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We’re going to be entering closed beta very soon.

This excites and tickles me in new and exciting ways. Space Trader is my first actual title since beginning work in the games industry, and the experience so far has been exhilarating. Before working on Space Trader I’d lent my hand to open source projects like Freecraft, and later Stratagus, but working full time on a game project is a totally different experience.

Ever since I was a young lad I’ve always wanted to have my name stamped on the credits of something that the world saw. Of course, it had to meet certain requirements - it had to be enjoyable, it had to be something that I myself would want to play, and it had to be cool. I would have been pretty upset if my name were on the credits of some sort of art exhibit where paintings of sobbing kittens being mocked and laughed at by a circle of their feline peers - a clowder of ridicule, if you will. However, I’m pretty glad to say that Space Trader fits my requirements pretty well.

Like I mentioned earlier, we’re going to be starting our closed beta very soon. This means we need testers - a never ending supply of them. As such, I am using this journal entry as a platform to recruit people into our soon-to-be burgeoning horde of testers and fans. If you head over to this particular web site that I am loosely affiliated with, you can sign up for a spot in the beta.

Regards, Daigle