When finished with a Game for Hosted, do you have to make the beta test public to all or can it be closed ?

[KINGspoisons]

I’m about to start writing and working on it, and I was reading through the rules for submission and it just said a Public Beta Test, so would it have to be public and closed or open to any and everyone for free?

[bored92]

I’m pretty sure it can be done either way as long as the WIP has beta testers that you can count on to help.

[Havenstone]

See here and here:

CoG Requirements for Hosted Beta

Have a look at this thread, in which I link to a bunch of earlier ones and there’s clarification that “public” doesn’t mean “open”:

CoG Requirements for Hosted Beta

Yeah, you don’t have to make it open—no safeguards about who plays it—but it’s important that you announce it publicly and accept testers who aren’t your friends. It’s about having people with different experiences and viewpoints give it a shot, so the game isn’t made in an echo chamber.