Well this is just dandy.  I have to find out myself that my game was taken down, and I don't even get a reason why?

I filed this to Connect.  In the meantime I hope I can get a reason or a suggestion as to why my game was taken down.

First off this is obviously a beta so features and processes are still being worked on (so thanks for helping us fix these issues!)

It appears the reason the game was takendown was due to it crashing on start up. Unfortunately I have no more details at present (what the setup is etc)

Going forward we want to make sure you guys have an opportunity to fix the game. Even more important will be the playtesting functionality which should eliminate a number of these issues up front before the game is sent to peer review or published

Pheel:

Even more important will be the playtesting functionality which should eliminate a number of these issues up front before the game is sent to peer review or published

What is this "playtesting functionality" you talk about....? is this something new you've never mentioned before? Did the XNA team start making announcement on forums?

Catalin Zima:

Pheel:

Even more important will be the playtesting functionality which should eliminate a number of these issues up front before the game is sent to peer review or published

What is this "playtesting functionality" you talk about....? is this something new you've never mentioned before? Did the XNA team start making announcement on forums?

No. I'm the only one that makes announcements on forums ;). This is something we've been talking about trying to do since Gamefest '08. We're still working out all the nitty gritty.

xxoo

~kathleen sanders

XNA Community Manager

Cookiecups:

No. I'm the only one that makes announcements on forums ;). This is something we've been talking about trying to do since Gamefest '08. We're still working out all the nitty gritty.

Oh. Can't wait to hear more, when you're ready to tell us ;)

Catalin Zima:

Oh. Can't wait to hear more, when you're ready to tell us ;)

I'm 'all ears' as well!  Some kind of easy way to beta-test things using community games subscribers (before make a game 'live' to all xbox users) would be a fantastic way to get feedback on game play as well as providing a means to testing on a wider range of hardware.

(thread jack: Catalin, can't wait for your August sample :) )