Dev diary: PAX Colosseum
Hello all!
Just a quick note full of info:
We are at PAX this week. If you're in lovely Seattle, come see us! Booth 222 in the 4th floor is where it's at. Yes, the one with the huge KILLSQUAD banner.
Why come, I hear you ask?
Well, first of all to say hi! And meet us! We came all the way from Spain to meet our USA fans.
That said, we'll have there the super-duper Beta of the UNSEEN update, playable. There, we said it. Wanna be one of the first to play the Colosseum? Then come on over!
You can't make it to Seattle? No problem! We have you covered. Here's three bits of info you should read:
- The same Beta of UNSEEN we will be showing at PAX West drops this week. If all goes well, it should be available on Thursday evening Spain time. Remember it's a Beta, hence there may be bugs and we will only distribute this to our Beta testers, to prevent the general public seeing something which is still untested.
- Talking specifically about the Colosseum, YES it does drop this week to Beta testers, but remember this is a veteran-only area, meant for players seeking and endgame-style experience. Includes contracts with Vector 110, so even if you're in our Beta, only the higher ranked players will actually enter the Colosseum. It's a hell or a ride... literally!
- So, if you want to play it, sign up for our Beta program on [email protected], subject line: Beta. If you're a Beta tester already: a) we love you b) the build will come automatically to your Steam client once it's ready.
- Also coming on this Beta is ultrawidescreen support. To everyone who asked for it, we heard you. We weren't joking or messing around: we said we would do it, and here it is. It took long to implement as there's several side-effects of this, but it's coming this week after all the pain and suffering. So please if you have an ultrawidescreen monitor, make sure you test it and tell us how it feels.
- Also coming on this Beta is, a Play NOW! button. This is the button that will pair you with other players right away. Hopefully, no more waiting for others to join! Play Now scans all the contracts and gives you one to embark on right away, so you can be paired with other players without waiting.
So again, all of this (and also bug fixing) drops this Thursday so you can Beta test it on the weekend.
Of course depending on testing speed this will become a public, open release sooner or later. We hope it's next week, but no promises as we depend on the number and severity of bugs found.
Last, but not least, we're hard at work with our other show-stopper, the damn "I can't play on a cybercafe as progress is lost". Expect a new build in 1-2 weeks solving that once and for all by using a whole new cloud save system.
On more internal news, all the team is back after the summer break. Expect a faster pace from now on.
See you in the Outer Reach.
Just a quick note full of info:
We are at PAX this week. If you're in lovely Seattle, come see us! Booth 222 in the 4th floor is where it's at. Yes, the one with the huge KILLSQUAD banner.
Why come, I hear you ask?
Well, first of all to say hi! And meet us! We came all the way from Spain to meet our USA fans.
That said, we'll have there the super-duper Beta of the UNSEEN update, playable. There, we said it. Wanna be one of the first to play the Colosseum? Then come on over!
You can't make it to Seattle? No problem! We have you covered. Here's three bits of info you should read:
- The same Beta of UNSEEN we will be showing at PAX West drops this week. If all goes well, it should be available on Thursday evening Spain time. Remember it's a Beta, hence there may be bugs and we will only distribute this to our Beta testers, to prevent the general public seeing something which is still untested.
- Talking specifically about the Colosseum, YES it does drop this week to Beta testers, but remember this is a veteran-only area, meant for players seeking and endgame-style experience. Includes contracts with Vector 110, so even if you're in our Beta, only the higher ranked players will actually enter the Colosseum. It's a hell or a ride... literally!
- So, if you want to play it, sign up for our Beta program on [email protected], subject line: Beta. If you're a Beta tester already: a) we love you b) the build will come automatically to your Steam client once it's ready.
- Also coming on this Beta is ultrawidescreen support. To everyone who asked for it, we heard you. We weren't joking or messing around: we said we would do it, and here it is. It took long to implement as there's several side-effects of this, but it's coming this week after all the pain and suffering. So please if you have an ultrawidescreen monitor, make sure you test it and tell us how it feels.
- Also coming on this Beta is, a Play NOW! button. This is the button that will pair you with other players right away. Hopefully, no more waiting for others to join! Play Now scans all the contracts and gives you one to embark on right away, so you can be paired with other players without waiting.
So again, all of this (and also bug fixing) drops this Thursday so you can Beta test it on the weekend.
Of course depending on testing speed this will become a public, open release sooner or later. We hope it's next week, but no promises as we depend on the number and severity of bugs found.
Last, but not least, we're hard at work with our other show-stopper, the damn "I can't play on a cybercafe as progress is lost". Expect a new build in 1-2 weeks solving that once and for all by using a whole new cloud save system.
On more internal news, all the team is back after the summer break. Expect a faster pace from now on.
See you in the Outer Reach.