Archive for the ‘beta’ Category.
2014/03/16, 00:01 by checker
The new map, Gallery, is out in the latest build! The design goal for this map was to make it long and narrow with a lot of dynamic occlusion caused by the partygoers. It seemed to work pretty well, we played it during the release notes stream, where I did two different “birthday games”, the […]
2014/03/10, 18:42 by checker
I must face facts: I am not very good at sending out update emails to the SpyParty beta testers. When you sign up for the Early-Access Beta, you get put on the private “beta announcement” mailing list, which is where I’m supposed to send, well, announcements about the beta. However, the last mail I sent to […]
2014/03/07, 15:32 by checker
What, are you saying my 30+ minute rambles about the new In-Game Replays System are too long? Fine, be that way. Well, zerotka‘s got you covered. He created a short and punchy trailer for using replays on the SpyParty YouTube channel to figure out why you got highlit1 and shot, check it out: What’s that […]
2014/02/27, 03:30 by checker
I just released build v0.1.3240.0 to the beta, which has some minor bug fixes, but also In-Game Replays, the coolest thing since the new art went in! I am incredibly excited about the potential for replays! I can’t use enough exclamation points!!! I wrote about replays a bit, but seeing them in action is way […]
2014/02/24, 15:54 by checker
The awesome folks in the SpyParty beta usually ask me to play them for important milestone games, usually when there are a lot of zeros in their game count. I’ve done a bunch of these before, as you can see.1 I call these “birthday matches”, and I love doing them. I’ve done 500′s, 1000′s, 2000′s, 3000′s, […]