

It’s given us the opportunity to check our early decisions and assumptions about the core gameplay, and also to learn from and listen to the initial user base. How much has having been in early access for over a year helped with development?Įarly Access has been huge for design and development of the game. It’s given us the opportunity to check our early decisions and assumptions about the core gameplay, and also to learn from and listen to the initial user base."

"Early Access has been huge for design and development of the game. You can read our conversation with Easy Day Studios director and co-founder Dain Hedgpeth below. We recently had a chance to talk to its developers about their ambitions for the game, what improvements they want to make to it in the near future, how early access has impacted development, and more. After a prolonged slump in the genre, it seems to be on the up again, with both the aforementioned franchises making a comeback- but before those two slumbering giants woke up, Easy Day Studios were already making waves in the industry with their ambitious homage to the genre with Skater XL. Having been in early access for a while, Skater XL has already endeared itself to many, and with many more improvements to come, the game is only bound to get better.

#SKATING GAMES FOR MAC SIMULATOR#
The skateboarding simulator was once one of the most wildly popular genres in the industry, with Tony Hawk and Skate ruling the roost and defining an entire generation’s worth of video games.
