the game I wanted to make a tight and tense experience. I really loved the dice and manual reload mechanic!

After 3 months of development when the systems started working, I found myself asking this question repeatedly:
The reload and dice mechanics are really unique and work very well together, what if I expanded these to others weapons? Added more dice variety with different and awesome effects? Added a main story? A survival feel to the game by adding real inventory management like games I love to play (Stalker: G.A.M.M.A, Stalker 2, Fallout New Vegas mainly.)

I think the game has so much more potential and can be expanded in a very unique and expansive way...
the question was: SHOULD I GO ALL IN WITH THIS GAME?

I couldn't take this question out of my mind... So here we are after 6 months of development the Revolver and its reload mechanic is done and the main Dice mechanic is done. I have two game modes a mission’s mode and a score attack mode! The more I played the game the more this question kept on crawling back.

So, I am finally ready to take it to the next step! I am choosing early access to expand the mechanics to their fullest potential and am committed to create a finished immersive and unique game. As a solo developper I will be able to improve the game via player feedback and grow the game by adding community driven ideas!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“From the planning that I have done the game will be in early access for at least one year.
But maybe more depending on the overall quality. ”

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

“The game world will be very different in the sense that the scope is bigger with more of everything.
Players will move in small to medium open areas with different enemies to fight and scavenge through.
The focus is more on survival and better tactical fights. Way more gunfights and tense encounters.

Here is the list of main things I will be adding to the game:

- AT LEAST THREE NEW WEAPONS: a shotgun, a carbine and a sniper rifle with manual reload of course for the tense gameplay loop.

- AT LEAST 3 Dices types. This is a minimum I might make 10 if the feel is unique.

- REAL MISSIONS: Player can talk to people living in the world and complete missions in various environments.

- A PROGRESSION SYSTEM: the player has a base from where he can buy gun upgrades like: Scopes, bigger barrels for more damage, faster reloads.

- MACHINES: The player will be able to create rounds from a machine using scrap materials found in the world. So AT LEAST 3 MACHINES: rounds machine, repair weapons machine and BUFFS machine.

- MORE ENEMIES: I have shooting enemies in the first version. But I will add human enemies that take cover and have better logic to make the gunfights more appealing.
Such as simple bandit, mercenary and army veterans.
I will also add more animals, BEARS, BOARS to name a few.

Of course, if players have good ideas that adds in a cohesive way to the game to make it better if I can add them, I will be happy to!

I really love the gameplay loop and really believe it should be fleshed out to the extent that I want to have the best experience possible while playing this game! To be fully immersed in the world just like my favorite games (Stalker, fallout). It will be a love letter to those games but with my unique hook.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game main mechanics (manual reload, dice) are in a good shape and I made them so they are flexible and easy to add upon. The two current modes are fun to play and are a real taste of the potential of the unique loop. At this stage it is a tight and tense experience.”

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

“I plan to gradually raise the price as I ship major updates to the game.
Each price change will be announced at least a month before it happens.”

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

“I will be present in the game community on steam and I have a dedicated discord for talking about the development of the game. I will also do polls to have the opinion of the community on important game design questions. As a player I am really blessed to be a game developer too and believe that players opinions are very important and make the games better!”