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Kickstarter, Playtest Sign-Ups, Name Change!

Ahoy Divers!

We have a TON of news for you today, let's naut waste time with introductory paragraphs.

New Name, Who Dis?

Say hello to Wastenauts, our new name! Along with our rebranding, the official Announcement Trailer is now live on the store page. Plus, checkout the new website at playwastenauts.com. There you'll find links to the Discord, Official Wiki, Merch Store and more.

To celebrate, we've released our official announcement trailer on the Steam page. It includes some previews of things not yet available in the alpha, don't miss it!

We are a tiny, tiny team and still searching all over the internet to find where we used our old name - if you stumble on it, let us know!

Coming Soon to Kickstarter

Our Kickstarter campaign for Wastenauts will be live at the end of March, but you can set a reminder! Head to our coming soon page and click to be notified of when we go live. The Kickstarter campaign will offer a ton of exclusive rewards, including in-game skins and irl swag.

The alpha will be completely open during the Kickstarter - whether you back us or not. But if you're anxious to get a head start...

Sign Up to Playtest

Steam has granted us access to a new feature right on the game page. We've got a new button that will add you to our playtest queue. Click it, and we'll be getting you a key to join the alpha soon. We anticipate starting to roll out keys in the next few weeks, with an alpha starting March 23. The queue is processed first-in first-out, so sign up ASAP!