Hello all!
We hope you are well in this end-of-year period, and that 2018 has treated you as well as it could!
While we have been in a unfortunate and prolonged "stealth mode", we feel it is time for us to step back into the light, and give you all some exciting news!
Two years ago, we embarked on a journey, by creating the first demo version of Panoptic at a game jam during Gamescom 2016. We then spent the following year updating that demo in our spare time.
Now, during the last year, we have been hard at work starting to turn that demo into the fully-fledged game that we had envisioned. This is still our main focus going into 2019, and we still have a ways to go. But at the same time, all this work is starting to pay off, and after some tribulations, we think we are almost ready to show you where we are at.
We will delve deeper into how we arrived here in a later post, but the important news is that Panoptic is finally coming to Early Access! We are finalizing the Early Access version as we write this, and plan to release it in the coming weeks!
As the days before the release wind down, we will give you more details on our plans, but here is the executive summary:
- The Early Access version will contain the first 3 maps, giving you a taste of the full content. We will add more maps during Early Access.
- The demo will be updated to accurately reflect the quality of the game, so you will still be able to try before you buy!
- The game will still be 1-on-1, local multiplayer only. We will take some time later to delve into that decision in more details.
- The game will support Vive (& Vive Pro), Oculus Rift and WMR headsets, and will require tracked controllers.
Of course, the main objective of Early Access will be for our very small team to gather as much feedback from you, the players, as possible! Which means that we will regularly update the game and the existing content while continuing to develop new parts of the game.
We really wanted to finally let the community see what we have been up to behind closed doors, and that time is almost upon us!
So, while we are putting the finishing touches on the game for its Early Access debut, we want to leave you with some screenshots of what awaits you! Stay tuned in the next few days for more info, and bear with us just a little longer!
