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Story Mode Boss Playtest

Afterbeat · published 24 Feb 2026, 02:45 UTC

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Timeline

Entries End: February 28th, 2026

Playtest Starts: March 2nd, 2026

Playtest Ends: March 16th, 2026

Playtest Feedback Ends: March 23rd, 2026

Details

You must own the game and be willing to give feedback at the end of the playtest! Playtest participants will be notified via Discord and added to a special Discord channel in the official Vitamin Games server. So make sure you're on the server! Also, please ensure you have both spelled correctly! You should hear back by the 1st (ish).

There will be no story segments present in this playtest, so don't worry, it only spoils bosses 1-3 not the final boss...but maybe there's an extra...

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