Julian

Hi Julian,
 
Indeed one or even two years is a long time to wait.
But making a game takes a long time. Making a good game takes even more time
About making a pre-game app might be a good idea on paper, inciting players to prepare for the game. But it would mean taking some developers to work on the app instead of working on Dual Universe... which will slow the development and may, in the end, not the best choice.
 
However, what we might do in the future, once the game is released, is to allow third-party developers for apps related to the game.
 
Anyway, I will submit the idea to the dev team

Hi there! 
 
Pets are currently being discussed. 
It's not 100% sure yet, but there will probably be some pets as rewards for backers during the crowdfunding campaign.
If it's the case, these pets won't be giving any ingame advantage. This will be purely cosmetical.
 
For more evolved pets, having specific ingame uses and available to everyone, it's too soon to develop on this aspect. 
But this might be a crowdfunding campaign stretch goal. Who knows ?

Hi Astrophil90,
 
Hacking as a game mechanic is definitely planned. But it won't be before the official release of the game (don't expect it in Alpha or Beta versions of the game).
The Hacking will be a game mechanic where skills learnt by the character will play a big role. This won't be a "real hack" by using a script language. LUA will be used to script a lot of elements ingame, and provide basic AI in some ways. But it won't be related to the "Hacking" gameplay.
 
I hope this answer you question
 
Regards,
Nyzaltar

Hi ReadyForTheGame,
 
Well, as Beta won't be before end of 2016... it's a bit too soon to give details on it.
 
What is clear for now:
- Alpha will be indeed mostly for backers/supporters/founders, helping us in a crowdfunding campaign.
But it might be also possible to get access for very active community helpers. We haven't decided yet the prerequisites, nor even confirm it will indeed be possible. But we will keep you informed as the situation evolve.
- There will a closed Beta and an open Beta, that's also quite sure. About the modalities to get access, this is also still in discussion. And it won't be defined before we define all the modalities for Alpha access.
 
However, we want to be clear on one thing:
Alpha & Closed Beta Access are meant to help us building the game by giving feedback and reporting bugs. While a lot of game companies see Beta phase as some advertisement stunt and marketing strategy, we think differently, or more precisely we think the old way: As Alpha, Closed Beta has mainly a role to improve the game experience. It's not meant to just play the game sooner. While we completely understand that members of the community are eager to play the game as much as we are, if some are not interested in testing or bug reporting (which can be - and we agree - a very tedious task but a necessary one), then the Open Beta will be the most appropriate first experience to discover the game.