Subversion beta?
Subversion beta?
Hi all,
I know this is probably months too early but I still wonder:
Will there be a beta test for Subversion?
I'm following your dev blog and this ?game? looks really like it has a lot of potential for every kind of genre!
So I'm quite eager to try it as soon as (legally) possible!
I know you had beta tests with all your previous games, I just was too slow to try and participate.
So the real question is:
What do I have to do to get the chance to help you testing Subversion?
NinjaN
I know this is probably months too early but I still wonder:
Will there be a beta test for Subversion?
I'm following your dev blog and this ?game? looks really like it has a lot of potential for every kind of genre!
So I'm quite eager to try it as soon as (legally) possible!
I know you had beta tests with all your previous games, I just was too slow to try and participate.
So the real question is:
What do I have to do to get the chance to help you testing Subversion?
NinjaN
Re: Subversion beta?
NinjaN wrote:What do I have to do to get the chance to help you testing Subversion?
Usually? Sign up for the beta (once it goes up) and pray.
You can increase your odds by being a good member of the community and/or participate in other IV betas though.
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So is there still a chance to get on the beta? I would really like that but I fear I don't post enough to be counted as "an active comunity member" and I don't have Xfire so I can't enter the contest. I don't think just posting more will get me in so is there any third option?
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I never said the beta was already rolling, in fact I said the opposite in my first post...
It's clearly visible in the dev blog that the world within Subversion is now slowly coming to "life"... There's not much of a game inside (that we know of)
I'm fully aware it will be months / years / when-it's-done until the beta could start.
I just wanted to know what the procedure for selecting testers has been in the previous games...
So, to sum it up:
Is that about it?
It's clearly visible in the dev blog that the world within Subversion is now slowly coming to "life"... There's not much of a game inside (that we know of)
I'm fully aware it will be months / years / when-it's-done until the beta could start.
I just wanted to know what the procedure for selecting testers has been in the previous games...
So, to sum it up:
- There's no ETA for the beta test
- One can NOT sign up for it yet
- One has to gain "Karma" in order to be selected by IV
- There will probably be a (official) thread where one can sign up
- One can win access to the beta by promoting Multiwinia through XFire
- There's a chance the beta will be organised in several tiers
Is that about it?
NinjaN wrote:[*]One has to gain "Karma" in order to be selected by IV
This isn't quite correct. Gaining "Karma" may improve your odds, but it isn't strictly necessary.
Example: the first round of Multiwinia Beta testing was almost entirely comprised of regulars (most of whom had already beta tested). The latter rounds had many people who probably never posted in the forums.
Another Example: I was selected to beta test the Darwinia Vista Patch within a week of joining these forums. Although having a crappy PC at the time may have helped.
Also, I'm unsure if the xfire one is still running.
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I thought I saw something about subversion going beta some time this year? Or was that the release of darwnia plus? I forgot...... Either way once Darwinia+ comes out they will have more staff members to work on subversion and it will get done faster.
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"And even if it does go beta before mid-2010"
This entirely depends on how early on beta testers are brought onto the project. Whereas Multiwinia had the beta testers relatively near the game's completion, other IV games have had beta testers brought in very early (ie Darwinia). Personally, I hope for the second.
This entirely depends on how early on beta testers are brought onto the project. Whereas Multiwinia had the beta testers relatively near the game's completion, other IV games have had beta testers brought in very early (ie Darwinia). Personally, I hope for the second.
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True, true. My general point was that we're not going to be starting tomorrow, with all the places going to forum vets. If you want to try for a place by becoming a veteran, there'll most likely be plenty of time to hang around here flaunting your not-an-asshole credentials to get in. Although I feel that IV may go for the more "professional" approach with this one, after getting a QA man in for D+, so forumite testing may only happen towards the end of development.
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