Handmancers · published
Hey everyone,
First of all, thank you so much for all the support we received from you after we shared a bit of behind-the-scenes update in our previous devlog. It’s absolutely incredible to us that even after a year of silence our message was so well received and many of you voiced your support and excitement about the future of the game.
Now, as we promised, here is another update for you and the next step in the development of the game. We are going to take down the current Demo version on October 4th, which is tomorrow. Not for long, though - the demo will receive a significant glow-up with a lot of new content and more in-depth gameplay that will actually reflect better on what we expect the game to look like in its final form. We won’t share the content of the new demo or the exact date when it will be released but rest assured you won’t have to wait a long time for that to happen.
But!
We do understand that some people would like to keep playing the demo (shout out to 1 person playing it at the time of writing). As mentioned before, aside from the Demo and Open Playtest we also plan to have some Closed Playtests going on the smaller scale so we can test out some game mechanics and make sure we are developing the game in the direction that is most enjoyable for our players. After all, community feedback is something we’ve taken seriously since day 1 and we’ve read through hundreds of feedback forms you sent our way. We truly appreciate you taking the time to do so.
So we’ve set a Playtest Hub in the game’s Discord. It’s a closed channel everyone can join. By getting access here, you’ll become a part of our playtest community and will receive access to the special branch on Steam where we will upload builds with content and game mechanics that need testing, balancing, etc. Naturally, all active members of the playtesting community will be featured in the Credits of the game.
Thank you so much for your continued support! Now, let’s get that Demo a proper sendoff and open the way for a better one coming up in the near future.
Cheers,
58BLADES