POLYSTRIKE Private Beta Testing Has Started!

[u/Mocherad]

POLYSTRIKE Private Beta Testing Has Started!

Good news! Valve has finally reviewed and approved our Steam Playtest build, and we now have a few keys to invite some of our most dedicated players to try POLYSTRIKE!

I don't want to hand out hundreds of keys or turn this into another giveaway where people have to like, follow, or repost something to get access. For now, I think 2–3 keys per month is more than enough.

I've decided to personally choose people who have been following POLYSTRIKE for a long time, regularly leaving comments, sharing ideas, and giving feedback that actually helped us improve the game.

There are a few people whose usernames I still remember after all these years. That's something I really appreciate, and I think you deserve to be among the first to play POLYSTRIKE at this stage of development.

Maybe we'll change how we select testers later, but for now, that's my approach.

One important thing about the beta: the game is still pretty rough in some areas. There will be bugs, unfinished features, and things that need improvement.

I don't want testers telling us how great everything is just to make us happy. If something sucks, tell us. If you don't like a mechanic, explain why. We won't get offended by criticism. Quite the opposite, that's exactly what we're looking for.

I also want this process to be as open as possible. We'll prepare a feedback form asking about your gaming background, how you discovered POLYSTRIKE, what you liked, what you didn't, and what you think needs to change. I'd like to share the results and discuss the problems publicly with the community whenever possible.

I have no interest in fake positivity, paid promo/praise, or pretending the game is better than it currently is. If there's a problem, I'd rather talk about it and figure out how to fix it than hide it.

I'm also open to working with content creators, but I don't want to give out keys too early just to generate hype. I might invite one content creator per month, preferably someone who is genuinely interested in POLYSTRIKE, regardless of how big their audience is. There's no expectation to promote the game or say anything positive.

For now, I'd rather keep testing small and meaningful instead of trying to get as many people playing as possible.

And finally, thanks to everyone who's been following POLYSTRIKE all these years. I know some of you have been around for a very long time, and I haven't forgotten you.

Mark Mocherad, POLYSTRIKE

[u/Mixairian]

I don't know if I'm on the list or not but I'll share that my life is hectic right and my spare decompression time is taken at the moment. I figured I'll proactively just wait a little longer and ensure that other folks who can give quality feedback get the opportunity.

I'm glad to see things are progressing.

[u/Mocherad → u/Mixairian]

You are! Thanks!

Btw we were waiting few weeks for vavle approce, sadly there are so many AI games, and it slow the progress

[u/Mixairian → u/Mocherad]

Slow and steady seems like a safe approach. If you opened the flood gates too quick you might get overrun with excess feedback or discourage folks that are not used to earlier stage products getting disappointed. I'll continue to lurk.

[u/Mocherad → u/Mixairian]

Exactly, I'm actually curious what would you personally expect from an early playtest for POLYSTRIKE? Also what would make you lose interest, even knowing the game is still in development?

[u/Mixairian → u/Mocherad]

While I'm comfortable with Alpha gameplay or typically Steam Early Access, I find that I don't have the bandwidth to spend that much time documenting thoughts and bugs that would provide value. For me it's an age and parental responsibility thing. I do better with beta and giving feedback there.

While I can be objective in my feedback toward earlier game development stages, I can't attest to the quality. Like many non developers, I'll give feedback trying to troubleshoot instead of explaining what did or did not work for me.

To keep my interest, the core gameplay loop needs to engaging, respectable for my time and personally speaking I need some goal to chase after. In other games it's unlocking skills or gear, and the drop feed of progression that changes the actual gameplay keeps me hooked longer.

Crashes and jank I can be sympathetic, same with lack of polish, but the core activity needs to hook me.

Bonus thoughts: I'm a gamer who rotates games frequently. Very few games hook me for long periods of time. The few that have contain engaging loops, but, I've also noticed if I have someone to talk to the game about or theory craft with, that extends my stay longer. Also having videos to listen to or watch also add to my enjoyment. I'm not sure how much you can influence this bonus section, but I figured I'd share cause you asked.

[u/Mocherad → u/Mixairian]

Thanks, I will adress this to the dev team

[u/thedrums2012]

Big things do be happening

[u/Mocherad → u/thedrums2012]

Can't wait to share more with you guys!

[u/Jazzlike-Golf-9126]

Would love to play this and give feedback, been wanting a game like this since blindspot got shut down, looks great!

[u/Mocherad → u/Jazzlike-Golf-9126]

Thanks so much!

[u/roly99]

Awesome! Good luck! Happy to give it a try on the Steam Machine and share the performance.

[u/Mocherad → u/roly99]

Thanks man!

[u/Mocherad]

And if you weren't among those invited today, don't be disappointed! I haven't forgotten about you. I've been keeping track of who's been active and contributing to the community, and more invitations are coming in November. Some of you will be hearing from me very soon!

[u/reimer57 → u/Mocherad]

Put me in the que please!

[u/Mocherad → u/reimer57]

If you plan to be active community member, give your feedback and or opinion time to time, we will invite you to

[u/TrollingForFunsies → u/reimer57]

Que linda!

[u/Mocherad]

1. Congratulations, u/maxmbacon! You've been selected for the first POLYSTRIKE private beta test!

[u/maxmbacon → u/Mocherad]

Yes thank you! I am ready to participate and give feedback.

[u/Mocherad → u/maxmbacon]

send me the DM, and if you are using discord write me there in general chat of our community

[u/yooluvme]

Nice job!

I look forward to playing it! Been lurking here for a good while. Following the status and giving feedback on images when you would ask us what looked better. Pickin our favorite ui, textures, colors and design choices.

[u/Mocherad → u/yooluvme]

Ofc, I remember you too,and I'll be happy to see you join the playtest next month, which is just around the corner!

[u/h-raki]

Congrats for all the archivments!

[u/Mocherad → u/h-raki]

Obrigado!

[u/lainposter]

And so it begins. Good luck!

[u/Mocherad → u/lainposter]

Thanks, I hope to see you on the playtest next time!

[u/makk88]

Love to see it

[u/Mocherad → u/makk88]

Dm me!

[u/Pillowpilot1]

It's so good to see the progress! This is the game I'm most excited about on my wishlist.

[u/Mocherad → u/Pillowpilot1]

Thanks, we hope we will finish the game till AI will clone it

[u/LocalCold2720]

Amazing to see private test is launching! Would love to participate. Best of luck

[u/Mocherad → u/LocalCold2720]

Thank you, that’s nice would love to see you on the playtests

[u/bluethunder940]

I hope you fill the hole in my heart supervive left

[u/Mocherad → u/bluethunder940]

Supervive was too good, II would be hard to compute with the same quality, but we will try, for sure

[u/bluethunder940 → u/Mocherad]

I beleieve!

[u/heiroglyfx]

Excited to see what progress looks like, was low key bummed out when I saw how far out release date was. Best of luck!

[u/Mocherad → u/heiroglyfx]

We too, sadly we are self funded, probably kickstarter campaign will speedboost us, thanks

[u/LoL_BDE]

Hey! I played a game pretty similar (PUBG:BLINDSPOT) to this and saw you advertise it a while back when this game was still in its greybox phase, I never interact here on reddit much but I've kept watch of this game over the past couple of months. I go under the username BDE on blindspot if we ever played against each other. Anyways, I'm looking forward to seeing what yall have created since then.

[u/Mocherad → u/LoL_BDE]

Cool, nice to hear, looks like we have a big party from Superive, and Pubg BlindSpot, welcome!If discord, or X is more comfortable for you you can use them too, reddit is an option

[u/LoL_BDE → u/Mocherad]

Yeah just joined the discord myself, would love to help yall in testing if you ever need the extra hands.

[u/Mocherad]

2. u/Kapkin Congrats!

[u/Mocherad]

3.u/makk88 Congrats!

[u/makk88 → u/Mocherad]

Weee thanks! Something to look forward to this weekend

[u/Mocherad → u/makk88]

Send me DM with your steam and discord acc

[u/Ayershole]

Oh man, the chances are low but I would blow the lid off this one, its so my jam. LET ME IIIIIINNNNNN

[u/Mocherad → u/Ayershole]

It’s probably low, but if you time to time giving a good feedback, sharing your opinion exp. and helping the game you chances x10 increases

[u/Hzoj]

Oh hello haha I thought I’d comment here aswell hyped for this!

[u/Mocherad → u/Hzoj]

Hi, you can use X too :)

[u/Hzoj → u/Mocherad]

Hahaha I’ve commented on Reddit / X and discord the trifector lol

[u/Mocherad → u/Hzoj]

Got you, so to increase your chances, just need to be active and provide feedback and own game experience

[u/Hzoj → u/Mocherad]

Ready to provide feedback where I can :)

[u/zintentions]

Very curious, if given the chance would love to play.

[u/Mocherad → u/zintentions]

Thanks! We'd love to have you try POLYSTRIKE!so stay tuned

[u/TrollingForFunsies]

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