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Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha

steamdb.info/app/1422450/charts/

Valve keeping up with the trend of “worst kept secrets”. You need an invite to join the alpha but since everyone who owns it can refer their friends, it spread very quickly.

I’ve been playing it the past few days and it’s honestly very fun. Still a bit rough around the edges (especially in terms of balance) since it’s in early access, but it has serious potential to be dota 2 levels of popular.

For the unaware, Deadlock is a 3rd person shooter MOBA. It feels like a mix of Dota and Overwatch/Team Fortress. Nobody is allowed to share footage or screenshots, but obviously with so many playing there’s a ton of leaks out there.

Picture of 12k player peak on steamcharts
lostpolaris ,
@lostpolaris@lemmy.world avatar

Would love an invite as well :) Thank you in advance if anyone does decide to give one!

aramus ,

Somebody wants to invite me? I can play with you during EU evenings, if you want.

Fred ,

Just another person asking for an invite. I want to invite my brother.

tfw_no_toiletpaper , (edited )

Anyone having an invite for me 🥺👉👈

Edit: To anyone giving handouts, just add me over s.team/p/trd-vvwh/MVFQVQTG

If I get the invite, I will invite the next person in this thread 🤝

prettybunnys ,

I’d like an invite toooooo

steamcommunity.com/id/prettybunnys/

drphungky , (edited )

Then me! I’ll do whoever is next in the chain!

Got one over on the reddit thread. Still waiting for it to come through because apparently there’s a delay, but I’ll invite some folks once it comes in.

Fluba ,

If your offer is still on the table, I’d be up for an invite. I will also pass one on if received:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/fluba/

Coelacanth , (edited )
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

EDIT: invite received, deleting steam ID for privacy

Hawk , (edited )

Happy to keep it going too steamcommunity.com/id/Hawked/

TriflingToad ,

the collapsible things on the left is a rainbow! that’s neat, steamcommunity.com/id/TriflingToad/

Thedudeman ,

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    gzerod200 ,

    But what happens now after the ROY G BIV? steamcommunity.com/id/456415615461/

    Coelacanth ,
    @Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

    Sent you a friend invite to be able to send you a playtest invite. Remember to pass it along in the chain.

    Hawk ,

    Thanks! Will definitely pass it on!

    Coelacanth ,
    @Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

    You need to accept the friend request for me to be able to invite you to the playtest.

    Fluba ,

    I’m going to send you a friend invite shortly so I can provide a playtest invite.

    Coelacanth ,
    @Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

    Accepted.

    Fluba ,

    Woo! It’s a fun game. Definitely more my style than Dota.

    Coelacanth ,
    @Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

    Looking forward to trying it! Dota is not for everyone, but I’m excited to see what the frog is cooking. He’s a very talented game designer.

    drphungky ,

    Sent. When you accept will send.

    Fluba ,

    Thanks!

    drphungky ,

    Sent. Should come through in a couple hours I guess. They’re pretty slow.

    Fluba ,

    Very much appreciated! I’ll send it to the next person in the thread. Is the invite just an item in my Steam inventory? Or something within the game itself?

    drphungky ,

    It pops up on steam and says you’ve been invited to a game test.

    KingThrillgore ,
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    Can I get an invite too steamcommunity.com/id/KingThrillgore/ kthx

    tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

    Sadly no one invited me yet and I lost hope

    TexMexBazooka ,

    Adding my name to the list of invite requests

    dirtySourdough ,

    !themusicman out here doing the Lord’s work. I would love an invite as well!

    Adelphius , (edited )

    I know everyone here is already just asking for invites, but if anyone is feeling gracious, I would much appreciate one too.

    steamcommunity.com/id/adelphius/

    Wilzax ,

    Use a profile link, not a quick link. They don’t resolve to your profile the same way.

    Friend codes are also multi-use.

    174156043 or steamcommunity.com/id/Wilzax/, but not s.team/p/pjc-jnbq/drrtjgmh

    Adelphius ,

    Understood thanks. Saw a lot of people using the quick links so I thought it was fine.

    Updated my link

    WereCat , (edited )

    I won’t say no to an invitation but I will say thank you very much instead

    steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999269752/

    TriflingToad ,

    they man that’s pretty selfish to ask for an invite like that… steamcommunity.com/id/TriflingToad/

    Kiru17 ,

    Aw man I wanna play

    Kiru17 ,

    steamcommunity.com/id/lolparty/

    Szyler ,

    Looking for an invite. Will forward to 10 others in this post if it will allow me

    BluesF ,

    Worst kept secrets, aka, clever marketing.

    ShaunaTheDead ,

    There's quite a lot that can be gleaned from the depots for the game on steamdb: https://steamdb.info/app/1422450/depots/

    I don't know if this information is already public but here are a couple of quick inferences I made by looking a the files. I'm not overly familiar with Valve's intellectual properties so I don't recognize any specific characters or franchises.

    There's likely a hero named Yamato who has the abilities:

    • Shadow Form
    • Power Stance
    • Infinity Slash
    • Healing Slash
    • Flying Strike

    There's a lot more hero information but that's the top one in the depots.

    The game might be called "Citadel", or it may have just been called that internally at Valve.
    The reason I suspect that is because of there appears to be a game folder called "citadel" which appears to be the main game folder.

    arefx ,

    The game was called citadel and was half life themed, they dropped that for neon prime and made it Sci fi, they then dropped that aesthetic changed the name to deadlock and went to a supernatural early to mid 1900s NYC noir aesthetic. A lot of the files still use the citadel name, but it’s just leftover and means nothing anymore.

    125hrs in the game over the last 6 weeks, it’s great.

    Wilzax , (edited )

    I vow to invite everyone from this thread if I receive an invite myself. steamcommunity.com/id/Wilzax/

    Edit: added every friend code or profile link I could find under this post. Quick links are single-use so I couldn’t add those.

    Game invites take an unknown number of hours to reach your account once sent. They seem to go out in waves. Happy gaming everyone!

    Skammunist ,

    Did you get an invite? If yes, can you pass along here? steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197979280738/

    Skammunist ,

    @Wilzax coming through! Got my invite, thank you! Hopefully see you online sometime!

    Yokozuna , (edited )

    Ooooh pick me

    edit: to the beautiful soul who sent me the invite, may all of your shits be swift and unable to clog the toilet.

    genuineparts ,
    @genuineparts@infosec.pub avatar

    Hey it’s me your pal! steamcommunity.com/id/genuineparts/

    ulterno , (edited )
    @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social avatar
    1. I feel like Steam has gotten rid of the invite thingy, because I can clearly see the “Buy Now” button.
    2. I don’t have VR 🥲

    Nvm, I was looking at the wrong game. Doesn’t look even close to a Third Person Shooter. More like an Inside the Person Shooter

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