I'm very happy to announce that Skingdom will release in early access at the end of the year 🎉
Why? What’s changing? All these questions will find their answers just below 👇
Why?🤷
The initial plan was to release Skingdom at the end of the year and add content along the way if the sales allowed me to continue working on the game. Content would be available as free updates for the gameplay features and DLC's for the additional lifts and buildings. The initial plan was to have 4 major content updates with 4 DLC's priced around 3 to 5€.
After a lot of thought I am not happy with this solution anymore. First, Skingdom is too important for me, I won’t stop working on it after its release at the end of the year, whatever happens. Second, I am convinced that early access is the perfect solution for Skingdom. It will allow you to play the game while giving valuable feedbacks (and filing bug reports 😬), submitting ideas as well as suggesting new features and content.
Skingdom is a sandbox game after all, even if the management part is very important, it’s still a construction game dedicated to ski resorts. So it makes sense to continue working on it with your feedback and ideas to make it the best ski resort tycoon game possible, I think that’s what Skingdom and the community deserves.
What’s changing? 🌟
That's where it's cool, because not very much.
Skingdom is still releasing at the end of the year, in the same state, at the same price and with the same originally planned content, but with upgrades :
By releasing the game in early access I make the promise to update it regularly and add more content in the months to come
You will be an important part of the game's future, your feedbacks and ideas will be integrated as much as possible in the game during the early access
All the future content that I initially plan to add as DLC's will be available freely
So, it's more of a vision than a real change, what changes is the long-term plan for Skingdom, that's all!
I’m very excited for this new era for Skingdom! I can’t wait to release the game and build new features with you!
What’s coming next ⏲️
Now that this important announcement has been made, I wanted to show you a calendar for the future of the game:
July / August : Public playtest on Steam. This playtest will be open to everyone (number of slots might be limited though). The goal of this playtest is to check the state of the demo before its release.
September : Demo release.
October : Steam Next Fest. SNF is an event on Steam that showcases game demos. Skingdom will be part of this entry for October.
The release of Skingdom is still planned for the end of the year 🏂 game’s price will be around 20€.
You can already check the F.A.Q about early access on Skingdom's Steam page, a lot of your questions will find their answers! And of course you can ask more questions here (or directly on discord if you prefer).
Thank you so much for your support, take care!
Yannis.