{"id":30826,"date":"2026-02-11T13:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30826"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:01:34","slug":"shroomwood-playtesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/modding\/shroomwood-playtesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Roguelike Shroomwood Looking For Playtesters Ahead Of Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3504020\/Shroomwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shroomwood<\/strong><\/a> is a new top-down 2D action roguelike from developer <strong>Sporelite<\/strong> <strong>Games<\/strong> and published by <strong>Zemore<\/strong> <strong>Indie Games<\/strong>. We first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/shroomwood-demo-out\/\">reported<\/a> on it when the demo launched in November 2025. The game is scheduled for release on\u00a0<strong>Steam<\/strong> in 2026, but a new playtest will give interested gamers a glimpse of what to expect and help with the development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playtesters will also gain early access to demo builds and be invited into the <a href=\"https:\/\/1lnsp.mjt.lu\/lnk\/AVgAAI2SWtwAAc5HkmoAA-SsGbUAAYKIsL0AoCnnADPQ1gBpi0Ryfwhnmr7bTA-M2HMIaO7OgAAvHa0\/2\/qdpuAiK3GtxHXzQ4LavY3Q\/aHR0cHM6Ly9kaXNjb3JkLmdnL0pTZnp3MkZORkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official <strong>Shroomwood<\/strong> Discord<\/a> to discuss experiences with developers, share suggestions, and influence upcoming updates. Interested players can request access to the playtest via the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3504020\/Shroomwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shroomwood<\/strong> <strong>Steam<\/strong> page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press statement, the publisher said. \u201c<strong>Sporelite<\/strong> <strong>Games<\/strong> is now recruiting playtesters ahead of its Early Access launch on <strong>Steam<\/strong> this year. Players who join the playtest will help shape the future of this fast-paced, procedurally generated game and have direct input on its development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shroomwood<\/strong> casts players as Shroomie, a mushroom warrior exploring an ever-changing magical forest teeming with strange, corrupted creatures. Each run through<strong> Shroomwood<\/strong>\u2019s vibrant biomes offers fresh challenges with randomized layouts, unique weapons, powerful modifiers, and unpredictable enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key features:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dynamic top-down roguelike experience with bullet hell-style combat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple weapon types and modifiers to discover and experiment with<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procedurally generated forests that transform every run<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encounters with varied enemies and bosses across unique biomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persistent upgrades and evolving combat strategies<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Shroomwood Demo Release Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YLjpPbixrwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shroomwood is a new top-down 2D action roguelike from developer Sporelite Games and published by Zemore Indie Games. We first reported on it when the demo launched in November 2025. The game is scheduled for release on\u00a0Steam in 2026, but a new playtest will give interested gamers a glimpse of what to expect and help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[271,272,24,273],"class_list":["post-30826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modding","tag-shroomwood","tag-sporelite-games","tag-steam","tag-zemore-indie-games"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}