HOW TO ATOMBLAST

[64bitpandas]

Stage 1: Internal Testing EST: Release of Open Beta by February Break-ish (start testing sometime this month) Have our team + selected outside testers that we personally know play the game (let's aim for 30 people in total). Polish everything for the next open stage.

In order to successfully test, we need to:

• squash all the game-breaking bugs (see issues)
• make at least 1 compound for each type (speed, health, defense, flammable, radioactive, acid, base, stream)
• yeah that's pretty much it :D

Stage 2: Open Beta EST: Completion of Open Beta by Spring Break-ish Release to targeted and engaged audiences (places like betatesting subreddits, share with friends/family, etc.) Let's aim for 500 unique users by all means possible.

In order to successfully test, we need to:

• Create a progression/unlock system (about 8 basic compounds unlocked at start that represent the most basic and understandable mechanics). This involves a login system (hello firebase).
• Have the server capacity to support ~20 concurrent users 24/7. This might require a small investment (we can boot up the xeon server but it eats electricity at the speed of light so that costs $$$$$$)

Stage 3: Full Release Full marketing plan commence!

In order to successfully test, we need to:

• Finalize the marketing plan.
• Get approved by adsense/some other ad provider to test monetization.
• get THICC server capacity (will definitely cost quite a bit of money- hence monetization)

Comments/revisions/suggestions welcome. Leave a comment below. (especially @Kuxxe)

[64bitpandas]

Starting 8 Blueprints Water (stream) Hydrogen (flammable) Ozone (defense) Sugar (speed) Lithium (explosive) Nitric Acid (acid) Oxygen (basic) Cyanide (toxic)

Starting Atoms H O C N Li U if we finish all of the above then we should be good to go for beta.

[64bitpandas]

AtomBlast is now being released as proof-of-concept. Perhaps this issue will be re-opened in the future, but it's not something I wish to pursue at this time.