[arg_discuss] Play Testing an ARG?

[Jeff McNab]

Currently I'm working on developing my first ARG and have come across  
issues that I'd like to get feedback about. Obviously, this is what  
the mailing list is all about. The biggest thing pressing down on my  
team and I at the moment is about play testing. Obviously in a more  
traditional game model, play testing is easy to do behind closed  
doors. Of course, we can check for technical issues on our own, but  
there are always bugs and game play systems that need to be tested by  
people unfamiliar with the project. How does one go about this  
without spoiling the ARG? NDA testers? Or is the norm to release and  
then revise, in a manner similar to MMOs?

Jeff McNab
jeff at tragicgeek.com