El AFPS de 2GD será finalmente F2P. Epic ha financiado lo que queda de desarrollo, los costes para que pueda ser F2P (incluyendo servidores públicos con tickrate 125), dos años de soporte post lanzamiento y 250000 dólares para la primera temporada de competiciones, así que será exclusivo de la EGS para siempre.
Los que quieran un reembolso pueden pedirlo, él resto recibirán las primeras betas bajo NDA en febrero, unas semanas antes del lanzamiento.
Hello everyone, there has been an update on Twitch concerning the future platform and price point of the game.
You can watch the VOD here:
Diabotical will be going to the Epic Games Store and will be free-to-play.
Kickstarter backers who wish to receive a refund will be refunded since the game has not been delivered on time and since the game will now be exclusively on the Epic Games Store. In order to receive a refund, Kickstarter backers should send a message to the project creator by clicking this link or going to the Diabotical Kickstarter page, then under "Created by" click on "The GD Studio", and then click "Contact me". Those who backed via PayPal and wish to get a refund, please send an email to [email protected] with your information.
When it comes to the game being available, there will be a period of testing weekends probably in February, where the game will first be available to Kickstarter backers under an NDA and then to more people as keys are distributed for upcoming weekends. These weekends will have limited modes and features. From weekend to weekend the team will work on patches to improve the game based on feedback, bring different content and features into the game, and scale servers until the game is released. The release itself will possibly be around the time of GDC in March hopefully with some promotion with Epic's help.
Kickstarter backers will also receive the battlepass for free, and in-game item rewards depending on their Kickstarter pledge tier.
Epic Games has funded the studio which is what will allow the game to be released free-to-play, for the servers to scale for free-to-play, for the team to keep working on the game for at least 2 years after release, to have some funds for the esports scene, and some help in promoting the game. Things that we think will lead to a better game than it would have been without Epic's support, and we think it will lead to a bigger community which will be better for the game's matchmaking, content and longevity. The studio remains in control of the game.
For maps and other user content created for Diabotical, the official Diabotical website will have a section where people will be able to submit it. In the future as more features come to the Epic Games Store it might be possible to use their services instead.
For the 2020 esports plan, 250,000 USD have been put aside, with the preseason of 100,000 USD starting some time after the game has been available in order for players to have time to play the game, like some testers have had. Communities around the world will be supported and the activity in different regions will be monitored in order to hopefully support them in the future.
- For some timestamped notes from the stream: <https://www.reddit.com/r/Diabotical/comments/ean4yp/december_2019_update/>
- Recently promEUs did 2 map editing streams finalizing wo_prb_04, December stream #1, December stream #2
- Latest patch notes: <https://trello.com/c/N4eiL2Mi/243-dec-14-2019>
We understand that some will not be happy with this decision and understand that they would prefer to get a refund. We think that going in this direction will lead to a better game which is why we have made this decision (anyone who opts for a refund is of course welcome to play the game for free when it becomes more widely available during one of those later testing weekends or when the game is released).
We would like to sincerely thank all of the people who have backed the game on Kickstarter and PayPal for they have helped us a lot in continuing the development of the game.
