Got some news to share about release and our roadmap going forward. It has been a very interesting roller coaster of a day so far.
For most of the day it looked as if we would have to delay for another week or so but I am glad to say that doesn't seem to be the case anymore due to some angelic steam staff coming to save the day.
Onto the news!
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Game is now live for Early Access!
This means if you so desire, you can help something create something for our beloved VR RPG Genre. That said, if you do join us for Early Access please stay in touch and comment on the forums about your experience, recommendations and system specs.
This will help go a very long way to continuously improving what we can and then look towards expanding the games features.
If you do enjoy what we are doing or at least support it please give us a share, as indies we can use all the allies we can earn!
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Top items from Early Access to Launch are big milestones we have slated to be in The SoulKeeper VR Episode 1.
Ongoing R&D are things we will continue polishing or looking into that improve the quality or replayability of the game.
Wishlist are things we want to attempt in R&D that IF they work out and we can get done in time and budget we will make into big milestones like the top section.
The characters in the top should include a few hours of play throughs with different combat styles, spells, etc. with different settings and their own plots that may or may not come together down the road.
Open world for us will start as a hub and grow into zones as the character campaigns are completed. Bringing a more open world to travel around in VR, now this may not be massive like Skyrim or the Witcher 3 but we have to start somewhere and this is how.
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As requested we've opened up our discord channel to all of you in the community to chat with us or have more direct IM conversations about your experience and how we can make the game the best version possible.
https://discord.gg/S8QDHhA
Strictly to talk SoulKeeper VR, VR Gaming or development in general. Leave all the politics, religions, etc. out to keep our VR pure of meatspace drama because in VR we're all just a bunch of pixels anyways! :D
---- Last Thing ----
I know it's been a crazy day and we have alot of things we need to improve on but thank you all for engaging with us. The messages today asking for release and encouraging words throughout this is inspiring. Even the justifiably skeptical responses are valuable and as long as everyone is respectful with each other we can do great things together as a VR RPG community.
Thank you all!
The SoulKeeper VR Early Access Launch Trailer
In case you didn't notice, we have updated our storefront with a new trailer, straight from the upcoming Early Access version of the game. We also updated our screenshot section with 28 (!) screenshots
Link to the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0Cx_ESFmA&feature=youtu.be
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The SoulKeeper VR - Early Access Release Date & Teaser Trailer!
We thank everyone who has been following and supporting our game, and most of all we appreciate your patience. We have an official release date to share with you along with a new teaser trailer for the upcoming early access release!
We want to thank Epic Games for the amazing support they show to developers! Today they announced the latest round of Unreal Dev Grants, and we are very proud to inform you that The SoulKeeper VR is one of the recipients announced earlier today!
Check out the latest updates on our hand spell casting. Dual hand spell casting and new material shaders covering the hands while spell casting! ːsteamhappyː
Also check out the new video we posted, where we showcase the Save/Load system as well as briefly discuss locomotion (a more detailed video regarding locomotion will be posted soon enough):
We've come with some great news to update all of you with including Early Access, Troll Boss Preview, gameplay updates from Alpha feedback and more below with ways to win SoulKeeper VR Keys
Early Access Info
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As you all may have noticed we've been pretty quiet about when the first release will be. This is because we take quality and the crafting of a major VR RPG very seriously, that said, I am happy to announce Early Access (EA) Spring 2017!
Some of the features we can now confirm in addition to the current ones on our Steam page for Early Access are below, and you are the first to hear of this:
1. Ten playable levels from the beginning of EA, in fact, this EA should be longer than most VR "launched" VR games out now. A standard we hope to start with full featured length PC games in VR.
2. Voice acted characters with deep lore extending beyond this first playable part of the world in an episodic format from multiple playable characters perspectives.
3. Improved melee combat system requiring you to attack with actual force to penetrate armored areas. Those evil Mardonians love their armor too, so get ready for that.
4. Improved melee with block, dodge and parry against the new improved enemy AI that will attempt to close the gap and breach your defenses or defend against your assault. This new system actually blew us all away, we should have a video explaining this in a week or two.
5. Skill based spell casting system with dozens of spells to learn and master. Including both hands simultaneously for the more ambidextrously capable casters among you. Why sword fight when you can lob fireballs, shoot lightning, cast exploding ice shards or spew flame right? More spells to come, some may be of your own design for some fun with the community.
6. All forms of known VR movement controls available, including controller movement, physical room-scale movement, teleportation, and an optional decoupled mode.
7. Of course you can expect even more features and details as we get closer to Early Access, this is just our starting point for more frequent updates to EA and beyond.
SoulKeeper VR Key Giveaways
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Visit our Facebook and click "The SoulKeeper Road to EA Giveaway" tab on the left. This way you can earn several methods to win a key each week until we launch the game on Early Access.
Feel free to share the link and help us out, we can use all the support we can get to build a sprawling VR RPG universe. Good luck!
This will send you to the give away campaign page with several ways to increase your chances to win!
