SBCG4AP - Playtesters wanted!

tabacco · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 1:33 am

Hey hey! If you live close enough to make it to our offices in San Rafael, California, we want you! We're looking for people to give builds of the games a play and let us know what they think.

To sign up, fill out this official-looking form: http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/playtesting

Shwoo · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 2:23 am

I would so sign up if I thought that free pizza would mitigate the cost of the airfare. I'm looking forward to this game a bit too much, I think.

tabacco · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 4:02 am

Did I mention there would be THREE kinds of pizza?

16_BIT_MARIO1 · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 11:18 am

I live too far away...

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 4:11 pm

Whoa, dude, I'm pretty close to San Rafael. 8D *signs up* Pick me, pick me, and I'll bring my hot roommates.

tabacco wrote:

Did I mention there would be THREE kinds of pizza?

WHOA. Now, if THAT doesn't cover the cost of airfare, I don't know WHAT does.

NNoah · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2008 10:05 pm

I live too far away... :sad:

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 9:04 pm

Wild crazy thought: I wonder, if I get picked to test, will I get to meet the Chaps? ... hmmm!!! :eek:

tabacco · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:25 pm

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

Wild crazy thought: I wonder, if I get picked to test, will I get to meet the Chaps? ... hmmm!!! :eek:

Nope, just us. But we're cool too, I swear.

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:25 pm

tabacco wrote:

Nope, just us.

Oh, well, that's fine too. :mrgreen:

Aussieguy · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 11:56 pm

I'm so mad!!! I wanted to be a play tester but I can't cause California is on the other side of the country :((

I so wanted to play this game before everyone else, especially my sister

Pom2 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:30 am **Posts:** 51

Aaw Nutbars! Why must I live so far away! Stupid, figgin New Zealand, has to be so far away...*grumble mumble*

...Unless I convince/blackmail mum and dad for that vacation now...

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:34 pm

*deep breath* ...

HEY EVERYBODY

I GOT INVITED!!!!!!!!!! :eekdance:

Homerun Starrer · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 6:53 pm

Hey, awesome!

Be sure to leak all the information to the internet YOU HEARD NOTHING

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 6:54 pm

Homerun Starrer wrote:

Hey, awesome!

Be sure to leak all the information to the internet YOU HEARD NOTHING

I'm sure they'll have like, metal detectors and barbed wire and...

Aussieguy · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 10:56 pm

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

*deep breath* ...

HEY EVERYBODY

I GOT INVITED!!!!!!!!!! :eekdance:

YOUR HEAD ASPLODE!!!!!!!!!!! :((

But either way, congrats, be sure to tell strong bad Hi for me, and I'll see him in Juuuuuunnnnneeeeeeee :-(

16_BIT_MARIO1 · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 11:11 pm

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

*deep breath* ...

HEY EVERYBODY

I GOT INVITED!!!!!!!!!! :eekdance:

Steal a Wii and bring it back with you! Have fun playing the game! Tell us about it when you get back! OR ELSE.

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 11:13 pm

16_BIT_MARIO1 wrote:

Steal a Wii and bring it back with you! Have fun playing the game! Tell us about it when you get back! OR ELSE.

I just got a Wii I don't need another one... I WILL! I'll give you as many details as they allow me to and not any more then that because I don't want them to have to kill me.

ja2ke · **Joined:** Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:29 pm **Posts:** 22

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

and not any more then that because I don't want them to have to kill me.

And we will! We have ways. ( :poop:

)

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 11:30 pm

ja2ke wrote:

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

and not any more then that because I don't want them to have to kill me.

And we will! We have ways. ( :poop:

)

AAAAAAAAAAH!!!! *runs!* :eekdance:

Aussieguy · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 12:38 am

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

ja2ke wrote:

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

and not any more then that because I don't want them to have to kill me.

And we will! We have ways. ( :poop:

)

AAAAAAAAAAH!!!! *runs!* :eekdance:

ER, okay, catches using trogdor :trogdor:

now, we're going to have our little friend interigate you :coachz:

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 5:16 am

Well gents and ladies, tomorrow is the big day. I will be in San Rafael, CA at noon.

I hope I represent the wiki proudly!

Bubsfan · **Joined:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:05 am **Posts:** 87

TheFacelessEvil wrote:

Well gents and ladies, tomorrow is the big day. I will be in San Rafael, CA at noon.

I hope I represent the wiki proudly!

Can you upload some gameplay to YouTube?

DS_Kid · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 2:18 pm

I'm sure that she'll have to sign an NDA before playtesting the game.

Shwoo · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 2:27 pm

Yeah. From the Telltale forums:

Freelance Poster wrote:

I was wondering about something. After the playtesting commences can we bug the playtesters of the game about what the game is like on this board , or do they have to sign some sort of confidentiality agreement?

tabacco wrote:

Nope. Non-disclosure agreements all 'round.

Bubsfan · **Joined:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:05 am **Posts:** 87

I wanna' go so bad! :-(

DS_Kid · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 3:26 pm

It'll be out in a month. Patience, my boy.

Bubsfan · **Joined:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:05 am **Posts:** 87

DS_Kid wrote:

It'll be out in a month. Patience, my boy.

Yeah. But, I was hoping to meet the Telltale people.

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 5:22 pm

Bubsfan wrote:

Can you upload some gameplay to YouTube?

I reeeeeeeeeeeeally don't want to meet an "unfortunate accident" the day after they're uploaded. So, no.

TheFacelessEvil · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 1:00 am

And so begins my adventure to the Playtesting of SBCG4AP. And like all grand RPG journeys, it begins with a map.

A horribly inaccurate map because the roads of California baffle even Google. Which is ironic considering that Google is a LOCAL COMPANY. Sigh. Anyway. Since I've gone to San Rafael several times before I figured I was pretty confident in not getting lost.

With trusty steering wheel ready...

and trusty Homestar as my navigator, my partner and I set out into the while asphalt yonder. The next slides are truly uneventful:

A street called "Fish Ranch Road", it's my favorite exit name EVER. Apparently it leads to a forest or something.

THE TUNNEL OH GOD OH NO WE'RE GOING TO DIE

Whew! We lived. And look at all those suckers going in the opposite direction. Our tunnel is 'special' because it only has three lanes - the middle lane switches, depending on what time of day it is, to go one direction or the other. We got lucky and hit 2-sides both times. Haha, screw you traffic screw--

CRAP! At this time I'm thinking I'm going to be late for the testing.

Stop mocking me building with huge letters of your cityname on it. Nobody likes your style.

Choices, choices... I PICK... Dennis.

Time to go over the bridge! There are things called 'tolls' for these things, and if you don't pay them a troll hops out from underneath it and smashes your car with a club. Cheaters can take the easy route and just get a 'fast track' which feeds the troll electronic money. Or e-money, as we say in the hood.

Lucky for me, Homestar is a shameful bridge-toll cheater. Just don't tell his bridge coach-- the Coach B.

We're on the briiiidge, we're on the briiiidge...

We're still on the bridge, but levelling out to normal land. Look, there's a Prison to the left! Ye ole San Quentin, where murderers and murderesses alike spend their last living years with 4 square meals a day and conjugal visits.

But we're not going there, we're taking the exit to the right and-- wait, what do you mean we missed it?

CRAP.

After I hook a U-Turn (and get some considerable eyeing from the prison-gate-guard), we make it to the buildings at exactly 5 minutes before we're due.

Oooh. Pretty software facilities. They all look like this. Big, white, modernly-shaped, surrounded by greenery and water. I suddenly wish I was a programmer instead of an insurance monkey.

I SEE THE LIGHT-- I SEE THE LIIIIIIGHT.

From here on out, the pictures end. We're greeted by awesome nerds like ourselves, and sign our lives and rights away on a couple of pieces of paper that I didn't actually read (little do they realize I may never HAVE a first born...)

So here's approved ways of telling you about the game:

Main characters: Check
Chapman voices: Check
Inside Jokes: Check
Kicking the Cheat: Double check (over and over and over and over and--)
Outside jokes: Check
Pointless-but-fun minigames: Check-a-roni
BUGS AND GLITCHES EVERYWHERE: check check check CHEEECK

Ultimately, it was a LOT of fun, and really felt like you were in a SBEmail, but it was much more then JUST a sbemail, like a toon and a sbemail rolled together. It was grandiose, grandiose indeed.

Most disturbing glitch: Coach Z was standing behind a floating-Homestar-orange-wooden-spoon... it was hip-level, sticking out and... well, all people around me had to stop and stare.

"Yeah... You guys might wanna raise the rating on this game if you're going to keep that spoon there."
"... that's just not right."

Not right. Just... not right.

They took all our feedback, discussed the glitches and the fixes and all that good stuff. T'was 4 hours of my life very well spent.

So yes, when this thing hits the stands I'll be the first to buy, and I hope you are too. Awww... group hug.

p.s. They lied, there were FIVE kinds of pizza. Oh yes.

gino · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:40 pm **Posts:** 802

1st: Since when was your name blue?
2nd: That was funny.
3rd: where I come from those "fast tracks" are called E-Z passes.

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