If you happen to own the Exclusive Edition of noirish stealth game Gunpoint, or its Exclusive Extras DLC pack, you can take part in the first Alpha test of Tom Francis’ next project Heat Signature.
It’s a spaceship hijacking game that’s in the very early stages of development, and as such it’s not a very polished experience right now. Francis is clear that you shouldn’t buy Gunpoint in order to access the Alpha, and says it will be shut off in two weeks anyway, after feedback has been gathered.
“In case it’s not yet abundantly clear: this is not like early access, getting in on this alpha does not get you the game,” he writes. “As with Gunpoint, I’ll also be doing free closed alphas too, and I’ll let everyone on the mailing list know when they can sign up for that. This first one is just a perk of the Exclusive Edition, part of what I promised to say thanks to those who supported Gunpoint so generously. I did the same thing with Floating Point – Exclusive Edition folks got the first alpha, then later ones went to people who signed up.”
Still, if you do own the right version of Gunpoint, it might be worth checking out. You can see a slice of randomly generated hijacking below, narrated by Francis himself.
