With every project, there is a "stable" release (sometimes called "release") and a "canary" (sometimes called "unstable"). As such, we must provide an experience which only developers can work on, in real time. During the Early Access Release Candidate there will be 2 separated experiences. Before any changes are submitted, they are first made by a developer on the canary experience. After, the developer may request either VP or President to check and QA the added feature(s). May them be QA approved, they will be pushed to production. Should they be not approved, the developer has one chance to fix any specified issues with QA. <- this point will also be added to the handbook
We will go forth with promoting on Plaza Connect and TikTok, effective March 15th. Everyone is asked to help out and provide feedback, please.
We are going to have events known as Extraordinary Congress, which will be hosted at our facility, in a special place. At these events, all subgroups will participate, with each respective leaderships bringing out ideas and providing feedback for the general well-being of the mother group. They will be hosted when:
The main group or any subgroup individually reach a milestone, which are: 100, 1 000, 10 000, 100 000 and 1 000 000
On December 31st, early in the day, every year
The draw.io diagram of the facility will be publically available up until Early Access Release Candidate, beginning March 9th. Then, it will be available only as an image.
We are pleased to announce plans to begin development on our game: Antimatter Nuclear Research Facility! Thus far, we have laid out the groundwork for the schematics of the facility and even began work on the nuclear reactor, thanks to our experts in the group. We can realistically expect this roadmap for the development stages of our game:
Early Developer Test March 8th - April 1st During this stage, the game is non-functional and the fundamentals are laid out. Only developers have access to the experience.
Early Access Alpha April 1st - June 1st More and more features are being added, although a complete gameplay is not ready yet.
Early Access Beta June 1st - October 1st Players will be able to obtain all planned game endings: nuclear meltdown, antimatter leak explosion and an additional secret ending.
Early Access Release Candidate October 1st - January 1st The game is being perfected and detailed. Developer applications end here.
Release: December 31st A big launch event will be held. This is where the OG badge will end being issued.
Major revisions: Every December 31st Events will be held to celebrate major revisions. These include new gameplay mechanics, among other things
Beginning March 8th up until September 1st, developer, admin and moderator staff applications will be open. Then, every month on the last weekend will be held applications for moderator and administrator staff applications. Application forms will be made via Microsoft Forms by administrators. A.R.T. will never ask for your personal information.
In the month of April, the A.R.T. Handbook will be written, which will establish community guidelines in accordance with Discord & Roblox ToS, explain the game and give rank information. Also in that month, we will take major changes with the Discord server. We will enforce verification for new users and make all users link their Roblox accounts in order to get the appropriate rank in Discord.
Upon the moment we reach 100 members, the following subgroups will be established:
A.R.T. Security Operatives: They are going to ensure the proper working of employees and neutralize threats to all wings of the facility
A.R.T. Emergency Operatives: They are going to neutralize auxiliary threats such as fires or assist medically in fights with A.R.T.S.O.
Pro-Matter Organization: They are against good operation of the facility and seek to cause chaos and trigger endings. They are considered KoS by both ARTSO and ARTEO unless specified by HRs.
How will we promote ourselves? Frankly, I don't know, and I am asking for your help and your feedback. The way ads work in Roblox have changed dramatically which makes it almost incomprehensible to those with a human brain. From what I can understand, now only actual companies can do that with ads inside the game and sponsored games. To those living under a rock with an ad-blocker (like me...), you might have not noticed that Roblox removed classic banner ads and reformed the system. I had to find this out the hard way, by trying to promote our group (the then Hardcore Brickbattlers' Group). I am asking for your help to find other ways to grow our community. Two options I am considering are Plaza Connect (previously Group Recruiting Plaza), which hasn't yielded great results in the past; and TikTok (although I need to learn to edit, obviously; bad videos => no views => no new members => dead group, AGAIN). So, please, give me your ideas in Discord.
Signed,
President of Antimatter Research Technologies MEMZaccount
Completely undergo with the rebrand from H.B.G. to A.R.T.
Create a handbook clearly explaining game mechanics, group information and rank information
Start the development for an antimatter research facility game
Start an advertisement campaign for the group and recruit new members
Continue development on the website
Establish clear objectives for all mentioned points until march 1st and present them as a bulletin on the website
Signed,
President of Antimatter Research Technologies MEMZaccount