Fortnite (partially found unreleased/lost builds of the massively multiplayer online game; 2011-present)
The Online Tests:
The Online Tests versions are the oldest versions of Fortnite, in order to participate in one you had to receive an invitation, the players who participated in these versions received exclusive banners a within the game, in addition many players have confirmed having had direct contact with the developers to give them feedback, currently only version 6.5 has been fully recovered[1] and version 10 partially (this is located inside the O.T. 6.5 archives folder).
There were 11 Online Tests (the exact amount with the extra versions is unknown at the moment), playing an O.T. was completely free but you had to have a code or an invitation to play them, they were designed in Unreal Engine 3 and 4.
One of the reasons why many players want to find these versions is because they will be able to discover a lot of information about the game that has never seen the light of day before and by a lot I mean extremely too much, as happened in version 6.5 that an enemy was discovered discarded from the game called "Werewolf"[2] that would appear in the "Fortnitemares" event.
The game obviously had non-public versions (the amount is unknown) that only the workers of Epic Games (the company that created the video game) have, one of the few images of this versions is this one that was seen at the 2013 Game Developers Conference, the design is very similar to the "final" version of the first Online Test of the game.
Something that should be emphasized is that in these versions there was no "Battle Royale" mode, so everything was about the original game mode called "Save The World" (Funfact: in these versions a PvP mode was being planned that would become closest to what Battle Royale is now and some testings was done with players[3][4]).
The search to find the Online Tests:
Finding the Online Test 6.5 (by the way, was discovered in 2021) was pure luck because the vast majority of users who played in the Online Tests have not saved images, videos and files of the versions, that is why it is very difficult to find one that someone still has, it is has tried to contact users with the role "Alpha Explorers" on the official Fortnite Discord server but all have already said that they no longer have any files from any Online Test.
There is little knowledge of these versions and little information on the entire internet because Epic Games was very strict With sharing photos and videos, including making streams showing the game, since they were versions as indicated in the Online Test 6.5: "Top Secret Alpha Test!!".
| Version name
(In Real Life Test) |
Engine version | Build release date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Test 1 | Unknown | 2014-12-02 | Lost |
| Online Test 2[5] | Unknown | 2015-03-24 | Lost |
| Online Test 3[6] | 4.8.0-2604755 | 2015-06-29 | Lost |
| Online Test 4[7] | 4.9.0-2671876 | 2015-08-25 | Lost |
| Online Test 5[8] | 4.9.0-2682676 | 2015-09-29 | Lost |
| Online Test 5.5 | 4.9.0-2760281 | 2015-11-10 | Lost |
| Online Test 6[9] | 4.11.0-2801990 | 2015-12-15 | Lost |
| Online Test 6.5 | 4.12.0-2870186 | 2016-02-28 | Found |
| Online Test 6.6[10] | Unknown | 2016-03-01 | Lost |
| Online Test 6.7[11] | 4.12.0-2919741 | 2016-03-27 | Lost |
| Online Test 7[12] | 4.12.0-3012530 | 2016-06-14 | Lost |
| Online Test 8[13] | 4.13.0-3062755 | 2016-07-25 | Lost |
| Online Test 8.1[14] | Unknown | 2016-09-06 | Lost |
| Online Test 8.2[15] | 4.13.0-3114236 | 2016-09-28 | Lost |
| Online Test 9[16] | 4.14.0-3151232 | 2016-10-19 | Lost |
| Online Test 10 | Unknown | 2016-12-22 | Partially found |
| Online Test 11 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
| Online Test 11.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
Videos:
References:
- ↑ https://github.com/notsamicc/Fortnite-Builds
- ↑ https://twitter.com/XylicSTW/status/1416343323330088960
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20160402082202/https://www.fortnite.com/blog/first-pvp-test
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20160402032525/https://www.fortnite.com/blog/pvp-test-two
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVprGIfMO0&t
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013054339/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot3-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013072948/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot4-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013051645/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot5-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013072932/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot6-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013015856/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot66-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013012704/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot67-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013072941/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot7-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161013133127/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot8-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161011204754/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot81-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20161011224957/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot82-release-notes
- ↑ http://web-old.archive.org/web/20170115230705/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/blog/fortnite-ot9-release-notes