The latest Valiance Online developer blog has been posted on the game's official site. Currently in pre-alpha, Valiance Online is ready to move to the alpha stage of development and nailing down core fundamentals of the game including character creation, gameplay, content and atmosphere, the "pillars" of the game.
- Character Creation - the team is "on a mission" to make the most robust system with true depth and unrestricted creativity
- Content - the team has been "agressively organizing and staging content for upcoming public-access alpha release". Blogs will be posted in the near future to explore more of the VO vision
- Website (it looks amazing!) - will include SteamAPI, site-to-game communication, the implementation of the Super-Powered Individuals Data Archive
- Comics - major points in the game's history and lore will be presented in 28-32 page comics
- Business - VO will be free to play
The first major business announcement that I’d like to share is that Valiance Online will be free-to-play. After many consultations, research and studying, our management team has concluded that it’s the best fit for the product. We will, however, still include premium accounts with various perks, and launch with a few special launch packs. As we approach our launch date, we’ll transition our on-site crowdfunding platform from PayPal Business submissions to using SteamAPI. Once the transition is made, we will no longer offer the rewards that are currently available. Whatever features our donors have earned from their early commitment will be forever exclusive to them. The special launch packs will include many special rewards as well, but they will not include any of the exclusive early adopter rewards. This is us showing our appreciation for their commitment during the early phases of the product. We’re also working on tech that will allow the reward detail panels to open into larger panels with all reward details. We’ll soon be announcing many special rewards like unique wings, a special travel set called Rocket Board which has its own attacks, and power groups that donors will have limited early access to.
Read the full post on the Valiance Online site.
