Dungeon Full Dive Needs Your Feedback!
about 3 years ago – Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 01:25:22 PM

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The Closed Alpha begins tomorrow!
about 3 years ago – Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 01:22:40 PM

Greetings Adventurers,  

Our Closed Alpha is coming tomorrow, Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 5:00 AM CST, which will also be roughly the same time you can begin downloading the Alpha. Receiving an error message like the one attached below is normal, as we have not set the Alpha to be live on our end yet.   

The Closed Alpha will end on Monday, January 30, 2023, at 1:00 AM CST. The keys will be sent out today, so be sure to check your emails. If you haven’t received your keys by tomorrow, you can contact us at https://dfd.backerkit.com/faq#contact-us 

*Reminder that the keys will be permanent game keys once redeemed in your Steam account. This means that the same key will be used for the final release of Dungeon Full Dive, so you should redeem the Closed Alpha key on your main account and not gift this key to others if you wish to play Dungeon Full Dive upon release. 

How will the Closed Alpha work? 

• The Closed Alpha on Thursday and Friday will be ‘offline’ days. This means that you will be able to prepare maps and characters and get to know Dungeon Full Dive as a tool. 
• This is due to the discovery of some problems with the network code in our internal scale testing this weekend. We promise to work as hard as we can to get the network up and running as soon as possible and will notify players once the network patch is out.  

How to give feedback and report bugs? 

• As this is an Alpha version of the game, do expect some pesky bugs. Every Alpha player will have access to an in-game tab, where you will be able to give in-depth feedback to us. (Image attached below) 
• Your feedback is extremely valuable to us and will be greatly appreciated. If you cannot access the in-game feedback tab, feel free to leave your feedback in #feedback instead.  

Please note that this Closed Alpha is under NDA, so we kindly ask you not to stream, video capture, or share screenshots of the gameplay. However, you may share finished maps in the #art channel on Discord! 

For pledgers who selected 'Oculus' on Kickstarter, you will only receive Steam keys for the Closed Alpha. However, in the case that we're unable to release on Oculus (please note that this would be out of our control, as Meta is very selective on the apps that make it to their store, but we'll do everything in our power to make it in!), the Steam Key that you receive for the alpha playtest will not be deactivated instead and will convert to a permanent key.

We’ve been working really hard on making this Closed Alpha happen, and there is so much more to come. Without all of your support, we couldn’t have come this far, and we’re excited to bring DFD to life.   Looking forward to all your feedback, and happy adventuring!

The Closed Alpha is coming next week!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 01:30:55 PM

Greetings adventurers,   

Our closed alpha is coming soon! It will begin on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 5:00 AM CST and end on Monday, January 30, 2023, at 1:00 AM CST. 

We’ve decided on these times to accommodate adventurers who might want to roll their die on the weekends.  

Features coming to the alpha: 

• Play with your friends. Jump into the DFD multiplayer with your party, chat with your friends and roll the dice. 
• Explore the World from the eyes of your miniature. Explore the world in VR (or with mouse and keyboard) from the tabletop perspective or jump into your character and interact with a variety of objects right inside your world. 
• Edit your Hero. Try out an early version of the character creator and switch up your style with the first batch of character assets. 
• Build your maps. Build your first maps with the first iteration of the map editor: Browse through assets and place them into your world to make them come alive. (Or scale up your Fighters Longsword to 5m because everyone needs one of those). Adjust the lighting and switch from day to night to set the mood.  

Please keep in mind that the closed alpha does not include all features that are currently in development, and expect some pesky bugs to pop up! With our first alpha playtest, we want to give you the chance to provide us with your valuable feedback regarding the mechanics of DFD. 

Regarding Keys - Closed Alpha Keys are based on the Kickstarter Reward Surveys. Anyone who backed and has filled out the survey will automatically receive a key in your email. In case you haven't filled it out already, you can re-request your reward survey over here: https://dfd.backerkit.com/ 

How to Play? 

• For the Alpha testing, we are allowing the import of PNGs. You'll be able to set the PDFs to print, then use https://conversiontools.io/convert/pdf-to-png to convert them to PNG. 
• You can download our Character Sheet in PDF here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12uFM_oaZ9nySlXf65pJhynC5rPqdS0I4/view?usp=sharing
• The Steam key will be sent to your email. Attached below this message is an image displaying how to activate your key on Steam! 
• Note that the keys will be permanent game keys once redeemed in your Steam account. This means that the same key will be used for the final release of Dungeon Full Dive, so you should redeem the Closed Alpha key on your main account and not gift this key to others if you wish to play Dungeon Full Dive upon release. 

If you would like to win another set of Closed Alpha keys for your friends, you still have a chance to join the competition at: https://twitter.com/DungeonFullDive/status/1606365123752341504?s=20&t=_bnE_tdhcTdNXO8-ti-Abg

Don't forget to join our Discord server to find other adventurers to party up with, keep up with the latest news and updates, or use our LFG channels!

We hope you’ll enjoy your adventuring as much as we have enjoyed curating this experience for you!  See you soon!

The Closed Alpha is coming! + Win some Alpha Keys! – Developer Update 
over 3 years ago – Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 11:20:50 AM

Greetings, Travelers!

The year is coming to an end, and the Christmas season is calling. An eventful year lies behind us and we would like to thank you once again for all the support you have shown us. 2023 will not only be a more than thrilling year full of adventures for us, but also for you: the players. In this regard, we would like to send you off into the new year with anticipation and excitement:

The closed Alpha is coming!

We are delighted to tell you that we have scheduled our Alpha playtest: It will take place on the 26.-29. of January! The first playtest for Dungeon Full Dive will be playable via Steam and available for our Kickstarter Backers and late pledgers.

What kind of features can you expect in the Alpha?

•  Play with your friends
     Jump into the DFD multiplayer with your party, chat with your friends and roll the dice.
   
•  Explore the World from the eyes of your miniature
      Explore the world in VR (or with mouse and keyboard) from the tabletop perspective or jump into your character and interact with a variety of objects right inside your world.
   
•  Edit your Hero
      Try out an early version of the character creator and switch up your style with a first batch of character assets.
   
•  Build your maps
      Build your first maps with the first iteration of the map editor: Browse through assets and place them into your world to make it come alive. (Or scale up your Fighters Longsword to 5m, because everyone needs one of those).
     Adjust the lighting and switch from day to night to set the mood.
   

With our first alpha playtest, we want to give you the chance to provide us with your valuable feedback regarding the mechanics of DFD, as you will be able to test some of the first versions of the core features.

The alpha playtest is an exclusive early look at the game for our supporters and our first playtest on a large scale. Keep in mind, features are still missing while others might change (based on your feedback) and even though our QA is doing their best job to find every possible bug, there is only so much we can find on our own. So, expect there to be bugs and some rough edges here and there.

But worry not, we have prepared different ways for you to provide us with your feedback and findings (more on this coming soon) during the alpha.

However, for the reasons above this first playtest will be under an NDA. This means that you will not be able to show public footage of this early version of Dungeon Full Dive for now.

Haven’t been able to get an alpha key yourself? This is your chance to claim some alpha keys!

If you missed the chance to secure yourself an Alpha code (or you want to get additional codes for your party members) head over to our Twitter channel!

While you are reading this, we have just started a giveaway where you can snag yourself a package of 5 codes for the Alpha! All you have to do is post the best (or worst?) rendition of your D&D character drawn in Paint (or any other digital drawing software) and you have a chance to win!

And don’t worry: the winner will not be chosen based on artistic skill. One winner will be chosen at random, while the other will be the community favorite (measured by likes & retweets) - Have fun!

You can also expect many more teasers of the alpha coming soon, so to never miss any of our updates head over to our social media channels and sign up for our Newsletter. You can find all of our channels here.

In addition, we are currently planning an open beta in 2023, so that even more people can take the opportunity to play the game and send us feedback. Stay tuned for more information on this!

We also wanted to quickly recap 2022 in this last community update of the year.

In 2022...

... the TxK Gaming family has grown considerably. Our amazing team was able to level up by welcoming additional, talented industry veterans, who all work eagerly to make DFD an even greater experience for you.

We also owe this to the additional funding for our project, which we received this year from the federal grant for video game developers ("Computerspielförderung"). And so, we are on our best way to provide you with the truly immersive tabletop experience we all are striving for.

As many of you have probably already seen, Dungeon Full Dive can be found on Steam. If you missed this update and want to support us, wishlist DFD on Steam as our release window for mid of 2023 grows closer! (Every wishlist helps us out a ton!)

This wraps up our community recap for the end of 2022. We can't wait to start this exciting new year with you!

Until then,

The whole TxK Gaming team wishes all of you a happy holiday season and a wonderful start

into 2023! 🎅 🎆

~Your TxK Gaming Team

Dungeon Full Dive – Our Social Channels and … our new Key Art! 
over 3 years ago – Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 04:57:36 AM

Greetings Travellers,

As most of you might have already noticed, thanks to our community management team’s (thank you Leon!) amazing work in these past months, our socials have been up and running with awesome content. This means we have been (and will be!) continuously updating you on all social platforms: From smaller development updates to tabletop content, concept art and funny memes! We also plan to boost community interaction considerably, so ask away if there’s anything we can help you with. As Leon’s time here at TxK has come to an end, we can tell you, that his successor is already getting started today!
 Paul will take over the torch of the community manager and will be your first point of contact on our social channels and on Discord (You will get chance to meet me in detail very soon :)

For now, we’ve collected some of the highlights across our platforms from the past months:

• Our newest concept art for the awesome female barbarian outfit: Link
   
• The first part of our series “Meet the Devs!”: Link
   
• And a selection of our Artists amazing concept art for the game: Link
   

Let us know which of these formats you like the most!

We also have other, more casual formats on our social media platforms, so if you want to stay up to date on all of the exciting content, follow us on our social media channels! We created an overview of them for you over here:

Newsletter: Want to stay up to date on the most important news, the beta or launch? The newsletter is the easiest way to get all the important information in one place!

Twitter: Stay up to date on everything DFD-related, including the latest breaking news (and memes of course!)

Instagram: If you prefer images and video content. Instagram has it all!

TikTok: Are you especially excited about the video content? You can find all of it on TikTok!

YouTube: If you also want more in-depth video content, YouTube is definitely for you!

And last but not least:

Discord: Exchange with other community members or the developers themselves!

If you would like to see other formats or have ideas regarding our social media content, feel free to let us know!

Last but not least, we have a very special present for you: Our newest Key Art has been released and we have included it to this community update as a free wallpaper background for all of you!

The sites have already been picked in our office, but what about you? Are you team Red Dragon or Fantasy World? Let us know in the comments!

And as always:

We are truly looking forward to seeing you inside DFD!

– Your TxK Gaming Team