Heartsville News #2 | Playtest Recap & Holidays!
Greetings NEIGHBORS,
We've recharged our batteries after the Mini-Playtest last weekend and had the chance to look through your feedback and we gotta say....that's some quality sh*t right there. ːsteamthumbsupː
Our plan was to host this playtest in order to collect more data and adjust major gameplay aspects and YOU - the testers - have delivered BIG TIME. As we're currently wrapping up analyzing the data we wanted to share some tidbits and trivia. :)
[h2]PLAYTEST RECAP[/h2]
On Saturday at 12:00 noon we opened the Playtest to only a few thousands and expanded it throughout the day. Because of the very short notice and the Pre-Xmas stress we didn't really expect a huge turnaround. At the end we gave access to over 15.000 testers and in the end we hade 4300+ unique testers. So almost a third, which is suuuuper solid.
We can't wait to get going in 2025 and start implementing all your impressions to further polish the game as we are aiming to release Neighbors next year!
Some of the key facts and learnings we took away from the Mini-Playtest:
[h2]INVISIBLE WALLS TEAM goes on HOLIDAY[/h2]
We are slowly winding down for the year with everyone from the IW team going on holiday after this week. Some of our team will leave Denmark to visit their families in their home countries like e.g. Germany and Lithuania, while the bulk of our team will have "hyggelige" Christmas days here in cozy Copenhagen and Malmö, Sweden.
But we got one more thing: A lovely Christmas card from us and the neighbors of Heartville to YOU
Our beloved residents of Heartsville enjoying a nice bonfire with presents and coziness.
See you next year everyone!
- Artjom ːpraisesunː
We've recharged our batteries after the Mini-Playtest last weekend and had the chance to look through your feedback and we gotta say....that's some quality sh*t right there. ːsteamthumbsupː
Our plan was to host this playtest in order to collect more data and adjust major gameplay aspects and YOU - the testers - have delivered BIG TIME. As we're currently wrapping up analyzing the data we wanted to share some tidbits and trivia. :)
[h2]PLAYTEST RECAP[/h2]
On Saturday at 12:00 noon we opened the Playtest to only a few thousands and expanded it throughout the day. Because of the very short notice and the Pre-Xmas stress we didn't really expect a huge turnaround. At the end we gave access to over 15.000 testers and in the end we hade 4300+ unique testers. So almost a third, which is suuuuper solid.
We can't wait to get going in 2025 and start implementing all your impressions to further polish the game as we are aiming to release Neighbors next year!
Some of the key facts and learnings we took away from the Mini-Playtest:
- 15.000 tester received access.
- 4.300+ unique tester in 48 hours.
- Unanimous OP character is this young, lovely lady, also known as "Granny" or "Grandma".
Doreen is happy to have destroyed many, many players. These hips don't lie. - Had our first Developer Streams for Neighbors. More to come in 2025!
- Leloi (also know as "THE DOG") is too strong and will in the future give opposing players the chance - but only the chance - of survival.
- A ton of players got absolutely destroyed by armies of Baseball pitchers. We will adjust it. Although it was quite funny. :D
- 200+ feedback forms filled out with almost 40% giving the game a 10 in the "Would recommend to a friend" question. THANK YOU!
[h2]INVISIBLE WALLS TEAM goes on HOLIDAY[/h2]
We are slowly winding down for the year with everyone from the IW team going on holiday after this week. Some of our team will leave Denmark to visit their families in their home countries like e.g. Germany and Lithuania, while the bulk of our team will have "hyggelige" Christmas days here in cozy Copenhagen and Malmö, Sweden.
But we got one more thing: A lovely Christmas card from us and the neighbors of Heartville to YOU
Our beloved residents of Heartsville enjoying a nice bonfire with presents and coziness. See you next year everyone!
- Artjom ːpraisesunː