Hello,
I'm addicted to Alpha games, i play mostly only Alpha / Early Acces or whatever they called themselves, and easily 90% of them are from the real indi developpers. One problem with this is about delay. Now Early Access is becoming more and more common, there are plenty of games that keep being developped for months, even years, when they simply don't stop giving signs of life.
All developpers say the same "no, we will never give up, wa can promise you the game is still under developpement, we love what we are doing, blabla". A few months later, still waiting for an update, or at least a word.
What about Servo ? It has a strong publisher behind it, and so far i feel the communication is great.
What is the plan for the next weeks, months, years ? If i'm correct you are planning a small update next week, then what ? When do you think your game with be done, as a 1.0 version ? How often do you plan to update ? What is your plan for after release ? Patch, update, DLC, free, paid ?
I really enjoy games with a long term faith, people who prefer to update a game to make it stronger and give it a Name over time, instead of having several little games you forgot 2 months later. Just as an example, Arcen Games still update IA :War after several years, and when they released A valley Without Wind, they patched it up several months after it was "done". They also do "finished product" like Bionic Dues. They game is done, it's great, it's polished, it's not updated but it's "clean". Games like Gnomoria or Dwarf Fortress are also well desserved with long-term support, even if they will never be "finished".
Grey Goo, released with balanced problems, really bad online support, community died after a couple of weeks. Only little updates, not enough to keep the community. Game is almost dead, it didn't even grown up.
Etherium seems to follow the same path.
Nightside is Alpha and developpers seem to listen, and they already add several parts from the community reports, including mine. Feel good. They won't grow much i guess, but it can turn to be a nice little RTS.
Who are you ?
