An independent game studio on a mission to make the deepest games in the world that are just better when played with friends. Playtesting Project Loki now on PC
Introducing our first game in development, code-named Project Loki. It’s a group adventure, a competitive sandbox and a highlights factory, all at once. It’s a blend of genres players have described as “League meets Apex meets Smash.”
PLAYTEST SIGNUP @
We're hiring a CHARACTER CONCEPT ARTIST 👩🎨 Here’s 3 reasons why (we think) it’s exciting to be here as a concept artist.
1.) We're building something NEW from scratch in this endless sea of game sequels, “beloved IP” game adaptations, tech ventures, and space horror shooters.
We're about an hour away from our first big playtest with a ton of new friends, which makes today the best day because playtest days are the best days. Even bigger playtest days make today... also a best day.
It's not a competition.
Also ICYMI: a lil' clip from yesterday.
OKAY let’s do this: it is PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST WEEK (7/27 + 7/28) and invitations are coming. Check out our latest environment blockout!
Keep an eye on the promotions tab of your email inboxes. We’re also piloting a new launcher for this playtest, so pay attention!
In our…
You’ve been asking us what the hell we’re making, and today we’re pleased to announce that you’ll find out… next week.
// JUNE 27, 6AM PDT //
Presented by Theorycraft CEO Joe ‘
@newzerozeroone
’ Tung, who's been nicknamed by previous
@LeagueOfLegends
fans as “Good News Lee Sin”…
TRIPLE THEORYCRAFT NEWS (IN🧵):
💸 We've raised $50m on the strength of the team and our first game, “Loki”
📸 Speaking of: meet the first characters of Loki. Speculate wildly!
🥳 Welcome Jon '
@jbelliss
' Belliss, former game director of
@LeagueOfLegends
to Theorycraft!
TOMORROW:
// WEDS, JUNE 28 - 6AM PDT //
In the meantime, check this 👀
There are a lot of Project Loki world-first reveals in this concept that we will not explain, except to say… we’re just getting started.
Keep an eye on our YouTube channel @
Play solo or tag in a friend, the choice is yours.
Executive producer
@ProtomCannon
and game director
@Unconkable
showcase the duo play system and talk about the evolution of Project L.
Learn More:
Next week we’ll be showing off the pre-alpha Project Loki build to some new and familiar creators for feedback and feels.
Are we NERVOUS? A little.
Are we TREPIDATIOUS? Maybe.
Are we VERY EXCITED? Yes.
👁️👄👁️
it'd be a shame not to share these early models with you, so i made a video about them (with looks at the shiny new models too).
tap the video to lock in
🇪🇺PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST IS KICKING OFF IN 14 HOURS 🇪🇺
6PM TO 10PM CEST EVERY DAY UNTIL OCTOBER 5
STILL TIME TO SIGN UP @
YOU CAN EVEN BRING YOUR FRIENDS IN WITH OUR REFER-A-FRIEND PROGRAM
why am i yelling
LET'S GOOOOOOOO
We think there’s a serious drought of /fresh/, competitive, team-based games.
In an endless sea of sequels and seasonal updates, it’s rare to play something new and unique that wrinkles your brain and gets your squad hyped to run it back.
That’s our vision for Loki.
. 🧢
👁️👄👁️
@Necrit94
WE'LL GET YOU IN THAT PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST - you can still talk high-level about the game, just no /deep/ details because we're still in dev
FOR EXAMPLE: our game lobbies are much bigger than 3 teams of 4 :^)
٩(˘◡˘)۶ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐢 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 ٩(˘◡˘)۶
8 DAYS // NA SERVERS (Ohio)
NOV 30 to DEC 7 // 6pm to 9pm PT, every day
CHECK THAT PROGRESS! Let's slam a week of playtests on our best build yet :)
Keys going out soon, so GET IN HERE!
Read the 👇 article for a great update on us, our team, and Loki!
Also, we're HYPED to welcome 🎂 Jessica "
@safelocked
" Nam 🎂 as our new Executive Producer. Nam spent the past decade at Riot Games, most recently as VP & Executive Producer of League of Legends. Welcome!
This week’s playtest in EU and NA are a GO:
EU: Nov 9 - Nov 11, 6PM - 9PM GMT
NA: Nov 9 - Nov 11, 6PM - 9PM PST
This is a BIG ONE with lots of stuff I won’t explain (yet) but does have the introduction of a universal melee: the PAWNCH (punch).
Sign up:
🇪🇺EUROPE! WE’RE COMING FOR A:
☝️ONE TIME* (maybe more!?)
7⃣7-DAY
💻PLAYTEST!
📅 SEPT 29 to OCT 5
🕖 7PM to 10PM CEST, every night
🔖 SIGNUPS:
*If we get enough /new/ EU signups this month to feel confident in sustaining ongoing tests... we will! Let’s…
HEADS UP: We’re going to slightly delay this announcement by… one day:
// WEDS, JUNE 28 at 6AM PDT //
to accommodate for some timelines. As thanks for pausing your excitement: have a peek at some new Project Loki art from Theorycraft’s art director
@LokkenArt
and be sated.
You’ve been asking us what the hell we’re making, and today we’re pleased to announce that you’ll find out… next week.
// JUNE 27, 6AM PDT //
Presented by Theorycraft CEO Joe ‘
@newzerozeroone
’ Tung, who's been nicknamed by previous
@LeagueOfLegends
fans as “Good News Lee Sin”…
since yall loved this post so much, i went to the concept artists and asked if they had anything from this environment to share
AND THEY DELIVERED, a 🧵
👏PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST WEEK + BONUS SATURDAY👏
• THURSDAY [8/24] + FRIDAY [8/25] : 5pm to 9pm PT
• SATURDAY [8/26] on afternoon hours: 11am to 3pm PT
Still time to sign up @ or through Discord drops @
This test: MOVEMENT and…
It is with heavy hearts we heard yesterday of the passing of
@VADORANT
, a friend and pillar of the Project Loki community.
VADO was playtester
#130
and the very first content creator for Project Loki. He loved welcoming new members, onboarding players to Loki, and sharing…
👁️👄 👁️we're trying to trade some Project Loki playtest keys for steam keys with
@BattleBitGame
crew
👁️ 👄👁️any other studios interested - pls
@DaveDiverGame
Twice a year we fly in the studio for a 3-day offsite to talk plans, play games, and spend time together. As an extra surprise,
@RenaudGaland
volunteered to make a hand-painted, 3D-printed Kingpin statue (+ wisp!) for /EVERYONE/.
This work-in-progress video was for sharing with…
Project Loki playtest: next week.
New invites: ALSO next week.
This video? This week (right now). []
While we were shooting our first introduction video, we got Project Loki's Executive Producers Jessica '
@safelocked
' Nam & Jon '
@Bellissimoh
' Belliss to…
Hi everyone! In about a week we're going to run our first ever pre-pre-PRE-(did I mention PRE)-Alpha playtest of our game prototype, Loki, with ~100 playtesters. The signup form is here:
we’re on the other platform too
we’re going to post EXCLUSIVE things there and because there’s no way you’ll be on both of these sites you’ll never be able to fact check us but it’s totally different over there go follow us ok
That's a WRAP for our Project Loki 7-day EU playtest. We had some crazy showmatches (some dev squad wins on 100+ ping 😏), a great week of playtesting, and a boatload of lessons to take home.
You'll see us again soon even better than ever :)
APPRECIATE YOU EU, TAKE IT EASY.
👁️👄👁️ love to see friends embarking on new adventures. Congrats on the studio debut,
@Ghostcrawler
!
It's hard to develop in the open but if anyone can do it, it's y'all. We'll be at that livestream, ready to suggest impractical features and 3 separate fishing systems ;)
Hello! 👋
We are Fantastic Pixel Castle, a new games studio making an epic AAA MMORPG codenamed Ghost.
To learn more about our studio and vision for Ghost, visit our website at .
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✨LOKI PLAYTEST NEWS: ✨ MARCH 30 + 31 // 5:30PM - 10PM PT BOTH DAYS
Check Discord for details, but we’ve got combat changes and a ton of progression/build updates for you to… theorycraft 😏
Also check out this sweet orb.
Still time to sign up @
Last week was HECTIC, but now we're getting back to the business of making games and have new hires!
We'd like to welcome Rob Cheung and Dave
@daveguertinart
Guertin as art outsource lead and principal concept artist, respectively! Welcome!!!!
(~ ̄▽ ̄)~ have an ALPHA FIRESIDE CHAT with
@safelocked
come see the new HUNTER UPDATES, map embiggening efforts, and huge UI/QoL polish!
a reminder that playtest starts tomorrow (apr 25) for NA/EU @ 5 - 10pm GMT/PT!!!
[also join us on discord: ]
Happy holidays from all of us at Theorycraft! This year was a BLITZ of action as we hosted almost /FIFTY DAYS/ of external playtests with tens of thousands of players.
We’re eternally grateful we get to develop the game in this way /WHILE ALSO/ getting to fly in together for a…
TOMORROW WE HAVE A:
๑۞๑,¸¸,ø¤º°`°๑۩ SURPRISE ๑۩ ,¸¸,ø¤º°`°๑۞๑
NORTH AMERICA DUO+SQUADS PLAYTEST HAPPENING...
• THURSDAY + FRIDAY (11/16 + 11/17)
• 6PM to 9PM PT
DISCORD FOR DETAILS, SENDING A FEW HUNDRED EXTRA INVITES AND REFERRALS SEE YOU THERE
We're hiring a COMBAT DESIGNER! 🤺 (and some Loki hints in here 👀)
Here's a pitch: our first game, "Loki," is a genre-mashup unlike any other with deep, strategic action combat — in 1v1s up to XvX fights.
Being in new territory means we make the rules. Your voice matters.
🇪🇺 KICKING OFF THE PROJECT LOKI EUROPEAN PLAYTEST WEEK 🇪🇺
🔥TODAY [9/25]: watch @ - a fireside chat w/
@safelocked
, covering some of our biggest changes
🌟 TOMORROW [9/26]: we’re hosting 120+ EU creators in a closed-doors preview playtest
👁️👄👁️ FRIDAY…
Appreciate the observations here
@TheM0rri
One thing we're excited to lean into in Project Loki is 2.5D, physics-based combat vs. the 2D rules-based combat most isometric games play in. It's a /lot/ of work but really makes Project Loki feel like a 3D action shooter!
We love all of our Theorycrafters equally but are particularly excited to welcome two experienced leaders of their craft:
@AndrewVonYipp
, and
@KevinLM_art
. More environmental concept art can be found in the article. Oh the possibilities!
For clarity: we are _NOT_ a web3 game studio and have no intentions of adopting any web3 tech.
To quote: "As a company, we're driven by player needs, not tech trends. Some day blockchain may enable us to serve player needs better, but right now we do not think that's the case."
🎆SAVE THE DATE!🎇LOKI PLAYTEST @ MARCH 2 + 3 / 5:30PM - 10PM PT BOTH DAYS
We’ve also had esports, gaming, and game dev clubs asking about big group playtests and want to say: ABSOLUTELY! If you have a group hungry for a new team-based, competitive game, DM us here or on Discord
🇪🇺CALLING ALL EU CREATORS🇪🇺
We’ll also be hosting a special VIP playtest a few days early on SEPT 26, 7pm to 10pm CEST to introduce y’all to the game and give some extra keys for your communities.
Tag an EU creator you know is hungry for something new.
🇪🇺EUROPE! WE’RE COMING FOR A:
☝️ONE TIME* (maybe more!?)
7⃣7-DAY
💻PLAYTEST!
📅 SEPT 29 to OCT 5
🕖 7PM to 10PM CEST, every night
🔖 SIGNUPS:
*If we get enough /new/ EU signups this month to feel confident in sustaining ongoing tests... we will! Let’s…
New month, new hires! Today we're hyped to announce Nathan Roe is joining as our lead marketing producer.
Nathan spent the past ten years at Riot where he worked on videos for the
@LeagueOfLegends
champion team, the
@PlayRuneterra
launch, and the
@arcaneshow
promotional…
🚨 GET THIS GAME ON YOUR RADAR NOW 🚨
I got the chance to playtest
@theorycraft_inc
's Project Loki last week, and let me tell you, this game felt like 2016 Overwatch.
Learn more and GET HYPE ⬇️
As we bounce up to our next Loki playtest (TOMORROW!!!), here's another critter for your viewing consideration.
It’s worth noting these hefty chonkers aren’t playable characters /PER SE/... but they are playable. Does that make sense? No?
Sign up to playtest and you’ll see :)))
🇪🇺PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST IS KICKING OFF IN 14 HOURS 🇪🇺
6PM TO 10PM CEST EVERY DAY UNTIL OCTOBER 5
STILL TIME TO SIGN UP @
YOU CAN EVEN BRING YOUR FRIENDS IN WITH OUR REFER-A-FRIEND PROGRAM
why am i yelling
LET'S GOOOOOOOO
je suis trop content et fier d'être un des tout premier playtesters de ce jeu absolument goatesque et de voir comment le jeu a grandi depuis 2021 sa me fait trop plaisir
[🎨NEW ART!] — With our last big playtest of the year coming THIS Thurs+Friday [📣SIGNUPS STILL OPEN!] — I asked our founders & devs for their thoughts on playtesting so early and often with real players.
We love our community and wouldn't be here without them: a thread! [1/x]
On Tues we hosted our first creator playtest (ever!) and while we’re not saying anything yet, we /will/ share some the top performers >:)
👀 some leaderboards!
You might be asking what these mean in Project Loki, to which we say… sign up to playtest @
🚨 NEW PLAYTEST INCOMING 🚨 (probably good timing because you're trying to find something other than that one game you play all the time)
our competitive squad-based game is having a big playtest THIS WEEK. sign up at
FOR CLARITY!!!!
April 25 - 27:
EU PLAYTEST: 5pm - 10pm GMT*, every day
NA PLAYTEST: 5pm - 10pm PT*, every day
* 8 - 10 pm GMT/PT will be afterhours arena and duos!!!
📣🗣️PLAYTEST DETAILS 🗣️📣
NEXT WEEK is your chance to playtest Project Loki.
April 25 - 27, 5-10pm PT
register at . here's some gameplay so you can see what you're getting into
📣🗣️PLAYTEST DETAILS 🗣️📣
NEXT WEEK is your chance to playtest Project Loki.
April 25 - 27, 5-10pm PT
register at . here's some gameplay so you can see what you're getting into
hello twitter this is Theorycraft Games and we've updated our LOOK 😎
so now look out for this star when it's time to PLAYTEST at the end of this month (details coming!)
Appreciate this
@HJRwithpen
!
What gives us confidence (and we think makes us play very different) is rather than taking a combat model and applying it to a BR, we're building everything cohesively from the ground up.
It's why we've leaned more into shooter elements and…
We just wanted to send a big congratulations to the folks at
@OdysseyStudio
for their global launch of
@PlayOmega
!
We're jamming games in during lunch breaks - can't wait to see what the future holds for Omega Strikers!
I was invited to play the new game, Project Loki by new Dev Studio
@theorycraft_inc
- this game is virtual drugs. It’s competitive PvP, with unique combat! I’ve wanted nothing more than to play this game again since I got the chance.
Check out my full review on the game below⬇️
Okay let's officially announce this! Welcome Justin '
@Xenogenic
' Hanson to the Theorycraft team as principal game designer!
Justin was the 1994 Blockbuster Video Game CHAMPION on the Sega Genesis in Sioux Falls, SD - he then snowballed that achievement into an education and…
👁️🫦👁️Yahüü it’s time for another 2 DAY. LOKI. PLAYTEST!
📅 THIS THURS & FRI [Oct 13/14]: practice mode @ 5pm PT, games open @ 6pm PT 🕔
All previous playtesters are welcome back. We'll also be randomly sending new invites today. We've got new heroes, HUGE changes, and more!
A new 📌🧵:
🎮 Sign up to playtest with us @ - once you’ve done that…
🎙️ Come hang, ask questions, and get SECRET playtest access on our Discord @ !
🚀 We’re also HIRING! A TL;DR of who we are and how we work in🧵
1/
Yesterday we hosted over 120+ EU creators in a CRAZY Project Loki VIP playtest. There were laughs, tears, and only a small amount of limbs lost.
S/O to the STACKED crew:
@ivo_kk
/
@ChipSa_OW
/
@Osgorath
/
@Hotbiscuitz
for winning the first EU showmatch! NOW: SOME LEADERBOARDS!
👏PROJECT LOKI PLAYTEST WEEK + BONUS SATURDAY👏
• THURSDAY [8/24] + FRIDAY [8/25] : 5pm to 9pm PT
• SATURDAY [8/26] on afternoon hours: 11am to 3pm PT
Still time to sign up @ or through Discord drops @
This test: MOVEMENT and…
Super excited to finally show some WICKED gameplay from Project Loki!🥳
I've had a ton of fun with the boys and gotten some sick clips from our playtesting😎
Here's one of them⬇️
If you would like to try the upcoming playtest click the link below🔗
Meet Theorycraft's founding Art Director: Moby Francke. He's led or contributed to the art direction of games like Team Fortress 2, L4D 1 & 2, Portal, CSGO, DotA 2, League, and VALORANT.
Now he's assembling a team here to imagine new worlds.
➡️
Want to playtest our game VERY early on? We're not sharing much publicly but we DO believe that building great games and great communities should happen together.
Join us on our journey to build a deep, 10,000 hour game that's just better with friends @
🚨LOKI PLAYTEST HEADS UP: we're targeting JUNE 10 for our next big North American playtest, and are investigating... an EU playtest!🇪🇺
Check your emails (promotions tab!) and the official Discord for more information.
Post-playtest sadness kicking in😿
We hit attendance records last week: thank you everyone who played, incl.
@A_Seagull
,
@scarra
,
@DrLupo
,
@blaustoise
,
@Sykkuno
, and
@Thebuddha_3
. We hope you had fun - there's so much more we want to do.
Plan is to reopen playtests next year!
Next week we’ll be showing off the pre-alpha Project Loki build to some new and familiar creators for feedback and feels.
Are we NERVOUS? A little.
Are we TREPIDATIOUS? Maybe.
Are we VERY EXCITED? Yes.
👁️👄👁️
WELCOME Kevin '
@Koalifier
' O'Brien as our QA Manager. 7 years ago, Kevin was a LAWYER when he decided he wanted to be in games. Starting as a playtester on League, Kevin's gone on to be a QA Manager on both
@LeagueOfLegends
and the launch/beyond of
@PlayVALORANT
. And now... here!
the team is CONSTANTLY iterating to make Project Loki as fun and competitive as possible, and it's REALLY obvious in the way our map has evolved over the last year
a little more in the 🧵👇
First 100 to find the secret signup form (and has signed up on the website) gets a key!
We drop these secret signup puzzles on Discord every day leading up to playtest, so if you want in Proejct Loki early... come hang out @ :^)
We interrupt our playtesting news for... hiring news!
We'd like to welcome 2 new folks at Theorycraft. First is: Soyoung Kim as VFX Artist! Soyoung joins us from Riot Games where she worked on VFX for both
@LeagueOfLegends
and
@PlayRuneterra
. Artstation @