Early Access planed? (please)

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Early Access planed? (please)

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Hello,

i watched the video yesterday, and i must say... wohhhhhhh [:)]
I really want to play this game. I loved the first one.

Any chance that we will have an early access? Pleassssseeeeeee![&o]
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Once they get it out of beta and in a playable near final form I can see them going early access to get a bit of cash going for further development and recoup some of the pre existing costs. Makes sense from a business point of view and you get that many more testers who can't yell for a refund if something is still buggy or unfinished.
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The waiting time is to long [:D]
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I asked a similar question about pre paying for the game.

I will not do so with some developers but Erik is full on Indie and I am happy to support his team both> financially & early.

I know what i am 'buying into' and I am happy to wait.

Its odd but I am a big fan of CDPorjectRed and almost bought into Cyberpunk early. I did not as its not on par for my interest as space games like this game is.
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We have no plans for early access, just a traditional closed beta which will go until we're happy with the state of the game and ready to release.
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Thank you Erik for your answer.

Than i will wait until the release [:)]

By the way, great show yesterday on Twitch, Now i can not wait to play this game [:)]

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had hope for early access as well and would jump in without refund anyway ... but i do like the fact that you guys don't jump on this business model to get full money for a half-finished product
keep up the good work!

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ORIGINAL: Ingros

had hope for early access as well and would jump in without refund anyway ... but i do like the fact that you guys don't jump on this business model to get full money for a half-finished product
keep up the good work!


Early access can be abused by a shady dev but its also a great tool for up and coming devs to be able to get their work off the ground with early up front financial support. Getting money to make a game typically means signing on with a big producer/distributer but like all producers they want full rights and only give you a fraction of the money actually made off your hard work. Early access allows smaller games to make it outside the typical EA type network and become successful.
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Its funny. When other games on steam have done early access and charge, to be honest, a lot for a game thats not very well done and sometimes stay in early access for far too long, im really quick to judge. However...at the same time if this game went to a paid early access/beta before launch I would, with zero problem and zero pause, pay full price without batting an eye to support the developers of this game.
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