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delta's forthcoming Games

Started by delta on 18 April 2008 • 97,558 views

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#61978

Looking forwards to all that is to come!!!! I would have the time [self employed] to dedicate to testing your games jamie BUT i'm not good technically - don't even know what a beta tester is so if its too techie don't think i'd be any help but i'll let you decide - thankx for all the great games though
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#61979
put simply, a beta tester is someone who plays the game and notes down anything that looks like it may be a bug, however small, then feeds this back to the game designer so that bugs can be fixed. Then in the next version, you test the bits that you found bugs in again, to test that they have been changed and do work without any unexpected consequences.

you don't really need any technical knowledge, just lots and lots and lots of time, allied to a very good eye for spotting things that look wrong or out of place. I'd also like feedback on how the game plays, what sections don't work too well, or are confusing, and any other suggestions that may improve the game.

with TLoD, you really will need a lot of time, as it took me 2 hours to get through the second section, and i knew what to do!

you're welcome to beta test it if you feel you will have enough time to do so, but i would like as much feedback on it as possible...
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#61980
whoa.. a self employed chap with time..
i must be doing something wrong.. LOL
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#61981

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whoa.. a self employed chap with time..
i must be doing something wrong.. LOL

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she's a chappess actually :tongue:

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#61983

haha that explains how quiggie has time.. :tongue:

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#61984

  {yolkfolk}:meh:

the words 'lead' and 'balloon' spring to mind....

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#61992

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haha that explains how quiggie has time.. :tongue:

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its just that us chappesses execute our time betterer than chaps meph - thats why we're able to work, do house work and play dizzy - bit like multi-tasking - its a girl thing!!!
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#61993

well i'll give it a shot jamie see how it goes - as a chappess i hope not to disappoint meph - or should that be dissapoint meph!!! lol   {yolkfolk}:music:

[quote data-userid="23" data-postid="61979"]

put simply, a beta tester is someone who plays the game and notes down anything that looks like it may be a bug, however small, then feeds this back to the game designer so that bugs can be fixed. Then in the next version, you test the bits that you found bugs in again, to test that they have been changed and do work without any unexpected consequences.

you don’t really need any technical knowledge, just lots and lots and lots of time, allied to a very good eye for spotting things that look wrong or out of place. I’d also like feedback on how the game plays, what sections don’t work too well, or are confusing, and any other suggestions that may improve the game.

with TLoD, you really will need a lot of time, as it took me 2 hours to get through the second section, and i knew what to do!

you’re welcome to beta test it if you feel you will have enough time to do so, but i would like as much feedback on it as possible…

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#61994

ooooops i've just disappointed already by getting my quotes back to front!!! {yolkfolk}:music:

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#62003

see thats what happen when you multi-task and try to be clever {yolkfolk}:tongue:

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#62005

Would the excuse of being pretty new to the forum be ok??? cause usually i'm pretty good at multi-tasking honest - specially when i've got the time!!! {yolkfolk}:music:

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#62006

haha i think that excuse is pretty valid! you even owned up instead of quietly editing your posts! :tongue:

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#62007

its ok to own up on here cause nobody could see my bright red face {yolkfolk}:scratch:

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#62011

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its ok to own up on here cause nobody could see my bright red face {yolkfolk}:scratch:

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But we can still see your red boxing gloves and shoes :tongue:

Anyway, let's try to stay on topic, people. :smile:

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#62036
if anyone else wants to beta test TLoD, say so now, or forever hold your peace (and sanity).

Please bear in mind everything i've said about beta testing it before volunteering tho. :smile:
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#62037

I'll be glad to m8, although I might not get very far after my poorly attempt at the demo :lol: Still, you never know :smile:

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#62039

xelanoimis, quiggie, DizzyFanUK, Adz.M, you will soon have a rather large email squeeze into your inbox! (17.5mb! took aaages to send...)

have fun testing it guys!

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#62044

looking forward to that!!!!! {yolkfolk}:scratch:

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#62047

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looking forward to that!!!!! {yolkfolk}:scratch:

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you should have it by now. i sent it just before i posted that comment...

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#62147
right, i'm away for 4 days now. i've sent the latest beta version of TLoD to the testers. Hopefully it will be the last beta version, but that depends on what they find and/or suggest.

unless they find a huge stinker of a bug, i'm planning to release the game on the evening of Friday 3rd October. however this may well get delayed by a day or two.

Just so that you're all aware, the download will be approx 21mb for the full game.
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