Archive for the ‘beta’ Category.

The New Gallery Map!

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 […]

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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 […]

Zero’s Replays Trailer Teaches You How Not To Get Shot in 3 Minutes (maybe)

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 […]

Replays Are Here!

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 […]

Triple Birthday Stream Tonight, Monday, February 24th, 6pm PST!

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, […]