Stencyl Release Date and Beta Info

[Irock]

We will only announce a release date when we are ready to release. We are (obviously) planning to release this year. Thanks for your patience.

The official post from Jon~

So, the Stencyl team is planning to release Stencyl this year. Before the release, there will be a few waves of beta tests.

We will begin our public beta testing program later this year. It will take place in several phases.

Phase 1: Closed Beta
We send out invites to about 50-100 selected members of the community.

Phase 2: Closed Beta
Open applications for beta. We will accept people on a rolling basis daily. We plan to accept 100-200 people total in this phase, but we may adjust this amount depending on the response.

Phase 3: Semi-Open Beta
GMail style invitations will be assigned to existing beta testers who will be able to invite friends. Unlike GMail, this isn't a chain - only the original beta testers can invite.

Phase 4: Open Beta
Public launch. This phase will last as long as necessary, even up to a year. (GMail is still in beta after several years!)

The official post from Jon~

Just thought I'd share that with you all. =o

[Leventhan]

Thanks for sharing the info, Irock!

[Forty]

OMG thx 0_0

[A13x]

i bet it wont be 100% free, unless someone is sponcering it, or they r taking donations...
but if im wrong and it is 100% free, that would be a nice surprise 

[RMXPokemaniac]

Yes, Stencyl is 100% free.

Also, they are taking donations, but these donations go only to help pay for the servers.

[A13x]

a non profite, full time organisation? well it probably isnt full time, but monthly if lucky. nah i dont know a thing about it apart from it having these little packs which people make for you to make games with...

[Irock]

a non profite, full time organisation? well it probably isnt full time, but monthly if lucky. nah i dont know a thing about it apart from it having these little packs which people make for you to make games with...

Jon spends approximately 30 hours a week working on Stencyl, and 45 hours as a software engineer.

[:)]

Yes, Stencyl is 100% free.

Also, they are taking donations, but these donations go only to help pay for the servers.

What servers?

[RMXPokemaniac]

Yes, Stencyl is 100% free.

Also, they are taking donations, but these donations go only to help pay for the servers.

What servers?

For hosting the website.

http://forums.stencyl.com/showthread.php?tid=2092