I’m excited to announce that the first playtest demo of Chico’s Rebound has now gone live to all Daikon Games patrons on Patreon! At some point in the future there will be more public playtesting, but if you want to be one of the earliest people to get your hands on the game and help shape its future direction this is your chance!
You can join the Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/daikongames
Doing early playtesting is a relatively new thing for Daikon. It really is a lesson learned from when I first shipped Chico and the Magic Orchards. Nearly nobody but myself and my QA engineer played the game at all before its launch. When I first watched some streamers and other folks get their hands on it, I immediately realized a lot of pain points and things I wished I’d changed. So starting last year we’ve begun hosting playtest sessions for that early-and-often feedback that makes the games better!
The Song of Asirra has had two so far, and tons of useful feedback has come from those. I’m hopeful that this first playtest for Chico’s Rebound will yield the same kind of improvements!