Hello Survival Typists! Thanks so much for your patience. Finally the time has come for us to announce our playtest plans! The last major updates to the demo were made in July in time for our participation in the Steam Next Fest. Since then the demo has not been updated as our focus has been on our Early Access release (which again we must ask some patience for before we announce the date and price!) In a little over a week, you’ll be able to get your hands on what we’ve been working on in that time. [h3]Sneak Preview[/h3] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//44862715/b12b44fb78384bf9b74ee3167b0669e1e21e81a6.gif[/img] After observing players engage with the game, we wanted address a few things some players were running into. It’s quite hard for a lot of players to type for extended period of time, and the pacing of the endless mode can be a little bit fiddly towards the end. To address that we’re making a more run-based system where a player will have to finish 5 trials and beat bosses to progress through each trial. It's a seemingly small but cruical change, and makes the gameplay experience so much better. That’s right, we’re creating bosses that are designed around the typing mechanic to spice up the gameplay. As a sneak peek, check out “The Poet” above, a boss that forces you to type out the bad poetry it dictates before you can move on. That’s just a tease of what you can expect in the playtest. [h3]Demo Plans[/h3] The demo no longer represents the game as it is now, so once the playtest is live it will be taken down. But we are committed to making sure you know what you are getting into when you play the game. The playtest will be the last chance you will get to try the game and see if it is for you before we launch Early Access. We will likely release a new demo in the future, but that will take some time and the focus will be on Early Access development. [h3]Building Hype[/h3] We want this playtest to be one last big hype push before release. We are working hard behind the scenes, so if you want to support the game please tell all your friends to join the playtest! [h3]Playtest FAQ[/h3] We will have 2 separate playtests. Playtest 1 Friday, September 13, 16:00 (CEST) 22:00 (GMT+8) Duration : 3 days Playtest 2 Friday, September 20, 16:00 AM (CEST) Duration : 3 days [h3]When can I sign up?[/h3] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//44862715/9713086edcbe900a060c67e03c6ff594c653e4f1.png[/img] Sign ups are open now on the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2400160/Glyphica_Typing_Survival/]game store page[/url], it should look like the image above (don't click this image, it will do nothing). Sign up and wishlist the game and you should be alerted when the playtest goes live! If you want to be extra sure that you are notified of the Playtest launch, you can also join our [url=https://www.squeakywheel.ph/contact]mailing list[/url] or [url=https://discord.gg/cCgzfwCBxJ]discord server[/url]. Does my progress in the playtest transfer to the main game? We are 90% sure that your save will be transferred when you buy the main game. But there is a 10% chance that some changes might make it so that the save file is no longer valid. When is the Early Access launch? We will have an announcement about Early Access once the Playtest ends. Until then, enjoy the Playtest!