Ok, I’ve talked it over with my programmer Labmonkey, and being both of our faults, Tyras is not ready with everything we wanted. Sadly the game is, well… empty. Tyras is still using the base engine and such, while I wait for the full game.

And to add to that, even if we both had everything ready for programming, I still haven’t converted all the items and monsters from concepts to in-game objects.

Overall, we F***ed up. But hey look at the bright side. What? You thought we would just give up and give you no beta? YA RIGHT! Tyras beta will go on as scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st (Pacific Standard Time), but it will still be a work in progress.

We call it a “walk and talk” beta because… thats what you do. You will be able to view the whole world we have for you guys, chat with friends, equip items, test out our combat system, and we may possibly even squeeze in some events to try out. The game will also be constantly building as you guys play though. One day the Lei Mines may be totally empty, the next day they could be infested with monsters and holding some early versions of quests. Once we believe all is well and we are ready, that it when we can classify Tyras as truly in beta.

We will try to keep Tyras servers on 24/7 and constantly check in on your bugs and add patches frequently.

If you have any comments just post them here on the blog.