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Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 08 January 2026, 17:23
by Kayvon
We submitted a game for alpha three weeks ago today (Dec 18) and haven't heard anything back.
Has BGA stopped approving alpha games? A while back they said they would batch them up to approve once per week, but even our previous game took well over a week before we heard anything, so it's not just a holiday delay.
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 09:09
by Kerpen
I´ve noticed it as well that there were nog new alpha releases for the last weeks.
I also thought it was due to holdiays but now I just hope they are working on a structural change instead of just stopping it.
Hopefully they start again soon!
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 14:44
by tchobello
Kayvon wrote: ↑08 January 2026, 17:23
We submitted a game for alpha three weeks ago today (Dec 18) and haven't heard anything back.
Has BGA stopped approving alpha games? A while back they said they would batch them up to approve once per week, but even our previous game took well over a week before we heard anything, so it's not just a holiday delay.
Do you allow BGA people to be sick during winter time ?
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 15:18
by Kayvon
It feels more passive-aggressive than an actual question, but in case it's actually a sincere question: When someone is sick for three weeks, usually someone else fills in or, at a minimum, sends an email. We have a very anxious publisher and no news to give them.
I can both "allow" someone to be sick at any point and expect some basic level of communication. I really hope we hear somethng soon, maybe an announcement.
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 15:34
by tchobello
Kayvon wrote: ↑11 January 2026, 15:18
It feels more passive-aggressive than an actual question, but in case it's actually a sincere question: When someone is sick for three weeks, usually someone else fills in or, at a minimum, sends an email. We have a very anxious publisher and no news to give them.
I can both "allow" someone to be sick at any point and expect some basic level of communication. I really hope we hear somethng soon, maybe an announcement.
Why are you making this public?
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 15:54
by Kayvon
Why am I publicly asking about the alpha process in the forum intended to help developers coordinate and communicate? I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier, but now I see I was just being trolled. Well played, sir. My fault for falling for it.
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 11 January 2026, 16:55
by tchobello
Kayvon wrote: ↑11 January 2026, 15:54
Why am I publicly asking about the alpha process in the forum intended to help developers coordinate and communicate? I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier, but now I see I was just being trolled. Well played, sir. My fault for falling for it.
I’m just wondering why this was posted here rather than on the dev-only Discord.
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 13 January 2026, 02:59
by Phouglas
Back to the original question?
Re: Have alpha approvals halted?
Posted: 14 January 2026, 03:04
by Kayvon
Suddenly, 26 days later, we're alpha approved!
Hopefully everything is sorted out for other developers, too.