Hello Survivors! This is an announcement to share the news that we're gearing for a public playtest this June. We did a few smaller scale PTs around December/January and we've taken some time to address performance, bugs and introduced a few QOL updates to where we feel the game is ready for a more people to get their hands on and help up test out the game. If the playtest date is adjusted an announcement will be made here and in the discord.
//////////////// What to expect? ////////////////
The current plan is for 1 confirmed playtest but we may run a few more on the following days at the same times. The playtest is currently looking to hold a good handful of the active community so we hope to be running a couple servers concurrently, this message is to expand our reach so we can guarantee more players and also keep you guys in the loop because I know many people are wanting to be only active on steam.
The playtest will allow you to use a few of the dinosaurs, namely, Troodon, Moros, Spino, Rex. A few weapons for our humans and we will be playing on some test maps so we can iron out and test the stability of gameplay features.
VOIP is enabled by default so keep this in mind if you don't want to hear other players.
The game size clocks in at approximately ~9GB.
We also recommend everyone has a minimum of 8GB of RAM and a 20 Series (or equivalent) GPU for a good visual to performance balance @ 1080p.
For testers who are returning there will be a more conclusive changelist/update log releasing at the time of the playtest so you can see all the major changes between the new playtest and the one before.
A lot of the work done although may be final is still not a representative of what will be in the finished game. So please do bear in mind there may be missing features and bugs that you may experience but if you want to give suggestions or report any you can do so by reaching out via here or on steam.
//////////// Where do I sign up for it? //////////////
We will be hosting the playtest over on the discord as this is a development focused playtest.
We want to ensure the people who are interested and will be able to make it are given priority for our servers during the playtest so we will be distributing keys around the playtest time (Many attendees are returning testers so don't worry about key availability, this is just a precaution). Future playtests will see that this will not be necessary as long as we can guarantee a steady stream of players :)
We will also be in a call where you will be able to ask direct questions to a few of the devs including the Lead Dev and we will be able to communicate the flow of the playtest over the few hours it will last.
No Mic is required but it would be very helpful if we can communicate to everyone who may experience troubles or difficulties so we can get you in and playing as smoothly as possible.
If you don't want to stay or join the discord but want access to the playtest you are more than welcome to just join during the playtest time to collect a key. Please note that all players will not be able to enter the game outside of playtest session hours.
https://discord.gg/tmAf8FM7n9?event=1240423736289529996
If you have any questions, please reach out over here on steam community or via the discord, hope to see many of you all soon!
