Early Access Q&A

[studioalemni]

The following thread aims to address any concerns with Legends of Astravia's Early Access release. Please feel free to ask any questions not covered by the basic Q&A.

I recommend reviewing the "Early Access Questionnaire" that has been published to the Steam page first, as this should cover most questions:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1233680/Legends_of_Astravia/

I'll also cover a few common questions here.

When in 2025 will the game release?

Obviously, I dislike giving exact dates unless I'm certain. Let's just assume it will be Q4. If this changes, it will be made very obvious in an announcement.

How much of the game will be complete when it releases?

As it stands, the game will be 25% done. My goal is 50%, but it entirely depends on how much I am able to accomplish in the next couple of months.

I think it will be better to release a little at a time, and have more frequent, consistent updates as opposed to rushing to releasing a lot and then making folks wait longer.

What is the point of Early Access instead of releasing the game in parts?

If Legends of Astravia was released episodically, each part would be individually paid for as it was released. This would have been either be in the form of multiple games, or DLC.

But with Early Access, whatever state of the game you decide to purchase it, you receive the remaining updates for free. If EA isn't your style, you can choose to just pay full price later on with the final, full release instead.

Will the free demo still be available?

With the game releasing in Early Access, I will be removing the free demo from Steam.

The primary reason for this is that because I'll have to be maintaining updates for the game in Early Access, and I'll have to manage multiple platforms, adding support for the demo on top of that will simply be too much work for one person. I need to prioritize paying customers :)

Another reason is that I'd like to think I've been pretty generous with constantly updating and improving the demo for free for the past few years. Sort of like a dry run of Early Access. As such, Early Access marks the start of paid support for the game, and will remain as such.

I'll probably leave the current demo available on the main website for archival purposes. But since it won't be an accurate portrayal of the game that you receive when purchasing Early Access, I do not want to keep it up on Steam.

You'll still have plenty of time to try it out in the meantime before the Early Access release in late 2025!

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Please feel free to ask any questions that are not covered by the questionnaire or my FAQs above!