Early Access since 2018?

[Bruder Hexagon]

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“SCUM will be in development for at least one full year during Early Access and to complete all planned features and content. However, additional community requests and ideas might shift the final release date.”

RELEASE DATE:
29 Aug, 2018
So has this been in EA for 4 years?

[Siamese]

Yeah it says at least a year that pretty much means it could be any time longer.

[xKiCkx]

Originally posted by Battleship Hexagon:

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“SCUM will be in development for at least one full year during Early Access and to complete all planned features and content. However, additional community requests and ideas might shift the final release date.”

RELEASE DATE:
29 Aug, 2018
So has this been in EA for 4 years?

There were (and still are) a lot of community-requested features that were or will be implemented in the game.
Early Access will last till we reach version 1.0 I do not have an ETA for any dates that I can give for that. 1.0 version of the game means that all the features that we have planned and that were requested are implemented in the game.

[Jack]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There were (and still are) a lot of community-requested features that were or will be implemented in the game.

Like the cooking update promised 4 years ago

[Dreadlow]

Promised? That's the wrong word. Planned, intended, forthcoming, when they get to it.

[xKiCkx]

Originally posted by Jack:

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There were (and still are) a lot of community-requested features that were or will be implemented in the game.

Like the cooking update promised 4 years ago

It's still on the list of things to do, but there were more important things that had to be done.

[xerator]

i hope it will stay in ea for 10 more years. amazing how fast this game is developing compared to other titles like 7days2die\star citizent etc.

its an amazing ride seeing the game develop and i will miss this xperience when its finished.

4 years development is nothing in a good game.

Rimworld took 5 years. and is a much smaller and more easy game to develop , star citizent started in 2011 and is still far from done. Duke Nukem Forever used 14 years to be done.


Shenmue - 6 years.
Mafia II -- 6 years.
Resident Evil 4 -- 6 years.
Alan Wake -- 6 years.
Starcraft 2 -- 7 years.
L.A. Noire -- 7 years.
Spore -- 8 years.
Too Human -- 9 years.
Team Fortress 2 -- 9 years.
The Last Guardian -- 9 years.
Prey -- 11 years.
Diablo 3 -- 11 years.
Duke Nukem Forever -- 14 years.




SCUM the worlds best survival game to date. even tho its not finished.

[Linea]

Originally posted by Battleship Hexagon:

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

Except for big companies that pump out games on the same engine or with minor changes.
It ususally takes 3-5 years to create a completely new game. More if you want to create something better than the ususal stuff. Also indi developers take time to build up the company and increase development speed at the start, its not a 60+ dollar game even thou it beats them in many aspects.

Speculation:
I would expect 2 more years of EA. Maybe 1 if things get hasty or even more than 2 if plans are expanded. Development will continue after release but the core would be complete.

[Linea]

Originally posted by xerator:

i hope it will stay in ea for 10 more years. amazing how fast this game is developing compared to other titles like 7days2die\star citizent etc.

its an amazing ride seeing the game develop and i will miss this xperience when its finished.

SCUM the worlds best survival game to date. even tho its not finished.

Indeed, Scum EA is an experience on its own and a big thanks to Tomislav for giving us all these insights into game development, its more than just a game
For me it can stay EA forever, devs dont run out of good ideas and the game is more fun than any other already (even thou its a bumpy road). Show the world what can be done and create the best survival game ever made.

[Andi]

4 years is like nothing compared to other games. (7 Days To Die - 10 years ea with no end in sight) Just in the phase of warming up the engine before the race. ;)

[Ykario]

Well, that's the thing with Early Access.

You buy an unfinished game, and game dev is something that can take way more time than expected. Especially for Indi Teams as they lack both the financing and man power.

[Andi]

Originally posted by Q:

O yes the Early Access aka gaming prostitution come upon us since the start of Minecraft and i say prostitution cause the prostitution's and games are the only 2 things in the world that ask money upfront for the opportunity to get F later on We are to blame cause we buy them. Stop buying Early Access games and they will stop sealing them ;) simple, if u pay for one of this service w8 in Q to get ......
If i buy a Early Access game i consider as a donation cause only 1% of Early Access games end up to be what u expect or what they advertise

Its part of the journey I guess. See how games evolve I mean.
Spend a few bucks, have some hundred hours fun and toss it and forget about it if it turns out to become garbage. Or abandoned. Shrug and move on.
Still, some turn out to be gorgeous and that's what I hope happening to Scum. ;)

[Deathwhisper]

Originally posted by Q:

O yes the Early Access aka gaming prostitution come upon us since the start of Minecraft and i say prostitution cause the prostitution's and games are the only 2 things in the world that ask money upfront for the opportunity to get F later on We are to blame cause we buy them. Stop buying Early Access games and they will stop sealing them ;) simple, if u pay for one of this service w8 in Q to get ......
If i buy a Early Access game i consider as a donation cause only 1% of Early Access games end up to be what u expect or what they advertise

This has absolutely nothing to do with prostitution and should not be used here as such a comparison.

You will be active in advance and also afterwards repeatedly pointed out how it behaves during the EA. There is tons of information that can be obtained beforehand and also during the process. If someone doesn't get what they expect, then that is indeed a question of whether they have even bothered to find out more.

So you know what you're getting yourself into.

[Ykario]

Originally posted by Q:

well this will end this year in EU the EU agrees on new legislation to tame internet 'Wild West' and a new legislation will be apply later on this year . Early Access if they want to sell they need to give us a exact time when the game will be deliver if they fail u can ask your money back at any time . ♥♥♥♥ will hit the fan for this Early Access fraud. But till then lets pre oder a new DLC for a unfinished game

The thing is : That law makes absolutely no sens. There isn't a single game dev company that can say that their game will release "for sure" at a certain date. If you expect game devs to give you that, you're either 12, or completely out of your mind.

And while I agree no EA game should make DLCs while the game isn't out of EA, some, like SCUM, uses DLCs as a way to support dev during the EA, so they would jsut change "DLCs" to "Support Pack".

[Deathwhisper]

Let us stay on Topic now please.

[Andi]

You bought into something with no guarantees at all. Either that'll be finished at some point, nor that all promises will be kept. And you accepted it. It's a gamble, like I said. You might get lucky you also might have bet your money on the wrong horse.