{"id":2523,"date":"2024-10-11T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:58:50","slug":"external-playtest-preview-oct-19-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/fr\/external-playtest-preview-oct-19-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EXTERNAL PLAYTEST PREVIEW &#8211; OCT. 19, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last test we ran on Oct 2, we let players rip up the world, experimenting with a ton of world manipulation tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This next test, we\u2019re going a completely different direction, removing all of those terrain deformation capabilities and concentrating instead on some of our core game loops: combat, progression and (just a bit of) crafting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one is a complete change of pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Players are Rangers that have landed on a world deep within a dense pine forest on a twilit planet. They\u2019ll each have a basic weapon (Omniblaster), a survey tool, and a ranger tool. Their objectives will be to a) survive, and b) complete a survey of the entire planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that, they\u2019ll venture out into the forest\u2026and those woods will be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fraught with peril<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Creatures abound within the forest, and most of them are more than a match for a single player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s dangerous to go alone.\u201d There will be deaths!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" title=\"Water n&#8217; Trees\" src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-scaled.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271072%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201072%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271072%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-200x84.jpg 200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-400x167.jpg 400w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-600x251.jpg 600w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-800x335.jpg 800w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-1200x502.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Water-n-Trees-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1324px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New features for this test:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Combat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Players start with just a single weapon, the Omniblaster, but there are ways to gain others as they adventure. Some notes:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a long way from the final form of combat. This is an early test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weapons are not yet client-predicted, so you\u2019ll see some lag effects, depending on the latency of your connection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Creatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There are six types of creatures on the map: Deer, Jackalopes, Skysharks, Ballhogs, Owldeer, and Ballhives. They all have differing characteristics and behaviors, they drop different types of loot, and they are varying degrees of risk. Their AI is still somewhat basic, but they have some nasty surprises in store for players.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Skill Trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The first basic skill trees are in the game, allowing players to advance as Rangers, gaining XP and advancing along the Scout and Surveyor skill tree branches.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scout: This tree branch uses the Ranger Tool and is all about forward base camps. As you unlock nodes you\u2019ll be able to establish larger and more elaborate base camps for your friends to use that include ReLife stations and crafting stations including the Stove, Toolmaker, and Lathe. Additionally, the Ranger Tool lets you use a flamethrower to burn away underbrush (and trees) and a freezing tool that you can use to bridge waterways\u2026and put out fires.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surveyor: This tree branch explores setting waypoints and gathering nav nodes from the world, allowing you to (eventually) map a planet\u2019s surface and make that information available to other players. For now, it\u2019s a simplified version letting you map the nav node network for the planet and succeed in your mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Crafting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: You can use the Stove (once you gain access) to create consumables to restore stats while you fight, and there may be a few things you can do with the other stations also\u2026if we have time to sneak in some other stuff before the test.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora Burning: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only you can prevent forest fires. But you can also start them. Be warned\u2026fire spreads!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" title=\"Burn It Down\" src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2526\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Burn-It-Down.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1324px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, there\u2019s a host of bug fixes from previous tests (including better support for AMD video cards and fewer crashes) as well as performance improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re really looking forward to players trying these new systems and continuing to grow the game beyond. Soon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Want to Join the Next Playtest?<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"1728530578.422209\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1728530578.422209\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover\" role=\"document\" aria-roledescription=\"message\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out on the next round of chaos and creativity! Make sure to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/register.starsreach.com\/\"><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">[register for the playtest here]<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;and be part of the action. 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