The Loopler

Hello Looplers!Long time no speak everyone! I've been hard at work behind the scenes refining and tweaking the game into a state that I would feel proud to have people play.Demo Results So Far I thought it would be nice to update you on the results from the demo as it's been a bit since the Next Fest and the "Next Steps" post. Wishlists are just shy of 50,00090,000 unique players100,000 demo units200,000 hours playedThank you to everyone who checked out the game during this time and wishlisted it.This response has exceeded expectations and I am so incredibly grateful!Deckbuilder FestLet's get into the meat of this post to update you a bit on what is happening. As of the 4th of May (the force is strong with this one) 2026 the Steam Deckbuilder Fest is live and The Loopler is a part of it. The fest lasts from the 4th of May to the 11th of May. Get in there and do some loops.Release Delay Also in other news I have unfortunately come to the conclusion that the release timing for the game will unfortunately not happen in Q2. I know this sucks to hear and I'm very sorry about having to move the release window. I feel like the game needs a couple more months of iteration and tweaking to truly be something great.So with that I will be updating the release date to say Q3 instead, I am hopeful for an early Q3 release but I cannot promise that unfortunately. Game development always takes a slight bit longer than intended. I hope this doesn't upset the people who are super excited for the game too much, I just want to provide everyone with a very good and fun experience.PlaytestWith that bit of sad news being laid on the table, I didn't want to just leave it at that and then dash off into my cave to continue working on the game and leave the masses empty handed. So as of right now the signup for the playtest of The Loopler is live on the Steam page. This is a closed signup so you will not get access immediately to the playtest, but I will instead let people in batch by batch. I...

Hello everyone! Now with the demo having been out for 2 weeks and the next fest over I think it's time to look at some of the results and then to the future!Demo ResultsHere are some of the demo statistics:20000 wishlists gained 40000 unique players 70000 total hours played 60 minute median playtimeThank you to everyone who checked out the game during this time and wishlisted it. The response has been so far above expectation and I am eternally grateful! Next StepsWith this period over its now time to address some of the feedback. Obviously the game has many problems, I'll just name a few here:Gold is way to easy to get making the shop both the most powerful and only thing that mattersOne OP build. Boost + refuel is so dominating that there is no reason to do any other buildFirst round is completely useless as its just the same race every timeToo RNG dependant. If you get bad RNG its over, getting no shop in 9 rounds feels terribleOf course there has been a lot more feedback ranging from everything from UI colours to lack of variety in card to the terrible RNG.All the feedback has been collected and will be evaluated and plans to mitigate the worst offenders will be made. A lot of the time from now up to the full release will be spent getting new features in place, reworking current features, and balancing things to feel better.Demo FutureThe demo will stay in its current state barring any horrible bugs popping up. I am working on a small little update with some bug fixes and a possible player level leaderboard but no promises there.I do think the demo shows the foundation for what the game is and will be in the future as so I will leave it up until closer to the full release of the game and then we'll see after the full game releases.Please do note that no progress will be saved going into the full release as there will most likely be reworks and refactors to a lot of the systems.CommunityIf you want to stay in the know for what is happening, chat with me, or leave...

NEXT FEST IS LIVE!The next fest is live and The Loopler Demo is participating! Go get some loops in! Cheers, Mheep