Demigod: Beta 2 Preview

By Draginol on November 17, 2008 3:13:29 PM from

Gas Powered Games is working hard on Beta 2 of Demigod. We don't have a definitive date for it but we're hoping to get it out before Thanksgiving so people can play it over the break (that would be next week).

Now, so far beta testers have only played the engine test. That was basically just to see compatibility and performance. We've taken that data and the GPG team has increased the game's performance dramatically.

Beta 2 is where we get into the "meat" of the game. As we've mentioned before, beta 1 wasn't supposed to be fun. We're delighted some people found it fun but it wasn't really meant to be fun.

Beta 2, by contrast, is where the fun starts. How fun it'll be depends on how many of the features get in. Below are some of the key features beta 2 will introduce:

Objective Flags. Beta 1 has a couple of these but beta 2 adds a lot more. Winning at Demigod is about your ability to capture and make use of these objective flags.
Skill Trees. The skill trees have been greatly expanded upon.
Generals. While Assassins are extremely powerful on their own, Generals can summon minions who can be controlled like an RTS.
Internet play. Impulse Reactor based "cloud" multiplayer gets in which should make getting games going very easy (fingers crossed).
Citadel upgrades. Right now, things progress based on time. In Beta 2, players will have to spend gold on Citadel upgrades to get access to more units, better units, etc.

We also have some surprises that we hope will make it into Beta 2 but we can't commit to that or whether they'd fall into Beta 3.

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Delete me, double post

Having Beta 2 come out in the same timeframe as the Entrenchment beta... just nasty!

Quoting theleif,

reply 25

Will it be playable for users with non ASCI chars in ther local folder path?

That would make my day.

That's an unusual request... Not something I imagine the devs run into too often!

Edit: I hate it when the internetzors at school don't work right -- like right now. I thought I hadn't posted to this thread yet, but I guess I had...

And to think that ive taken 2 weeks holidays 2 weeks early doh!!! Cant wait.

Can't wait. I need a good holiday break.

I just blew in my pants

I WANT

Quoting Reaver,

reply 5

I just blew in my pants

That's disgusting. My question is #1, #2, or of the semenal variety? On second thought, don't answer that.

So when the Beta is released, will we all be notified to where to go to download.... or how exactly does that work?

(realises his comp will be needing about a week for download with his net connection)

Quoting Belsamuel,

reply 8

So when the Beta is released, will we all be notified to where to go to download.... or how exactly does that work?

(realises his comp will be needing about a week for download with his net connection)

I am assuming you are new to the beta. If this works similar to beta 1, as I am reasonably sure it will, your card will be charged and when you next load impulse or click the "check for updates" button under the impulse orb, Demigod will show up on your "My Games" page on impulse. When this happens, simply click Download (or Install) and it will tell you the progress of the download. When that hits 100% it will say stuff like extracting and installing with a % again. Then you can play the game.

If you get on the demigod irc channel, you can chat with others as to how close they are to you. Last time they did tokens first, then credit cards, and then paypal. I, for example with beta 1, was constantly asking, "are you processing credit cards yet?" Then when they were processing cc, I was asking, "if you are in what date did you order?" Since they process in chronological order this game you a good idea on your wait. And just in case you were wondering, I was far from the only one asking. Hope that helps, and see you soon.

I can't wait.

I just pre-ordered 11/11, do I have a chance to get in this?

yep

Great news, the article was appetite-whetting and the screenshot pantcreaming.

REALLY can't wait

Quoting Oakwarrior,

reply 13

Great news, the article was appetite-whetting and the screenshot pantcreaming.

REALLY can't wait

You and Reaver should really invest in some scotchguard for your pants.

Don't take what I say/write too literally

Update from irc today:

9:42 AM <Yarlen> There is no Demigod update this week - probably not next week either because its Thanksgiving in the U.S. and we'll be closed part of the week.
9:49 AM <Zoomba> plans are tenuous things... they change a lot
9:49 AM <Zoomba> and we'd rather do things right than rushed

Hope no one is too bummed.

eh. I kinda am but I have TON of stuff to do these next two weeks so it's probably a good thing.

Quoting Trigeminal,

reply 16

Update from irc today:

9:42 AM <Yarlen> There is no Demigod update this week - probably not next week either because its Thanksgiving in the U.S. and we'll be closed part of the week.
9:49 AM <Zoomba> plans are tenuous things... they change a lot
9:49 AM <Zoomba> and we'd rather do things right than rushed

Hope no one is too bummed.

Well, between L4D, FO3, and Sins update it's probably for the best that beta 2 doesn't come out any time soon, unless I remove sleep from the equation...

hmmm, perhaps...

Quoting Trigeminal,

reply 16

You just have to work harder faster and be more productive!!!!

I think you all need to be better team players!!! Man Up and get it released

I would like to see a daily screen cap building up to the release. They could start with "finalized" Beta 2 features like the menu, then a single player setup (to reveal if it is available), the a pic of the shop menu, the citadel upgrade screen, and so on and so forth. Would be a nice teaser.

Is it just me or is it clear from this thread alon that I don't sleep enough.

I think they should take the time they need personally. And they should NOT release if the internet multiplayer isn't ready. I thin that's key. I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't want to bother with hamachi who REALLY want to try this game out against other people.....Like me for instance.

well I think that's one of the things they might need to put into Beta 2 to test. Not only do they need us to test the online multiplayer on impulse, but they also need to see who might have problems with it, what those problems are, and so on. I agree that it will be a very important thing to perfect before the full game is released, but I don't think it's going to be working at 100% for beta 2.

But there's always wishful thinking!

But yes, take your time and make it good.

Sweet! tesb, you were right. A CSR emailed me today to confirm that I'll be in the Beta (and that is when they'll withdraw the amount from my CC) and

Beta 1 had many issues..same can be expected from beta2.

Unless beta2 includes actual rts gameplay (that makes sense to rts fans) as advertised, not many players will end up buying this at the end.

dont set your hopes too high...

Quoting champ_1,

reply 24

Beta 1 had many issues..same can be expected from beta2.

Unless beta2 includes actual rts gameplay (that makes sense to rts fans) as advertised, not many players will end up buying this at the end.

dont set your hopes too high...

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Demigod: Beta 2 Preview