Hey everyone,

The first public playtest is now closed, and I want to thank everyone who played, it was awesome! I got a lot of good feedback and there\'s still more I need to go through.

If you didn\'t have time yet, please fill in this quick survey (10min max). You can also give feedback and report bugs on Discord .

Some numbers

More than 650 people got access to the playtest (which is more than I anticipated) and the median playtime has been around 35 minutes throughout the entire playtest. I think it\'s quite high and another indication that you enjoy the game.

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Some of you (31 to be precise) played more than 200 mins, that\'s crazy!

I have way more data to look at as I was collecting stuff through the Steam stats, but I didn\'t compute them yet. I\'ll let you know when I have more insights.

What\'s next?

I have a ton of stuff to implement and new features I want to add to the game before I push a public demo. I\'m also working on my other game Hyperslice, trying to release it in January. I can\'t make any promise yet, but I definitely want to run another small playtest before the public demo, so it\'s probably going to be around early/mid January if I can make it.

Thanks again for playing, see you soon!

Cheers,\nEliptik

If you want to follow the development, checkout my socials

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• YouTube

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• Discord

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Hey everyone,

Thanks again for all the feedback you left so far. I\'ve been amazed by the response to the game, and I\'m truly grateful for your help!

I wanted to push a little update before the end of the playtest. You can read the patch note below, there are some interesting changes. This update is lighter has I\'m working a lot on my other game Hyperslice to prepare for release.

The playtest will run until Monday, December 22, so give it a go if you didn\'t have time already!

What\'s next?

I\'m closing the playtest to fix the bugs and improve the game, and I hope to run another small playtest towards the end of the year/beginning of 2026 before I publish the demo.

I\'m also going to gather the data en make a small \"post-mortem\" about this playtest, I\'ll share it here too.

After you played, please take 10 minutes (max I promise!) to fill in this quick survey . You can also give feedback and report bugs on Discord .

Patch note - v0.0.13_playtest

Additions

• Tooltip with definition for complex words like anadrome or palindrome

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• UI to query word definition in the pause menu

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• Unique icons for consumables

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Modification

• Reroll button is eenabled as long as you have money instead of being disabled after one use

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• Reroll now prioritizes upgrades and consumables that have not been drawn in this shop instance

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• Rework how the & special letter works. It now sseparates the 2 words and apply the upgrades on each separately.

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Bugs

• Fix: arrows on upgrades was displayed weird in win screen

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• Fix: can continue typing with keyboard after scoring starts

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• Fix: keyboard typing selects letter in the for later even when closed

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If you want to follow the development, checkout my socials

• Bluesky

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• YouTube

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• Discord

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Checkout my other game Hyperslice

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Cheers,\nEliptik

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I\'m super happy to be part of this cool event made by IndieLab and Maru Game Studio!

Taskbar Treasure Week is a curated celebration of cozy desktop pets, idle loops, and incremental adventures. Youll find new demos, fresh releases, exclusive discounts, and plenty of charming little games to brighten your day.

Thanks to them for including Lexispell, and don\'t hesitate to join the playtest!

Checkout the event

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45193622/sale/TaskbarTreasureWeek

Cheers,\nEliptik

Hey everyone,

First, thanks for all the feedback you submitted already. There\'s a lot of valuable stuff in there, and it really motivates me to continue working on Lexispell to make it better. I\'m incredibly pleased to see many of you are enjoying the game and that it seems to be pretty stable overall.

If you have played already, don\'t hesitate to try this new version, as I fixed a bunch of issues and added some cool things (read more below).

More seats!

I\'m writing this to announce I\'m opening way more seats (more than 300!) in the playtest. If you were waiting to try the game, now is the time! Of course, you can still send invites to your friends if they want to try but didn\'t get selected yet.

New stuff

I\'ve made a lot of fixes, modifications and additions. You can read the full list below.

The biggest problem that still occurs is letters getting stuck in the air after some complicated merges. When a lot of merges are happening, it can also mess with the letters you already have selected. If a word is not recognized, don\'t hesitate to clear the word and try again in case some merges caused a bug.

One of the coolest new feature is the ability to submit words to be included in the dictionary! In the pause menu, you simply entered the word you want, select the language and hit submit! I\'ll review the suggestions at the end of the playtest so don\'t hesitate to submit anything you think should be included!

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After you played, please take 10 minutes (max I promise!) to fill in this quick survey . You can also give feedback and report bugs on Discord .

Patch note - v0.0.12_playtest

Additions

• Add numpad Enter key as Enter

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• Tooltip on letter in word ui

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• Setting for controller glyph type

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• Tooltip on treasure

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• Tool to submit word in pause menu

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• Asks for fullscreen setting when first launching

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• Tooltip on interest to explain it

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• Scroll leaderboard with right joystick

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• lexim, lexims, lexispell are now valid words

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• Upgrade names are valid even if their name doesnt exist

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• Popup on run restart from pause menu

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• Confirmation popup on home press from pause menu

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• Codex screen where you can all the upgrades and consumables

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Modification

• Fixed a bunch of typos in tutorial and upgrades

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• Make the scoring animation ultra fast and hidden for the most part in letter rush

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• Lexim icon on sell and reroll button

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• Hide tooltips on letters when scoring

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• Stop camera mouse offset when switching to gamepad

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• End run popup is colored red when lost

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• Clear the letters selected when losing by timeout

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• Hide end popup when moving to win screen

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• Limit merge size of letters

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• Prevent saving for later if letter is too big

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• Limit merge size inside for later

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• Update the first tutorial screen to include for later opened and a letter being saved for later

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• Caution message about ugprades not designed for french in playtest screen and language popup

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Bugs

• Fix: Letters could be put back into for later when they were already in

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• Fix: The arrows on the upgrades sometimes being in the wrong orientation

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• Fix: Upgrade SEVEN doesnt trigger if length if > 7

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• Fix: LOVE LETTER and EXACT COUNT could have huge points value

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• Fix: Difficulty popup would show when retrying a run even if the player hadnt previously beaten the game

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• Fix: Remove letter shortcut still works when counting score

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• Fix: Drag and drop not working correctly with two lines on letters

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If you want to follow the development, checkout my socials

• Bluesky

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• YouTube

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• Discord

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Cheers,\nEliptik

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Hey everyone,

The first public playtest has finally started, thanks for your patience!

I have given access to 150 people first just to be safe, and I\'ll open more seats soon. If you didn\'t register yet, you can still do it while the playtest is running and get access when I open more seats.

After you played, please take 10 minutes (max I promise!) to fill in this quick survey . You can also give feedback and report bugs on Discord, link below.

In other news, we crossed 500 wishlists, and I\'m super happy! We actually crossed that number some time ago already, as the announcement launch did pretty well.

Thanks everyone for your support, and I hope you\'ll enjoy playing Lexispell!

If you want to follow the development, checkout my socials

• Bluesky

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• YouTube

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• Discord

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Cheers,\nEliptik

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Hey everyone, Im super proud to announce my next solo project,Lexispell! It's a cozy roguelike word game with a physics twist. You merge letters, pick cool upgrades and spell long words.

With this game, I wanted to try something different, more chill and cozy, less action oriented. I want the game to feel approachable but still be challenging. Hopefully you'll like it!

I'm going to run a public playtest in the coming weeks, and you can already register right there on the game page. I need your help to ensure the game is fun and balanced, so don't hesitate to join.

After that, the next big step will be a public demo, probably towards the end of the year. I'll keep you posted here, but you can also follow on socials

• Bluesky

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• YouTube

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• Discord

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Cheers,
Eliptik

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4053960/Lexispell/