Archery Mini-Game

In the video update #6 Warhorse discussed their implementation of archery and stated that it could be it’s own game. Would you guys like to get a taste of things to come maybe get the archery game prior to Alpha? I don’t mean they should release it this moment; however, if the mechanic is pretty well implemented they could put out the archery game as something we can test and play with while waiting for the Alpha material.

Do you guys think this is a good idea? Or not so much? Any comments by the moderators/developers reading the forum regarding this are also quite welcome.

Since the Alpha is supposed to be released in Q4 2014, which is at maximum 6 months away, I don’t think it’s necessary to release any part of the game even earlier than that.

I mean it’s already pretty exceptional that we get to see an Alpha-build at all, I really see no valid reason, why they should release even more unfinished stuff even before that.
And since early access is pretty trendy right now anyway, I think it would set a bad precedent for the whole industry, so that many developers would just produce a little tech demo, call it pre-alpha early access and charge money for it without ever delivering. (Not that I’d suspect Warhorse of doing that)

tl;dr: Nah, Alpha isn’t far away and early enough.

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I guess archery will be part of the first alpha and for me, personally, that’s soon enough. :wink:

It seems the opinions so far is that this isn’t a good idea. Any developers reading this forum can read these comments from the pledging community.

I still think that a mini-game, a meadow with the targets like we saw in the video, would be delightful. If it’s not too much work, include two of the NPCs we saw in the video to compete against (or shoot if we’re feeling devious).

Or include a section of the nearby forest so we can sharpen our skills hunting rabbits and perhaps other creatures of the forest.

It’s just something fun to play with while we wait for alpha. Just an idea, I’ll let the community continue to comment if the think it’s a good idea or not.

The thought is nice ofcourse, but I have to agree with the other replies… I rather see that implemented in the alpha than having the devs setting up this before. After all it’s not just cut and paste we are talking about :slight_smile:

I understand what you want and I agree, it would be nice. But as others already have pointed out, it’s really not that important considering that alpha is pretty soon. Somewhere between 3-6 months is okay for waiting.

As a side note, before Hitman Absolution was released there was a mini-game released called Hitman Sniper Challange which was more or less what a archery mini game would be for KC:D. But that minigame was planned well ahead of release so they had both time and resources to create this minigame. Programing takes more time and efforts than most people seem to think.