Waarom vroegtijdige toegang?

'We have already built a lot of content that we feel is worth experiencing in VR. There is an intimacy and exhiliration to swimming with our turtles, dolphins, sharks, whales and giant shoals of fish that react to your presence. The included movement systems, environments and creatures are already complete or close to completion in most cases. We would like to share what we have made so far with the public while we continue to build in the remaining gameplay features and content that we have planned.

Rotech Digital currently have to take on other work to pay the bills, so development of Call of the Ocean is done part-time. If we see strong demand in the Early Access phase we will be able to focus fully on Call of the Ocean and the game will develop at a much faster pace as well as potentially expanding the scope of development.'

Hoelang blijft dit spel ongeveer in vroegtijdige toegang?

'We estimate it will take around 6 months to complete our current vision for the game at current pace. If we were able to work full time on Call of the Ocean then we estimate 2 to 3 months until the game is out of Early Access.'

Hoe gaat de volledige versie verschillen van de versie met vroegtijdige toegang?

'The full version will have more gameplay mechanics such as treasure hunting puzzle trails, races, obstacles courses and other mini-games, equipment that can be discovered or bought to affect player movement abilities and wildlife behaviour. We also have plans for more wildlife, additional environment types, collectible treasures, and more refined graphics.'

Wat is de huidige staat van de versie met vroegtijdige toegang?

'The existing game has a large map that is fully explorable via running, jumping, climbing and swimming with motion controls. This map has a mostly ancient Greece theme to the architecture and treasure, with the main exception being we also have a fully climbable pirate ship docked in one corner of the map!

We have two additional "VR experience" type maps for people who only have a few minutes to play or want to quickly demo VR to their friends and family. There are many many types of wildlife already in the game, from tiny seahorses and fish, through dolphins and turtles, up to huge sharks and whales. These creatures navigate the environment and react to the presence of each other and the player.'

Zal het spel anders geprijsd worden tijdens en na vroegtijdige toegang?

'Yes, the game will be cheaper during Early Access.'

Hoe zijn jullie van plan de community te betrekken bij het ontwikkelproces?

'We would like to get feedback from a wide range of people on our unique control system ideas, as well as hear what type of creatures and environments (both above and below the ocean surface!) that people would like to explore.'