Почему ранний доступ?

«Hollow Covenant is a persistent online world, and a persistent online world is not something you can finish in private. The systems we care most about - regional economies, guild conflict, and what a fallen god's judgment actually does to the people living in that region - only show their real behaviour when a lot of players are inside them at the same time. We would rather build the rest of this world with players standing in it than ship our best guess and find out afterwards.»

Сколько примерно эта игра будет в раннем доступе?

«We are planning on roughly two years in Early Access. That covers the remaining regions, the full Purify / Slay / Bind judgment chain through to Oathspire, and the repeatable Covenant Echo endgame. If the world needs longer than that to be worth your time, we will take longer, and we will say so here rather than quietly move the date.»

Чем планируемая полная версия будет отличаться от версии в раннем доступе?

«The 1.0 version is intended to add:

- The remaining regions of the Covenant - Mourntide, the Red Bough Marches and Oathspire - with their fallen deities and their own economies.
- The complete Personal Chronicle, through the final act and its endings.
- Repeatable endgame content: Covenant Echoes, trials, raids and world bosses.
- Deeper guild systems, including regional influence and territorial conflict.
- Further classes and profession trees.
- A wider spread of dungeons and public events across every region.

Balance, itemisation and the progression curve will keep moving throughout Early Access and are expected to change substantially before 1.0.»

Каково текущее состояние версии в раннем доступе?

«The world is playable end to end for the content that exists today. You can create a character, level through the opening regions, fight with a full tab-target skill kit, party up, join a guild, and use the whole economy - merchants, repair, crafting, player trading, personal stores and the vault. Authored quests with branching dialogue are in, NPCs keep their own daily routines, equipment is visible on your character in every slot, and open-world PvP with party and guild allegiance is live where it applies.

Content beyond the early regions is incomplete. Systems will change between updates, balance is not settled, and you should expect bugs.»

Изменится ли цена игры после выхода из раннего доступа?

«We do not currently plan to change how Hollow Covenant is priced when it leaves Early Access. If that changes, we will announce it here and on our community channels well in advance, so nobody is surprised at 1.0.»

Как вы планируете вовлекать сообщество в разработку игры?

«The Steam discussion boards and our Discord are where this gets decided. We post what we are working on, we read bug reports, and the systems most exposed to player behaviour - the economy, class balance, guild features, and the consequences of each judgment - are exactly the ones we want argued about in public. Regional and public-event content will be shaped by what players actually do in the world. We would rather change our plan than defend it.»