Here we are everyone.
After months of programming, modeling, designing, tweaking, connecting, panicking, and everything else under the sun, the Kickstarter campaign is coming to a close, with 66 hours left on the clock.
However, at 12:00 PM CST (UTC - 5:00) of the following day (August 22nd), the Steam Early Access will become available for public purchase, and the reward keys for Kickstarter donors will be distributed accordingly.
So, there's 66 hours left for the Kickstarter, and ~90 hours left before we open up the Steam page.
With that said, this release will still be early access. It is very much so a playable game, but it does not have multiplayer functionality yet.
There's still plenty to unlock in this early version to keep everyone occupied while we're hard at work, with a total of 12 helmets and 12 colors to choose from and unlock, as well as an additional color and helmet for certain donor tiers from Kickstarter.
(In case you want to grab those rewards last minute)
When can you expect more?
Well, the current plan is to open up the discord server to anyone who wants to join.
This way, during the period of Early Access, players can report to us any bugs they find directly or we can ease their mind on things that are actually intentional or being worked on currently.
In the meantime, as players are striving to hone their skills and be the first to unlock everything, we, Tsar Dev, are going to begin implementing multiplayer functionality (first a free for all mode, then hopefully a 3 v 3 mode), It won't be perfect right away, but we're going to get as close as we can.
And in the periods where we're waiting on tester feedback? We'll be adding in more minor features like achievements so you can show off just how much you've practiced!
The goal is to have a multiplayer ready initial version uploaded on or close to September 14th.
But our work doesn't stop there, we have more plans than I know what to do with all just waiting for development.
I won't spoil everything, but just as a bit of a taste:
New arenas, new obstacle layouts, more helmets, more game modes, etc etc.
We look forward to hearing from everyone, and we're excited to see just how far ELEC can go!
Thank you all, for your prior support, or your current interest.
We couldn't have done it without you.