Why Early Access?

“We need your support and feedback to improve the graphic novella genre!

Our goal is to make the game we’ve always dreamed of playing.

We also want Hentami: Vendetta’s development to be community-driven, and an Early Access release allows us to base further development work on community feedback as we test and refine new features, equipment, cast, and settings. The dialogue between the Hentami community and Hentami developers will be crucial in creating a fun experience—so you can help us define what Hentami: Vendetta, ultimately, is going to be.””

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We are planning to have Hentami: Vendetta in Early Access for at least 12 months, but that timeline could lengthen (or shorten!) depending on how community feedback shapes our own wish list for the game. Initially, we will spend a couple of months collecting player feedback and in-game data, and then we should be able to share a more detailed development roadmap.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Tons of additional content, voiceovers, CG, music, options, interactive inventory system, RPG stats and so much more.

We have a vision of what the game could look like after Early Access, and throughout Early Access we will be adding more scenes, more interactions, more (and more diverse) characters, more kinetic interactions and more diverse plot choice variations. As we get a better understanding of how our community engages with Hentami: Vendetta, we will continue to expand the content and add features, and this process will define the full version of the game.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Hentami: Vendetta is a work in progress at the moment, and while it is absolutely ready to play, it will see a lot of changes and improvements as we move through Early Access. We want to continue to tweak gameplay, performance, visuals, CG game renders, script and more interactive plot development.

We have spent the majority of our time developing our custom graphic novella game engine to redefine what VNs are capable of. At this time we have created the standard point and click page turning experience with the following additions. Complete custom camera movement while viewing a scene. The ability to choose options by clicking on in game items. Using character sprites that mimic breathing and morphing techniques. Saving all previous choices to be used to custom next gen event scenes. Animated scene events. Ambiance sound, voice and music generation techniques. Custom event options highlights. Interactive kinetic romantic roleplaying scenes. Interactive kinetic roleplaying interrogation scenes. Fully voiced characters. And so much more.

Our team is working hard every day on new features and bug fixes. As you read this message, we probably fixed a whole bunch of issues in the game. Our next big addition will be our Interactive inventory system and RPG stat elements. You can keep up to date by reading updates on our Hentami: Vendetta social media. We want to assure you that we’re doing our best to implement new features as soon as we can, but we’re not prioritizing time over quality.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Hentami: Vendetta will be a free to play experience forever.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We will be collecting all of the feedback we get from the community on both existing and upcoming features, as well as tracking game data, and we will take all of that information into account as we steer our development plans. We want to be transparent about that process, the timeline for additions, and the reasoning behind the decisions we make. You can submit your feedback and ideas to us on the Hentami: Vendetta Steam Community Hub and on all of our social media channels.”