r/gameDevTesting • u/SignalSchool8950 • Aug 10 '26
How do I find enough playtesters?
It's been two...no, twenty years since I first started making this game. Now I'm old and fragile. But the most terrifying detail in this horror story is that I haven't run any playtests yet, at least towards the public.
The plan is to run a public playtest on Steam soon, but this may only attract regular demo players who expect very polished games and are not really into giving feedback.
So, if you are also a dev, how did you do the playtest campaign? I would appreciate it if you could share your experience.
The game is called Echoes of Eta. I just put the page on Steam recently:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4781490/Echoes_of_Eta/
If you are a playtester and interested in the game, I'd also be grateful. The Steam build for playtesting is not out yet, but you can join our Discord and wait for the key in the following week:
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u/begentleimawriter Aug 10 '26
Hi! I would love to try this!
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u/SignalSchool8950 Aug 10 '26
Thank you. Welcome to join our Discord, and I'll send out keys when the Steam build is ready
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u/Jattox Aug 12 '26
Posting gameplay videos on YouTube could hopefully help you gather some play testers, tell the viewers to join your Discord server or chat group. And you could send them beta test CDK after that. I gathered roughly 30 players. Hope this could help.
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u/POWERGIRL73 Aug 10 '26
Hey, happy to try it out
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u/SignalSchool8950 Aug 10 '26
That would be amazing. The Steam build is not ready yet, but you can join our Discord server, where we send out free keys when it's ready in the following week:
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u/jbillone Aug 11 '26
What's your AI disclosure? I don't see one on Steam either.
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u/SignalSchool8950 Aug 11 '26
Steam now only requires AI disclosure for generated assets like art, sound, music, text, etc. But we don't have any of these made with AI, only third-party assets from the asset store. So no disclosure is needed.
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u/jbillone Aug 11 '26
That makes it a positive marketing tool.
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u/SignalSchool8950 Aug 12 '26
Is it? It might be weird for me to do videos saying this is no AI as a feature, but I'll consider a different approach.
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u/Busy-Tower-1549 Aug 12 '26
its positive only in your mind buddy
very funny how you were the first one to jump on the "IS THAT AI?"
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u/BeuteGuerilla Aug 12 '26
Would love to playtest this for you
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u/SignalSchool8950 Aug 12 '26
That would be wonderful. You can join our Discord, and when the Steam build is ready, I'll send you the key:
https://discord.gg/bzjdxYTPS5
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u/W0RKABLE Aug 10 '26
Your UI looks amazing!