According to a new post on its official website, Glitch is finally entering an official beta phase. What's Glitch? It's a browser-based side-scrolling MMO from Stewart Butterfield and Cal Henderson, better known as the co-founders of Flickr.
Glitch originally began its alpha testing phase a year ago, and Butterfield writes that while the developers didn't anticipate such a lengthy delay prior to the beginning of beta, the time has been well spent. "Hundreds of features have been added -- and nearly as many trimmed or re-thought -- thousands of pictures drawn and animations made, hundreds of thousands of lines of code written, all of it powered by support, feedback, patience, (and impatience!) from our testing community," Butterfield wrote.
He also mentions a substantial infusion of capital as well as the fact that Tiny Speck is hiring, so regardless of the delay, it seems as if the title -- and the company -- is building up a head of steam. Check out the full details at the official website (where you can also sign up to be a tester).
Reader Comments (9)
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 10:00PM Saker said
"Glitch is a web-based massively-multiplayer game which takes place inside the minds of eleven peculiarly imaginative Giants. You choose how to grow and shape the world: building and developing, learning new skills, collaborating or competing with everyone else in one enormous, ever-changing, persistent world."
Taken from the website
Taken from the website
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 12:58AM Amaxe said
I read the headline and thought that some MMO company put out a horrible buggy program for beta testing.
Guess I'm somewhat out of touch...
Guess I'm somewhat out of touch...
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 1:00AM Pitt said
i signed up, seems interesting.
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 5:04AM Lenn said
I love the website. It's very quirky. If the game is anything like that, I already like it.
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 6:02AM Furyia said
I've played the alpha a few times. It's basically one huge facebook game but without Facebook. I didn't enjoy it because its all meaningless crap like cooking, planting, etc.
However I do like the art style.
However I do like the art style.
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 1:52PM Beau Hindman said
@Furyia Could you specify which Facebook games you are referring to? While there are plenty of farming and planting style games, there are also a ton more. Facebook is simply a vehicle for the content.
Glitch is a lot more than farming and planting. While much of it is social, there is a lot of very unique and interesting development going on. Also, it is still in beta so a lot of the features are not included. Some of the scripting -- especially for Flash -- is amazing. I can't wait to see it in released form! :)
Beau
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Glitch is a lot more than farming and planting. While much of it is social, there is a lot of very unique and interesting development going on. Also, it is still in beta so a lot of the features are not included. Some of the scripting -- especially for Flash -- is amazing. I can't wait to see it in released form! :)
Beau
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 3:13PM Furyia said
@Beau Hindman I'm talking about generic Zynga games such a Cafe World and Farmville. The main mechanics used in those games are also used in Glitch, they're just dressed up differently. Facebook is a vehicle for the content but that's also why I believe the content is doing so well.
What unique and interesting developments are going on in Glitch? The scripting may be amazing, I don't know. My point was the game doesn't offer anything appealing or fun.
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What unique and interesting developments are going on in Glitch? The scripting may be amazing, I don't know. My point was the game doesn't offer anything appealing or fun.
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 1:19PM kgptzac said
I guess if the name of this game does not contain irony, then the game must be completely sane!
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 3:12PM Furyia said
I'm talking about generic Zynga games such a Cafe World and Farmville. The main mechanics used in those games are also used in Glitch, they're just dressed up differently. Facebook is a vehicle for the content but that's also why I believe the content is doing so well.
What unique and interesting developments are going on in Glitch? The scripting may be amazing, I don't know. My point was the game doesn't offer anything appealing or fun.
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What unique and interesting developments are going on in Glitch? The scripting may be amazing, I don't know. My point was the game doesn't offer anything appealing or fun.







