AtlasRedux

Well, I sure as heck don't see any information about that anywhere here. Information, information, information. It's almost like trying to follow Blizzard ... God, I hate Blizzard ... good games, horrendous communication. But it seems to work for them and others, despite forums being filled with "WHY DON'T YOU BLOODY TELL US ANYTHING", hehe. This could so easily be solved by doing a simple homepage with a message on top : "Current status : build broken due to removal of feature. Working on it, release will come as soon as this is fixed, ETA : not sure, but not five minutes." etc.

What in the world are you talking about? "I want the alpha to be good?" The point of an alpha is to have players test the software in its extremely early stages to give feedback on what works and doesn't work so you can set goals that will stick for a future beta. It's not supposed to be a bloody RELEASE. So no. Crap rushed alpha > Longtime "semi-beta". This is supposed to be an ALPHA, not a bloody beta. Do like everyone else who decides using alphas publicly : just give it out with tons of bugs and missing functionality and throw out updates every week or so if the progress is worth it. THAT'S an alpha. What YOU are doing now, is building a beta.