What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access? “Gnnarrrghh! K-Krra-reck-k-chack-k . . . Welcome, human meat-sacks!

The Undead Overlord welcomes you to Early Access! You are amongst the proud meat-sacks who will help the Overlord grow through the offering of your brains. Yes, those juicy tasty brains of yours are just what we need to feed ourselves, er, that is, to feed our . . . um . . . to help us finish our game! Yes - that’s it! To help us with feedback and testing and most of all inspiration. Become a part of our horde and help us bring you a better game - we can't do it without you and your tender, succulent, delicious, oozing brains!” Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access? “The game may be in Early Access for quite some time. That will mostly depend on whether the game’s player community grows large enough to justify the addition of stretch goals, but also on the lives and fortunes of the game’s team of developers. Our goal is to reach a final release state for the game no later than one year after its release on Early Access.



In the end, though, it will be done when it’s done. We want to bring the game to you as quickly as we can, but we are still only human (not yet having achieved interdimensional transcendence ourselves).” How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version? “Again, this will depend on which additional features are added along the way. In general, though, we intend that the Early Access version will steadily receive additional features and content as we work on it, so that the later stages of Early Access, immediately prior to the game’s transition to Released, will strongly resemble the final product. See the Planned Features list in the Game Description for more info.” What is the current state of the Early Access version? “We are at Alpha1 for the start of our Early Access. Moment-to-moment game play is at ~80% feature complete, though still in need of a lot of tuning. Most major features are at a second pass stage, but there is still plenty to be done before they are fully polished. See the Current Features list under the Game Description for more info.” Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access? “Yes, the Early Access price of $14.99US is a 25% reduction from the intended full price of $19.99US.” How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process? “We’ll monitor the community on Steam and elsewhere . . . and we’ll read every single message we get. We can’t guarantee a response to every comment, but we’ll do our very best to answer any and all questions, and we’ll take all suggestions and ideas into serious consideration. And, of course, we’ll be very thankful for any bug reports that we get from the community!”