Manage Playtest Hub

The Playtest Hub is where you can set up an automated process to invite testers to any test version of your game. After setting up the test flow, SmartLink will send invitation emails to registered contacts. After a contact accepts the invitation, they will receive a key or instructions to access the test.

Procedures

1. In the SmartLink navigation bar，select Playtest hub, then select Testers list under Test Management.

2. Click Build testers list, enter a Testers list name and Desciption in the pop-up, then click Confirm.

3. On the testers page, click Add testers in the upper right corner. Then select the tags you want to invite and click Confirm.

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Contacts are added to the Testers list if they have the specified tag(s) at that moment. In order to add contacts who receive the tag(s) at a later point, you will need to add that specific tag again to this testers list.

4. After importing testers, the invitation journey can be activated. Click Invitation journey to open the settings page and customize the journey to your needs.

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1. The selected testers will enter the journey and their status will change from Waiting to Invited.
2. The status of the tester will change to Approved after the invitation journey has been completed.
3. The entire invitation journey can be customized and offers the possibility to define the specific conditions (or actions) under which the status changes from Waiting to Approved.

1）After sending the invitations, the invited testers will enter the invitation journey.
2）Set up the invitation email. Clicking the link in this email allows invited testers to link their Discord or Steam account and complete the NDA signing.

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This link is an optional configuration.After all invited testers click the invitation link, they will enter the following web page process to complete the invitation process. Both this process and its style can be customized.

3）Set up the 'Wait for'-trigger that decides when testers can proceed to the next journey point.
4）Verify if the tester has completed the invitation journey.
5）After a tester's status has changed to *Approved, they will receive the email with the game key or instructions to access the test.

Additional conditions can be added to the default journey points, but it is not possible to delete default journey points. After everything has been set up, click Save & activate.

5. After the invitation journey has been activated, invitations can be sent out to testers with the status Waiting. Click Invite testers in the "waitlist" status, then click Confirm invitation in the pop-up window to start sending out invitation emails.

6. After the invitations have been sent out, each contact's invitation status can be found on the testers page.

• Waiting: Players who have been added to the testers list.
• Invited: The invitation email has been sent to the tester.
• Accepted: The email with the key or instructions to access the test has been sent out.

7. The journey page will have an overview of all invitation emails and show the delivery status of invitation emails and key/instruction emails.