Comments | sboydtaylor: Alpha, alpha, beta, beta

sboydtaylor

Alpha, alpha, beta, beta

Jul 17, 2009 18:03

"Alpha" draft of novel complete ( Read more... )

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will_couvillier July 17 2009, 23:16:18 UTC

If the Big Green Vegetable Dude was taking a walk, would you think the area around his head would be a no-fly zone? In case of hay fever?

sboydtaylor July 17 2009, 23:25:36 UTC

Pardon? %)

will_couvillier July 17 2009, 23:52:18 UTC

We wouldn't want him sneezing planes from the sky, right?

(Sry, I'm afflicted with ITS (Inane Thought Syndrome).)

j_cheney July 18 2009, 12:03:29 UTC

Congratulations on finishing the first version!

sboydtaylor July 18 2009, 17:04:36 UTC

thanks!

selfavowedgeek July 18 2009, 12:42:49 UTC

Good on ya! How long did it take to put together this alpha draft?

Oh, and I like the alpha bit. You've got me rethinking the whole beta thing.

Alpha sounds better. Tougher. Like a wolf ready to assert dominance!

sboydtaylor July 18 2009, 17:02:22 UTC

Well, I started it a while back before the baby was here, but I got stuck at the 30% mark. After the baby was born it just took off again. It hasn't even been two months since then, and I'm done. So probably 3 months total of actual work would be my guess.

sboydtaylor July 18 2009, 17:04:28 UTC

Well, I'm just using techspeak really. the Aplha version is the really buggy first version of a game that shouldn't even have outside testers. Once the game is more stable, in "Beta" then you bring in outside beta testers to find as many bugs as they can. Beta is usually pretty buggy, too, see.

Then after you're satisfied that most of the bugs are found, you release the game to the public.

jongibbs July 20 2009, 13:27:38 UTC

Congrats on finishing stage one :)

sboydtaylor July 20 2009, 21:18:46 UTC

Thank you :)