I'm planning on running the beta test until December 6th! It's an open beta, but if the participation count goes higher than anticipated I may make it limited.
As it is, the game lets you explore a small basin, populated by a sunken pirate ship, mindless laser-shooting whales, bottles filled with voices of the dead, and ancient stone fragments, waiting to be found and translated!
There’s still a lot in my mind and on paper that isn’t in the game yet. But I want to get what I have into your hands so I can get feedback, and if I wait until I have everything done, then it’s going to be harder to make changes. Please note that I intend to work out whatever problems you will encounter. I want the final game to be as great as possible!
Please feel free to leave your feedback on this form! All questions are anonymous and optional!
It’s been a long journey, and there’s still ways to go. But the game is at a checkpoint, so to speak, and I hope you’re able to make time to check it out!
Thank you so much for your interest and help. I sincerely hope you enjoy this beta!
Matthew Wojtechko, developer of Secret of Sardinia
CONTROLS
All you need to know to get started is how to swim and rotate. The final game will have a tutorial and let you customize controls. But for now, you can use either a game controller or keyboard with the following inputs:
[table]
[tr]
[th]Action[/th]
[th]Controller (Recommended)[/th]
[th]Keyboard[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Swim[/td]
[td]A[/td]
[td]Enter[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Rotate[/td]
[td]Primary Stick[/td]
[td]WASD[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Camera[/td]
[td]Left Shoulder[/td]
[td]Left Shift[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Skitter[/td]
[td]Right Shoulder[/td]
[td]Space[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Swim Slowly[/td]
[td]A twice[/td]
[td]Enter twice[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Swim Backward[/td]
[td]B[/td]
[td]Right Shift[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Right as the fish becomes parallel with nearby ground, you can press the Swim button for a speed boost.
Turning the control stick faster makes the fish rotate faster. (This feature will soon be better integrated with keyboard controls.)