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This week BloodEater Games is planning to release the second section to the "Twenty Below" map, opening up the playtest to all, in our Public Playtest.

Anyone currently playtesting the game in the private version of the playtest on our Discord will have early access to the playtest of the map’s second section a few days before we go live on the public playtest.

[h2]Second Section "The Streets"[/h2]
The second of four sections to the Twenty Below map is a step up on the scale. You will need to plan every move as you move from house to house finding a way out to the next section.

This time around, it is not only "The Noble" you have to worry about, but two other types of Sanguivore minions. Totally loyal to "The Noble" in every way, they work entirely for him, being his eyes and ears across this section. Outside the confines of the police station, this new area is twice as large as the first section. Up high are his scouts, flitting from rooftop to rooftop in search for stays left in the cold. If they spot you they will let out a cry, calling in the Bloodhounds.

Bloodhounds are fast and have one intention, to drive you into buildings for "The Noble" to have his fun with you. Although the Scouts will not attack you, Bloodhounds will. Get too close to them and they will pounce on you like a wild predator taking down its prey.

The lurking Vampire will not be the only threat: a snowstorm is inbound and will hit the town with freezing temperatures, biting away at your health more and more the longer you are exposed to the chilling winds and snow. Only venture out during a storm if in desperate need of moving on, storms come and go every few minutes, leaving an opportunity to move to a different location if your timing is right.

Can you take on both sections of Twenty Below? Is it in your blood to survive?


Visit the Steam store page for “Sanguivore: Twenty Below” and scroll down until you see the playtest banner.



Once you have requested access, you will be added to the list of players waiting to playtest. We will start letting people in when the playtest goes live this week.

[h3]Why not join our Discord server[/h3]
If you would like the opportunity to bag a FREE copy of Sanguivore: Twenty Below when BloodEater Games go live into Steam Early Access, all you need to do is:

- Be a member of the Discord
- Report any bugs found while playtesting
- Give any feedback about your experience
- Have fun

BloodEater Games are giving away full free copies of the game for the most dedicated, involved and helpful playtesters.


[h2]Screenshots[/h2]

Blood Eater Games are thrilled to announce that our chilling cooperative horror experience, Sanguivore: Twenty Below, is set to make its spine-tingling debut in Early Access December 1st, 2023.

We would also like to let everyone know how delighted we are to be partnering with Forthright Entertainment on Sanguivore.

Ryan Waller of Forthright Entertainment shared his enthusiasm:

Teaming up with Blood Eater Games for this exhilarating horror co-op project has been fantastic. Merging the concept of an ‘Escape Room’ with an ‘Escape Town’, players must use stealth and teamwork to avoid being hunted down. Our playtesting sessions have been wildly entertaining, and we’re confident horror co-op fans will relish this game as we continue refining it for the 2024 full release.

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We are now accepting requests for the next phase of our playtest on the Steam store page, simply look for the signup button and get ready to be let in. Here are some quotes from private playtesters on our Discord.

Originally posted by Playtester

Starting off the game is very beautiful. The graphics are quite heavy and I see a potential for Ray tracing being implemented at some point. Good Points on that. The voice acting is pretty good and the narrative building up the experience is really cool.

Originally posted by Playtester

Enjoyed the game so far. It focuses on team work and the mechanics are pretty straight forward. I think the only issues we ran into were some minor visual bugs and the creature seemed rather campy in areas.
I really think this is a cool concept of an escape-room style horror. Definitely wish-listing this title. Looking forward to continue playtesting!

Originally posted by Playtester

When playing/testing the game, graphics are beautiful. Enjoyed multi-player escape room concept. Different ways to complete objectives with challenge of evading a predator while having to put some thought into it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432990/Sanguivore_Twenty_Below/

We have released a short gameplay teaser and some updated images for the steam store.

Make sure to check out the teaser traile on the store plage or on the video below.

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Along with some addition screenshots of updates we have been making to the first map available in Sanguivore. "Alaska - Twenty Below".


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432990/Sanguivore_Twenty_Below


We are currently working on new artwork for the game and will be exclusivly posting to our Twitter with updates for that. So make sure to go give us a follow on Twitter.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodEaterGames

The Bloodeater Games Development Team

The time to register for the private playtest are drawing to a close. With only a week left before we stop accepting you submissons on our Discord server.

If you want one the limited slots in our private play test, there is still time to submit your details. For more information on how to apply, see our last post (linked below).


https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2432990/view/3666548206467473235


Also if you have not wishlisted and follow our store page, why not do it now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432990/Sanguivore_Twenty_Below/

The first playtest, we are calling the "Private Playtest" will be only people that we can communicate with directly via our Discord server in order to keep it as small and as controlled as possible.

This will consist of single players or teams of up to 4 players having access to a limited first section of our launch map "Alaska" a.k.a. "Twenty Below" (For full list of limitations please see below). Up to four players will have to try and escape the "Sheriff's Department" using one of the four possible escape routes, while being hunted by the Sanguivore.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432990/Sanguivore_Twenty_Below/


Because we want to have a good communication with playtesters, all players wishing to join the private playtest will be required to join our official discord server and submit a request via the provided system.

HOW TO JOIN THE DISCORD
Visit the Discord link here and join the server. Once in the server and you have read all the rules, submit your application in the room called "Playtest request", enter your system details and any other information you wish to give. This will create a ticket and one of the team will get back to you with information and your key if we have accepted you into the private playtest.

Please note: If you do not wish to join our Discord server but still want to be part of the playtest, we will be holding a public playtest mid-october that will only require you to apply for access via the steam client.


If you are accepted in to the playtest, you may send us the Discord names of up to three additional friends who you would like to play with. We will send extra keys directly to them via Discord as long as they have also joined our Discord server.


The two playtests being held will have limited game mechanics in order for us to only test systems that are fundimental to the game and gameplay.

FEATURES NOT AVAILABLE IN THE PLAYTEST

• NO player skills will be available.
  
• NO player character customisations.
  
• NO player character selection, this will be automated in the playtest.
  
• NO section 2 "The Street" available during playtest 1.
  
• NO section 3 "Industrial" available during playtests.
  
• NO section 4 "The Coast" available during the playtest.
  
• NO custom games modes (difficulty, map or Sanguivore selection).
  

MAIN FEATURES AVAILABLE IN THE PLAYTEST

• Public "Open" Lobbies.
  
• Private "Closed" Lobbies.
  
• All 4 escape routes from section 1 "Sheriff's Department".
  
• A single sanguivore that will stalk and hunt players.
  
• No game time limits.
  
• All video and sound settings will be available.
  

Please remember: this is a playtest, although we have tested the current version of the game to smooth oout any bugs and issues, you may still come across them and we will only be able to fix them if you report them in the required way.



This is one thing we will try and determine during playtest sessions.

During interal testing we were able to get 60FPS on epic settings using the following setup.

Processor :: Intel i5 8500 3Ghz, 6 core, 6 processors
Video Card :: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Operating System :: Windows 10
RAM :: 16 GB
SCREEN RES: 1920x1080
TSR (Screen Percentage) :: 50% (Default)

And 30FPS with the following machine setup:

Processor :: 
Video Card :: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980ti
Operating System :: Windows 10
RAM :: 8 GB
SCREEN RES: 1920x1080
TSR (Screen Percentage) :: 50% (Default)

You will be required to attach the following details to each post you make if it is in the following tag categories, "Bug", "Crash", "Performance".

MY DETAILS EXAMPLE

Processor :: AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core Processor
Video Card :: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Operating System :: Windows 10
RAM :: 64 GB
SCREEN RES :: 3220x1440
TSR (Screen Percentage) :: 50% (Default)

This will help us in speeding up any support we can offer and find the root to the issue being reported.

WAYS TO GET THIS INFORMATION
- Run DXDiag from your PC
- Visit: https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/my-computer-details
- or any other way you may know.

If you need assistance in this please ask in the ⁠discussion room on Discord in the playtest category.


Depending on the interest, reports and player base. the private playtest will last from 3 - 5 days, then opening up again for the second playtest for all other players.

IF I AM PART OF THE PRIVATE PLAY TEST WILL I BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PUBLIC PLAYTEST WITHOUR APPLYING?
Yes! The private playtest steam key will automatically give you access to the public playtest as well.


Remember to wishlist below.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432990/Sanguivore_Twenty_Below/

Have fun all

Blood Eater Games