Playtesters Needed!

Greetings!

As Patrons already know, The Proteus Effect now has a Discord server! I'd previously shared the invite link in a Patrons-only post, but I figured I should go ahead and make it public. So, if you'd like to join us, you can do so here! 

Most areas are open to non-patrons. I created the server mostly to help with playtesting, but there are many channels for discussion of lots of other things. So drop on by!

The playtesting part brings me to the main point of this post - I need playtesters! I've had a few so far, but I really need more - especially for the boss fight - so I'm opening up this phase of playtesting to everyone. If you can't contribute to the project financially but still want to help out, this is a great opportunity to do so!

The main focus of 0.7 is the Bunnies finishing up their dungeon run in The Dark Pits. This dungeon isn't just a 'slap some monsters in a maze and call it good' affair, though - I created some new mechanics and wrote a bunch of code to implement them. The dungeon has a lot of puzzles and action scenes, and I'd really like to get feedback on 'em before 0.7 goes live.

Since the dungeon uses a lot of code that I personally wrote, there's a higher-than-usual chance for bugs, and I'd like to take care of the serious ones before release. The playtesters thus far have found a lot, but I'm sure there are more out there. The thing I *really* want, though, is feedback on the gameplay - especially the boss fight. Is it fun? Not fun? Too hard? Not hard enough? How would you improve it?

Note that the test version does *not* have any new story or H-scene content (aside from some meta humor here and there). This phase of testing is *only* for the gameplay itself. I will be adding some conversations and story events among the characters in the final version of the dungeon, but there's none of that in this one.

If you'd like to test, join the Discord server and look in the 'Test Builds' area - there you'll find links to the latest test build and channels in which to discuss it. Please start a new game, rather than using old saves - you'll start out in the new dungeon. The succubus in the beginning can transport you directly to the boss fight, but I'd recommend against that if you haven't played the dungeon before. The rest of the dungeon familiarizes you with mechanics you'll need to know in order to beat the boss.

I'll probably lock down playtesting to Patrons-only again once I put all the story and H-scenes in there - since that will be more or less the full Patron release - but if a playtester is particularly helpful, I may give them access to the Patron version when it comes out.

I hope you enjoy the test dungeon, and thank you for your support!