Comments on: A Perfect Game of SpyParty

By: Anthony "Tytalus" Fenili

Anthony "Tytalus" Fenili — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:34:49 +0000

Specifically, he typically does a 60/40 (60% in-order earliest first, 40% random through the rest of the queue). There’s been certain situations where he’s strayed from this format/formula, but almost always this is the case.

By: LowTierSteve

LowTierSteve — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:12:15 +0000

I think about half of the invites checker sends in each batch are random, the other half go from the front of the list forward, and I think you might be about 10,000 people down the list (at least), based on what I remember from his last set of numbers. Maybe even more like 15,000. Signed up months ago, still waiting. But I’m super excited for the chance to play, probably when the open beta comes, and check back to the site daily for updates.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:20:07 +0000

Alright. Eagerly awaiting my invite.

By: checker

checker — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:41:36 +0000

I try to do about 500 or more a week recently, as I test things for getting the beta open. Hopefully everybody signed up will get an invite within the next few weeks, but I’m notoriously bad at estimating how long it takes to do tasks. But, soon!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:33:19 +0000

When is the next round of Beta invites going out? I signed up on the 22nd of November, and have been checking my email daily for the invite. I’m dying to play this game.

By: aureliend

aureliend — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:31:15 +0000

Thanks for the swift answer. I think I will try my luck with the beta so :)

By: checker

checker — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:01:11 +0000

Your English is way better than my French, so no worries! :)

I’m almost certain to do a Frozen Synapse-style discount-on-two-copies at some point, but it’s not going be for a while, probably, there’s a lot of stuff to do in the meantime and I’m very slow. This is partly why I really dislike sales and stuff, and wish they didn’t “work” as well with people as they apparently do. It feels unfair to buy something and then have it go on sale right after, and as a creator the last thing I want to muck around with is pricing strategies and whatnot, it’s such a distraction. But, people love sales and deals and whatnot. Maybe I could do something where I charge existing beta testers the difference for a two-for-one deal or something.

Anyway, I hope to have the beta open within weeks, not months, and then let that stabilize.

By: aureliend

aureliend — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:35:31 +0000

Hi ! Do you know when open beta will be available, even if it is only an estimation like “maybe in two months”? I have searched around a little and did not find the answer. By the way, even if it is an open beta, I think it will still be a “paying” one, isn’t it? In fact, I am eager to test the game, but I saw you plan (maybe) to sell double licences for discount price. This last possibility is very interesting to play with a friend.
So I have a crual dilemma as I really want to play the game but I don’t want to pay 15$ for a single licence if in one or two months I can have two of them for only 20$ (for example).
Sorry for the question if I missed the answer, and sorry for the English mistakes as I am French :)

By: checker

checker — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:02:04 +0000

Hey, if you (or anybody else) got an invite and accidentally let it expire, just send mail to support at spyparty dot com and I’ll re-send it!

By: Dan Jammin

Dan Jammin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:47:32 +0000

I don’t have many games I’m really excited about at the moment, but SpyParty and Monaco are two that I’m really looking forwards to playing with my friends. This match was fun to watch, and I can almost imagine the tension I’d get from trying to balance mission progress/visibility. I missed my first email invite, but as soon as I get my next one, or the open beta starts, I’ll be in there, probably killing civilians by accident.