Author: Mistorm , 30-03-2025 08:47

Supremacy of the Lich King - Supremacy of the Lich King - Heroes 3 map

Thank you for beautiful map. more...


Author: j , 30-03-2025 08:44

question - Might and Magic - Heroes 3 map

did you actually fight pandora or just beat everyone else more...


Author: j , 30-03-2025 08:42

one more question - Might and Magic - Heroes 3 map

you mean take out all the pink towns before pandora becomes active. I can't believe anyone can actually beat Pandora more...


Author: MaddoxT (Hungary), 30-03-2025 01:21

Cool map! - Palm Beach - Heroes 3 map

Thanks for this map, I enjoyed playing.

I would have a question.
Is there a recommended setup for start like random starting town, heros, bonus?

I played with Tazar and he become OP soon :)

Awesome work, thank you once more for creating this map!
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Author: EnergiaX . (Polska), 29-03-2025 17:42

bugs - Isabelle (CharleroyIII) - Heroes 5 map

I don't know why, but it crashes to the desktop when the bot moves more...


Author: EnergiaX . (Polska), 29-03-2025 17:17

The map is broken - Beowulf: Pride is the Curse - Heroes 5 map

There are many bugs. Buildings are placed incorrectly, you can't enter and quests are blocked more...


Author: Elisha , 29-03-2025 15:28

Great map - Rust, Cum and Dragons - Heroes 3 map

Hey great map i am on the second part and i can't find tge spyglass in order to open the blue gate can you help me please more...


Author: Chloe , 29-03-2025 03:16

one-way portals and HOTA patch - Kill the Gods - Heroes 3 map

How bad is the problem with one-way portals and the new HOTA patch on this map?

Unbearable or still fine? Will there be a new version?

Thanks a lot!
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Author: Chloe , 29-03-2025 03:15

one-way portals and HOTA patch - Might and Magic Extended - Heroes 3 map

Has the issue with one-way portals and the new hota patch been fixed?

I heard the map is unbearable to play currently.
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Author: Chloe , 29-03-2025 03:13

Fix? - Might and Magic - Heroes 3 map

Has the problem been fixed? more...


Author: Papyjama (Toulouse, France), 28-03-2025 19:55

Minor update - The Mysterious Island - Heroes 3 map

If you've already started a game in the previous version, don't worry! These are only minor changes that won't affect the overall gameplay—except perhaps for very experienced players looking to rush through the map as quickly as possible (which isn't necessarily the intended way more...


Author: lebedyan (Germany), 28-03-2025 15:32

Dr - Element Land - Heroes 3 map

there are three maps in zip file - element land, elemant land expert and hard. What is the difference? And which version is the hardest and most challenging? more...


Author: Ján KORDULIAK (Slovakia), 28-03-2025 12:56

Help - The Eye of Osiris - Heroes 4 map

How do I get to the portal in part where is castle Kattenburg?

Thanks
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Author: Gulo (Xian,China), 28-03-2025 11:23

Very thanks for your excellent map! - The Second Crusade - Heroes 3 map

I played several times and knew the map, finally,victory was achieved.Only one thing, purple hero BAAL will come back to the town Last Point, and gave some special weapons to hero [], I met [] had Cape of Silence that made Blind was impossible and no ways to win. But that is this map’s special char more...


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Heroes 5 - Development Letter #2 - Handling A Beta Test

It seemed quite obvious that we had to include the fans into the development process in some manner. I don’t think anyone can be considered as being the ultimate expert on Heroes questions, but having a few dozens or hundred people sending you ideas or feedback helps getting everything into shape.
The risk however, is to get overrun by the feedback, or to give in to all demands. Most of them are contradictory, and quite a part would be conflicting with other decisions or would alter the direction we are giving to Heroes 5. So it is a huge work to integrate these multiple opinions together and mash something out of that. Simply keeping track of the feedback during the closed beta test was a headache – but most communities have helped getting summaries out.

A disadvantage of making beta tests is the amount of work required to prepare versions and update them in a timely manner. It can disrupt the production process for a long time, and either you get late delivering beta updates, or you get late actually making the rest of the game, and most often you get late in both respects !

Finally, a disadvantage I see now is that, at some point, this has to end. Beta testers, who were frustrated at the start because of the amount of bugs, and also because the changes were not necessarily going to their liking, become frustrated again as they feel they need to be a part of it even longer, until the game is perfect or close to it. But as we enter a polish phase, treating a flow of feedback becomes less interesting and more dangerous : you need to nail down decisions on design points, and constant rediscussions only lead to delay. A game can only be as perfect as production allows.

On the other hand, running a beta test is an exhilirating experience ! You get in touch with hundreds of fans from all over the world, you get lengthy debates, historical summaries, polls, etc, all over your head. It is also a challenge to keep the exchanges running, and to keep the development in check with the requests.

Preparing and selecting people is interesting in itself. With the registration form we have put up, a very precise image of the typical Heroes fan was laid out, thanks to the 15.000 registrants. The average age of the registrants, for instance, was logically quite high, above 24 years old. A large (and untended) community was `discovered` in Israel. The hardcore aspect of the russian fans was proven. The vast fields of casual strategy players in the US, whom we need to get to try Heroes, was underlined. We could also sort out which were the influential communities :) Then you have to organize the work in advance with communities and internal testers. We had to make out with the constraints and tools we had, in terms of forums, bug reports, etc. The number of spoken languages was a challenge in itself. Each community created language-specific topics to harvest the feedbacks. The update of activation keys had to be taken care of : we added one month of closed beta testing, and thus needed to distribute new keys around. We just ran into a similar problem with the open beta : too many players downloaded the version when compared to our plans :)

In the end, running a beta test is about getting feedback, and we had a truckload in this respect. Even by weeding out the duplicates and the unrealistic suggestions, we had a lot more than a thousand items in the list to browse, in just three months. I think around a large third of this has been integrated, although not quickly enough for the beta testers to actually see their ideas in the game.

Besides suggestions, getting the general feeling on the game was needed. At the time (september) we had been working on the thing for almost two years, and we started to have a blurred vision of the priorities. The E3 and Leipzig shows garnered very positive feedbacks, and all journalists were already enthusiastic, but we needed to get players` opinion. This was also made possible by the discussions on the forums with the fans, and with the communities. Being able to get an opinion prior to release is invaluable.

Finally, running an open beta test after a closed one is about reaching out to more people. You present the game – in its current state, it was not a demo and wasn’t polished – to a vast public besides the first fans of the closed test. I think this challenge was very correctly met, even with the downfalls of the version itself ;)
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