We're thrilled today to open the very first Kaiserpunk Playtest! New game version will be available from today until Monday, July 22nd, and main goal is to gather new feedback from all sorts of players. Playtest game version is not the same as previously available demo, but it still a quite incomplete game version, so please keep that in mind - there will be bugs and errors as well as missing content.
To get the option to participate in this free Playtest, you'll need to first "Request access" on game store page. We're gathering interested people for a few days already, but will likely continue to grant access after Playtest already starts, at least during first day. So don't worry, if you're hearing this now for the first time, you're still not late!
Allow us a moment to explain the purpose of this Playtest: During initial demo availability we've encountered some hardware problems (too high drain on video memory and low frame on some machines). That prevented a number of players to try out the demo as they intended. We'd like to apologize once again for that, but we did take all reports very seriously. A few weeks have been dedicated fully to first optimization rounds primarily. During internal tests in recent days we've measured significant performance improvements, as well as drop off in video memory requirements. That means game should load up normally to many additional players that experienced memory peak and freeze moments before, and should overall work smoother.
During this work, a few more areas were found where more sizeable performance gains can be reached, so we'll absolutely pursue it too. But at the moment, we'd like to double check what were the results so far before we continue.
On the content side, Playtest version introduces second (out of several more) geographical biome - ARID and couple of new maps. In final game, these various biomes will cover different parts of the world, depending on what region you select to start your game in. In total you'll be able to play through several maps and two different biomes, but at the moment tutorial features are enabled only on map designated as "tutorial". This means that maps other the tutorial one will currently function as full sandbox. All currently available game features will work, as well as salvageable scenery, but you should already be familiar with how game mechanics work (basic hints will still be there). You can always try out tutorial map first, then switch to some of the other ones. Eventually, plan is to have tutorial linked to any available ingame map (but will have an option tu be turned off).
Playtest version has the same time limit set at 4 hours in a single session while number of different sessions isn't restricted.
What can you do for us?
Hopefully, you can enjoy the current game version, and you can provide us with your feedback once you're done. We'd be very grateful for every single piece of information you wish to provide us, because that will be the backbone of adjusting further development until game is completed.
You can share your opinions, suggestions, throw bugs at us or send helpful files for resolving technical issues. Everything helps and we'll do our best to listen and include what you say in further planning.
Depending on your preference, you can forward your feedback on any of these channels:
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UNDECEMBER will be undergoing a server patch on Jul. 20 (Sat) to address identified issues.
Please refer to the following information for details.
Jul. 20 (Sat) Server Patch
1. Server Patch Schedule: Jul. 20 (Sat) 2024, 17:15（UTC+9） * The server patch will proceed without maintenance. * The game will therefore be available to play while the server patch is underway.
2. Server Patch Details - The issue where Gear Tier 35 Weapons are not dropped will be fixed.
3. To Note - Please exit the game completely before logging in again for the patch to be applied. - Please note that you will not be able to enter the Auction House, Constellation of Time, Chaos Dungeons, and Eunos Dungeons for 10 minutes before and after the patch.
Please be advised that players may experience temporary disconnections while the patch is underway. We will always strive to maintain the quality and reliability of our services.
This is a small patch that makes a couple of balance changes to liquid pipes and plants, and also fixes some rare crashes and bugs from the Alpha 10 release.
Internal
Increased opacity and offset of the tile hover panel so the contents are more readable
Plants are now included in the tile hover panel
Tweaked the character renderer to render moving explorers more smoothly in-between world ticks
Explorers will no longer try to write diary entries or eat food in doorways
Explorers will no longer try to write diary entries, eat food, or idly wander to a cell that is exposed to the vacuum of space, even if that cell is breathable
Balance
Reduced the rate of wild plant growth from 50% to 20%
Increased number of brown bernie plants generated at world generation by 25%
Reduced the number of ration packs buried at world generation
Reduced the capacity of liquid pipes and other liquid network buildings from 10kg to 2kg
Reduced the oxygen generator water consumption from 2.5kg/sec to 1kg/sec
Reduced the amount of transmitite generated at world generation from 500kg to 400kg per cell
Fixes
Fixed a crash where explorers would try to pick up too much mass to supply an errand
Fixed a crash if a liquid pipe network tried to split up a very small liquid mass
Fixed "brown bernie" plants and foods sometimes showing up in-game as "mushroom"
Fixed tile hover text displaying "ship-tile" instead of "ship tile", "oxygen-candle" instead of "oxygen candle", etc.
Fixed a long explorer name breaking the layout of the priorities dialog
