

What is the current state of the Early Access version? After the release of the full version, we intend to keep working on the game and bring more content to it.” So the full version (not the final!) will be more about quality and quantity as the foundations are already in place. We plan on replacing those with unique content and further polishing the game before we leave Early Access. But, the most important difference will be that we are currently working (while in Early Access) with placeholders for animations, sounds, environment models, etc. More maps, extra characters, more weapons, etc. The full version of the game will contain much more content. “When talking about leaving Early Access, it's best to talk about additions, features, and the overall vision for the game. How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version? Our progress depends mostly on our free time and our current individual motivation.” Since we are only a free time dev team we can't guarantee dates. We are expecting at least one-year in Early Access until the game includes fewer placeholders, more unique content, extra game modes, and various quality of life improvements. Our Early Access is the follow up to our Closed Alpha phase. Early Access lets the community play the game and give feedback, it also gives the development team a good advertorial to get new talented developers who can contribute to the project. With features and elements that make the game stand out from the rest. “Early Access to a game is not a punishment.

This is how we have been doing it in the closed alpha stage and we intend to keep to that during the Steam Early Access stage.”Īpproximately how long will this game be in Early Access? The key points we would like to communicate are: We want to make this game with the active player base and community's involvement, we will be developing the game while we play. It still requires a lot of work mainly visual content and balancing.Įarly Access will enable us to build up a player base and a dedicated community around the game, as a byproduct of this we can potentially find more talented individuals to get involved in the development of the game.

We decided to build the foundations of the game we wanted before we released on Steam via Early Access, this means that we are releasing a stable version of the game, but it's not complete by all means. Let's call them "Arcade Shooters" for old times' sakes. We are a small group of enthusiastic gamers who like those old, easy-to-learn-hard-to-master online shooter games. “We chose to make Tactical Operations Early Access as we are not a big studio.
