What's up, Speedrunners,
Antishyr here, SR 2's community manager. First and foremost, thank you. We appreciate you all joining the playtest and checking out what we have in store for you with the current version of SpeedRunners 2—that was the first and important step of a long, ahem... run, and we are very happy to be on it together with you all.
Almost 70k unique players tried the playtest build, a few thousand have left us feedback using the in-game feedback form, and we also have hundreds of feedback topics I'm going through as we speak on Steam and Discord—with valuable insights, detailed comments, and kind words. It's awesome to see a lot of interest, love, and care for the game.
HERE'S A SHORT LIST HIGHLIGHTING OUR CURRENT MAIN PRIORITIES
- Improving general gameplay flow. Countless improvements for UI/UX to make playing one match after another without interruptions and redundant actions feel more fluid.
- Various movement & animation tweaks to make the game feel smoother.
- Further improving the netcode based on the data we collected during the playtest.
- Adding means of communicating with other players
- Bug fixing. In particular, we'll fix that pesky bug where runners disappear at the start of a match.
- QoL additions, like saving your last runner choice.
- Revamping the Tournament mode.
- Experimenting with some new gameplay mechanics we have in store.
New content, like new runners and levels, is also on the way! It'll take some time to bring the game to the level we want it to be and to the level you guys deserve; the first game was also released in Early Access back in 2013 and spent some time in that phase before finally releasing Version 1.0 in 2016. We plan to stick to a similar route with SpeedRunners 2, updating it gradually, listening to and considering community feedback on every iteration. Expect our next public beta to happen very soon!
Last but not least, special thanks to Mr. SilentChaos and Edakk for hosting an invitational tournament—Open Playtest Trial Cup—with me. This competition was a collaborative effort between tinyBuild, the game's publisher, and the community. Congratulations to the winners:
🥇 Redz
🥈 Edakk
🥉 David
4️⃣ Ahmad
If you want to rewatch the cup, here's the link.
Anyways, guys, thanks again for playing, follow the page for future news, and join our official Discord server. We'll let you know as soon as we know what's next for the game.
Be fast or be last!
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