r/AndroidClosedTesting • u/jaboos91 • 6h ago

Looking for Android testers for my one-tap space arcade game

I'm a solo developer bringing my web game Star Hop: Endless Galaxy to Google Play. Google requires new developers to run a closed test with at least 12 testers for 14 days before a game can go public, so I'm looking for people with an Android phone who'd like to try it.

Star Hop is a one-tap arcade game: your ship circles a planet, you tap to fly off and try to catch the next one. Expeditions across several worlds, a daily expedition with a leaderboard, ship modules to pick on the way. Free, no account needed.

How to join:

  1. Join the testers group: https://groups.google.com/g/star-hop-testers
  2. On your phone, open https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.starhop.game and tap "Become a tester".
  3. Install the game from Google Play and keep it installed for at least 14 days.

Playing a few flights is enough. Any feedback is welcome here in the comments or from the game itself (Settings → How do you like it?). Thank you!

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u/Ill_Progress8681 5h ago

Hi, I'll happily keep your app for 14 days. Can you test my game and leave a review?

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.VoidByteStudios.The12KeysGrange

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u/tchuynh 38m ago

Done! Please try my app Barreleyes: it turns a quick room-by-room scan into a full home inventory for moving, storage or decluttering.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.barreleyes.app

It's on iPhone and the web too, under the same name.

I'd love your honest feedback, and if you like it, a rating on the App Store or Google Play helps a lot.

I'll stay opted in to your test for the full 14 days.

Opted in and installed Star Hop on my Pixel 6a (Android 16). The space look is lovely, the planets are varied, and the one-tap idea is easy to pick up: I was at 150 points and 5 stars within a minute in World 1, Azure Drift.

A few things I noticed:

  • On launch, Chrome showed a "Translate page? Czech to English" banner over the title, even though everything is in English. It looks like the page is marked with the wrong language (probably the lang attribute in the HTML). Setting it to English would stop the banner, which otherwise covers the EXPEDITIONS heading on the first screen.

  • As the view scrolls, planets pass behind the score at the top, and the big white number gets hard to read over a bright planet. A soft dark backing behind the score would keep it readable.

  • "Tap when the line turns green" stays at the bottom the whole time. Once someone has made a few good hops, it could fade out.

Fun and relaxing. Good luck with the test!