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From the last two streams, it looks like the developers are trying to figure out how open they should make the playtest alpha be. So I figured we could help them out and give our suggestions.
I am ok with all of the options except open to all. From what they have said this is most akin to a pre-alpha build and I don't think random people who have not been following the game closely would understand where the game is and would grade it like a game ready to come out. Part of the blame is on people not knowing how game development works but a lot of the fault comes with many developers claiming a product that is ready to ship is a beta or alpha build so people expect polish anytime they get early access to a game.
Getting bad reviews at this point can only hurt the future expectations of this game so I feel the message should be closely controlled at this point to people who are invested in the product and understand what they are seeing. If someone just saw some of the art assets that have been released they would expect this game to be almost done but then the demo may have bugs or just be limited in scope and then people write a bunch of bad reviews.
I picked blood relatives for now because it is a reward for investing early and is an incentive to get people to invest in the game for the developers. Once the playtest gets to V.2 I would be fine with all forum and discord members getting access.
So what do you all think?
I am ok with all of the options except open to all. From what they have said this is most akin to a pre-alpha build and I don't think random people who have not been following the game closely would understand where the game is and would grade it like a game ready to come out. Part of the blame is on people not knowing how game development works but a lot of the fault comes with many developers claiming a product that is ready to ship is a beta or alpha build so people expect polish anytime they get early access to a game.
Getting bad reviews at this point can only hurt the future expectations of this game so I feel the message should be closely controlled at this point to people who are invested in the product and understand what they are seeing. If someone just saw some of the art assets that have been released they would expect this game to be almost done but then the demo may have bugs or just be limited in scope and then people write a bunch of bad reviews.
I picked blood relatives for now because it is a reward for investing early and is an incentive to get people to invest in the game for the developers. Once the playtest gets to V.2 I would be fine with all forum and discord members getting access.
So what do you all think?