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Release notes v0.1.2758.0 – lobby stuff, mostly

I just realized that since I finally opened the beta, I can now post the release notes for the new builds here publicly without getting a torrent of “Send me an invite!” blog and facebook comments and tweets! Yay, I am so happy to be out of the invites business! I’ll do a post with numbers from […]

The Early-Access Beta is Open!

I made a link for you:  http://www.spyparty.com/beta Oh man am I tired.

Human Loadtest Tonight, Monday June 3, 10pm PDT!

Update:  The loadtest was a success, thanks everybody!  It was fun to hang out and chat, and a bunch of other indie game developers showed up as well, including Davey Wreden (Stanley Parable), Alexander Bruce (Antichamber), and David Rosen (Overgrowth), which made it in to a bit of an indie lovefest loadtest!  Fun seemed to be […]

Loadtesting for Open Beta, Part 4: Done optimizing the lobbyserver!

Check out Loadtesting for Open Beta, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 to read the previous installments of this epic tale! It’s been a while since the last update in this series, sorry about that!  At the end of Part 3, I mentioned the SimCity launch giving me pause about my goal of testing […]

Come ask questions of me and Jonathan Blow in San Francisco on Wednesday!

Update:  Okay, the video is up from this talk, it’s a mix of general indie game stuff, some SpyParty and The Witness stuff, and miscellaneous stuff: Jonathan Blow and I will be answering—or trying to answer—questions from the audience on Wednesday, May 8th, at 7pm PDT in San Francisco as guests of the SF IGDA. […]