We are pleased to confirm that Earth 2 is now accepting early applications for testing of various aspects of the E2V1 (Earth 2 Version 1) pre-alpha. These applications are being accepted in advance so that when the time comes, we will have a list of willing supporters on hand and ready to help out!
Over the past three years, our dedicated team have poured countless hours into developing the foundations of this pristine, seamless 1:1 scale digital representation of Earth, painstakingly capturing every piece of geolocational data we could source and mapping, modelling, projecting and transcoding that data into 3D visualisation on an earth size scale.
Given the sheer scale of creating a 510,072,000 km² Earth that is not only topographically accurate and performant but also looks visually acceptable is a monumental task in itself which is understandably why most of our development was focused on this foundation over the past three years. While still not complete, we have excitingly reached a stage where we can start testing various game mechanics!
Recently, we also reached another major milestone with the early introduction of multiplayer support for E2V1 and started testing the integration of some work in progress game mechanics with the goal of building on and improving the Player experience after the pre-alpha is released.
To be clear, this invitation does not guarantee we will immediately release the full pre-alpha version to testers, but rather carry out testing for various aspects such as load testing, stress testing or playtesting specific game mechanics when and where needed to help our team fix issues and improve.
A pre-alpha state can mean a lot of things, ranging from extremely early access containing some early game mechanics or proof of concept features to something that is playable but is far from complete lacking fully developed features that function together.
Earth 2 is a massive and ambitious project that we expect to span across many years of development as we build and improve, because we know this is a long term project, we'd like to at least get something playable into the hands of supporters as early as possible hence the introduction of the E2V1 pre-alpha.
Naturally, we would like to offer this opportunity to those who are interested in and support our project, so applicants should:
- Have signed up to Earth 2 for a FREE account, and
- Preferably own at least some land inside Earth 2 (owning land can start from as little as $0.13). When working with testers we will understandably give priority to those who own land as it is one clear way of determining the support you have for the project.
Note: Those Players owning land and/or Jewels and/or Essence and/or Skins and/or Red Energy and so forth will be reviewed with higher priority given their support of Earth 2. Having said this, please bear in mind there will be other key contributing factors such as an applicant's background, location, hardware, software, and more, that will also be part of the review process - therefore we urge anyone to make an application if they are eager to help with testing.
If you do not hear back from us, your name will still be recorded in the list which may mean you receive early access before others as we get closer to a release or a large-scale live test.
If you'd just like to try out the pre-alpha when it releases to the public or a broader audience, then simply sign up for a free account via
www.earth2.io, you only require an email address to register.
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