Beta, revisited
Posted: 29 Jan 2016, 22:41
Bringing this subject back up, wanted to beat a dead horse.
I think we're at a good point to enter a "beta" that I proposed before.
I know that our project doesn't really follow the "alpha/beta/release" model that is common for commercial games, but here's my idea: a "beta" announcement would be a good PR move for us, to give people, including all these fun news websites that have taken an interest in us, an idea of where we stand. My hope is that even though entering "beta" would change nothing about how how our development mechanics work, it would be a good PR move, and bring interest and testing to our project.
What would "entering beta" entail? I think we should do a news writeup for this, explaining that we're basically feature complete, that we're on a bug-smashing mission, and that we're headed for 1.0 in the next year or two or whatever timeframe we want to announce, or not announce... I think it'd be good to make a video we can share around with all of this info, people like to watch videos. That's basically it.
Again, basically this would just be a PR move, since it wouldn't change any of our project organization, but I think it's a good idea. What do you guys think?
I think we're at a good point to enter a "beta" that I proposed before.
I know that our project doesn't really follow the "alpha/beta/release" model that is common for commercial games, but here's my idea: a "beta" announcement would be a good PR move for us, to give people, including all these fun news websites that have taken an interest in us, an idea of where we stand. My hope is that even though entering "beta" would change nothing about how how our development mechanics work, it would be a good PR move, and bring interest and testing to our project.
What would "entering beta" entail? I think we should do a news writeup for this, explaining that we're basically feature complete, that we're on a bug-smashing mission, and that we're headed for 1.0 in the next year or two or whatever timeframe we want to announce, or not announce... I think it'd be good to make a video we can share around with all of this info, people like to watch videos. That's basically it.
Again, basically this would just be a PR move, since it wouldn't change any of our project organization, but I think it's a good idea. What do you guys think?