Thank you @masterthematrix !

There will be major things to invest into.
Some are announced in the latest post: https://steempeak.com/steem/@elindos/exode-let-s-talk-about-features

A player market will be deployed in 8-15 days.

Packs will be sold at a price for two weeks, and then sold at double price by us, then no longer sold by us. This means, technically, players could purchase several alpha packs, and then sell some of them for value. Alpha packs are high value packs with some "Origin cards" (necessary to start a game, and giving crew and ship) you can't find later.

As for the team, this is blockchain and it deserves transparency.

I am the super-nerd-who-programs-since-he-was-8-years-old and am the lone programmer on it; but there is also a graphic artist I work with, a composer too, other artists I commission, and tech-wise I have several contacts to recruit once things take off.