Microcivilization News

Hello everyone!

it's 14 days till early access launch! The last two weeks have been rather busy with finalizations and post-beta updates as well as testing, balancing and constant re-checking the to-do lists of stuff that needs done before launch. So this update will again be a bit more organizational...


There's been a huge amount of ideas coming from you during our Open Beta. Also an (unexpectedly smaller) list of bugs. And there was a proportionate temptation to fix and implement all these to the Early Access right away. Knowing however that there is no other beta testing before launch, I had to keep the number of changes relatively small (and safe).

Generally the content of Beta will remain the same as Early access launch version.

There are a few UI tweaks, rebalancing changes and Quality-of-life features. And also Steam Achievements. There's also mappable control settings, slightly better tutorials (yes still much to improve there) and a bunch of new Crises to face. One significant point is - your Beta save games will not be usable in Early access version.


Thanks to all of you participating the Closed Beta. You have been a tremendous help over the past weeks. Unfortunately it is time to shut down the beta branch and prepare the whole system for a new structure. Later today I'm going to shut down the closed beta access. For those who'd like to continue supporting development of this game, I'll have a new beta structure ready after launch. So watch this space for more announcements.


As highlighted in a previous update, I will also be taking the Demo down. One reason is that the Player experience is now too different from the Full Game and thus I don't think it would be a smooth transition from Demo right to the Early access version. Second reason is that during post launch phase, I will not be able to properly support two separate game versions at once (without going crazy). So at the end of this week I'm going to turn the demo off as well.

That's everything for this week. Looking forward to the Launch day in two weeks on Nov 13th.

Cheers,

Ondrej

Ladies and Gentlemen,

this update I'll just stick to the main point - after going through closed and open beta in the last two weeks it is now clear that (with a number of small adjustments) the game is ready to be played.



Thank you all for the awesome experience during Beta testing. Within the next two weeks I will be going through the prioritized list of improvements (based on your feedback), adding some minor features, balancing, settings and UI bug fixes.

[h2]Why Early Access [/h2]

I understand a lot of players will prefer waiting for full version. To help you make a decision whether the game is ready for you or not, I'll disclose a Roadmap after Launch including full content description as at launch day.

Plan to expand the game is still very large. Many features have multiple design alternatives and most require other features to be stabilized and balanced first. Joint effort with the community is therefore crucial to avoid a big bang error and to make sure all layers of this game are fundamentally right before adding anything on top of them.

Thanks everyone, I'll see you in two weeks,

Ondrej

Hi all,

thank you very much for the huge pile of ideas, bug reports, suggestions and for all your support and praise.

Unfortunately the time slot we setup for open beta is now over and the Playtest is therefore shut down.

It was a great experience working with you all. I hope you enjoyed it as well.

I'll see you all tomorrow on our regular update,

Ondrej

Hey,

no small-talk today. Open Beta is starting right now. Jump right in.

Any issues please share on discord or [email protected]

Enjoy yourselves and have a nice weekend

Ondrej

Hello everyone,

as promised, I've just kicked-off the signup for Open Beta test of Microcivilization.

The game will become playable on Friday October 13th 19:00PM UTC for the entire weekend. (yeah what better day to start a beta than Friday 13th)

To ask for access press the 'Request Access' button on the Playtest Widget at the store page before the start time and you're set.

Note: those of you who participated in the first playtest in the spring will already have access - so one less click for you.

Have a great weekend,

Ondrej