Outdated: So, you want to be an Alpha Tester?

This page is mostly outdated, however, testers are always needed. No application necessary.

Really, at this point, you will be a Quality Assurance person. Your mission will be to break things on the server & client and report bugs. The game is not fun. It's not even a game at this point. I would love to get up to 5 people to start. It would be nice to have people who run on several OS's (Windows, Mac, Linux). However, Linux people who have 3D cards and know their way around a command line will be the first I'll need. I actually suspect that the game will work on Mac out of the box-ish, but whoever volunteers for that will need to compile and install things on their system since I won't be able to produce binaries or give much guidance.

Any volunteers? I'm only looking for people who are serious about testing. I suspect the test will start officially in a few weeks, but Linux (and maybe Mac) people can probably get in on it earlier.

I may need to turn people down as testers if I get too many (or too many on one OS or whatever). I'll also be looking at people I know first. Don't be disappointed. As things progress, I'll let more and more testers in. Also please forgive me if you have an insanely hard time getting the software to work on your system. This is a very early stage test, so there are going to be lots of bugs and other strange problems.

Requirements

  • Fairly decent (P4) Linux, Windows, or Mac system
  • 3D Card bought in the past 5 years
  • For Mac and Linux, some programming experience (or at least knowledge of how to compile and install software)
  • Good writing / communication
  • Problem solving ability
  • 2 Hours a week (minimum)
  • A lot of patience
  • The desire to break software

Job Functions

  • Install and upgrade the software according to instructions
  • Run Unit Tests
  • Run the client
  • Attend server load tests
  • Submit bug reports
  • Help narrow down bugs to determine what the smallest set of actions is to cause them
  • Test bug fixes

Application

  • List your system specs (OS, 3D Card, CPU Speed, RAM, ineternet connection type/speed)
  • Programming experience
  • Gaming experience
  • One or two paragraphs on why you want to be a game tester for MV3D

Still interested? Email to alpha@…

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