[h1]Greetings, Chosen Ones,[/h1] [h3][b]An Othercide Open Beta started today, May 19th and will end on May 26th.[/b][/h3] This Open Beta has been set up to allow players to help Lightbulb Crew in the development of a new update coming this Spring. Thanks to your help on testing new features and reporting bugs, you will allow us to give you the best experience possible. [h3][u]How to enter the Beta?[/u][/h3] [olist] [*]First, you will have to join our Discord, in order to ease future communications. Announcements about the Beta will be made on the Open Beta category and a channel called #general in this category has been created to give you the possibility to directly exchange with us. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/jFN7Q35D3Z [*]Before you enter the Beta, please make a copy of your save files in order top recover them in case you encounter any problem during your test of the Beta. You can find you saves in ""DISK:\Programmes\Steam\steamapps\common\Othercide\_saves_"" [*]To enter the Beta, you simply need to open your Steam Library and right-click on Othercide. There, select "Properties". A window will open. Go to the "Beta" tab. You should be able to select the "update_3_open_beta" branch in the drop-down list. You are almost done! Go back to your library where Othercide should now be updating itself. Once done, you will be playing the Beta. If you want to go back to the "regular" game later, you just have to follow the same path, and select the original version in the drop-down list. [/olist] [b]A bug report tool has been implemented to the game. If you encounter a bug, you will need to press F12 in-game and a window will open. There, you will have to fill a form with details about the bug you saw.[/b] We will make sure to read carefully all your reports. And if we need more details about a bug, we will contact you directly on Discord. [h3][u]New features to be tested[/u][/h3] [list] [b]🩸 Seed system[/b] [/list]A Seed is basically a code that determines everything in your run. Every mission you do, as well as every stat your daughters get, are determined by this small line of digits. With this update, you can [b]recover the Seed of one of your run, and share it with a friend[/b]. - To find your Seed, you just need to go to the option menu in game and check the bottom right corner of your screen. - To use the Seed of someone else, you need to start a new save. When you do, the game will propose you to enter a specific Seed or use a random one. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/e1aa8f5bccb7cb6dfac4e87c7614c29028009864.jpg[/img] The difficulty level is independant from the seed system. A same seed can be played in dream and nightmare mode, it does not impact the map, daughters or missions. If you don't have any Seed to try, [b]you can try this one: 161391[/b]. It will give you a rescue mission as your third mission on a not-so-common map at such an early stage. Also you should encounter the Adrenaline event around the same time, which will give you a pretty nice damage boost for a start. We encourage you however to share your own Seeds with your peers in the dedicated discord channel, in order to add more variety to the tests. [list] [b]🩸 Renaming a daughter[/b] [/list]Try this new feature in the Inner Void. In the list of daughters, select one, click on ""rename"" and press ENTER to validate a new name. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/bba69234beca6b031ec8f637d51a5b342371f5d7.jpg[/img] Now "Cupcake" can go slain some darkness (not planned to be added to the game by the way). We are waiting for your feedbacks and to chat with you on Discord! See you really soon. Othercide team