Beta Testing

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**Beta Testing** on Club Penguin started on August 22, 2005. During beta testing, players could log in to Club Penguin and help find bugs for the Club Penguin Team. Over the course of 2 months, 15,000 beta testers helped find hundreds of bugs.

After beta testing, Beta Testers received 2,000 free coins, 1 free month of Membership after launch, and they got to keep the Beta Hat.

## Timeline

* **August 22, 2005:** Beta Testing begins
* **August 23, 2005:** Version 0.88
	+ Mancala removed from first floor of Coffee Shop
	+ Disappearing name bug fixed
	+ Furniture not appearing in list bug fixed
	+ Room loading speed increased
	+ Disappearing chat balloons bug fixed
	+ Other bugs fixed
* **August 24, 2005:** Version 0.89
	+ Hockey puck bug fixed
	+ Sled Racing fixed (limited to 2 players)
	+ Mancala fixed (moved to the Book Room)
	+ Server bugs fixed
* **August 29, 2005:** Version 0.91
	+ Ballistic Biscuit fixed
	+ Bean Counters fixed
	+ Snowball bug fixed
	+ Item load bug fixed
	+ Player load bug fixed
* **September 2, 2005:** Version 0.93
	+ Igloo bugs fixed
* **September 12, 2005:** Version 0.94
	+ Snow Forts added
	+ New Igloos added
	+ Buddy request system updated
	+ Map updated
	+ Player login improved
	+ Chat balloons improved
* **September 16, 2005:** Version 0.95
	+ Updated Mancala
	+ Buying furniture bug fixed
* **September 21, 2005:** Beta Test Party
	+ Dance Lounge added
* **September 23, 2005:** Version 0.96
	+ "View News" is replaced with "Edit Player"
	+ Newspaper begins to arrive in mailbox
	+ Added sound to Mancala
	+ Added sound and music to Ballistic Biscuit
	+ Emotes quick keys added
	+ Flood filter bugs fixed
* **September 30, 2005:** Version 0.97
	+ Mancala cheat fixed
	+ Astro Barrier cheat fixed
	+ Character sliding bug fixed
* **October 05, 2005:** Version 0.97.32
	+ Astro Barrier bug fixed
	+ Added sound to Astro Barrier
	+ Ballistic Biscuit difficulty increased
	+ Flood warning bug fixed
* **October 20, 2005:** Version 0.98
	+ Music and sound added to Bean Counters
	+ Ballistic Biscuit and Bean Counters score calculation updated
	+ Minor Bug in Astro Barrier fixed
	+ More error messages added
	+ Sled Racing fixed
* **October 24, 2005:** Beta testing ends and Club Penguin is launched

## Trivia

* Club Penguin was originally planned to release in 2010, but thanks to beta testing it launched within 2 months.
* Club Penguin was launched incomplete.
	+ Card-Jitsu, Rockhopper, The Migrator and puffles did not exist when Club Penguin launched, even though the team were already planning them. rsnail wrote in a blog post about the history of Club Penguin, "Why is there a Dojo? How do you become a ninja? Why is there a light house? Why is there a pet shop? Can you tip the iceberg?".
		- Ironically, the iceberg could not be tipped until the last party before Club Penguin closed.
* During beta testing, Club Penguin only had 10 (later 12) rooms, 5 games, and 10 employees.
* Growth was the biggest problem for the team during Beta Testing. Club Penguin had way too many players for the servers they had.

## Gallery

Betatestingparty.jpgThe Town during the Beta Test PartyBeta-party-2.pngThe Book Room during the Beta Test Party. Multiple moderators were seen hereBeta party slowpoke.pngAnother picture of the Town during the partyBeta-map.jpgThe map during the beta testingJoejeo.jpgBeta testing in the Coffee Shop
## See also

* Club Penguin Improvement Project
* Server Testing 2005
* Beta Test Party

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://rocketsnail.com/blog/2011/02/21/experimenting-with-penguins/
2. ↑ http://rocketsnail.com/blog/2005/08/22/big-update-beta-test
3. ↑ http://rocketsnail.com/blog/2011/02/21/experimenting-with-penguins/#comment-871232380