Why Early Access?

“Another World: Guild Master I is playable from start to finish in its current form. It has 15 missions, 15 base spells, 21 verbs, 114 pieces of equipment, 40 traits, and an 80-node research tree. We're launching in Early Access because spellcrafting is a deep system that is hard to balance alone. Player feedback on verb combinations, mission difficulty, and which builds feel too strong or too weak will shape the next versions far better than testing by ourselves can.

During Early Access we plan to add more missions and regions, new base spells and verbs, more equipment and traits, and balance and quality-of-life improvements based on your reports. Join our Discord to share builds, report bugs, and vote on what comes next.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“6 months to 1.5 years”

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

“Some new content we plan to add:
- relationship with other associations (town, other guilds, knights, etc.)
- hiring temporary helpers to join one single mission
- world events
- kingdom destruction rate in late game or a new game mode (if the number drops to 0, then GGWP)”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version is a complete, playable game loop. You can create a guild, recruit members, craft custom spells from verbs, equip gear, research upgrades, and send parties on timed missions from the world map, then spend the rewards and take on harder missions.

What's in the game now:

- 15 missions across grassland, desert, and dungeon content, including a progressive dungeon, with 51 enemy types
- 15 base spells and 21 verbs for building custom spells, with a step-by-step trace and the option to promote your best spells into new base spells
- 114 pieces of equipment, 40 traits, and 3 classes (Melee, Range, Mage)
- A research tree of 80 upgrades
- Recruiting, a shop, multiple save slots, and tutorials
- Spell copy and paste between saves, custom member headshots and spell icons from your own PNG files, a Casual difficulty, and seeded challenge runs”

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

“We're not planning on changing the price when we leave early access.”

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

“Community feedback is central to how we'll build this game. Spellcrafting has a huge number of verb combinations, and players will find strong, weak, and broken builds faster than we can.

How you can take part:
- Steam discussions and our Discord: report bugs, share builds, and tell us what feels too easy, too hard, or unclear.
- Spell codes: copy your custom spells as text and post them. We'll read the shared builds to see which verb combinations dominate and which are never used, and we'll adjust balance based on that.
- Seeded challenge runs: share your seed and your result. These show us where randomized class and verb restrictions create unfair or unsolvable runs.
- Feedback on priorities: we'll post short development updates after each patch and ask what to work on next, such as new missions, spells, verbs, or quality-of-life changes.

We read every report. Fixes for crashes and progress-blocking bugs come first, then balance changes, then new content. We'll explain in patch notes what changed and why, including when we decide not to change something.”