Hello Reclaimers,
The first Closed Alpha playtest has officially gone live!
If you’re one of the lucky few who have been granted access, you should have received a notification from Steam, and now have the option to download and launch the Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core Playtest app.
Because we’re starting small, many of you who have requested access unfortunately won’t be let in today. Sorry about that. But as we’ve mentioned before, we’ll be running multiple playtests over the coming months, and we expect to let more people in each time. So your odds of getting in can only go up from here.
For those who get in, it’s worth reiterating three key points:
- The Closed Alpha is a rough draft. It’s a work in progress, and we’ve still got lots to do. It’s fun, but it’s by no means a perfect polished game. We’re doing this to gather player feedback about what works and doesn’t work.
- Streaming and making content from the Closed Alpha is allowed. We just ask that you make it clear this is the Closed Alpha, and not a final version.
- If you’ve been granted access, you won’t be notified when future playtests launch. This is due to some particularities about how Steam’s playtest function works, so there’s not much we can do here. Keep an eye on our Steam page (and make sure to click ‘Follow’) to catch all future notifications on playtest sessions.
You can find more relevant info about the playtests in our FAQ article.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2605790/view/574879683755115309?l=english
Catch today's Rogue Core dev stream
If you’re eager to see Rogue Core in action, we’ll be playing it live during today’s dev stream! You’re very welcome to tune in and take a look and hang out with us.
The stream starts at 13:00 CEST on Twitch and Youtube.
Friend invite feature (Steam beta function)
We’re going to try an experimental Steam feature that allows everyone initially granted access to the Closed Alpha to invite one additional friend to join them.
To be honest, we’re not sure we fully understand this feature, so bear with us if we goof it. But the hope is that all those first selected for access will get an option to send one additional playtest invite to someone from their friends list. That invited friend doesn’t get to send another invite, though, so it won’t spread forever. It’s just like a +1 sort of thing.
If you’re curious about this friend invite feature, you can read more about it in Steam’s own documentation. We’re like 80 percent sure we get how it works.
That’s all for now. Sending our very best to all of you, and a big bucket of gratitude for all your support so far.
With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew