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[Darkmere]

I've done one update pass on the OP with links and things. I'd like some selling points to list and whatnot, if you guys have any ideas. I'm not that great at OP's but I'll try for some images as soon as I get some I know I can post (which don't actually include any that I have right now).

[Shakerag]

Huh.  Well this was unexpected.

Will there be any special merit badges or other indicators of those who came aboard in Earliest Access, or is this really and truly just a "get in there and find our bugs earlier" thing?

[Citizen Daniel]

One of the benefits to us is definitely that having more people test our game will yield a more stable game for everyone.  That's totally true.

We hear pretty regularly from people who want to be able to buy the game early to participate in this stage of development.  Our challenge was to try to find a way to make those people happy while benefiting from their efforts, at the same time as we made sure that people who were not interested in this knew what was going on and could very clearly see that this was not for them.

We don't have any plans for an achievement for earliest access testing.  Motivating people to participate in this process with rewards that aren't the process itself starts to interfere with the stated plan of trying to make sure that only people who WANT to be in right now are in right now.

If this doesn't seem like something you want to do, I totally get that.  You should probably wait.  But if you want to play it now, and you're willing to deal with some issues, that sounds awesome.

[EnigmaticHat]

Squid-urchins makes me think of adorable street urchins who are also anthropomorphic squids.

[Karkov]

Did not realize that Early Access was going to be able to be bought today (and played on Friday).  Well I know what I'm doing when I get home.

For some reason, Enigma, that reminds me of the units from Final Fantasy Tactics, the squid-like humanoids.  Except tiny and begging you for cash.

[Shakerag]

We don't have any plans for an achievement for earliest access testing.  Motivating people to participate in this process with rewards that aren't the process itself starts to interfere with the stated plan of trying to make sure that only people who WANT to be in right now are in right now.

If this doesn't seem like something you want to do, I totally get that.  You should probably wait.  But if you want to play it now, and you're willing to deal with some issues, that sounds awesome.

That first paragraph makes a lot of sense, and kudos to you for not pandering to the achievement crowd. 

I do really want to help out with the testing/development but I'm a little tight on time and money right now.  New tires/brakes and dental work all in the same month  -_-  I guess I'll have to see how things go this week/month.

[Lithare]

I'm in.  Can you write me an excuse for work on Friday?

[Citizen Daniel]

Dear Lithare's boss,

Lithare is not in today because the empire needs help expanding into the frontier, and we are in need of directions for which crops to grow and which people are the weakest links.  You'll be glad you did this when glorious commendations are showered upon you by the increase in prestige of the empire.

Or, if Lithare totally fucks it up, we'll all blame you.

[HideousBeing]

I will happily break your game in all sorts of fun ways -- it is after all heavily inspired by my favorite half-broken game of all time. Consider me signed up.

Edit: Also a warning to who it concerns that I will nag the appropriate person(s) for Linux support when the time comes. For now I totally understand the lack since there's really no point until everything else is pretty much done and will run it on the copy of windows that I still keep around for shovelknight and such.

[dennislp3]

Finally! I have been waiting for this...silently...but waiting no less...

[Citizen Daniel]

There is a Linux build, and it compiles, and it's not a separate chunk of code, I think most of the issues with it at present are graphical, but i'm not sure.  We're still committed to it. 

[HideousBeing]

There is a Linux build, and it compiles, and it's not a separate chunk of code, I think most of the issues with it at present are graphical, but i'm not sure.  We're still committed to it.

I figured as much given Nicholas's background (Loki would have been a sweet gig at 16... Or now if it was still around and making money; pretty sure one guy does 95% of the ports these days). But I'm still holding you to it out of principle :p.

[Citizen Daniel]

Well, I'm pretty sure our demands of SDL have led to new features implemented by icculus over the last 12 months, so we're already helping!  Yessss!  Good call though, make sure we don't forget

[Lithare]

Thank you, that should be sufficient.  Especially the last part.  No one likes to be blamed for failures.

[HideousBeing]

Well, I'm pretty sure our demands of SDL have led to new features implemented by icculus over the last 12 months, so we're already helping!  Yessss!  Good call though, make sure we don't forget

Yeah, that's his name! Did I mention you guys are awesome? Some serious love happening right now.

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