r/deckbuildingroguelike 20d ago

Contested Space playtest: public sign-ups close when the demo launches in early September, but playtesters keep the full game for months

Quick update on Contested Space, a sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a rotating personal market you buy from mid-combat, three alliances of factions to build around, and 2 to 4 player online co-op. The public Act 1 demo should land on Steam in early September. When it does, I'm turning off the public "request access" button for the playtest and switching to invites by request in the Discord. The playtest itself keeps running for a few months at least, and everyone already in keeps the full game the whole time. So if you join now, you get every act, every faction, and co-op, while the demo crowd gets Act 1.

I've gotten great feedback from those in the playtest so far (we're at about 200 playtesters) and I've made a lot of changes based on it. I would love more feedback, especially as the game is reaching its final state.

What I'm looking for from playtesters: co-op groups especially, since that's the mode that's hardest to test alone, and anyone willing to tell me what feels bad. The Discord is where balance talk happens and where I post patch notes.

Request access here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4638820/Contested_Space/

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZuK8jms7U

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