Above and Beyond Technologies Open Alpha Testing For The Repopulation

Written by: James Johnson (Twitter @WadeDMcGinnis - Google+) | June 30, 2012 4:00 pm

Above and Beyond Technologies Open Alpha Testing For The Repopulation

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If you have been waiting for a sandbox style MMORPG then Above and Beyond Technologies might have the game for you.

This morning the pearly gates to alpha testing opened for The Repopulation and to celebrate the first day of alpha testing, Above and Beyond Technologies dropped a short video showing off parts of the game play.

In this sandbox style game, players can expect structure building. Think laying down housing/objects similar to Star Wars Galaxies; you have a building or structure and you place it where you want, provided you meet the requirements – flat surface etc.

The video also featured combat against various creatures and one player taking a rest after setting up his place.

You can head over to the site and sign up for a chance to alpha test.

Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts were on the trailer. Did it stir the desire for a sandbox game or have you moved on?

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Deathstar2x

Interesting.. also, Dat Typo.
- http://twitter.com/WadeDMcGinnis Wade D McGinnis
  
  Got it.
Hicks64

I’m surprised how far along it seems to be! I’m a backer so this pleases me ;D
Zumime

Typo in article title.
- http://twitter.com/WadeDMcGinnis Wade D McGinnis
  
  Got it /facepalm lol
http://www.facebook.com/MakeitsoGW Makeitso GW

First I have heard of this game. Very interesting!
http://profile.yahoo.com/Z36GPOU3Q2QIQYBIDVNQAVGNGE Raul

They are accepting donations via Kickstarter, Fwiw.
http://www.facebook.com/chad.summerford Chad Summerford

A backer here as well. Its looking good, and they seem to have a great and informative Dev team.
Robert Ivinson

Id be curious to see how alterable the terrain will be, so that, for example, you could flatten out the terrain in order to meet the requirement for building there.
- http://twitter.com/WadeDMcGinnis Wade D McGinnis
  
  I would not mind a little restructuring of the world but nothing too extreme.
- http://www.facebook.com/chad.summerford Chad Summerford
  
  I’m pretty sure its not like that. While this game is being compared to SWG it is its own game. There is no random placing of buildings. Housing and buildings being built and placed in the world will be inside the boundaries of a city and you’ll have to have permissions from the city owner, which are owned by Nations (Guilds). I would tell everyone to go over and read up on the forums. The dev team is really open and discuss a lot of things on the forums.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jordan-Epp/870675623 Jordan Epp

i want to be in aplah testing for a game, ive done alpha, but never aplah
- http://twitter.com/WadeDMcGinnis Wade D McGinnis
  
  Derp.
Maurice Reimann

“The video also featured combat against various creatures and one player taking a rest after setting up his place.”

Riveting sitting action. One of the three main features!

No, I actually think walking around in stuff you have seen built (or built youtself) is one of the best things ever. Worked for c&c renegade and some tower defense games and Love. I’ll just let the absolutely abominable combat footage slide.
- http://twitter.com/WadeDMcGinnis Wade D McGinnis
  
  Command and Conquer Renegade was amazing, miss that game.
http://www.facebook.com/oneniisama Bear Powell

Seems to have potential and I have enjoyed more sandbox styled mmorpg’s in the past like Wish, Asheron’s Call 2, and Horizons for example. My main issue is the game reminds me too much of a cross between Star Wars and Ryzom. For this type of game I’d rather have Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, or Dark Ages settings. Space colonization doesn’t really catch my interest.
http://dev.gamebreaker.tv garygannon

Making the SWG connection(drink) makes me tingle…I hope the devs can pull something like this together on a limited budget.
- http://www.facebook.com/chad.summerford Chad Summerford
  
  Gary, go check out their “Important threads to read” thread
  http://www.therepopulation.com/forum/index.php?f=1&t=443&rb_v=viewtopic
  and check out all the Ask the dev threads. LOTS of good info there.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Feyd-Darkholme/100000194391744 Feyd Darkholme

So I’ve been watching this game for a while now, seeing the devs interact on their forums, on news sites and via their Kickstarter… I really am liking what I am hearing and seeing so I decided to go ahead and pony up some cash for their Kickstarter. Helping out an indy developer with really good vision and ideas and adding another cool F2P hybrid MMORPG to the scene is a win/win to me. It’s at about 15 hours to go and they have reached their main goal and several of their stretch goals now. If you want in you had better get on it today (Monday) before it’s too late!
http://www.facebook.com/chad.summerford Chad Summerford

About 4 hours left on the Kickstarter. Get in while you can
http://www.facebook.com/people/Feyd-Darkholme/100000194391744 Feyd Darkholme

In the last day they reached their top stretch goal of $50k and very nearly reached their extended stretch goal they enacted when they reached that… The Kickstarter just ended at
$53,169!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Feyd-Darkholme/100000194391744 Feyd Darkholme

By the way stupid trolls that don’t actually do any research before making comments: The game is already very far along in development. They basically just need funds to finish the game, which is why their goal on Kickstarter was so low…

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