Template:Alpha-1 testing
While we will have specific spot tests for certain systems as we develop them post the Alpha one month, it should be expected and understood that after this Alpha one month there will be probably a significant amount of downtime where there won't be spot testing as we break apart a lot of systems, take what we learned from alpha one month and implement and iterate upon those learnings. So there's gonna be several months probably worth of significant downtime where there will not be access to spot testing, where we are going to go in and really rejigger a lot of systems[2] – Steven Sharif
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
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Alpha-1 | Alpha-1 測試早期預覽直播[3] | 2020年3月27日[4] |
Alpha-1 小型 QA 測試 (保密)[5][6] | 2020年5月28日[7][8] | |
Alpha-1 預覽初次測試 (保密)[9] | 2020年12月18-21日[9] | |
Alpha-1 預覽二次測試 (保密)[9] | 2021年2月19-22日[10][11] | |
Alpha-1 預覽不定期抽樣測試 (保密)[12][13] | 2021年3月19-7月9日[12][13] | |
Alpha-1 預覽週末 (非保密)[12] | 2021年7月9-11日[14][15][12] | |
Alpha-1 測試 (非保密)[12] | 2021年7月14-8月15日[16] | |
Alpha-1 不定期抽樣測試[2][17] | 2021年8月15日後[2][16] |
The term "alpha" is a tricky one, and it typically has 2 meanings in gaming. The development meaning for alpha is a point in the process where we are ready to test the fundamental systems in their core form, without polish and without much of the content. Then, there is the external or "marketing" term for alpha. This is typically applied to Eastern-ported MMORPGs, when in fact that is a completed game being localized for a region, and not really indicative of a true development alpha. As you may know by now, game development has many stages - from the initial tech demos to the pre-production and pre-alpha states, then on to the alphas and betas and eventually launch.[9] – Steven Sharif
I want to make emphatically clear, our alphas and betas are true development alphas and betas, and some have said I am crazy to allow these phases to be seen without an NDA…maybe I am crazy? lol… But I am trusting the community of gamers out there to get a glimpse into the process, and understand the long road ahead for what will eventually be worth the wait. Given time and talent, amazing things can happen, so make sure you help us in communicating that we are in open development which means people get to see the bare bones before the meat. And look, I know people see our 4K footage and say, "This looks better than most released games!", but trust me when I say, you ain't seen nothin’ yet.[9] – Steven Sharif
- ↑ 直播, 2021-05-28 (1:36:43).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 直播, 2021-07-30 (20:30).
- ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
- ↑ 影片, 2020-03-23 (0:01).
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- ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 2020-04-1.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
- ↑ 直播, 2021-02-26 (14:58).
- ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Alpha One Schedule Update, May 10 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 An Update on Alpha One Schedule, March 12 2021
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- ↑ Ashes of Creation Twitter - Alpha-1 Preview Weekend Begins
- ↑ 16.0 16.1
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