Commander's Forge is coming to closed beta on September 21st : Looking for beta tester !

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Hi everyone!
 

I'm Jonathan, a French developer currently working on an app for tabletop wargames called Commander's Forge.

I've been working on it for the past few about a year and I'm getting to the first closed beta, which will start on September 21st on Android (ONLY).
 

For this first beta, I'm mainly looking for 40K players who would be willing to try the army builder and give me honest feedback : what works, what doesn't, what feels unnecessarily complicated, what's missing, or even if you think I'm going in the wrong direction with something.
 

The army builder is the first step, but my overall goal is bigger. I'd eventually like Commander's Forge to become a full game companion that makes tabletop wargames easier to get into, especially for newcomers.
 

A lot of board games now have digital versions that automate some of the tedious parts while leaving the interesting decisions to the player.
I'd like to bring some of that convenience to physical tabletop games without replacing the tabletop experience itself.
 

In the long run, the idea is to build a flexible engine around shareable rulesets (JSON), with things like quick access to rules and unit information during games, multiplayer features, optional automated dice rolls, and other tools depending on what players actually find useful.

I'm also putting quite a lot of work into giving the app its own visual identity and making it feel polished and intuitive. The UI is still evolving, though, so the screenshots below aren't final.
 

I'm not looking for promotion or content creators here. I'm genuinely looking for players who know 40K, but also beginners, and are willing to tell me what they think.

Everyone who participates in the closed beta will receive a free key at the start of Early Access as a small thank you.

Here are a few screenshots of the current build:

The 40K data visible in the screenshots was recreated locally for testing and demonstration purposes and isn't distributed with the app.

If you'd be interested in testing it, or even if you just have thoughts about the project from what you can see here, I'd be really interested to hear them.
 

If you're interested in taking part in the beta, feel free to send me a mp, post below or contact me at contact.catharsisinteractive@gmail.com.