Почему ранний доступ?

«Some of you have been following the development of Collapsus for a while now, and may have even picked up our Early Access on other platforms. We’re finally to the point where we feel that there is enough content in the game to bring it to Steam, however, we have a lot of planned content. So, instead of having to make you wait (and we know some of you have been waiting for quite a long time) we’re finally ready to bring the Collapsus Early Access so folks here can join us on the final leg of our development journey!»

Сколько примерно эта игра будет в раннем доступе?

«We’re going to be up front with all of you. We simply don’t know how long Collapsus will be in its Early Access form. As many players may already know, it’s been in Early Access on other platforms for a while now as we’ve chugged along. In fact, it’s been a bit of a running joke with fans to ask us at conventions when the game’s coming out just to get our reactions to the question.

That said, we finally believe it's nearing the finish line after all this time!

We understand that that’s not for everyone and we won’t get upset if you decide to wait until full release. For those of you who decide they do want to pick it up here on Steam, we can assure you that we will always try our best to make meaningful updates as frequently as we can until the game is finally out for everyone to enjoy!»

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

«As of the launch of the Steam version of the Collapsus Early Access, the game features:

Quick Play Mode
Endless Mode in 5 difficulties
Extras Menu (featuring Time Panic, Zen Mode, and more)
8 Docked Power-Up blocks, and 3 Powered blocks
Tutorial Mode
5 Challenge and 5 Plus Modes with new rules and special blocks
Puzzle Mode with 300 single-screen puzzles
Puzzle Maker with local saving
A whole bunch of options (including tons specifically for accessibility)
50 color palette (8 specifically for accessibility)

For the final game, we’re working on, well, MORE:

More Challenge & Plus Modes
More Puzzles for Puzzle Mode
More Extras for the Extras Menu
Online Puzzle Mode sharing
Additional Puzzle Mode Features
Multiplayer Battle Mode with up to 8-players locally or online
Leaderboards, Medals, and More
Mission Mode with objective-based challenges
More accessibility options
Custom color palette
Unlockable costumes for Leon the Chameleon
A few other Special Modes we’ve been playing around with
More bug fixes!

You can follow along with our development roadmap here: https://www.wraithgames.com/collapsusfeatureboard
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Каково текущее состояние версии в раннем доступе?

«Except for the occasional bug that pops up during playtesting, Quick Play/Endless Mode (the game’s standard mode) is effectively done. There may be a couple tweaks here and there, but we don’t anticipate anything major for Endless Mode.

Extras, Tutorial, the current Challenge/Plus Modes, Puzzle Mode/Maker, and Options are a little rougher, but should all be finalized very soon.

All in all, the game is about ??% complete.»

Изменится ли цена игры после выхода из раннего доступа?

«We do not have any plans to change price when we enter full release.»

Как вы планируете вовлекать сообщество в разработку игры?

«We fully take community feedback into consideration when making Collapsus. Collapsus is a love letter to the puzzle game community and the fans that have kept our studio going through development.

That said, some things are pretty locked in this late into development. Don’t expect sweeping changes to Endless Mode, for instance. This includes feedback such as “make it more like Bejeweled/Candy Crush” or “make it more like Tetris”.

We also get a lot of feature requests that are either already planned or are actually already in the game (gravity direction arrows that are found in the Options menu, as an example).»