#Camelot unchained open beta full#

And since our programming team is still small by MMORPG standards, this is a significant risk for us. In the case of the later, it might seem silly of us to list UI as a risk factor versus other things, but the fact is that building a great UI takes a lot of time from a number of different people and disciplines (art, design, and engineering). That’s always been a pretty tall order for us, but we are confident that we can solve it, even if we do it in stages. In the case of the former, no MMORPG that I am aware of has our combination of blocks, true physics (no floating blocks), and structural stress/integrity. The biggest challenges for us over the next few months are the stability/destructibility aspects of our building system and the amount of UI work that we need to get done before Beta 1 begins. What specifically is the team working on between now and the beta launch? We will go into feature lock before we go to open beta (duh, right?) and use the open beta period for the final shakedown of the game before we go LIVE. During each stage we will use scenarios to test specific aspects of the game and gameplay as well as some open world testing.

#Camelot unchained open beta full#

Not at all, the date is well within where I thought it would be when we made the deal with our new overlords, I mean investors! Right now the plan is to have three full Beta stages before we have an Open Beta. OTOH, with scenarios not only is it based on having lots of action, but the NPCs/Bots can fill out the tests in a meaningful way.Īs to the slow build, that certainly doesn’t hurt but it didn’t factor in at all to our thinking primarily because we are going into Beta 1 and we know that attendance will be sparser than in Open Beta.ĭoes the date affect the 2019 launch plans at all? Can you sketch out the vague testing plans between beta and launch – as in, how many beta phases? In an open world testing environment, if you have a low turnout, there’s a lot of walking around with very little action. This is also one of the reasons we decided to use the Saturday Night Siege scenarios a lot during Beta 1. Plus, it’s Beta 1 and we don’t expect the kind of turnout we will get for our Open Beta. While some folks will certainly be traveling during the summer, a lot of other folks will be out of school and at home more, so I think it will balance out nicely. Our early Beta 1 testing is going to be focused mostly on weekends and the Impromptu Tests during the week. MassivelyOP: Are you at all concerned about summer demographically - will you have enough testers in the summer months to make the rollout then useful? Or is a slow build to the fall peak exactly what you’re looking for? And yes, everything that has been promised for the beta will make it for that launch (that doesn’t mean everything going into launch will be in beta – expect more builds going forward over the expected year of this beta).ĬSE’s Mark Jacobs spoke with us just a few weeks ago to announce that the company had taken on a large external investment to speed up development of the game he’s done the same this time ’round to answer our questions about beta and what to expect between right now and the 4th of July when those beta gates open. The studio has further confirmed that the “feature lock” date for the crowdfunded RvR MMORPG will be June 12th – at that point, everything for the beta will be set, save bug-fixing.

That’s the auspicious day that Camelot Unchained’s beta one will finally launch after three years of delay, City State Entertainment has now announced. You can go ahead and order extra sparklers because you’re going to need ’em this July 4th.