Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem - State of the Game

Now that Wolcen is half a year in early access an update is provide on the state of development.

It has been a little over six months since Wolcen released in Early Access, so we thought it would be a good time talk about the development of the game, and where things are headed.
When the Kickstarter debuted SolarFall Games was comprised of 4 people, and Umbra (oh, nostalgia) was just a playable prototype. Back then, the goal was to make a cool but smaller hack and slash using CryEngine.
But that had to change when the game was funded with almost twice the goal reached in pledges. It was clear players craved for a Hack and slash with deep character customization and beautiful graphics.

Just as the team grew in size, so did the scope of the project. Wolcen is being made into a bigger, and ambitious game than what we had initially planned. We are working hard to turn old mechanics into innovative features like our new passive skill tree, the resource opposition system or the housing system.
Our goal is to make a really great game that can keep players engaged for years to come, the kind of game that we would like to play.  

Because of that, as many of you already guessed, the game will not come out in October as it was announced a year ago. At the time we did not fully realize the sheer volume of work that was to come. Videogames are often delayed, and this time is no exception.  

We would also like to address the state of the Linux port. Yes, it is still planned, but at this time, the team has to focus on a single platform in order to improve the current alpha. Our small team does not currently have the manpower to maintain two platforms at the same time and we still have to implement core features, fix bugs and improve the game’s stability on the PC version before we can move to Linux.
 We will try our best to release a working Linux version as soon as we possibly can, but we might have to migrate to CryEngine V first.  

The team is getting ready for the release the biggest patch to date, which will contain the new passive skill tree among may other cool things!  

We want to think our backers for their support, they made this game possible, and we hope to accompany them through the journey ahead of us.