Hey folks!
Starting last week, we've entered full playtest mode! Yes, that means the game is being prepared for full release! Hype!
While we're playtesting, we've got a content freeze. No brand new assets are being made, and all artists are promoted to the role of playtester. Programmers are partially promoted to the role, because, you know, somebody has to fix the reported issues as well.
We’re also keeping track of any bug reports on the Steam forums and our Discord server and fixing them asap, so if you're playing the game, let us know of any issue!
We’ve also got reports coming in from the QA team testing the game. They’re testing the game on Linux and macOS as well, and the reports for those should help with most of the obvious issues on those platforms. One of the issues that should now be fixed is the clicking issue reported on macOS, where sometimes the mouse either did a double click on every single click, or required a double click to register as a single click.
One of our programmers valiantly dug deep into the macOS handling code to fix that one, which was both hard to reproduce and hard to even debug to figure out what was actually going on, so the fact he got a fix for it is great! If you previously had this bug, try the game and let us know if it’s fixed for you so we know if the fix is working the way we expect it to.
So as you can see, by entering this mode we’re basically gearing up for our 1.0 launch in the near future. Our days are spent tracking down and fixing bugs, and our designer is busy with putting the guides for modding on Steam and handling balance changes as they’re reported.
We’ve also gotten some good general game feedback on our Discord server and Steam that we’ve been discussing internally. We’re actively looking to iron out the kinks in the game, and improve the situation for new players. Although we’re close to release, it doesn’t mean the patches stop until then, they will happen probably every week up to and a short while after the full release. We've actually got a patch coming today as well! So the more people let us know their pain points with the game, the better we can make it for its 1.0 sticker :)
If you have suggestions, please drop them in the forums or on our Discord server. We love to see them and discuss them!
MarkoP