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[ollobrains]

Couldnt find this info anywhere but does toady one update the latest builds of the game other than the one from last year ie beta testing ( committs) like hapens in some open source games

[Trif]

Nope.

[assasin]

technically the game is in alpha.

I assume beta will only start once the list of core features is completed.
 

Anyway, from the way the progress reports are written, I'd assume that he doesn't do things in order, so you'd up getting some systems half completed.

[Neonivek]

The reason he doesn't release many builds is because after he finishes a build he has to format it to function as a game.

This clean up can actually take quite a while and bug squashing has taken up an entire month before the version is stabilized.

[ollobrains]

ah ok thanks neonivik 

[Gargomaxthalus]

Anyway, from the way the progress reports are written, I'd assume that he doesn't do things in order, so you'd up getting some systems half completed.

You must not listen to the pod-casts, saying that things aren't done in order is a gross understatement. It's like he give a Goblin crack and then gives them a list of tasks that need to be completed. Lets just say that the "development arcs" are a rough outline that he'd like to follow but , then something annoys him or just catches his attention and it's "Squirrel!!!!!!!!" time. Toady One has admitted to getting frustrated and then suddenly gutting and rebuilding entire game mechanics. Any structured community testing would have to involve a "psychological waiver". Games aren't meant to lead to "real" world !!FUN!!!.

[MrWiggles]

His tangents are never really random though.

They all have a logical flow them.