That's what a public beta will be for. A game manufacturer chooses who they
know, or has hear of, that they feel will be a good beta tester based on
several issues. Some of those issues are their ability to communicate
clearly with no confusion of their meaning, their ability to communicate any
problems they find with a beta by being able to tell others at what stage of
the game a problem occurred and how they caused the problem to occur, their
willingness to work with others to resolve an issue that comes up, their
ability to come up with ideas on why a problem might have occurred and how
to fix it based on their knowledge of computers, programming, and other
factors. There are probably other factors that also come into play that I
haven't mentioned as well. Sometimes, a developer does put notices out that
he or she is looking for testers, while at other times, enough people have
already worked on other projects with the developer and he or she wants them
to test this game based on previous experiences as team members. It's the
decision of the developer of any game as to how testers are chosen and who
they will be. At times, some testers have to be replaced due to unfortunate
circumstances, and then the developer must find replacements, but how they
do so is up to them. The fact that they preordered a game might, or might
not, weigh into the decision. Testing is fun, and it is a lot of time
consuming work, and it takes dedication and education. Not everyone who
plays a game can be a good tester. Even a public beta is not merely for
playing. When it does come out, let's all give Tom all the constructive
feedback we can, so that the game is as good as it can be, and so he can
move on to his plans for the future of USA Games! Until that beta comes
out, let's let the testers do their work in preparation. Tom? I'm behind
you all the way! I hope the new engine and the betas go smoothly in all
testing phases!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "william lomas" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] beta of mysteries of the ancients
hi
this is great news but in another sense, cant the ones who already paid
help test this product?
true, i understand and so does everyone else, that all this mess came
from james north, let's ot go over that again. but surely the ones who
paid for it should be able to help play and test the new game, since they
ordered a product 2 or more years ago, that they have not seen
i am not starting a flame war or attacking somebody but no mails were
even put out for private testers in the first place, and i have paid for
a game which to be fair has had a lot of problems and we have all 100
percent supported you but at least the pre-orderers could help shape the
game into a better product. for those who have not pre- ordered, it comes
out when it comes out, but for those who have I feel that if we can help
play the new version then we at least are getting value for mone
On 17 Jan 2009, at 19:27, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi Will,
Yes. Eventually I will be posting a public beta for Mysteries of the
Ancients. However, I have not posted a demo, because it isn't ready for
the public yet. Although the Alphas are becoming quite stable for the
private testers I have just bbegan some extensive upgrades to the
Genesis Engine itself which will require some serious rework on MOTA to
make it compatible with the newer Genesis Engine. Obviously since the
next Alpha will be using the newer Genesis Engine I want to make sure
everything runs smoothly before releasing any kind of demo to the
public.
william lomas wrote:
hi thomas
will the beta of the new mysteries of the ancients game be available
for the paid members of the game, before release at all? or any form of
public beta?
many thanks and look forward to mota
will
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