After 1-year of developing, Chronominion Idler is ready to be on Early Access this March.
Why Early Access?
Early Access helps in two crucial ways. First, your feedback at scale will shape balance, surface edge cases, and guide content priorities—based on real play, not just my test scenes. Second, it provides the resources to bring in help on specialized areas like art, audio, and UX so the whole experience reaches the level it deserves.
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“Early Access Release Features:
- 4 Jobs
- 40+ Skills
- 250+ Items
- 3 Biomes
- 50+ Resources and Critters
- 20+ Buildings & crops & tiles
- 1 merchant
- 50+ upgrades & refines
Systems
- Biome-dependent procedural scenes
- Dynamic world spawns (enemies, critters, resources, etc) that scale with world-level
- NPC management (recruitment, job, equipment, inventory, skill, and task)
- Item Enchantments
- Tile management (building, upgrading, and refining)
- Skill & Consumable auto-use settings
- Grinding & Save Mode settings
- Quest system
- Trading with a merchant
- Player profile & stats
- Steam leaderboards
- Achievements
- In-game item wiki & guides as advanced tooltips
- Quality-of-life, including item filters, skill configuration, a management overview panel, and automation features”
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“We plan to expand Chronominion Idler with the following features as development continues toward full release:
15+ planned jobs
Over 150 skills
400+ collectible and craftable items
Additional biomes and exploration regions
New types of resources and critters
More buildings, crops, and tile varieties
Additional merchants and trading features
More upgrades, refinements, and automation tiers
Expanded core mechanics
Optional bottom-docked play mode (play anchored to the bottom of your screen)
Quality-of-life improvements and UI/UX polish
Performance and stability optimizations
Ongoing balance adjustments across skills, enemies, economy, and progression — guided by Early Access feedback and player data
We also intend to continue evolving the game even after its full release, based on community input and long-term design goals.”
And lastly, there will be Beta test before early access. So, stay tuned.
Cheers,
Indie Addict Game Studio team.