Closed alpha
The starbase closed alpha(often just called CA) was the first alpha testing of Starbase and it was the first time non-developers got access to the game. The closed alpha is free and inviting is in waves. The first wave of 100 players was be hand-picked from active and helpful community members. Further waves are chosen randomly from all interested people. (See survey link below.) Closed alpha will scale up from the first hundred players in the beginning to hopefully thousands of players by the end.
Even though a large portion of the community has, and will continue to gain access to the closed alpha it will still not be available to all. The first public release of the game will happen a while after the closed alpha when the games launches on steam in early access.
The main purpose of the closed alpha is to test the game with a large amounts of people and see how it runs, while adding features for the early access phase. There are a lot of issues and bugs in the beginning which is to be expected from a closed alpha.
Closed Alpha FAQ:
Discord Link:
Starbase Survey Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A09u3huSRkRxoA6IqcdyOi3yH7YBiybJEsHVceWbUmY