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kathuria · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

What are the different beta testing stages for Atriarch? What will be included in each of them?

ranap · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 13

There are currently four stages of testing planned. Each stage will have several phases.

Stage 1 - Technical Beta
This stage will focus on compatibility and technical issues. There will be no gameplay during this stage of testing. Testers will log on to a virtual world and test the various aspects of the World Fusion engine. Since we are a small company, we do not have thousands of different configurations and machines sitting here to test with. This is where we would like your help.

Stage 2 - Modular Beta
In stage 2, single gameplay elements will be tested individually. For example, construction and combat will be tested separately and in phases. Some features will not be active until release or post-release, so we ask testers to focus on what is present more than on wishlists of future features.

Stage 3 - Integrated Beta
The gameplay elements that were tested separately and individually in Stage 2 will start to be tested together during this stage.

Stage 4 - Game Balance Beta
While we have and will be working on game balance issues all along, stage 4 will focus both on top-level and instance-level issues of balance of gameplay.