Hit it With a Hammer
Hey, Dragon Snackers!
So we've just recently put our pre-Alpha build of Project FarHaven up on the Dragon Snacks Discord. I'd have to say that the mood around here is, well, giddy. Now "giddy" is a word not often employed by game creators these days. You might hear "exhausted," "broken," "hopeful," "relieved," or even the rare "satisfied," – but giddy, not so much.
But here we are.
Our brave little team of eight employees have been working on this game for a year. We just showed it at GDC to universal raves from guys with money. And, as said above, we just put the pre-Alpha up on our Discord. Go see it. Go play it. We dare you! https://farhaven.firstlook.gg/invite/farhavenalpha
That itself is frankly astonishing. Eight folks putting together a working multiplayer game in a year? Nobody does that. Hooray us!
But that's not what's making us giddy. Really.
It's that we still love playing it.
We've been hammering on this product for 12 months, working long, hard hours. We playtest three-four times a week, and we still love playing it. It's that good. That's crazy.
Project FarHaven is beautiful, clever, fun, has (ahem) fine writing, and it plays multiplayer like a champ. Of course there are still bugs and things missing. Folks may get disconnected, encounter a feature that doesn't quite work, get smushed by an unfair number of Shroomers, have feelings about the art, or even (boo) find a typo. That's expected. I mean, we're not releasing it yet.
But it is very fun. And we're proud of it.
Now here's a request from our intrepid Creative Director, Michelle. She would seriously love for you play the fu- er, heck out of Project FarHaven, and give your feedback in our Discord. Tell us what you love, hate, want, and need. Omit no detail! The reason we've worked so hard to get a pre-Alpha out to you all this early in the project is because Michelle insists that player feedback is key to making a good game great. This timeframe allows us to listen to your comments and act on them for Early Access and Launch.
We want this game to be great. So rake it over the coals. Hit it with a hammer. Try to get Groghan to sing (hint: you can't. Yet). And please please tell us what you think!
https://farhaven.firstlook.gg/invite/farhavenalpha
Thanks!