We're entering Alpha!

On January 1st, we started prototyping the idea of MicroWorks, and we actually had a somewhat playable, albeit very basic and lacking demo in just a week!

For the next 90 days we would continue to prototype and iterate over our ideas, until we were ready to take the next step and enter the Pre-Alpha stage, as well as publicly reveal the game.

Fast forward 236 days since, and we're now happy to officially announce we are entering the Alpha stage of development!

So what does this mean exactly?

This means that all of our base systems are ready and functional, and the game can be played properly with all our planned features in place - like all the different gamemodes, mutators, special rounds, and many many more. Basically - the skeleton of our game is done!

What this means for us development wise, is that we can now focus on building the content to play through, and just a tiny bit less on features and game stability. Which is about time!

So, 2020's coming to a close - what are the plans for next year?

We took our time this year to focus and learn about building a solid and stable game structure, especially since this is our debut project.

Next year, though, things are going to get serious. One of our main goals is to increase our outreach and really make our game well known out there.

With the pathway clear now to start focusing on content, we also want to start showing more of our game! Gameplay videos, trailers, maybe even a few playable demos. This is definitely an important goal for us to reach next year.

Release date - well, that's obviously still too early to say. But with the way things are moving, I'd want to believe that by the time 2022 comes knocking, we'll have our game mostly, if not fully ready!

Where can I follow development?

We actively post progress on our twitter account, which you can follow right here!

We also have a Discord server where we do a lot more small talk and share fragments of progress that don't go on twitter - it also helps us connect and listen to player feedback about stuff we're currently working on, so your presence is greatly appreciated! You can join by clicking riiiight over here!

So in conclusion - super excited for next year! We can't wait to share more of what's going on with MicroWorks, both development wise and game wise! And as always, thank you for reading.