Archive for the ‘beta’ Category.

Introducing the Next Five SpyParty Characters

Update:  we’ve shown them animating! I’m super excited because it’s time to introduce the next five new SpyParty characters! And here are all ten of the new characters posing for your aesthetic edification! This images looks like a cast photo from a wacky mystery movie, and this is only half of the twenty (!) playable […]

SpyParty Meets Dead Island Trailer

So, we made a trailer last week, which may have inspired beta player jecat to make this awesome SpyParty parody of the famous Dead Island Trailer:

The New SpyParty Homepage and Trailer

That long image there to the left is a picture of the current spyparty.com homepage as I write this. As you read this, there will be a new fancy doesn’t-look-like-a-default-WordPress-install homepage. Welcome to the 21st century, spyparty.com! Plus, to go along with the new homepage design, we made the first SpyParty trailer! More on that below. The […]

The History of the Game From Two Years of Beta Testing

Two years ago checker invited internet strangers into his game and I was lucky enough to snatch an invite from the very first group. I had been following the game closely before I got the invite, and that is obviously still the case today. Over the years I have observed a lot of changes in the […]

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 […]