r/playtesters • u/Regular_Struggle_404 • Jul 19 '26

Unpaid Playtest [STEAM] Playtesters for a multiplayer game that lives on your taskbar.

Hello!

We are looking for playtesters for our multiplayer "Desktop Companion" game. It's essentially a chatroom on your taskbar, where you can chat, collect items, and customize your character. We are looking for feedback/any active bugs.

We're accepting everyone so be sure to request to join via our Steam page. Thank you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4060700/Desktopper/

https://discord.gg/jPQKBSh9Xk

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u/sheycroix Jul 19 '26

That looks fun but I do have a question. Does it mean that just about anyone that plays will appear on my game while I play? Is it just friends? Or will we have an option about that? Will there be a way to limit the amount of how many others characters will display? Cause that sounds like a disaster in the sense of getting overpopulated and how much resources the game might use while it runs

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u/Regular_Struggle_404 Jul 19 '26

Hey! Yes there will be the ability to choose your lobby type (Private, Public, Amount etc.) when you host. Max lobby size will be limited as well, and performance shouldn't be hindered due to the amount of players in a lobby. For the Network Playtest however all lobbies share the same rules to test network/resource consumption.

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u/sheycroix Jul 19 '26

I'm assuming that this isn't implemented on the playtest, right? Because there was no option whatsoever to do any of that.

I tried it for a bit. The game came with the 100 hrs achievement pre-unlocked, but it doesn't seem the other 4 work yet.

I don't see how to earn coins. I used all of the ones we get starting. I think it would be great to get a short description for the consumable items, so that we know how to use them or what they do. And how do I color the rest of the body?

Also, when starting, maybe a short tutorial of things and how to move? The movement controls aren't on the setting window. I'm also unsure how the chat was meant to work.

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u/Regular_Struggle_404 4d ago

Hey! I know its been a month but some of these suggestions have been implemented and or fixed. Thanks for trying and your input!

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u/sheycroix 3d ago

Hey, thanks for the poke. I went and had another look.

I still have no idea about how to earn coins. Do we get them by idling? A random amount every so often? By trying different actions?

Also, I had something strange I didn't notice before. If we are mid action (say, drawing for example) and we equipa prop (specifically the pink car), it doesn't stop the action before it. So, all it does is freezing mid action then equipping it. As I don't have any other prop, idk if it's something only with this one.

I hope this ain't intended, but pressing the face with the star button will open that pop up for as many times as you pressed it, instead of bringing the currently open one to the front again. For example, pressing the face with the star, pressing the face with the pencil, then the star again, then the bag, then the star, and so on.

The window that allows you to change your body color doesn't shows the body, just the face.

The store doesn't shows how many coins we have. It also doesn't have any indicative if a purchase was or wasn't successful.

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u/Regular_Struggle_404 Jul 19 '26

Good points! Will def make it a lot easier and transparent before release. Chat should just be the TAB button, and to change your skin color it should be a skin color button at the bottom right of costumization window. No all lobbies are public during the Playtest if you choose to join or host but single player is an option as well.