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We recently teased a community beta release in our discord channel and had plans to distribute it “privately” there for testing in January, but ultimately decided that taking the time to set up our Steam presence would be ideal for faster client updates and easy access by the community. It is, after all, an early build focused on community features like online multiplayer (with up to 4 players!), friendlists, custom game lobbies, and the spectator system.
On release day, everyone in our discord will receive a steam key to download the game for free and join us online for the first ever Super Plexis community playtest and launch party! (February 19th, 9 pm EST, more details coming soon!)
We can’t wait to play with everyone as we test our systems under whatever load we can throw at them, specifically: the Medley ID account system, custom game servers, and our rollback netcode model. The more the merrier, so invite your friends to the discord so they can secure their own keys before launch. And act fast, because from launch day onward Super Plexis will be listed with an Early Access price point.
After many discussions about monetization, we’ve agreed on a price range that will support our efforts with multiplayer and further development. Here are a few key points that led us to this decision:
Medley has its own servers for account data, game lobbies, netcode, and will serve future purposes like matchmaking and progress tracking. The servers have a baseline cost, and as Super Plexis grows in popularity, so will the cost of servers.
Ads aren’t the way to go for Super Plexis, and we don’t want to put all of the cool gameplay content behind in-app purchases. Fast paced games don’t generally sit well with Ads, and although Super Plexis will have a Shop with skin customizations, we don’t want to over-monetize the Shop, especially given that most items can be unlocked if you play regularly.
Super Plexis stands on the shoulders of giants: Panel De Pon, Tetris Attack, Pokemon Puzzle League, and we want to lean into the niche instead of trying to make the game something it’s not: “a freemium generic puzzle game”. We would like to avoid the freemium monetization models common in most action puzzlers.
Alright enough beating around the bush - here is the price model we’ve landed on!
First week of Steam Early Access: $5.99
Remaining time on Early Access: $9.99
Official launch price (after Early Access): $14.99
The Medley team is excited to join in on the steam train! You can now add Super Plexis to your wishlist as we prepare for its soon-to-be release! Thank you to everyone again for consistently trusting us to develop this dream project. We have a POP’n video on the steam page you can view showing off gameplay: