Alpha

[edit] Time Line

Start Date: Fall/Winter of 2008
End Date: 6-12 months

Roughly 5-10 levels of game play will be ready to go for testing with a few zones ready to be used. Might not be too pretty :-)
Character Models, Buildings, Terrain, Atmosphere, etc will be whatever can be found or aquired. Substitutes will be used if needed.
Sound will not be concentrated on during this time unless Elvisman works on it.
Basic models for weapons/helmets and purchased textures used for equipment.
No more than 30 testers
Player wipes will not be announced and possible at any time
Fundemental core changes in place for playing the game (skill/spell system, combat, stats, etc)
Torque 1.52 as the Torque engine with migration to TGEA during this phase (better graphics and blingy things).