Hey friends! After over 6 months since our initial Steam alpha tester program launched, we're finally opening it back up again to 1,000 new players! In other news, with the next update we'll also be releasing Quaver's brand new multiplayer mode. In this blog post, you can check out when the next alpha registrations and update will be, as well as get a sneak peek on what's to come in the next update!

Steam Alpha Tester Program

During the first round of Steam alpha testing, we wanted to give an exclusive group of around 400 people an opportunity to experience the online features Quaver had to offer at the time. During this period, it allowed us to manage a small amount of individuals to help test and give 1-on-1 feedback on the game and to have helpful discussions as to how we can improve it further. This proved to be extremely useful, as we now have a solid and established game after pumping out many updates and receiving feedback on a small and focused scale. We're now excited to announce that we will be opening up registrations once again to welcome a ton of new testers!

What, When, Where, & How?

If you were around for the first alpha registrations, you'd know that we opened them up at a random time back in December. This time around, we're announcing all of the details beforehand, so everyone has a chance to get in.

• When? - Saturday, June 29nd, 2019 @ 12:00pm EST (4:00PM UTC)
• How? - We will post an announcement on Discord and Twitter with the link when it opens, so be sure to follow us and join the server if you haven't already!
• Any Requirements? - In order to be accepted into the Steam alpha, you must be a member of our Discord server. If you are not already a member of the Discord, it would be optimal to join beforehand to not potentially miss out on signing up before registrations close. We use Discord heavily as a way of communicating with testers 1-on-1, so we're making it a strict requirement this time around.
• How Many Steam Keys? - 1,000

A Message to All Current Testers:

Thank you for participating in the first round of alpha testing! Whether you've played the entire way through or tried the game out for a few minutes, we definitely appreciate you giving it a chance! All 400 of you got to see the game in a very early state and had an exclusive opportunity to give feedback on it. Because of you, Quaver has gotten much better and stable, and we're going to continue on this path going forward. To say thanks, we'll be rewarding you all with a special badge on your profile pages within the next couple weeks that you can show off!

Upcoming Multiplayer Update (0.15.0)

If you haven't heard on Twitter or on our Discord server, we've been working extremely hard on developing Quaver's multiplayer. It will be released on the same day and time as the alpha registrations open. One of our main goals with Quaver is to provide an online experience that is both featureful to players and expandable development wise. Because of this, we've decided to take a lot of time for making sure that multiplayer is just that, and it is finally in a place where we are happy and comfortable releasing.

Sneak Peek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sakgd_5sxIc As already teased on Twitter, we have three game modes with this multiplayer including Free-For-All, Teams, and Battle Royale. We also made sure to go the extra mile to make sure multiplayer is extremely customizable and built for tournaments & competitive play with over 20 filtering options and commands to use to setup your game. Some other notable features include automatic win count tracking, a built-in referee system, the ability to track match scores in real-time and view past scores on our website, and so much more! However, we won't spoil all of it, so you'll have to wait until the release! For the past few months we've put in a ton of work to bring this update, and we're very excited to welcome new testers. We have a lot of huge things planned going forward such as more frequent updates, tournaments, and more ways you can directly get involved in contributing to the game. As always, thanks for reading, and we hope you're just as excited as we are for this too! See you there! - Swan