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Steam News23 July 20241y ago

🏯 Goodbye demo, hello playtest!

No more demo (for now) We've realized that having a public demo is not a good idea for us at the moment. It's a lot of work to maintain a separate (reduced) version of the game and it sets the wrong expectations.

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changedNo more demo (for now)We've realized that having a public demo is not a good idea for us at the moment. It's a lot of work to maintain a separate (reduced) version of the game and it sets the wrong expectations.
addedLimited playtestThe playtest feature is still new for us, so we're starting out carefully with a closed beta playtest. You should see a big green button to request access to the playtest. Every week we will let a few new players in.

Dark Samurai changes

changedWe've realized that having a public demo is not a good idea for us at the moment. It's a lot of work to maintain a separate (reduced) version of the game and it sets the wrong expectations.
addedThe playtest feature is still new for us, so we're starting out carefully with a closed beta playtest. You should see a big green button to request access to the playtest. Every week we will let a few new players in.

No more demo (for now)

We've realized that having a public demo is not a good idea for us at the moment. It's a lot of work to maintain a separate (reduced) version of the game and it sets the wrong expectations.

Dark Samurai is far from complete and we're making big changes to all aspects of the game's mechanics and design. That is why we have decided to use Steam's playtest feature instead. More content for you, less work for us. Win-win! 🥳

Limited playtest

The playtest feature is still new for us, so we're starting out carefully with a closed beta playtest. You should see a big green button to request access to the playtest. Every week we will let a few new players in.

We want to hear your feedback and address it as much as possible. Our team is very small, just two people, which means we can't open the floodgates too wide, otherwise we will drown in feedback. We hope you won't have to wait too long to get into the playtest.

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Steam News / 23 July 2024

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