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The Alpha Test is Complete: Director's Letter
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From our Studio Director, Tamura Koji
To our Heroes of Armantia,
Greetings.
This is Koji, your producer and studio head at Challengers Games and Second Wave.
First of all, I would like to say thank you very much for taking part in the Alpha Test!
Since August 2022, when we started making Second Wave, we've been working non-stop for about 10 months. As scheduled, we held the "First Alpha Test" in late May and the "Second Alpha Test" in early June.
The first and second tests lasted 48 hours each, for a total of 96 hours with you.
Our goal for this Alpha Test was to have a test with a more improved game than the build we showed at GDC 2023 in March. Since there are latency issues, we were more concerned with smooth gameplay than securing a matchmaking pool. We've set up servers in five regions: NA East, NA West, Europe, Asia, Korea, and Japan, and prepared for more stable gameplay. But contrary to our expectations, Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 had access, matchmaking, and social bugs that disrupted the Alpha gameplay, and we apologise for that.
The test was run without any publicity, advertising, or marketing, and so we were worried that the queues would not match very well. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the number of people who showed up, with 16 games running simultaneously at the peak.
We made some invaluable connections that helped us get to where we are today. With these connections, we founded the company in August 2022. It felt as if the stars had aligned, and thankfully we were able to prepare our protype for Second Wave, which led us to GDC, and then finally to the Alpha Test. I believe this Alpha Test is a time where you and our team established bonds. We don't want to lose that bond by the time the beta test rolls around. We want to continue this relationship through Early Access and Official Launch, building your "trust". Only then will we have a real Second Wave.
We sincerely hope that the Alpha Test has given you the feeling that "Second Wave is a fun game!" and that you feel that this is a game that is worth looking forward to. This Alpha experience has given our team a lot to learn and think about.
Once again, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the alpha test.
The Alpha Test survey will close in 24 hours. Your feedback will be our compass that will guide us in the direction we need to go with Second Wave, so we hope to see you in the Beta Test soon.
Thank you.
Tamura Koji, CEO
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The First Beta Test is Complete: Director's Letter
Heroes of Armantia,
Hello everyone. I'm the CEO of Challengers Games and the Producer of Second Wave, Koji Tamura.
I hope everyone is doing well with the new season and all the changes that come with it. I'm certainly not. I still haven't gotten over my cold for a month now... (cough, cough)
Well, anyway. First and foremost, I want to say thank you to everyone.
To everyone who participated in our first Beta Test from October 6th to October 16th, thank you. It's been almost four months since we first showed you our Alpha version of Second Wave on May 27th, 2023. This Alpha test was incredibly instrumental. We were able to gather some amazing feedback from the Alpha players, and it helped us steer the game in the right direction. The view on this ship during our adventure to create Second Wave was a little foggy at times, but your feedback allowed us to see more clearly and resulted in bringing some really good changes to the game.
Bon Koo9482023-10-16
Alpha Playtest 1 - Complete!
Heroes of Armantia,
Thank you for participating in our first playtest. Though the game is in a true alpha state, we appreciate the players that have taken interest in our game and have provided feedback and/or suggestions to improve our game. We apologize for the first few hours for North American servers, thankfully with your help we were able to solve the issue and get it fixed.
We've seen a lot of feedback about the servers, with players wanting to team up with others or play within another server region. Due to this, we have decided to implement a setting in-game where players can easily switch between regions (NA East, NA West, Europe, SEA and East Asia). This will be implemented in next weekend's playtest, along with a new social feature that we're adding: Squads. Squads will allow players and friends to team up and queue up together. We will be looking at the feature next weekend, how it's used, and see the general feedback surrounding it.
Bon Koo2K2023-05-30
[Notice] Test Ends at 21:00 (UTC-7) on Jan 15
Dear players,
🎉Thank you for participating in our alpha test. Hope you had a good time in <Project: Tempo>! We have received much feedback from you, which is significantly valuable to help us optimize our game!
⌛Please kindly note that this test will end at 21:00 (UTC-7) on Jan 15. The server will be closed with a data wipe. After this test, we will continue to optimize our game and bring you more features and a better gaming experience next time!
Project Tempo7102023-01-15
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