2015/07/23, 20:41 by checker

Update: Well, I decided to try to get the curated replay set streaming in, as mentioned below, and it’s turning out to be harder than I thought, so it’s taking a bit longer. It’s late Saturday night as I type this, and I’m not sure I’m going to make Sunday, wish me luck!

Check out the amazing image John made for The Spectation Update! We’re still a far cry away from the elaborate websites with video and audio and comics and whatnot that Valve does for TF2, C-S, and Dota2, or even the comparatively simpler update page for Awesomenauts, but hey, baby steps. You can click the image and then right-click the “File” link to get the high-res 2k version of it to make your desktop happy.

Update Status Update

Even though I was pretty nervous about committing to a date, it seems to be working out well, and I’m cranking through the remaining tasks. You can see the list of stuff to do by tomorrow (!) here. I think I’ll probably live stream some bug fixing and testing tomorrow at http://twitch.tv/spyparty and then release the build sometime in the evening, bugs willing. I don’t think I’m going to get the loadtest robots working, but uh, that’s what beta testers are for!

I’ve decided to go for getting the replay streaming system up and limping, which is the thing that will allow me to have curated lists of replays streamed to players in the lobby, so you can compete against elite Spies in themed sets of replays. It’ll be simple at first, but should be really cool. But, that requires a…

Call for Replay Stream Set Curators!

I posted this in the SpyParty Beta Forums here, so if you’re in the beta, you can go there, and if you’re not in the beta, you can sign up here.