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FAQ

1. What platforms will the game be released on?

   We will first release on PC. After that we'll option other platforms that we can secure, depending on what dev kits we can get a hold of.

2. What is the target release date?

   We are planning on December 2016.

3. Will there be localization?

   The game text and audio will be user editable. We will do as much localization as we can, plus we will host fan localization to support as many languages as possible.

4. What will the game be rated?

   We seem to qualify for Teen. There's bad language, some violence , but no nudity. We don't want to be horribly gory, we strive for creepy and unsettling.

5. What are the min specs?

   We are targeting the following system as our min spec:
   • 2+ghz processor (multi-core is an advantage)
   • 2gb of ram (1gb available for the game as a minimum.)
   • GPU with at least 512megs and shader model 4.
   
   We have a lot of options that can be enabled/disabled so that we can run on lower end hardware while rewarding players with higher end systems to nicer visuals. We are looking into trying to support shader model 3 as well, but cannot guarantee it.

The Sassafras engine was created using OpenGL, and has been modeled to make real time changes to speed up development. Light properties, particles effects, texture compression and updates, sound properties, materials, performance options, and game code and be changed on the fly to see instant results. These features help with rapid iteration which is a key to an efficient and happy content creation pipeline. 3D Studio Max integration allows for a simple interface to create visuals that do what the artist expects in a familiar tool.

Sassafras is a game engine , targetting PC and Mac systems featuring a modern light prepass rendering engine, PhysX (tm), 3d positional audio, multithreading, SIMD acceleration, a custom scripting engine, and more. The rendering engine supports eye-space reconstruted ambient occlusion, thin lens simulation depth of field, deferred reflections, an offline ray tracing light occlusion solver, deferred refraction, deferred subsurface scattering, anisotropic hair rendering, Cook/Torrence BRDF as standard, projection maps, shadow maps, volumetric light occlusions, and many more features. Threading support accelerates skinning, particle simulation and even some script functions on multi-core systems. Sassafras is constantly under development to increase performance and add new features.

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