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Hi guys !

I am in a final stage of development realy nice BitcoinGame...
It is online Virtual Miner for every platform (Win,Andoid,iphone,....)
Real time game, where best 10 miners get nice prizes at the end of mining round....

I need some guys for testing game, before it goes PUBLIC.

Only serious and realiable gameplayers are needed, so they can test and report me some bugs or errors before goes ON LINE for REAL BTC PRIZES !

pic.. :)
http://www.pika-servis.si/pictures/enter.jpg

We're going to need more explanation on what the game actually is.

and maybe a link or two where we can get it

Do i mining for me or you?

I'll at least take a look at it and do some testing for you.  :)


Are you offering any sort of reward for the testers?

in next few days i will give link to play.

it is only a game but for real prizes...
1 place 100 or if wil be more then 10.000 players maybe   1000 BTC....

Yeah I'm going to find this very hard to believe.

I still dont know what kind of game this will be...

sounds interesting :)

good luck

Post more pics/info, very vague.

we start next week....i hope.

here some pictures....

real BTC game....and winner is...
http://www.pikanet.net/vminer/main_scr.jpg

http://www.pikanet.net/vminer/polishing.jpg

http://www.pikanet.net/vminer/res.jpg

So.. What is this?

it is a nice game ! but not only a game. it is virtual miner and top ten players will get nice prizes...
like 100BTC for the first place....

100 BTC? Thats like 10 grand, sounds very unlikely

rausvi, if you expect us to believe that you even have 100 BTC to give away, post your address with a signed message in this thread so that everyone can see it. Otherwise, everyone is going to write this off.

i dont have 100BTC, but during the game users can spend some btc to try to win :)...

there is some little bugs still in the game and we try to fix them, and then test game will start....

Virtual Miner doesn't really explain anything. Do you have any screenshots of the actual game?

seemed not bad.

We need more info on the game.

is beta testers paid if so im down

hi again...
i am in final stage to finish my game...
so you can test it here:

http://www.bigbitgame.com

ps
still in testing phase !!

ill check it out for you just send me the link

I believe he put the link in his post.  ;)

how to Register?

no need to register, just chose username and pass and start the game..

Alright, I'm happy to help test it. I've just logged in and I'll see how it goes. 

What sort of feedback do you want? Do you want people to comment here or by PM?

Thanks

:)

Is there a real prize pool for the test game?

Can you please explain what the different polish accessories and polish assets do and their effects.

Say you are mining level 2 and find a coin in that position, when you are done should you continue mining the same position (level 3) or is there only 1 coin per position no matter the level?

Right now it seems that the winner will be whoever is at their computer the longest, perhaps integrating some kind of turn based play will even out the playing field.

Yeah, I agree, it's a war of attrition at the moment.

Maybe when the OP answers some of the queries above we can provide more feedback? In the meantime, it seems pointless testers discussing things among themselves  :-\

first time on site good look and good working  :)

when does VirtualMiner pay out the prizes?

I think it's quite obvious:

Are there going to be real prizes for the test game?

I don't know.

I am looking for sponsors to invest in a game, Then can i make really payout  awards.
you guys can help to promote game and all incoming payments goes for prizes..
in  the test round , of course, the incoming money goes to prizes ..
but we need more players.. like 100 od 1000,10xxx  :P

Alright then, thanks for zero information. You can forget it if you think I'll be helping you get sponsors for your game when you can't even answer basic questions. Consider my involvement as a tester over, you may as well delete username Kalgoorlie Resources from the system, they ain't coming back.

For what it's worth here's some feedback:

The game itself is quite interesting, somehow you always think more is going to happen but when it doesn't it's just same old, same old. There's no incentive for people to play the game and even less incentive for them to use real BTC to buy anything in-game. The basic free polishing sponge seems to work just as well as the polishing disk that cost 0.04, plus polishing gives you something to do while you dig for coins... but really, after a few clicks you're already over it and off looking at another website or have wandered away from the pc. There needs to be some clear incentive for people to spend money, like the polishing paste, tell people that it will 'clean 10 coins at a time' or something that makes people want to buy it.

The basic ideas behind the game are quite good and you could advance the physical mining metaphor further, perhaps by allowing players to buy physical claims or territories, like they did in the old days with gold rush mining stakes and like they do now with formalised mining leases. That would allow you another mechanism to encourage people to spend money on the game and if you made different mining territories that changed regularly, had different criteria and were limited in number it might attract people to use real coins to buy them. If you wanted to push that more, you could allow these territories to be transferable, to enable players to buy and sell territories to other players. Then add a chat feature and it gives a reason for players to speak to each other, that itself builds competition and interest in the game:

"Selling 'North California Sierra Navada Gold Stake 10 x 10 squares, Claim Grade: Good' for 0.5 BTC"

You make sure that only the player owning these claims can mine on them and even when they are partially mined, they could still be able to be sold:

"Selling 'South Africa Driefontein Gold Field 15 x 15 squares, Claim Grade: Very Good' I've mined 15 out of 225 squares, selling for 0.75 BTC"

Also, researching the technologies was interesting enough, but you're going to have to have clearer capacities between them. Using the basic spade, players understand that they are going to be slower when mining, but when they've upgraded to a pick or a mining badger, they expect more mining efficiency, that just wasn't defined enough. When you're looking at this and making the adjustments, consider also charging a fee to upgrade to the higher mining equipment.

Anyway, you've got 60% of a game concept and I'm sure with some work and some feedback from others you'll be able to improve it further.

Good luck.

:)

so there are no prizes ?

started today, will it go public on 31/oct?

Testing it right now, I guess it will be very fun to play this game.

Just to know, I started mining and said found something! it bringed me to the polishing room, but there was nothing to polish, is it a bug?

what's this img on the map?

https://i.imgur.com/5HZZmKT.jpg

i'm the miner but i can't do anything on it  :(

first you have to research tool..
then start minning..

just refresh game... exit and login again...

thank you for that. we allready work on your suggestions..

I like the concept. It has a lot of potential if you ask me.

Will you add a "sell" button for the item that can be bought. (half price or 1/3)

PS I could translate to italian  ;)

Hey guys, I am one of the guys working on this game,

And to answer some questions.
mcb1221:
- there is no prize pool on TEST game
- different accessories and assets makes you polish coins faster
- you can mine until up to level10 and its random based, but deeper you go more chances you have to find coin (that will be little rebalanced soon)
Also when u reach lvl10, field becomes unminable, otherwise if field is idle for 6hours it gets in lower level every 6 hours.
And about winner we need to add some balacing so everyone will have fair chance (ofc little higher the ones who are at comp nonstop)

pittman: it will pay out only in real rounds

OleOle: sorry for no respond to you from OP, but we are all busy working on jobs and this is our side project
- polishing tools will be rebalanced
- we will add some 'special' polishing tools so you can polish all at once or batch by batch but will cost you
- your idea about buying territories was already on table and will probably be added soon (also idea of having XX coins on some field is good too and will be discussed)
- We won't add chat, but we might add mailing because this resolution is basicly for phones and tablets and having realtime chat on that is kinda useless.
- Tools for mining works each for 2 levels, so first tool is lvl1-2, second tool is lvl3-4, etc.., it also speeds up mining by 2% each level researched

FanEagle, after you came back to polish room was there coin or there was no coin?

golikcoin: seems like you are mining one field, and while you are mining you can't do anything on it


About languages, sounds cool but first we need to have english version up and running. All feedback is appreciated.

@rausvi15 and @gjerek

Thanks for your responses guys, very much appreciated.

Good luck with the game, I think it has a lot of potential.

 :)

will you develop a mobile version?

i cant play on ipad.

Yes there will be.

savill: because we don't have mobile/tab version yet, once we finish the game there will be both versions available.

and add a sound on/off button, actually is missing

mining bager pic has a little css problem

https://i.imgur.com/wJ8ty5D.jpg

I wish you luck with the game. :D

The game is made in Flash and guess what, crap Apple doesn't support Flash anymore.

Don't worry, flash can export native app for Apple, so it will be done :)

i need prizes. ;D

when a mine reach lvl 10, after 6 hour it's still lvl 10 (the box is green and I've mined it yesterday morning)

logout and login again..

still the same  :-\ many mines lvl 10, no mines lvl 9

Yes, it is made like that, that once you reach lvl10, it stays like that, but we're talking atm, to add something to bury it down :)

how to registered in this but how to get bitcoins any body can explain this?

it's a beta test, no prize for this session  ;)

there's a mine at lvl 11  :o

position -7, -2

It's mine. Dunno how that happened.

Just a quick question, are those prizes real / do we get anything for wasting our time on this?

can you add an highlight effect on the selected mine?

Well the testing fase is almost over. Just 25 more minutes according to my clock. (GMT+2). I currently have 1 Bitcoin and I might be able to beat vinko before the day is over. ::)

Aaaand, I did it. (Yes, I know my balance is 0.99, but remember cleaning tools are worth BTC.)

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http://i.snag.gy/x0fw3.jpg

lol how much did you mine to reach the 1°  ;D

http://i.snag.gy/7NrOH.jpg

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I mined at more places, but well, someone stole them from me, hahaha. I am currently at BTC1.03 and I will continue to mine until the game is really over.

Why can I still play? The test fase is over...

we have to make some upgrades and then  we starting for real !

So no rewards for this test round and when will the real round start?

Nice game, I guess you're going to self publish it?
Would you be interested in some ideas?

Looks cool!

I will start playing this game when there are rewards so will other people.
I recommend you make a thread asking for an investor or something and add some value for players to spend there money

where link Virtual Miner