User blog:C0var1ant/BETA Testing (PHASE I)

It's time for some real beta testing. Some of you out there mentioned to me that you would be willing to help me in any way possible. Well, now is the time to eat your words. I need YOUR help to do more extensive testing on the engine. The engine is nearing completion, I'd say it's 70% done. But be warned, being a USEFUL beta tester takes ACTUAL effort. Your going to have to put up with constant patching of the game folder, adding/removing media assets, testing EVERY side story I make for certain flaws, downloading GIGANTIC files, etc... The benefits of putting up with this, is that you get to be the first to try out the new engine and give feedback, which may end up being part of the final engine (but only if I deem you an earnest beta tester). Also, I'm going to try and make the debugin of side stories as fun as possible to test/play.

At any rate, It's still going to be a while before I can resume work on War of the Goddesses. I'd rather not bore you guys with all this waiting, so I'm going to get you all more involved in the development process of the engine. To make up for lack of releases, I'm going to be churning out a lot of side stories frequently during this first phase of beta testing.

BETA Testing Instructions (PART 1)

 * 1) Download the base engine from the c0var1ant RPG Engine page. (Version 0.1.0)
 * 2) Then follow the instructions below on that page to extract the multi-part ZIP file.
 * 3) Run the game to see if it works.
 * 4) You will note the game has no side stories, you will be adding these later yourself.
 * 5) Find the folder called "Mods" inside the "game" folder. This is the location where side stories will be copied to.
 * 6) Report back to this blog post and let me know that everything works. When enough of you report back, I will begin the next part of beta testing.

BETA Testing Instructions (PART 2)
Please report back to me quickly this weekend so we can being testing out side stories as soon as possible (To be continued)