Inviting Players

There are multiple ways for players to join your playtest, including Sign-Up Links, Invite Codes, and Friend Invites. More commonly at the start of your playtest you may want to invite players via email.

Remember

Using invites of any type will funnel players directly to the invite stage, skipping the need to sign-up.

Manually Inviting Players

You’re always fully in control over who is invited to your playtest. By manually inviting players, you can manage exactly who has access to your playtest.

Invite Players via Email

We’ve made it extremely simple to invite players via email. In the bottom left corner of the screen, click “Invite Players” and enter one or more email addresses. Optionally, you can also add their First Name and Last Name.

Select the Role you want to assign to the player from the dropdown and click “Send Invites”.

You can optionally add custom ‘Invite Message’ which will be included in the email sent to the player.

Copy+Paste a List of Emails

You can also add players by pasting a list of emails into the field. This even works when pasting multiple columns (First Name and Last Name) from a Google Sheet!

Inviting existing players

If your list includes emails of players who have already signed up for your waitlist, they will be invited with the role you select. If this is different from the role they currently have, a small warning will be displayed.

Players that have been invited before will be skipped.

Invite Players from your Waitlist

To allow anyone to sign up for your waitlist, you can enable ‘Sign-Ups’ in your Default Flow Settings. People on your waitlist will need to be invited by you before they can continue their onboarding.

To invite a player from your waitlist, you can click the ‘Send Invite’ button on their profile, or simply enter their email address in the ‘Invite Players’ step explained above.

Bulk Invite people from the Waitlist

Navigate to ‘Invites’ → ‘Invite by Role’ and select a role for which you want everyone to receive an invite. This will send an invite to everyone on your waitlist with the selected role.

Importing Players from a CSV

You can also import players from a CSV file and send them an invite. Go to ‘Players’ → ‘Import’ and select a CSV file. You can map any columns to import, and select whether people should be invited automatically or be placed on the waitlist instead. Existing players will be updated but not invited again.

Import with a Role

You can also specify and map a ‘Role’ column to assign a role to the players you are inviting. Make sure the Role matches exactly the name in FirstLook.

Invite Codes

Codes are a great way for you to create one-time or multiple-use shareable links that will grant players an immediate invite to your playtest.

One-time use

One-time use codes are really helpful for those times where you might want to invite someone, but don’t have their email address, and sending a link would be much easier. To create one, navigate to the Invite tab → Create Shareable Link.

• Select Max uses - 1
• Role to grant - Choose the role you wish to grant the invitee
• Hit Create

Multiple use {#multiple-use}

What about when you need a single link that can be used to invite multiple people? If you’ve got an event coming up or want to distribute invites to your community, we’ve got you covered! Follow the same steps as above except:

• Select Max uses - number of times it can be used before running out.
• Vanity Invite Code - customise the URL to be event specific e.g. gamescom2025. This will result in a shareable link e.g. https://demo.firstlook.gg/invite/gamescom2025

See who’s used your codes

Click on any of the codes you’ve created to show you who has redeemed them.

Batches

Batches on the other hand are a “batch” of single-use invite codes. These make distributing invites through a campaign or partner nice and straight forward. To find this navigate to Invites → Batches. From here you can view any batches you’ve created, see who’s used the codes within each batch and export them so you can distribute accordingly. To create a new batch click Generate Batch .

• Amount - Decide on the number of individual invites you want in this batch.
• Role to grant - Choose the role you wish to grant the invitee
• Batch Key - Identifier for the batch to track usage. Can be used to filter players in the Players tab. +Add Filter → More → Invite Batch Key
• Custom Message - Display an additional message to players when they accept the invite.

Friend Invites

Finally, you can leverage your existing players to invite their friends.

For each Role, you can configure if and how many invites your players can send to their friends. They’ll receive unique links they can share with their friends, and find them on their Dashboard.

You can also assign additional invites to players at any time by visiting their profile and clicking the ‘Grant Invites’ button. Learn more