📣 Attention avatar, you are invited to join the closed playtests for SAMSARA ☸️
Closed Playtests
Our team has been working to address the feedback you provided during the open playtest over the summer so that we can focus on improving the experience and game feel. Our aim is to deliver a scheduled playtest build, with iterations and additions to the core gameplay and content.
Playtest Info
This weekend we will be running the first of our scheduled playtests, which we invite you to join. The purpose is to get the close feedback of a smaller group of players, with whom the development team can communicate directly. If this interests you and you would like to get involved, please join our Discord and let us know in the #samsara chat.
As with the pre-alpha playtest over the summer, the purpose of these tests is to gauge your reactions to the game and the changes we're making each month. Please be aware that closed testing will be on the current build of the game. This means that there will be known performance issues, bugs and missing features. You won’t need to worry about making bug reports; the focus of the tests will be gathering feedback on several key parts of the experience, such as the appeal of the themes, mechanics and gameplay feel. We’re looking for your honest opinions, so that your voice can be instrumental in sculpting SAMSARA into a quality experience.
We are a small studio that is committed to creating the best game possible from our vision with your input. Therefore, we appreciate the help that your time and opinions give us as we work towards our goals.
Future Playtests
Enrolment
Entry to an individual playtest will enrol you into the #samsara-playtest channel on Discord. If you wish to stop hearing from us, simply leave/mute updates from that channel. You are of course welcome to re-join future playtests by asking again in the #samsara chat.
Schedule
- FRI-30-SEP until SUN-2-OCT
- FRI-9-DEC until SUN-11-DEC
- FRI-24-FEB until SUN-26-FEB
- FRI-21-APR until SUN-23-APR
- ...more dates may be announced for 2023.
Tests are live over the final weekend of each month. They should start no later than 6 PM (UK) on the Friday and end by 9 AM (UK) on the Monday. However, these are a guide only and actual times may vary. Notices will be pushed in the #samsara-playtesters channel on our Discord when the playtest goes live.