Christmas & Beta Thoughts

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Hello everyone,

First of all, I’d like to wish everyone a happy Christmas and wish you all the best for 2022! This year has been a crazy ride and I really hope the next few months will bring some serenity to all of us.

For me, the past few weeks have been incredible and the Steam ‘playtest’ went really well. Over 50 of you responded to the beta with feedback which is so important to me. I could not wish for a better way to present this early model of the game to many players. At the moment, I am planning on releasing the game in March so all this feedback will be used to make the final game as good as it can. For those of you who did not have time to try the game, I will be having more opportunities to test the game before its full release.

I thought it could be interesting to run you down some of the main points I received from all of you:

The font used was too hard for many of you to read. I will be definitely changing this so that no one struggles reading information on screen. I’ll make different font options.

The display of the inventory needs to use more space on-screen so that the player does not need to double-click to see the objects he has. Overall, I will be rethinking the display so that more information is readable at a glance.

The enemies lack variety. I will be trying out different methods to make them more unique such as giving them specific powers to make the experience more interesting.

In addition, many people pointed out balancing issues so that will also be a main focus point of my work for the next month!

I’m excited to announce that during January I will open a Kickstarter campaign to attract more visibility on the project. If you enjoyed the playtest, I suggest you check the page for the campaign as I will be offering a discounted price on the final game for the backers! There will also be a sign-up for the next playtest once I’ve reworked these elements.

Lastly, I can’t thank enough the 180 of you who played the game over the past few weeks :) This means the world to me!