Requesting beta testers for a great depression bank heist game

Playing Beta Testing Requests and Discussion
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Hello!

I’m making a game in 3 acts about robbing a bank during the great depression.

I’ve finished working on the third act; I’m working backwards because this act is the most unusual for me and I’d like to get it right before doing the others.

I could use a couple of testers on it. At this point, I’m already fully committed to the concept, setting, and characters. But what I am interested in is:
-Bugs
-Typos
-Inconsistencies in tone, mechanics, or characterization
-Unfair puzzles
-Story gaps or pacing

I only need two people now. I’ll be asking for more testers in the future once I finish up the other acts. I’ve had three great testers for an earlier prototype of part of the game.

I know this is a busy holiday system, so I’m fine if no one can help until next week!

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Sounds cool! I’m no use to anyone for the next couple weeks but will definitely be down to help for future rounds of testing.

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That’s great, I’ll definitely be reaching out in future weeks/months.

I’d like to enter this into IFComp, since I haven’t been in it for a while, and I think it’s suited for ifcomp audiences, but I also enjoy helping with IFComp, so I might enter it into something else like parsercomp. So that’s the time frame I’m looking at.

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Similarly, I have no idea how much free time I’ll have over the next couple weeks—I’m hopefully going cross-country skiing, so it’ll all depend if the weather cooperates or not. But that sounds like a great game, so I’d be down to test in the future!

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I have the week between Christmas and New Year’s off and relatively little planned, so count me in!

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If you still need testers, I’d be interested!

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Thanks! I’ll send out some messages; this should be great for now. I appreciate everyone’s help.

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The second act of this game is finished. It’s much more puzzle-oriented and focuses on crafting. Some people said they might be available for this round; let me know if that’s true!

Because I’m juggling the different acts and had some placeholder elements that made it into the finale, I’m most interested in what seems ‘off’ or ‘unfinished’ about the game, or about puzzles or elements that are nonsensical. Some parts that will be important in Act I are still intentionally unfinished.

Thanks for everyone’s help!

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I should have some time this week!

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count me in. Happy to test.

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Thanks, I sent messages. I appreciate the help!

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I’m also happy to test if you need more people, either in this phase or a future one!

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I appreciate everyone who’s tested! A couple of people were planning on playing later in the week. If you haven’t started yet, let me know and I’ll send you a new version; a significant number of critical bugs have been fixed.

If you already started, feel free to send whatever you have, it’s still helpful and I really appreciate it!

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