There is now an option to join the playtest on the Steam page - so press that and you'll be notified when it launches!

I'm pushing back the targeted start date to March 6th (apologies for the delay!), and it will last for a week. There's a few more features I want to add / waiting for approval from Steam on the initial build.

Here's what to expect from the playtest:

• 7 different songs of varying levels

• roguelike learning system

• upgrade system

• progressive difficulty system

The game is still in early stages, so there will be a lack of polish in several areas - I'm mainly trying to get feedback on the overall game loop and catch technical issues before the public demo.

I've updated the background style for consistency between levels - they're now more colorful / more abstract! I'm excited to add more backgrounds, which is a lot easier to do with the new style.

I'm targeting a Steam technical playtest at the end of February. This will show a vertical slice of the game - stay tuned for more details in the next update.

Comment below If there's any songs in the public domain that you want to see in the technical playtest, I'll do my best to get them in!

If you don't have a MIDI keyboard or you just want to play a typing game, I've got good news!

I've added a new setting that adds letters to the notes / piano keys to make it easier to play the game as a typing game - no knowledge of how to play piano required at all.

Previously, the grand staff was "joined together" so that every note had exactly one possible spot on the staff - the gap between treble and bass clef was only for middle C.

The grand staff is now "split" like real sheet music! This makes it much easier to see which notes should be played by the left hand vs. which notes should be played by the right hand.