Since Steam Next Fest earlier this year, our team has taken some time to make some improvements to the new player experience and performance. We have greatly appreciated all the time you’ve spent helping us to test and refine these areas in the past few months. In a few weeks, we want to put these changes to the test and are hosting an extended playtest for this purpose.
Our current plan is to ship update 0.21.0 in a few weeks. This includes some additional changes that will make this playtest a little different from previous ones. Following that, we’re planning to open Arkheron’s servers 24/7 for 1-2 weeks. Spires will be the primary mode during this time but there may be some allocated Ascension windows too!
We have a number of players on our Steam waiting list that we’re planning to invite to this playtest. Fresh eyes will help us stress-test our performance improvements and give us more info about how Arkheron is experienced by new players.
Closer to this time, we’ll share the more details around the playtest, including what to expect from update 0.21.0. While this test is somewhat geared toward new players, we’ll be looking for feedback from our long time players too!
We look forward to sharing more with you in the coming weeks.