Greetings Respondrs!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been hard at work on our first Steam Build for Embr! This last friday we distributed steam keys to our more active community members and organized a playtest where we ran through a selection of content (the first three levels of Embr) to get some thorough testing of the basic gameplay loop, core mechanics, and current menus and UIs.
Here’s how it went:
The Setup:
Run-through
Our new build had a plethora of exciting new features and bugs (Space travel has never been so easy). Upon redeeming their steam keys and loading up the game, Respondrs can now open up a multiplayer lobby level where they can chat with their friends, play basketball, organise their tools, and test out new upgrades!
Things we’re testing
We’re focusing our testing on the first 3 levels, the new multiplayer lobby, and server capacity!
Goals
We want to look at players’ experience with those first levels and see how long it takes new players to get through them. We implemented a feedback survey to track bugs and comments to improve the game.
What to change in future:
We found some new features aren’t obvious to players, in particular the new upgrades system. We’ve added an FAQ for alpha testers in our Discord server to help them find and test this system!