if i buy this game do i keep paying for early update access?
Hey kei!
If you purchase the game, you gain access to all future versions. However, with the current changes on Itch, we've made all versions of the game free:
https://zanithone.itch.io/a-house-in-the-rift/devlog/999201/all-versions-free-no...
We hope we can eventually go back to a normal routine in the near future.