Game Development: Salem & Haven

[Gauteamus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VcM5sDyg0

[SacreDoom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VcM5sDyg0

Oh mann, that's brilliant.

[spectacle]

From the paradox forum:

Official Salem Beta Thread

Hi Everyone! First we'd like to say we're very humbled to already see so much passionate interest for the Beta Testing of Salem. To make life a little less "up in the Air" we'd like to clarify the Beta (and Alpha) Testing dates we are working hard to achieve.

Alpha Testing (Currently the game is in Pre-Alpha and we'll need an elite handful of players with proven experience in these kinds of MMORPG's to start this) - This will begin as soon as we reach Alpha which is tending towards the end of September. It'll begin with a very small group and then group as in makes sense to testing and participation.
Beta Testing (This will be open to a much larger group with all those that were in Alpha Testing being grandfathered in) - This will start around the beginning of 2012 or when Alpha development is done and the game is ready for Beta Testing.
Open Beta (This will be as it sounds, open to everyone by registering) This will happen once the game is in a state to handle a much larger player base.

Keep in mind these are not written in stone and flexibility with test management and Development needs will always come first, even if it's not the popular choice among the public, or internally. We will however, always communicate openly and honestly with our community to keep a mutually respectable line of communication we can all trust and count on.

Sounds like a roundabout way of saying that only experienced h&h players need apply for the alpha, everyone else will have to wait until next year for the beta.

[Potjeh]

If I get in can I put "elite player with proven experience" on my resume?

[painhertz]

Oh, this is going to be fun..... In B4 the entire village of Pandemonium gets auto invited......

[burgingham]

Pande has nothing to do with Sodom anymore, only like 3 or 4 guys from Sodom are still there. Even from Sodom Jorb only knew a small group of players that had been playing the game since w1/2. He did however tell me that the Inner Party guys will probably all be alpha testers (hope that is ok to say after this quote spectacle posted).

[joseboda]

He did however tell me that the Inner Party guys will probably all be alpha testers (hope that is ok to say after this quote spectacle posted).

That was to be expected... You lucky basterds

[painhertz]

Pande has nothing to do with Sodom anymore, only like 3 or 4 guys from Sodom are still there. Even from Sodom Jorb only knew a small group of players that had been playing the game since w1/2. He did however tell me that the Inner Party guys will probably all be alpha testers (hope that is ok to say after this quote spectacle posted).

That's more or less what I meant.....

[Potjeh]

AFAIK *Bottleneck* has more IP members than Pande, and we're a fairly small faction.

[burgingham]

For some it is kinda hard to determine which faction they belong to, but I count 8 Sodomites and 4 BNers.