What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

support for Achievements,



the integration of a better speech-to-text solution (Microsoft Cognitive) to really enable playing through speech



support for checkpoints so players don't lose hours of progress



support for server health monitoring from a remote location, to recover quickly from crashes

“In Bot Colony you actually get toverbal interactions with machines (robots). Keep in mind that such conversations were just a sci-fi fantasy in movies like Her, Ex Machina, iRobot, Blade Runner and 2001 A Space Odyssey. Our emergent conversation-based gameplay requires major experimentation and tuning before release.”“Bot Colony will stay in Early Access until we consider our robots have achieved satisfactory understanding and until we release Riot (2018). Building a truly genre-defining game is a daunting task: intelligent assistants like Siri, Alexa or Watson don't yet match the multi-step dialogue capability of Jimmy (the domestic robot in Intruder). And we still have a long way to go!”“Landfall, made up of the Intruder and Arrival episodes, is a self-contained game offering 6 - 10 hours of gameplay with lots of replay value - as you can have different conversations and try new things. We've added an Investigation mission in February 2017 (up to 3 hours to complete) and Achievements. In December 2017 we've added support for checkpoints to enable you to explore different paths through the game.Work is underway on the Riot episode that will feature a genre-defining Humanity Test.”“Intruder and Arrival are fully playable. A new Investigation mission was added in February 2017, and Achievements in mid-2017. Checkpoints added in December 2016 contribute to the robustness of the game.”“We plan to gradually raise the price as we ship new content and features. Existing customers are upgraded for free.”“We prioritize our features based on community feedback. To give a few examples