February 24 (Beta)

We're here. Beta has started or, rather, will be starting very soon. To take part in the closed beta, sign up here. Signing up means gaining access to the beta forum where bugs can be posted (oh no!), balance issues can be discussed, questions asked and answered and testing times will be scheduled.

The closed beta will take place throughout the month of March. It'll be a mix of random, impromptu testing sessions held by players and "official" scheduled testing sessions which will be posted in the beta forums. The scheduled tests will be times where I'll be on hand personally (on the Fanatical Games server) to answer questions, fix bugs and generally have fun playing the game with other players.

As for the InstantAction contest, Bit Battles isn't a finalist. Obviously a disappointing turn of events but hey, you win some and you lose some. The game is better for being entered so that's the silver lining I suppose. Not quite ready to discuss my feelings on the contest itself as the details are still hazy (as are the GG guys apparently; GDC seems to have gotten the better of them) and I'm still waiting to hear what the IA guys thought of Bit Battles. I'll probably offer some personal insight next week when I sum up the month of February in my monthly GG .plan.

Anyway, sign up for the beta and have some fun testing an indie game!