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:

DATE	PROGRAM	NOTES
Dec 2022	Project Awakening Launch	First external playtest
Dec 2023	Project Awakening Phase II	Introduction of survival mechanics
May 2024	Project Awakening Phase III	Implementation of Smart Assemblies
Sep 2024	EVE Frontier Phase IV	Rebranding with major technical upgrades
Oct 2024	EVE Frontier Phase V	Major stability improvements
Dec 2024	EVE Frontier Founder Access	Always-on gameplay access, under NDA
Jun 2025	EVE Frontier Founder Access: New Era	NDA 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.