Beta tester contest

Posted by passionfruit in Featured Articles on Feb 12th, 2010 | 59 responses

Update: our contest is now over.  Everyone who posted in the comments below should have received e-mails from us by now – if not, contact us via the contact form.  Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Before our game goes live in April, we have to go through an extremely important process.  We need to send out several advance copies of the game to a group of unbiased people who will play through the game and give us all kinds of FEEDBACK – tell us what they like, what they think is frustrating, what is too confusing or too fast, and report any bugs (problems with the game) that they find.  This is an extremely important step in the development of a game since as developers, we often can’t spot our own problems, because we know the game TOO well!

In return for scouring our game nice ‘n clean, Beta testers not only get to see an advance copy, they get their name listed in the game’s credits.

Who should this select group of testers be?  Well, here’s our chance for another CONTEST!  The first 50 people who post about Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box in some form on the internet will become Beta testers!

RULES:

  1. Post about our game somewhere publicly accessible on the internet – your blog, youtube, a forum, etc.  Your post must contain a link to www.passionfruitgames.com.
  2. (What we are NOT accepting for now: Twitter/Facebook/Myspace updates, or commenting anywhere on the PassionFruit website.  We also reserve the right to declare a link “invalid” if it contains inappropriate content.  –>For those of you who don’t have blogs, the easiest thing to do is find a romance or gaming site and post about our game in a comments area or a discussion forum!<–)
  3. Paste the link to your post below, in the COMMENTS area for this page!
  4. Before you submit your comment, make sure you have entered a VALID EMAIL address for yourself – that is the email we will use to contact you about Beta testing.  Note: your email will NOT be visible to the public.
  5. The first 50 people who post VALID links will be added to our Beta tester list!  Accepted Beta testers should receive an email from us within 48 hours of posting – if you do not receive an email (and have checked your spam box), there was most likely a problem with the email you submitted (e.g. there’s a typo in the email or your mailbox is full).  You’ll need to contact us via our contact page.
  6. Beta testers will receive an advance copy of the game in early March, and will have their names listed in the credits of Tiger Eye.

BETA TESTER RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. We will ask testers to play through the game as far as they can get (we’re guessing it will take 4-6 hours to complete a playthrough of the Beta build).
  2. Any time a tester spots a bug in the game, or finds something particularly annoying or confusing, we’ll ask them to report it via a private Beta tester web page.
  3. At the end of the playthrough, we’ll ask testers to fill out an online survey about the game.

Have fun!

59 Responses to “Beta tester contest”

  1. Amy Stewart says:
    February 12, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    Posted on my blog and added a link on my sidebar!

    http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/

    This is so exciting! I can’t wait to try the game!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Pershon says:
    February 12, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    I posted to my facebook page status.

    This sounds like a great game!

    Reply
  3. JanLo says:
    February 12, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    Since I don’t have a website, a blog, or a Facebook page, I’m posting here as proof of posting on the Internet. This should qualify. I’d love to play my way through the game as a beta tester and will give honest feedback.

    Reply
    • passionfruit says:
      February 12, 2010 at 9:36 pm

      Thanks for making us aware of that loophole, JanLo. I’ve updated our post to state that posting anywhere on the PassionFruit site doesn’t count. But I guess you slipped through the hole in time ;)

      Reply
  4. heidi2524 says:
    February 12, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    I’ve posted to my Livejournal account:
    http://heidi2524.livejournal.com/80277.html

    My day job is as an information architect, part of which involves quality assurance testing on websites. I love puzzles games and am excited about the chance to help beta test Tiger Eye. Thank you for this opportunity! :)

    – Heidi

    Reply
  5. Alana Abbott says:
    February 12, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    I actually started talking about the game on Secret Identity Podcast (http://www.secretidentitypodcast.com/) in the Action Point Counter Point game review segment the last time we recorded. A link to this contest is posted on the podcast’s forums here: http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//index.php?showtopic=134443&st=40&gopid=1346127&#entry1346127

    I’d love to have all three of our game reviewers from the Action Point Counter Point segment in on the beta testing!

    Reply
  6. Kelly Anne says:
    February 12, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    I posted about it on Twitter! http://twitter.com/junedaisy/status/9044178269

    Can’t wait for this game!

    Reply
    • passionfruit says:
      February 12, 2010 at 9:55 pm

      Hi Kelly Anne, note that Twitter updates are not valid (sorry if that was unclear in our original post – I just revised it) and also, posts must contain a link to the PassionFruit website itself, not our Twitter page. Thanks!

      Reply
  7. Alysia says:
    February 13, 2010 at 4:51 am

    Posted all about it in my deadjournal. This is really exciting. I can’t wait to see the jealousy on my fiance’s face when (if?) I tell him I’m going to be a beta tester for a video game. Ha!

    Reply
  8. Renee Sweet says:
    February 13, 2010 at 6:10 am

    Very exciting! I love what you guys are doing, how you’re involving the fans, and the way you really seem to be honoring the book.

    I posted at my blog:

    http://wordsfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-based-video-game.html

    and my LJ:

    http://reneesweet.livejournal.com/129094.html

    Reply
  9. Jennifer says:
    February 13, 2010 at 6:21 am

    posted!

    http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2010/02/13/video-games-and-the-female-demographic

    Reply
  10. Lindsey says:
    February 13, 2010 at 6:36 am

    I’ve posted on GoodReads! Link is below. :-D

    http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35022.Marjorie_M_Liu/blog/305271-a-wild-light-hunter-kiss#comment_form

    Reply
  11. Tina Burns says:
    February 13, 2010 at 6:55 am

    I posted on my blog here:
    http://bookmom31.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/ot-passionfruit-games/

    Good luck to everyone!

    Reply
  12. Elle C says:
    February 13, 2010 at 7:04 am

    Sounds fun – I’ve posted a link here:

    http://limecello.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger-eye-more-than-stone.html

    Reply
  13. passionfruit says:
    February 13, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Great stuff so far! Thanks for figuring out creative ways to post!

    Reply
  14. Vicki says:
    February 13, 2010 at 3:01 pm

    Here’s mine! http://pbsjones.livejournal.com/61198.html
    This will give me something to do until the next Tomb Raider comes out!

    Reply
  15. Nastassia says:
    February 13, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    I posted on Google Reader:

    http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/user%2F01290102230807890560%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast

    Reply
  16. Raelena says:
    February 13, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    blogged:
    http://throuthehaze-reads.blogspot.com/2010/02/passionfruit-games-presents-tiger-eye.html

    Reply
  17. Kayla says:
    February 13, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    http://manifesta.dreamwidth.org/18520.html

    So exciting :)

    Reply
  18. Rose Gott says:
    February 14, 2010 at 11:25 am

    I posted on my blog!

    http://wifeofmonobot.blogspot.com/2010/02/beta-tester-baby.html

    Reply
  19. Rhi says:
    February 14, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    I posted here:

    http://rhianona.dreamwidth.org/367338.html

    (it’s also cross posted to my livejournal, here: http://rhianona.livejournal.com/273884.html)

    Reply
  20. Amaranth Wise says:
    February 14, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    http://geekfat.blogspot.com/2010/02/btw.html

    Oh, you have no idea how giddy this contest makes me…!

    Reply
  21. uberVU - social comments says:
    February 15, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by marjoriemliu: @PassionGames is recruiting beta testers for the new TIGER EYE game! Want to get in on the action? Go here: http://tinyurl.com/yzaf8s9...

    Reply
  22. maddbookish says:
    February 15, 2010 at 7:59 am

    Blogged here: http://maddbookish.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger-eye-curse-of-riddle-box.html

    Reply
  23. Ash says:
    February 15, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    I’m so unbelievably excited about the POSSIBILITY of playing this game. You have no idea. If you people at Passionfruit Games are reading this, I am on my LITERAL knees right now praying I get to Beta Test. I am not above flattery, either. Have I told you how wonderful you all look today?

    Here’s my Livejournal blog.

    http://ashes-and-ruin.livejournal.com/

    Reply
  24. Raz says:
    February 15, 2010 at 11:27 pm

    I posted on my blog here:

    http://razloversbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger-eye-curse-of-riddle-box-game.html

    Thanks for the awesome contest!

    Reply
  25. innae says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    I posted on my blog here:

    http://innae.livejournal.com/719685.html

    and have posted a link on the profile page on bookcrossing:

    http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/innae

    and on a forum on BC, though they tend to not like too much advertising, so hopefully they won’t ax it :-)

    http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/29/6710468

    Reply
  26. Cathy Heinemann says:
    February 16, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    Hi there, I hope I can still take part! I posted about the game to my blog here:

    http://cathepsut.livejournal.com/

    And this is the specific post:

    http://cathepsut.livejournal.com/722172.html

    Nice idea! How come you don’t allow Twitter, FB or MySpace?

    Reply
    • passionfruit says:
      February 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm

      Hi Cathy, one reason we’re not allowing the social networking sites is that most people set their profiles to “private” and it’s harder to verify their posts. Also, this allows for more creativity and longer text :) Welcome to the Beta tester list!

      Reply
    • innae says:
      February 17, 2010 at 12:12 pm

      Cathepsut!!

      Yeah…we can discuss it together ;-)

      Reply
  27. RandomRanter says:
    February 16, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    Here you go:
    http://talkandrant.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-wanna-game.html

    Reply
  28. Sandra says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    I am excited about this game. I am a big fan of the Dirk and Steele series and all of Marjorie’s books.

    The post link is: http://mail8d.blogspot.com/2010/02/marjorie-m-liu-has-game-couing-out-soon.html

    The funny thing is that I have a previous post about her books that I wrote on this blog about 15 months ago.

    Reply
  29. Natalie Parisi says:
    February 17, 2010 at 8:01 am

    Hey! Thanks for the awesome opportunity to test out the game =) I got here via Melissa’s interview at The GameJobHunter Blog and I just find this company’s story so inspiring! So that’s what I wrote about (and the game, of course)! Super excited about this game, keep up the good work!

    Here is my post:

    http://positronic.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/totally-inspiring-new-game-studio-passionfruit-games/

    Reply
  30. Rashda says:
    February 17, 2010 at 9:37 am

    Hi,

    I’d loved to beta test the game for you because I love the book. I’m salivating to experience it in another, more interactive format. Please pick me!!!

    Here’s my blog post on it:
    http://texastypos.blogspot.com/2010/02/inspiration-tiger-eye.html

    Reply
  31. Sada says:
    February 17, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    Hello All!

    I posted here at my blog

    http://archaeosapien.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/tiger-eye-game/

    I’m a gamer girl that is just excited about the prospect of a games made by women, marketed to women! Keep up the good work!

    Reply
  32. Holly says:
    February 17, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    Posted on my Blog http://hollystorm.blogspot.com , LOVE the book can’t wait for the game!!!

    Reply
  33. Tegan says:
    February 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    I pasted the link in the website section, but here it is again in case.

    http://briteeyez512.livejournal.com/

    I am so excited that there is a game that even an extreme non-gamer like myself can play!

    I love your updates and passion. Thanks!

    Reply
  34. passionfruit says:
    February 17, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    20 spots left! Everyone who’s posted here has been added :) (Let us know if you didn’t get an email from us!)

    Reply
    • Amy Stewart says:
      February 17, 2010 at 8:37 pm

      Hi,
      I have not received an email form you yet. :(

      Reply
      • passionfruit says:
        February 17, 2010 at 10:57 pm

        Hm, we emailed you about 10 minutes after you made the first post! It may have been spammed. If you don’t get the second email we just sent, please add “info@passionfruitgames.com” to your safe senders list and send us an email at that same address. Thanks!

        Reply
  35. ElizabethW says:
    February 17, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    http://becomeabetatester.blogspot.com/2010/02/become-beta-tester.html

    Posted it on my blogspot, link above.

    Reply
  36. John Ssahr says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:23 am

    I’ve mentioned it here …

    dunno if your game can run on Macs, but I’m willing to try.

    jds

    Reply
  37. Louise Fury says:
    February 18, 2010 at 7:01 am

    I posted a link in a post on my blog (http://louisefury.blogspot.com/)as well as in my sidebar.

    http://louisefury.blogspot.com/2010/02/passion-fruit-games-romance-tiger-eye.html

    I am really excited about this game and though it is not required for this challenge, I am going to post it to my facebook, twitter and yahoo romance groups, because I think people would love the idea of it and would love playing it even more!

    Oh goodness, I can hardly wait!

    Louise Fury

    Reply
  38. Sabra Harp says:
    February 18, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    I posted this to a romance reader/ author chat group. not sure if it qualifies but I would love to be in on the testing!

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotalExposure/message/49566

    Thanks for the Chance
    Sabra

    Reply
  39. Steve S says:
    February 20, 2010 at 8:22 am

    hope I made it in as #50

    http://stevedeniesanywrongdoing.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-want-to-be-beta-tester.html

    Reply
    • passionfruit says:
      February 20, 2010 at 2:35 pm

      Actually, you’re #35 :) It says there are 50 comments at the top but that’s including replies to other comments. So you definitely made it!

      Reply
  40. Megan W says:
    February 23, 2010 at 10:02 am

    Posted on AAR forum: http://www.likesbooks.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=88626#88626

    Hopefully this is OK, I would love to be a beta tester.

    Reply
  41. Ai says:
    February 24, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    I’ve posted here! http://februaryfour.livejournal.com/186357.html

    Reply
  42. Jeanee Bourque says:
    February 28, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Posted on my artsails1 blog at
    http://artsails1.blogspot.com

    Hope you are still looking for beta testers. Game sounds like a lot of fun!
    Jeanee

    Reply
  43. Michaela says:
    February 28, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    Okay, I actually posted 3 places.

    Powell’s, as Michaela: http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780505526267?displayNotice=Thank%20you!%20Your%20comment%20has%20been%20received.

    Books-A-Million as emtigris: http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780505526267?id=4470185520312#customer-reviews

    And Amazon as Mitch, but that takes up to 48hrs to post: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0505526263/ref=cm_cr_thx_view

    Reply
  44. Cynthia Roubique says:
    March 16, 2010 at 8:53 am

    I am very excited to have the opportunity to pique gamers interest in this wonderful new game. I posted a tease on this site. http://www.amazon.com/gp/tagging/tag/pc%20game?ie=UTF8&cdPage=1&ref_=tag_cdp_rela_itdp_4&newContentID=Tx3Q07PYHMLY7PT#CustomerDiscussions I can’t wait! Cynthia

    Reply

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