What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access? “Greetings! As a single developer behind this game, your early involvement allows me to work closely with you to ensure that the final product is designed to fulfill your expectations. With so many animal species and lifecycles out there, the sheer number of gameplay systems required to fulfill DoN's vision makes for a very challenging development and QA process, especially as a single developer. Early Access greatly alleviates this difficulty by allowing me to harness community feedback while the game is still being built.



By purchasing the game early, you will also be supporting the development of what is potentially the first full-fledged nature game ever made.



With ❤,

Venugopalan Sreedharan” Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access? “Q4-2020 is the expected timeframe. The game will certianly continue to receive content updates well past its release, to ensure the inclusion of as many animal and plant species as possible!” How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version? “Creature lifecycles including growth, metamorphosis, mating & reproduction for the game's existing species (invertebrates) will be the main focus of DoN's EA journey. Multiplayer/Co-op support is also planned.



Inclusion of new content such as more species of animals/plants/biomes/scenario-editor may happen, but is by no means considered a core part of the EA development cycle itself, but a process that may extend well beyond EA and into the full release.” What is the current state of the Early Access version? “The current game is fully playable with multiple game modes and species for players to explore along with procedurally generated levels, sandbox mode, etc. However, replay value of the current version will vary from player to player as not all features have been built yet, so please keep that in mind before purchase.



The main game mode ("The Life Of Animals") is currently a simplified version of the game's vision, current gameplay is simple. After lifecycles for all existing creatures has been built, gameplay for this mode will be enhanced further.” Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access? “Eventually as more content is added to the game the price is expected to be adjusted accordingly.” How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process? “DoN's genre (the natural world) has seldom been explored in gaming before meaning we're practically building a new genre together while defining the standards for gameplay in this genre. Community feedback will be crucial in ensuring that natural world phenomena depicted in the game translates into gameplay that is both sensible and fun at the same time.



The community is also welcome to suggest their favorite species of animals and plants for inclusion in the game although this will be a long-term process because of the enormous amount of time taken to fully realize a species and not every species will make it into the game.”