ATTENTION RUNNERS,
Trustwell Corporation is pleased to announce that Wreck Runners has been selected for participation in this Summer's Steam Next Fest from June 15 to June 22.
As part of Next Fest, the Wreck Runners Demo will be launching very soon and for returning salvagers, this will be your next opportunity to re-enter the Triangle.
Playtest Learnings
Following our latest playtest, we've spent a great deal of time reviewing field reports, Steam discussions, and Discord feedback alongside our own internal observations.
We spent much of the last development cycle focused on improving the early run experience through the store, progression, and player choice. Based on this playtest, we saw encouraging signs that those changes are heading in the right direction.
The feedback we're seeing now is increasingly focused on what happens after those first few runs.
Over the course of the playtest, we saw crews perform 27,630 runs into the Triangle. Crews are requesting more variety across runs, and more reasons to explore deeper into the Triangle. We also heard continued feedback around combat, and with a total of 1,669,725 enemy kills, players are looking for more varied enemy encounters and better readability.
As a result, many of our discussions coming out of last weekend's playtest are centered around:
Expanding world variety
Adding new activities and encounters
Improving enemy and combat experiences
Expanding enemy variety
Refining and improving shop upgrades and gear unlocks as difficulty rises
These are exactly the kinds of conversations we hoped this playtest would help surface, and they're already helping to shape what comes next.
Here's one of our salvaging crews - Credit to 'KiaTheDestoryer' in Discord.
Next Fest will be the next major opportunity to enter the Triangle, so if you've been waiting to return, or know someone who missed the earlier playtests, now is the time to wishlist Wreck Runners and prepare for the demo launch.
Keep up to date on with us on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, and be sure to join the Discord to chat with other salvagers.
Trustwell appreciates your continued service in recovery operations.
-- Disruptive Games
