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I know a lot of people have been very heated over the no killing fish debate, which is very fair I think it's a very open topic that even the developers have acknowledged could be subject to change, and I enjoy seeing people's takes on it (until they start making it political and weird)

What I don't enjoy seeing, as someone who's pretty active on the discord, is people actively coming into the server and trying to threaten them

In the last few days I've seen a bunch of people online and even in the server directly try to message and get the attention of the developer who made the statement about playing a different game, and honestly it's quite disgusting

There's an entire reason that the developers have such an open communication channel and that's to give active feedback regarding gameplay and the future of development, some people take this however as an easy excuse and an easy route to go harass people, if you do this you are a jerk and you are a part of the problem

The entire debate about the fish being immortal is Up For debate, I've heard this from other developers in the server, some of them who agree that the entire state of the fish being unkillable is something that is subject to change, especially considering how this is the first public release of the game, they haven't even had time to make changes, so it's important that people keep their cool and understand that directly harassing them is not the solution

the developers openly communicate with the community of their own volition, they don't have to if they don't want to but they are given the opportunity to, and those who do want to, can engage freely, and there are people who have been saying that the solution to this is a PR manager, which is not the answer to a situation like this, the entire point is raw Community discussion, not filtered through a single person who can't hear everything the fans have to say.

It's kind of stupid that people have to be saying this but, yeah, don't harass the developers

Hi everyone I'm making this post because a lot of people have been coming around the discord and asking the same question so I thought if I just post this with all the info we have available maybe it might lessen the amount of people

When is the game coming out? - May 14th 8am PDT/May 15th 1am AEST

What's the Price? - 30 USD, and it will be adjusted Per region

Is it cross platform? - starting day 1 the game will be multiplayer and cross-platform

What consoles is it coming out for? - the game is coming out for PC, via epic games, steam and the windows store, and for as Xbox well, Xbox players can play with PC players regardless of where the game was bought on PC, unfortunately since Sony doesn't have an early access program the game will not be available until full release, until further notice

Why should I buy the game now? - the developers want people to buy early access to give feedback on the game as a whole and what to do in the next updates, early access is not intended for finding and fixing bugs it is intended for shaping how the game plays as we go forward on the road to full release, also the game is going to be cheaper with it getting a price increase when the game comes out fully in two to three years

Do I keep the game once it releases fully? - yes you do get to keep the game once full release happens, the devs just sell the game cheaper at early access with the price increase coming later, you do not lose access at any point during your ownership of the game

Where's the Q&A? - so a lot of new information was revealed in a q&a hosted by The developers on the discord after the trailer released, information will be available once the video gets edited and released onto YouTube in due time

What's up with the reaper decoration? Why can't I find any official info about it? - from May 14th if you buy the game on the first week, you will be allowed access to a Reaper Leviathan decoration for your base, I believe the developers are putting up a post regarding it soon, it was officially announced during the Q&A, it is only available if you buy the game within the first week, and after that they are not selling it or anything

Can my PC run it? - the best way to answer this question is to go on to the steam page where if you go to the bottom it will have recommended specs for your computer, but just as a rule of thumb, if you do not have a dedicated graphics card, or if you just have a normal laptop you most likely will not be able to run it, the threshold for specs on this game are a lot higher than the first one, however the developers are working tirelessly to make the requirements easier on computers, with certain developers working on optimization for the game, I'd recommend you find out information about your computer from the settings and cross reference it with the steam page

What is that new submarine we see in the trailer? - it's actually not a new submarine but a new attachment for the tadpole chassis! It was confirmed to be able to haul extra resources, and in multiplayer allow you and two friends to ride around

Will the game be out for Mac or Linux? - I'm pretty sure the game will not be out for Mac because there's a lot of different factors going into it, but there will be no dedicated Linux version, however the developers have said using proton runs the game perfectly fine, which they say from experience as multiple developers use Linux as a dedicated operating system and have been playing / testing the game on the steam deck as well as other handhelds

When can we preorder the game? - The developers have said that they're not doing pre-orders, and that when the game is out you just go ahead and buy it

Will there be DLSS/FSR Support? - DLSS is confirmed while FSR is being worked on

Will there be proximity chat? - unfortunately no... But it is coming in a later update, many devs understand the potential of it and have decided to implement it in a future update

Is there going to be a big submarine? - not in early access one however down the line once they figure everything out they will be adding it

Does the character speak and who do we play as? - The developers have confirmed in the Q&A that the player character is a silent protagonist, and that we will have a choice between many different player models with more to be added, they've also confirmed none of them are the canon player character everyone exists technically as the same person, think a bit of how Riley was a nameless person in the first game, it's basically just that but now we have a choice of what we look like

Will the game use AI? - I find this one a bit obvious, the game will use no generative AI of any sorts, delete developers of the game and the higher ups at unknown worlds have constantly stated they're not using generative AI voices or artwork or models at all, they have hired voice actors for the PDA and all characters you'll see in the game, and the publisher cannot force them to use AI

All of these questions have been asked a lot recently so I thought I put it on Reddit to kind of clear everything up

This theory could be a crackpost or hold little weight, but it is FAR too coincidental

In S1, which released in EA on Dec.16th 2014

The Radio says Rescue is in 99999 Hours, which is most likely an error on the radios side

But someone on the livestream said 9999 Hours is May 13th

Naturally, I was confused and did the math

99999 Hours To Days is 4,166 Days

4,166 Days After December 16th 2014, IS MAY 13TH 2026

Factor this in, and the fact the devs said that the release date won't be a shadow drop, and will happen withing 2-8 Weeks from the announcement, I think its a legitimately feasible date

The New Trailer Releases On April 30th, 31st to the 13th is EXACTLY 2 Weeks!

Again I don't like doing these, but too much aligns for me not to make a post about this

Edit: a lot of people are apparently saying because the cinematic trailers for S1/BZ say 'out now' at the very end that this is proof that the game is going to come out on the 30th

The developers have said they're giving us two to eight weeks before the game releases from the announcement date, but the worst part of this in my opinion is that these are trailers for the full release of the games, the games were already out in early access before those cinematic trailers, it's not the same thing anymore