06.22 The Final Stretches of the Beta

4 min readJun 23, 2022

Hello you absolute badasses 👋 Sam Gee here. I’m popping in to provide an update on where we’re sitting, what we’ve heard, and where we plan to go from here. Here’s some info straight from W.A.R.T.’s desk.

Most Common Feedback & Issues

I’ve been scouring EVERY platform that is available to us where you, the players, provide your top issues and feedback. From Twitter to Discord, all the way to bi-weekly syncs with our Steam & Discord moderators, we’ve been carefully and diligently documenting updates that the community would like to see. From that list, the top 4 most talked about issues (in no particular order) are as follows:

New Player Experience
Balance
Queue times
Accessibility

Let’s dive into these a bit!

New Player Experience

The NPE can be daunting to say the least — especially when you’re coming in from other asymmetrical games. We are no stranger to the fact that our tutorial needs a little TLC, and that certain aspects and mechanics being included would help with the steep learning curve. A tutorial on how to ping, disarm dolls, etc have all been brought forward as ways that could help improve this!

To set expectations, due to time and resources (we’re a very small team), a tutorial revamp would not come until after Early Access. To circumvent some of the frustrations that come with learning Video Horror Society, we’re are working on some comprehensive gameplay guides, and should hopefully have those available in the near future! In the meantime, check out these guides from some of Video Horror Society’s content creators:

Balance

The biggest topic last week was about the Doll Master, and the frustration that Teen players have been feeling when going against him. We’ve made some balance updates in our latest patch that will include some adjustments to Doll Master gameplay that we feel will contribute positively to the Teen experience.

Balance is important in all types of multiplayer games and asyms come with their own set of challenges. We are constantly looking at ways we can make the experience more balanced for players.

Queue Times

This is easily one of the most frustrating, and most talked about, issues for our community. After plenty of internal discussions on how to proceed, we’ve made some substantial changes to MMR and have upgraded the underlying matchmaking technology, which should improve queue times significantly. This is something that we are constantly monitoring and updating, so absolutely let us know if you have any feedback!

Accessibility

Diversity and inclusion are top of mind when discussing feedback with the team, and accessibility feedback is incredibly important to us. Reports have come in about:

Crafting/healing toggle
Brightness calibration
Using shapes for pings in addition to colour

Creating more accessible features and gameplay is something we are actively discussing, and plan to look into more once we launch Early Access. Keep those suggestions and feedback coming!

Final Stretch of the Beta

As we approach our Early Access launch, we have one VERY important feature to test — FANBUX! After our newest patch deploys, we will be loading every player’s account with premium currency to test purchases in-game, as well as handing out a BUTTLOAD of keys for those who are waiting to gain access to the beta. Buy all of the things! Report all of the bugs!

Keep in mind that any Fanbux and items purchased with Fanbux will be wiped with the rest of players’ accounts when Early Access launches.

Who gets the Fanbux

We’re granting this to every present and future beta tester.

How long do I have to claim this?

This allotment of Fanbux will only be available until the end of the beta.

What happens when the Beta ends?

Once Early Access begins, all accounts will be reset.
Players will not keep any of the Fanbux granted through this test
Players will not keep any items purchased with Fanbux granted through this test.