[TimberWolf]

I see that the current Alpha build is going to end soon and be replaced with the first Beta build. With the change, their also going to be upping the price by 5 euros as well as ending the promise of free upgrades to the next version.

My question is based off the fact that all I have played was the free version that is nothing more than a sand box without the tools and such. What makes the game worth paying to play? I've read various things and seen videos but they fail to really give me a feel of how the real game plays. Such as collecting mineral and building tools, to enemy's spawning in the dark, to building infrastructure to do large scale mining.

I've noticed looking at the google map of the server that there isn't that much built on the surface but there appears to be something, a tunnel, shooting off in one direction. How big of a mine is needed to sustain the construction projects you are conducting?

I've read of a second world being assessable via a gate constructed and that for every block moved in that world translates into 8 blocks moved in the regular world. Also that there is a mineral in the other world that will never burn out. Have any of you started exploring this other world? What new things does it add to the game?