Which Month would you think Beta is going to start? (Poll)

11th August

07 10 09 < Senkai> any more questions relating to starbound that I might be able to answer?
07 10 10 < Senkai>
07 10 51 < Nyx> Assigning numbers to letters, what does Starbound add up to, Senkai?
07 11 00 < Nyx> A = 1, B = 2, etc. etc.
07 11 28 < Senkai> wait
07 11 29 < Senkai> umm
07 11 38 < enchilado> 19 + 20 + 1 + 18 + 2 + 15 + 21 + 14 + 4
07 11 45 < enchilado> Wheee
07 11 48 < Jelkan> 114
07 11 49 < enchilado> Is that correct?
07 12 06 < enchilado> Wondering if I still remember the positions of all those letters
07 12 06 < J-block> No
07 12 12 < enchilado> Damn
07 12 14 < enchilado> Which were wrong?
07 12 21 < enchilado> (that was without counting from a)
07 12 22 < Senkai> 75+31+14+4
07 12 33 < Senkai> umm...
07 12 47 < Senkai> 106+14+1
07 12 56 < Senkai> 121
07 13 05 < Senkai> there
07 13 14 < Senkai> starbound equals 121
07 13 29 < Jelkan> maybe thats a code.... 12/1?
07 13 34 < Ameb> Sunday May 12 2013 -- 10:13:23 +03:00
07 13 49 < Senkai> lol, december the first
07 13 56 < Senkai> official release date everyone
07 13 57 < Ameb> not please
07 13 57 < enchilado> Oh, T is 21, not 20
07 14 20 < enchilado> So it should've been 20 + 21 + 1 + 19 + 2 + 15 + 22 + 14 + 4
07 14 21 < Senkai> or maybe, the 121 is relating to a certain numerical order
07 14 30 < Senkai> or
07 14 32 < Senkai> umm
07 14 37 < Senkai> ?
07 14 47 < Jelkan> 118, isn't that?
07 14 53 < Senkai> lol
07 14 53 < enchilado> Hrm.
07 15 05 < enchilado> But that should all be correct.
07 15 07 < EmpiresBane> what the hell are you guys talking about?
07 15 25 < Senkai> 118
07 15 34 < Ameb> 11/8
07 15 37 < Jelkan> so 11/8, much better!
07 15 43 < Ameb> seems legit? 8/11 for americans?
07 15 48 < enchilado> So Starbound will come out...
07 15 50 < Senkai> o.o...
07 15 59 < Senkai> in 3 months
07 15 59 < enchilado> Yeah
07 16 01 < enchilado> 11th of August
07 16 04 < enchilado> Neato
07 16 10 < Senkai>
07 16 14 < Senkai> we've cracked the code
07 16 15 < Senkai> lol
07 16 18 < Jelkan> i like that interpretation
07 16 35 < Ameb> please, copy paste this to forums

 

I'm going to say what people are thinking: This means the game is about to be launched as Early Access (basically beta).

I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that, but I think the game still has a couple of months before it's ready. Age of Empires II HD was released a few months after it showed up in the Steam BD. Maybe there are more notable examples to base an educated guess.

 

I had read that it will be released sometime during the second tax quarter (April 1 - June 30).
Plus, the devs seem to be working on aesthetics that hardly affect the functionality of the game.
So, I'm opting for June.

 

Tiy still has work to do on black hole physics and needs to consult with Steven Hawking.
Release is on hold until then...

 

Naturally this implies that when Starbound is listed on the store, the page will be: http://store.steampowered.com/app/211820/ (not yet functional of course)

Changed from a test app to Starbound 11 days ago. Nice. One of the packages also seems to be for the proof of pre-purchase (for those of us who have pre-ordered).

Good find.

 

I really hope in June or sooner will be even greater!

 

Not trying to be mean but, citation needed.

If you read it from anyone but a dev well.. I read it was release a couple of weeks back. You have to be careful about believing everything you read.

 

June seems popular.

 

And one month from now, July will be popular

 

Was new info for me..

 

hope never dies

 

Honestly the earlier we get the beta the better. It's not that I want to play it right now (well that's part of it...) it's so we could have an actual beta. We would be called beta TESTERS for a reason not only to point put any bugs but also give our input while the game is still in development. Would we get people complaining about bugs even if it's a beta? Yeah of course and so has everyother beta before now.

 

That's an interesting theory. Approximately two months would be around August, which would be a reasonable guess.

 

i feel overall, people would treat it as the rel game and do complaining more than really test for bugs.
the bastardization of betas in recent years kinda does that

 

While it is a reasonable guess, I hope it comes out sooner, for obvious reasons ;D

 

most people are going to vote for June because they want the beta now.

 

cant be closer to truth than this. i wont believe anybody on this forum that deny wanting to play the game right now

 

Still, if someone would rather sit there and complain about bugs then actually try to help in fixing them even with the knowledge that the game is just in beta, that's his problem. There will still be people trying to report bugs, can't let that type of person prevent us from testing.

 

August! Just because that's summer and I have nothing better to do in august.... very true....

 

Thinking september at the earlyest with release sometime within the first half of 2014.