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Looking for playtesters — PENTA: Fall of Arengar | Tactical roguelite with 1–5 player co-op

A topic by GullPenta created 48 days ago Views: 134 Replies: 3
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Hey everyone!

I’m a solo developer from Québec, and I’m looking for playtesters for PENTA: Fall of Arengar, a tactical roguelite playable solo or in co-op with up to 5 players.

Defend the gates of Arengar through turn-based combat, combining coloured dice, poker-hand bonuses, hero abilities and equipment builds.

It runs directly in your desktop browser — no download needed.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on:

  • Clarity: Do you understand the dice, bonuses and available actions during your first few turns?
  • Pacing: Does combat feel engaging? Is there too much waiting or travelling?
  • Co-op: Are teamwork and coordinating your abilities enjoyable?

The game is still in development, so honest criticism and bug reports are welcome! Even a 20–30 minute session would help; you don’t need to finish a run.

Game page: PENTA: Fall of Arengar on itch.io Play the current build: pentatactic.com

I’m also hoping to build a small group of returning testers. If you’d like to join a co-op session, leave a comment with your time zone and usual availability.

Thanks for helping me improve FoA!

The dice and poker-hand bonus system sounds like it could get deep quickly. Are you planning a simple first-turn guide or recommended action so new players can understand the core loop before the more tactical choices open up?

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Yes! That’s actually one of the things I’m working on right now.

The idea is to keep the first turns very simple and introduce the systems progressively — movement, AP, attacks and dice first, then poker bonuses and marbles once the player understands the core loop.

I really don’t want to throw a wall of rules at new players 😅

That’s also one of the main things I’m hoping to learn from playtesting: where players naturally understand the game, and where they get lost.

I'm looking for first-time testers too (GRAVELIST, a squad extraction game for Windows, 20-30 min). Want to swap? I'll play a solo run of PENTA this week and tell you here where I understood the dice and where I got lost, if you try mine.

https://sectorrec.itch.io/gravelist