XERA: Survival News

Hello Survivors!

I wanted to start off by saying a massive thank you! To those who supported us from early pre-alpha, right through to our Early Access release. Without you this wouldn’t have been possible. I am extremely overwhelmed by the response – I could not be happier.

XERA: Survival started off as a passion project for me when I wanted to get into game development and had a vision for a game I wanted to build. Starting from an early prototype in 2016, XERA: Survival quickly grew. Things began getting serious in 2018 when Tim Ponting, an Activision veteran came on board the Spotted Kiwi team, bringing with him the knowledge and investment required to get us through to an Early Access launch.

Spotted Kiwi Interactive is now a team of 7 with a range of roles, including art / 3d modeling, community support and management, creator/influencer support. I remain as the only developer for the time being. We are planning on expanding the team as required to fit the needs of the game and the community, including making sure that security / cheat protection remains a #1 priority for the game.


So, you may be wondering, now that we’ve launched into Early Access – what’s next? Now that the team has caught up on some much-needed sleep from launch, we’re getting back into our usual routine.

Let me break it down to you, what our team will be working on:

• Joshua (Developer) – I’m going to continue working on bug-fixes and content for the game, while working closely with the community and reading suggestions and feedback.
  
• Gary (Community Manager) – Gary will be continuing to support the community, answering support requests, and making sure everyone is able to access the game. He will also make sure important feedback is relayed to me, and the rest of the team as required. Gary will continue to communicate and be active within in the community.
  
• Jack (Partnership Co-Ordinator) – Jacks role is to support our creators. We’re extremely grateful for the number of influencers covering our game and Jacks role is to make sure that we support you in every way possible while you create content for our game.
  
• Tim (Marketing / Business Development) – Tim will continue to create strategies so that the game keeps growing at a steady rate. We want to ensure servers stay populated and that the game continues to grow.
  
• Karan (3D Environment Artist) – Karan will be working closely with me to create new buildings and props for the game. This includes working on new assets to swap out stock/store bought models.
  
• Mikhail (3D Artist) – Mikhail will be working on all our cosmetics. Creating new weapon skins, models and more. He will also be working on improving our existing weapon textures to bring them up to scratch with the standard we are going for.
  
• Jordan (Server Administrator) – Jordan will continue to assist with scaling the servers to meet capacity requirements. He will also assist with ensuring security of our back-end systems remains top-notch.
  

Some great news. Given the success of our Early Access launch, we now have the additional resources to go beyond our original roadmap. We’re currently working on the new roadmap and it will be ready for you to view in the coming weeks.


You as a player have an active role in the community. Your feedback is extremely important for the future of the game. Our team is constantly reading suggestions and feedback, as well as making sure bugs are relayed back to me for fixing.

You can get involved in the community in many places:

• Discord - https://discord.gg/xera
  
• Steam Forums
  
• Official Forums - https://forums.xeragame.com
  
• Official Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/playXERA/
  
• Social Media - Find us on FB/Twitter/YT/VK/Twitch
  

I’m very excited for the future with you all and cannot wait to get fresh content and bugfixes in your hands throughout Early Access.

Let's do this!

Cheers,

Joshua

Greetings Survivors!

Welcome to Early Access! As you know we’ve been working around the clock ever since the Open Alpha Tests ended a few short weeks ago. Our team couldn’t be more excited to have the opportunity to bring XERA: Survival to Steam Early Access, and without your support over the past year, this project could not have made it to the point it has.

What to expect during Early Access

As a team, we have worked hard to ensure that servers will be stable and there will be as few bugs as possible, but the game is still a work in progress and we do expect the unexpected! We need your help! If you should run into any issues - including game crashes, server issues, gameplay bugs, etc, please submit a bug report to our team members and it will be looked into. Over the course of the next month, our number one priority is to fix as many bugs as possible.

What is coming next?

One of our missions as a studio has always been to be transparent with the community on the development of the game. In order to hold ourselves accountable, and to encourage involvement as well as feedback from the community, we will be bringing you a roadmap in the near future that will outline our plan for adding content while we are in Early Access.

Are there going to be wipes?

One of the most common questions and concerns we have received from the community has revolved around the topic of wipes. We want to be clear that although we do not intend for this to happen, there may be situations that will arise where it could prove necessary to wipe your GI and character data. We will try to minimize the impact of any wipes that do occur and also want you to know that any skin boxes and skins that you earn prior to a wipe will NOT be affected. The good news is should there be a wipe, not only will you be able to keep any skins and skin boxes you’ve earned, you will also be able to earn them again by leveling up.

Again we want to thank everyone for the excitement and support leading up to this point and look forward to continuing our community driven development throughout the duration of early access.

From all of us at Spotted Kiwi, good luck out there!

- Spotted Kiwi Interactive

Based on community feedback as well as monitoring where our players came from during our open alpha tests, we've expanded and strategically added servers in multiple countries.

The following are where our servers will be based for Early Access.

• North America (US West Coast and US East Coast)
  
• Europe (Germany)
  
• Asia (Korea and Thailand)
  
• Latin America (Brazil)
  
• Oceanic (Sydney)
  

We hope that by providing a range of server locations throughout the world, that you will have an exceptional experience.

Greetings Survivors!

We can't thank everybody enough for their support during our Open Alpha!

Save the date! XERA: Survival launches into early access on May 24th, 2019! We will have official servers live for North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and for all of our Brazilian fans - South America!

If you haven't already, be sure to add XERA: Survival to your wishlist by clicking the green "Add to your wishlist button".

Again, we want to thank everyone for all your support. Without your support and backing, we would not be here. As we continue through Early Access, we will be implementing regular bug fixes, content, and new features. We cannot wait to reveal the roadmap for Early Access and continue our community led development plan!

As a special thank you from all of us at Spotted Kiwi, those who participated in the Open Alpha and join us for Early Access will be receiving a special Alpha Titan Deagle skin in game. This will be delivered to you as a DLC Steam Key as soon as we get our hands on them. We think it's pretty cool!



Content Creators, we want you! Join us for our Early Access Launch Party by applying for our partner program today! Information can be found by clicking here

Cheers,

The Spotted Kiwi Team