# Development Update and Roadmap #### FROM PROJECT AWAKENING TO NEW ERA The Founder Access is an all-access pass to the pre-launch version of EVE Frontier, opening the doors of the earliest phases of live development to our most committed community members. With this, they are co-developers of the game’s core systems, shaping the balance of the world while laying the foundations for the future civilizations of the Frontier. To date, there have been seven phases of EVE Frontier:
DATEPROGRAMNOTES
Dec 2022Project Awakening LaunchFirst external playtest
Dec 2023Project Awakening Phase IIIntroduction of survival mechanics
May 2024Project Awakening Phase IIIImplementation of Smart Assemblies
Sep 2024EVE Frontier Phase IVRebranding with major technical upgrades
Oct 2024EVE Frontier Phase VMajor stability improvements
Dec 2024EVE Frontier Founder AccessAlways-on gameplay access, under NDA
Jun 2025EVE Frontier Founder Access: New EraNDA lifted, Grace system introduced
### Cycles Introduced with Founder Access, Cycles are time-bound phases allowing the developers and players to explore and test new features. Each Cycle culminates in complete destruction before the world starts anew. This system, launched in December 2024, has already provided many insights into player motivation, economic behavior, and technical limitations. Each Cycle focuses on a specific area of the economy, which allows the developers to: ● Receive direct feedback from users on the UI and gameplay through observation and real data that would not be possible otherwise ● Iterate faster through experimental economic mechanics so that the economy team can test various hypotheses under varying conditions ● Identify vulnerabilities or weak aspects of the gameplay loops through repeated resets and observation of how the community respawns ● Engage with a dedicated community that will help bootstrap the game’s economy and infrastructure when the game goes live In each cycle, players can complete tasks and quests to earn Grace. Grace is used to compete on leaderboards. At the end of the cycle, Grace is converted to EVE Points, which can be viewed as a proxy for someone's effort and commitment in the earliest stages of rebuilding the Frontier. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.evefrontier.com/development-update-and-roadmap.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.