Development Stages

Well here is how would the game be played out :)

From: Crazy (Owner)

Okay, first I have to announce that all member accounts on the forum will be recorded on this Tuesday, and those users will be available for Closed Alpha testing. All other members that register past Tuesday will no longer be eligible.  What IS closed alpha? Basically, it's the testing of the Psithyroi engine and fixing any bugs that may occur. There will not be many, if any, features of the actual Psithyroi game; just the testing of the stability and features of the engine that will then be upgraded and filled with Psithyroi content in the future. This stage will be coming relatively soon.

Second, Closed Beta. The date at which user accounts will be deadlined for closed beta is uncertain still, and I think I may have a different way of deciding who will get to access it. Maybe take the top 50-100 members of the community? Not sure yet. But anyway, closed beta will be the testing of Psithyroi features as they are in development. This will most likely be the longest development stage. This stage will be used only by a select amount of users (mentioned above) and will be testing and debugging the critical features of Psithyroi as our team rolls them out.

Third, Open Beta. Open beta will not have a user amount restriction; anyone may try it out. This is when most debugging of Psithyroi will be complete, and when features will still be added regularly. Think of it as a more secure and developed closed beta, for everyone.

Fourth and final, release. At this point Psithyroi will be fully released and most of the game's content will be fully developed, and ready to be called a game. There will still be updates every now and then, but it will basically be complete and ready for play.

Source: http://psithyroi.com/forum/index.php?topic=66.0