The Forbidden Arts - Early Access Priorities

[Stingbot Games]

Hello to the Steam Community,

I'd like to talk about how Stingbot plans to prioritize development throughout Early Access. I encourage everyone to read this, and I wish to thank you for becoming a part of this community. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

Below is a list of how we plan to tackle Early Access, ranked in order of importance:

1. Critical Bug Fixes - This is a bug that is considered game-breaking, or one that severely impacts the gaming experience in a negative way. If you experience anything that forces the game to completely break or freeze, please report it to us with as much detail as possible so we can work on fixing it.

2. New Content - There is a lot of content that we plan to gradually introduce to the game as we continue through the development cycle. The worlds are built and most of the levels are designed, but we still have work to do. Lighting, visual effects, music, sfx, polish, testing etc. We want to continue adding new content every few months until the game is complete.

3. Suggested Features - This is based on user feedback. What would you like to see added in the game? This could be anything from changes to the UI, different textures or sound effects, player abilities, enemies, etc. We want to hear from you so please don't be shy. Obviously we have our vision, but we want to hear anyone else's opinions as I know very well that good feedback can come from anywhere.

4. Other Bug Fixes - Anything that isn't game breaking is still something that needs to be fixed. We completely understand this, but if it doesn't have a large impact on gameplay then we'll probably keep it on a list until we've worked our way down through the more important things to update/add/fix. I'm the only programmer/designer of the game so there is really only so much I can do at one time. I'll get to it all eventually though.

We've already received loads of feedback and we've pushed out over half a dozen updates to the game within the last month alone, adding lots of new features, improving mechanics and squashing bugs. I think we've got a really great start here, but this is only the beginning and with your help, I look forward to taking this game to the next level.

We will be active in the forums, and I plan to check them at least once a day. You can also email us or contact us via Twitter/Facebook. Thank you all for showing interest in The Forbidden Arts.

Sterling Selover
Stingbot Games

[Yemeth]

:) waiting for the embargo to end