Here are instructions for how to access the beta.

1. Navigate to Book of Travels in your Steam library (where you would normally go to launch the game).
   
2. Near the left side of your screen, right-click on the title, "Book of travels" in your library list (or alternatively: left-click on "Book of Travels" to pull it up in your library, and then click on the gear icon that appears near the right hand side of the screen)...
   
3. ...and select "Properties" from the bottom of the drop-down menu that appears.
   
4. In the pop-up control panel, Select "BETAS" in the left-hand navigation pane.
   
5. On the right, type in the beta access code that M&D have provided (BetaShore2022) and click "Check Password." This should be case-sensitive.
   
6. Install the required update (2.3GB) -- the title of the game in your library will change from "Book of Travels" to "Book of Travels [braidedshore]" to indicate that this is a different version of the game.

After installing the update, when you launch the game as usual from your library, it should automatically launch into the beta environment.

NOTE: Once you have verified the beta passcode, you can use the drop-down on the pop-up menu in steps 4/5 above to switch between the beta and the retail version (select "None" as your beta), BUT you will always need to install updates/patches to alternate between versions of the game. At the moment, this is a ~900MB patch to revert to the retail version, and a ~1GB patch to go back to the beta. Given that space in the beta is extremely limited (See the announcement) if your bandwidth is limited you may not want to be switching back and forth and doing all that downlading.

This is very cool. Thanks for the update on what's being worked on.

Excited to try out the beta enviro.

Thanks for the update! You guys are doing great. :) Keep it up, and I can't wait for the new stuff.

Thanks for the update guys, really can't wait for updates :)

My disappointment is still at a high. I feel betrayed and being lured into purchasing a failed product.

Thanks for the update, and for all the hard work! Excited to see what's next for BoT

Thank you for the update, and for your continued work. I know it's been a rocky road, and it's really wonderful to see you continue to push through.

For the record, as somebody who has made toys, The Toy of Uncertain Precedence is possibly one of my favorite random game items of all time. The icon made me laugh so hard that I actually keep a shot of it on my phone for posterity.

It's cool that the last I checked on the game was 3 months ago when this tech project had to happen. Glad to see this hurdle was effectively completed. Happy to hold off on playing until things smooth out a bit more. Rootin' for you all!

Dope!

thanks for your all's work! still looking forward to this game so much!

Keep up the great work team.

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet. You may want a beta category in discord to avoid spoilers and allow players to help players with the beta environment.

Full support guys.

Thank you, I'm working in that LTS version also and look forward to what you can do.

Thank you for the update, i bought the game but still holding off. when the time is right i want to live and breath this game for months and months and many years to come. i want to sit drinking steaming hot tea in the tea house whilst listening to the rain playing music on the roofs and floor about me! I want it all but i want it to be right :)