A Valley Without Wind: Public Beta Begins Now! (Plus New Trailer)

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Original: http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2011/09/valley-without-wind-public-beta-begins.html

Today is the day that the public beta finally begins!  We've fixed up the website with new information, screenshots, and all the recent videos, including the one below.

Most importantly you can now download the demo, and give the first six civilization levels a full crack if you think the game sounds interesting.  The only restriction is that your civ level can't go past level 6.  If you're loving it, here's the preorder page in our online store where you can get the game for 50% off during early beta -- only $10 USD!

Here's the beta trailer:

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Not that this was news to anybody in the forum here, but for the sake of completeness I figured I'd post it.

And, hey, you folks might not have seen the new trailer.

[Deekay]

Really nice trailer
Just pre ordered, now sitting watching the download at 50 kb/s
Love the look of the dragons, thats the first i have seen of them ^_^

[tigersfan]

Really nice trailer
Just pre ordered, now sitting watching the download at 50 kb/s
Love the look of the dragons, thats the first i have seen of them ^_^

Wait till you fight 'em, you might not like them so much then. ;-)

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Thanks for the kind words on the trailer!  That was draft #7; Erik and his buddy Kevin really did an awesome job.  And of course Pablo's music!

And yeah, that's the Crippled Dragon miniboss type you'll start seeing around level 12.  His fire breath chases you around, and blocks your shots until you destroy it, etc.  He can't fly, and he just limps along the ground, but he's still easily the most dangerous miniboss in the game... so far.

We're trying to do something a little different with each enemy, rather than just going with the cliche things you see in all these sorts of games.  Making the dragon crippled (and more dangerous for it) was something I thought would be pretty cool.

[tigersfan]

We're trying to do something a little different with each enemy, rather than just going with the cliche things you see in all these sorts of games.  Making the dragon crippled (and more dangerous for it) was something I thought would be pretty cool.

It's cool, I like him alot, but, I get a little tense any time I realize it's HIM in the room. :-)

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Just wait until you see some of my other ideas for bosses and enemies.   

[Arnos]

Awesome! I just checked this morning, wondering if it has been released yet and saw that it came out five minutes ago   It can't download fast enough!

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Welcome to the forums!

[Deekay]

Now I can't wait to fight one!
Going to be really fun seeing the game evolve through beta and beyond, and I adore the music,
makes me smile any time I hear it in the trailers

[Kronic]

I'm loving this already. :3

[Echo35]

Is there an actual pause feature by chance? I was exploring an area, hit escape and wandered off to check something at work, and came back to find some monsters walking into me and me nearly dead.

[tigersfan]

Is there an actual pause feature by chance? I was exploring an area, hit escape and wandered off to check something at work, and came back to find some monsters walking into me and me nearly dead.

Yep, hit 'P' to pause. :-)

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Sweet  

King

[Echo35]

Is there an actual pause feature by chance? I was exploring an area, hit escape and wandered off to check something at work, and came back to find some monsters walking into me and me nearly dead.

Yep, hit 'P' to pause. :-)

Is time supposed to keep moving while paused?