Important Information
-IF plans to honor backer rewards and all purchased copies of the game 1 5
-IF plans to implement cosmetic only type microtransaction store(as ABT planned) as means to fund the game 1
-IF will be developing the game using their own internal development team 2
-ABT will be acting as advisers for the project at least for the first few months 5
-IF wants to keep The Repopulation a sci-fi sandbox true to ABTs vision 4
-Optimizations are a high priority 6

Timeline
1. [Now] Assessment of game and existing issues by IF 4

2. [Q1 2017] Relaunch of Alpha using completed but unreleased version 15.10.2(possibly with additional improvements to zone transitions and log-in/log-off issues) but no core changes 3 4 6 7

?. [Unknown] Steam and direct to customer sales will resume

?. [Unknown] Game will enter into Beta where content and gameplay issues will be addressed 4

?. [Unknown] Game will receive update for Directx11 in phases 4

?. [Unknown] Release Candidate(s) 9

?. [Unknown] Stress Test 9

?. [Unknown] Full wipe 9

?. [Unknown] Soft Release 9

?. [Unknown] Full Release! 9

Profiles of IF Staff

HE-Sarrene 9 10 11
Chief Operating Officer of Idea Fabrik
Relevant experience: Community Staff at SOE 2006-2009, Lead Designer Triad Game Studio (Dark Relic) 2010-Present

TR-Hobble 4 18
Technical Director for The Repopulation
Relevant experience: Technical Artist for Triad Game Studio (Dark Relic)

TR-Riley 12 13 14
Writer and Community Rep for The Repopulation
Relevant experience: Author of book "Shards of Fate: The Rising"

TR-Krun 6 17
Head Coder and Database Admin for The Repopulation
Relevant Experience: Lead Developer of "Anvil of Honor" another HE game under development

TR-MCINDUS 15 16
Representative from(or Voice of) the Art team for The Repopulation
Relevant Experience: Developer in some capacity with "Odyssey of Ydris" another HE game under development

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