Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 We need beta-testers for the Windows version of Geneforge 5. Please apply if you are interested at http://www.spidweb.com/testing/beta_test.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Blurb Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sounds fun. Too bad I'm not technically savvy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would apply anyway. Jeff has always said he needs more casual players in the testers to get better demographic information about what preferences are. The key thing really is commitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Dark Minnion Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 quick question...do i have to write english perfectly to apply ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 It helps to be able to write English. At least enough so that Jeff understands what you are saying. He can't use your information if he can't understand it. Most of Windows beta testing is checking that the graphics converted properly from the Mac version and adjusting the game's difficulty. Also any corrections for problems sent to Jeff since the last Mac version was released have to be checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 No, but you should be able to write it well enough to be understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Milla Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Well I've applied for the first time. Hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Taliesin Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Cool. Too bad I'm so busy with school right now. Maybe next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Ouroboros Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Sounds fun too bad I cannot do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Lyric Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well, i have applied for the testing, hope to get selected, if not...well, i'll have just as much free time as now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Raji Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Well, I don't consider myself particularly tech savvy or good at the games, but I applied anyway Hopefully I can actually manage to stick with one character build start to finish without restarting an inordinate number of times and/or using excessive spoilerage (assuming I even get picked, naturally), and my RL schedule is cooperative throughout the testing period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Just to all those who care, Beta-testing seems to of closed The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 drat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Dark Neptune Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I think Jeff should have sent us Windows Users about the Beta testing for the Windows version. I was busy the past few weeks and didn't bother the search the Spiderweb forums, as the spoilers I heard from Mac users were uninteresting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Locmaar Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I am not quite sure what you mean. You want Jeff to mail every Windows user who's ever registered a game with Spiderweb? Now why would he want to do that? Or which group of Windows users are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Spiderweb does have a mailing list. Is it for game releases only, or are requests for beta testers sent out as well? Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 It's for game releases and sales. Jeff mentions upcoming games, but he's never gone mailing list trawling for beta testers. —Alorael, who doesn't think there's really a shortage. There is a perennial problem with beta testers starting and then not finishing or falling out of touch, but enough beta testers probably makes the final fraction big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Locmaar Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I don't think that Jeff would want masses of tester, simply because he wouldn't get around to programming much, just managing their reports. Massive call-outs for beta testers make sense mostly for server stress-testing under real-life conditions. That he closed the call for new testers implies that he's already found enough. There seems to be no reason for more advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 He doesn't want a mass of testers, but he does want enough. Enough apparently means far more than he really needs in the beginning so that a sufficient number are still active at the end. —Alorael, who doubts that the time and energy required to deal with a dozen more beta testers is very large. If they find new and important bugs or have interesting balance feedback then it's time well spent. If you get the same information repeatedly, you have corroboration and the most you lose is the time spent reading and deleting the email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Dark Neptune Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Ok, understood. But the fact that I didn't know applications for the Windows Beta testing had already closed a nearly a week before I came and re-visited this forum to learn about it. I am hoping Geneforge 5 is released in the first week of March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slariton Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 However, in addition to the time and energy spent, you lose profit from those dozen extra beta testers, most of whom would probably have bought the game otherwise. Once you reach a certain mass of testers, adding a dozen probably won't increase the chance of catching anything new by a significant amount. And if most testers quit before they finish, giving up $300 (or whatever) to get one or two extra committed testers doesn't seem like such a hot deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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