Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha
Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha
https://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.
Worst kept secrets, aka, clever marketing.
18Hype trains a comin
17Anyone interested in an invite?
- Yes, I'll remove you after the invite.
- No, we can't play together.
- Yes, drop your profile here/dm
If you don't get the mail, this is probably due to playtest schedule, they may give you access when the playtest is open, after that you can always play vs bots
Or https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/
Edit: What have I done? :O so many users want to try it
15They are trying to build hype. The leaks are intentional and expected.
14I vow to invite everyone from this thread if I receive an invite myself. https://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!
10I won't say no to an invitation but I will say thank you very much instead
8Icefrog is an extremely talented dev so this game is for sure to be real fun. I trust in the frog as a life long dota player
8Valve keeping up with the trend of "worst kept secrets"
Well it's very intentional I believe. You can invite an unlimited number of friends and there's no NDA or anything, they just casually ask you to not share details about the game since it's still a work in progress and in alpha, despite it looking like mostly finished to be fair. Characters are fully voiced and nothing really screams placeholder content, and most updates are regarding "balancing" and mechanic changes, just trying out what's best.
7Anyone having an invite for me 🥺👉👈
Edit: To anyone giving handouts, just add me over https://s.team/p/trd-vvwh/MVFQVQTG
If I get the invite, I will invite the next person in this thread 🤝
7Looking for an invite. Will forward to 10 others in this post if it will allow me
4Hello it's your long time Linux friend!
3Man I sure do love DOTA 2 and Team Fortress 2. I have thousands of hours in these games. This sounds amazing.
3I know everyone here is already just asking for invites, but if anyone is feeling gracious, I would much appreciate one too.
3If your still sending invites: https://steamcommunity.com/id/AGearBeast or my friend code 117707877 Thanks.
3!themusicman out here doing the Lord's work. I would love an invite as well!
2Cousin, hello! Want to play Deadlock!? We play like two cousins in American sitcom!
2If anyone is still doing invites: https://steamcommunity.com/id/zakk002/
I'd super appreciate it. Thanks!
2There'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.
2Anyone trying to share an invite code? My gratefulness would know no bounds.
2If anyone has spare invites, bless thy mate.
2If anyone still has a copy to spare I'd love an invite, game looks like my kinda jam, and its finally something easily playable kn the deck... Would love to have more friends too! https://steamcommunity.com/id/PreviouslyKnownAsZoot/
1Aw man I wanna play
1If it still works I'll take an invite and try to keep it going https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedudeman1000/
1If somebody still has left invites: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197962155890/ I'd invite at least two more. :>
1- 1
Mind if I have one?
1Would love an invite as well :) Thank you in advance if anyone does decide to give one!
1If anyone has an invite going pls let me know
1Thank you for the invite and holy crap. That game is so much fun. Derailed all my plans for the night.
1Just another person asking for an invite. I want to invite my brother.
1Adding my name to the list of invite requests
1Sent you a DM
1Somebody wants to invite me? I can play with you during EU evenings, if you want.
0I'd love an invite! https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198010200081/
0- I feel like Steam has gotten rid of the invite thingy, because I can clearly see the "Buy Now" button.
- 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
-2
