Why Early Access?

“Despite the fact that before publishing a game in Steam store we made a huge scope of works on game development, and made internal testing of the alpha version, which was lasting for little more than a year, we think that our game is not ready enough to get the stats of final version. At the moment, the game contains a great amount of game content, designed for many hours of gameplay, but there is a big stock of new ideas and game possibilities in our plans. We think, that Early Access allows involving a bigger number of players to Will To Live Online universe, which gives the possibility to Steam game community to take active part in game development, and for us this is a financial support for future development of the game.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“At the moment we have no opinion on the exact date, but we hope that the game will be out of Early Access in 2021.”

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

“Full version will have much more game possibilities, their major part will be directed to the development of social content of the game, which allows increasing the role of interaction between players in many spheres of activity: in-game economics and trade; craft; fractions and clans; raid monsters, etc. Great attention will be paid to presentation of world history through the number of questlines, that will give the possibility to players to sort out the current situation in game world, as well as understand possible reasons of the Catastrophe and histories of conflicts.
As well, much larger world is waiting for players in full version. During the period of Early Access we plan to add a good number of different locations with unique features of gameplay, which allows players’ total immersion to the process of exploration of game world.
Beside the abovementioned, full version of the game will contain much bigger amount of in-game content: expanded selection of weapons and inventory; different equipment; majority of both regular and raid monsters; ample opportunities for character customization; voicework for game characters; ample opportunities for craft, and a lot more.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“At the current stage, all the functions presented in-game description, are implemented in the game.

At the moment the game contains 18 locations with different types of territory: wastelands, abandoned villages, forests, mines, caves, bogs, and military objects. The world is full of different hazards and incomprehensible phenomena: radiation, monsters, anomalies and enigmatic artifacts.

More than 160 quests are realized, no less than 120 hours are necessary for their completion, and their questline leads the player to the selection of one of the adversary factions.

Players may create up to 4 different characters and adjust their appearance: select sex, stature, face, clothes, colors, etc. The class system of characters and the system of skills development are implemented, which might be changed during the game.

The game contains basic craft opportunities, such as cooking and brewing with the campfire, construction of simple inventory items, mining of different minerals and steel production. There is a possibility of trade between players in the game. We realized the opportunity to add players to the groups; voice communication and text chat are available.

As the game contains basic elements of surviving, players will face the search for sources of water and food. Hunting is one of the ways to get food. For this, besides monsters, regular animals exist in the game: hens, rabbits, foxes, and deer.

At the moment game contains more than 30 types of weapons with the possibility to modify it: painting and installation of additional accessories, such as scopes and red-dot sights and muzzle brakes.

As the game is not a final product yet, character progress is artificially limited to 35 levels. However, to achieve this level, the player needs several weeks of playing time. This limitation will be changed during the process of game development, and maximally possible level in final version will be equal to 100.”

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

“We understand that in this moment our game is not a final product, and during the period of Early Access we will make a great amount of work to make our game better and closer to its final state. Considering the fact that we do not plan to insert the paid content to the game, which influences the game balance, it may happen that we will change the cost of our game after its leaving the Early Access.”

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

“Before publishing the game in Early Access we were actively working with established game community in social networks and in our forums. In the stage of Early Access, we plan keeping communicating with our game community, will follow the thematic discussions of our players, and, as well, we will consider the opinion of game community, especially if it is related to different problems, connected with game process and balance. Besides, we always follow the offers, related to new functions in the game, and if these offers are supported by majority of players, we try to implement them. Thus, community is literally defining the final state of the game.”