Hello folks!
Firstly, I know it's lengthy, but please read this disclaimer about Early Access before continuing, or buying Usurper in its current state:
DISCLAIMER
Since this is an Early Access game, we remind you that whilst the entire story is complete, there are a lot of features missing or imcomplete. Therefore, if you wish to play the full feature-complete game first time, we suggest you wait until Usurper comes out of Early Access.
We will NOT be increasing the price of the game once it comes out of Early Access, so you don't need to worry about the cost when deciding when to buy the game. We'd much rather you bought the version of the game you will be happiest with. During Usurper's time in Early Access, we expect there to be a host of balancing issues, particularly due to different stat builds. So if you want a more complete experience, please wait until the full game is released - we genuinely don't mind!
A final thing we'd like to point out is that we DO have a solid and specific plan of what we will be implementing when during Early Access, as well as a history of finishing a game in Early Access.
For a brief synopsis of features to come, please do read the updated EA statement on our Usurper Steam store page. If you'd like even more info, the easiest way to contact us is via our Discord server (find the link at the bottom of this post).
ABOUT EARLY ACCESS
You could be forgiven for thinking the silence this past couple of months meant that we've not been busy... that could not be further from the truth; we've actually been working extremely hard to try and get Usurper to a state where it can enter Early Access. We know we've had to delay it a couple times, so thank you all for your patience, but we wanted to make sure we were happy with it before releasing the first paid public version.
We really hope you will enjoy the Early Access version of Usurper, and continue to support us as we add more and more content to it over the next 8-12 weeks. If you decide to buy Usurper during Early Access, we would be really grateful if you could send us any bug reports/suggestions/comments. The whole point of Usurper going through Early Access is to use customer feedback to make the game better, fix balancing issues, and grow the game according to what you would all like to see (where feasible of course).
UPDATES DURING EARLY ACCESS
+ Game updates are to be expected every other day.
+ Bugfixes will occur at any given point during the week, depending on when bugs are found and how easy they are to fix.
+ There will be a weekly update report in the form of a Steam announcement (with a set format to get changes and patch notes across quickly)
+ Our Discord server (link below) will be the easiest and most convenient place to contact us
DISCORD
As always, we strongly recommend that you join our Discord server if you want to be completely up-to-date, or just want to hang out. We are extremely active on there, posting updates and screenshots most days. And if you're worried about spoilers, we have dedicated rooms for those, so they're easy to avoid. It's also super convenient for us to receive bug reports since you can post images, but it's also a direct way to give us suggestions and other comments.
FINALLY...
A big thank you to everyone that has patiently waited for this day, we could not do it without you. We hope to see your feedback either in the relevant Steam thread, or in Discord!
Usurper Early Access Release Date: Friday 3rd November, 8pm GMT
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