The Expansion Class

Apply for the Expansion Class.

The Expansion Class plays Rafters before anyone else. We look for people who love basketball, love management games, and will tell us honestly what does not work.

Founding members get their name hung in the rafters: a credit in the game. We sign new members in small groups.

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Discord username

Your username, not your display name. In Discord, open your profile: the username is the lower-case name under your display name.

Email address

What do you play on?

Mac Windows Both Other

How much have you played management games?

Never A few hours A lot

Which management games have you put the most hours into?

Optional.

Which mode do you want to test?

Each tester plays one mode. Build 1 is Pro only. Lite mode is in development. It is not in Build 1.

Pro. You run everything. For players who know management games. Lite. Your assistant runs the day-to-day, and you make the big calls. For basketball fans new to GM games. In development: not in Build 1. Either. Put me where you need me.

How many hours a week could you test?

1–2 3–5 5+

Will you report bugs in #bug-reports, with the steps to make them happen again?

Yes No

Expansion Class builds are confidential. No streaming, clips or screenshots until we say so. Do you agree?

Yes No

Founding members get their name hung in the rafters: a credit in the game's Credits screen. How should we credit you?

My full name My Discord username Do not credit me

The exact name or username to show

1–40 characters: letters, numbers, spaces and . - _ ' only. If your full name matches a real professional basketball player, we credit you by your username instead.

Required. I understand that my credit goes into every Rafters build released after I join. If I ask to be removed, my name comes out of future builds only. Builds already released keep it. To change or remove your credit, email hello@playrafters.com.

Required. I confirm I am 18 or over.

Also send me Rafters news and the Early Access Beta invite. Optional. Unsubscribe at any time.

We store your answers with our website host (Netlify) and our email provider (Brevo), and use them only to run the Expansion Class. If you tick the optional news box, we also add you to the Rafters waitlist and send you one welcome email with an unsubscribe link, then Rafters news. See the privacy policy.

Application in. We have emailed you to confirm it. We read every application and reply within 3 days. We sign new members in small groups. If you are in, you get an email that starts with: "You've been signed to a two-way contract."

You were always the GM.