The first Bladesong playtest is concluded. In one week of playtesting, we had around 3000 people playing the tech demo for a combined 4800 hours (that's 28.5 weeks), making an estimated 12000 swords and other creations.
Going through all the survey responses will take a bit of time, but for us developers, this playtest was already eye-opening in many ways. We have read along every Discord conversation and understood better what's important for a creative swordmaking game. We have learned which missing features are the most wanted. We have noticed patterns where mechanics are confusing or concepts are not yet explained well enough. And we have seen you have fun with Bladesong even in this early stage, have seen your passion and your fantastic creations. This is encouraging beyond words for the dev team, so thank you sincerely.
There is still a lot of work to be done before Bladesong can be released, and we won't venture a guess yet as to a possible date – for sure it's not gonna be in 2023. Extending our swordmaking tech to cover more of the cases you have brought up will be ongoing. More immediately, we will be focusing on the main gameplay, on progression, on the story and the characters that will give life to Eren Keep under the rule of the Masked King. We will reveal fragments of that as time passes. More playtests will follow. Join our Discord community to be among the first to learn about them.
⚔️ David and the Bladesong team