就像PC 上的Steam等游戏平台一样， (Steam)Google Play 商店(Google Play store)让开发者可以向公众发布“抢先体验”游戏。这让手机游戏玩家可以在游戏正式完成之前玩游戏。
它还以多种方式帮助开发人员。首先(First)，这意味着公众可以就他们想要添加的错误和功能提供反馈。开发者还可以出售抢先体验游戏或出售应用内内容。这意味着如果您喜欢一款游戏，您可以帮助支持它，直到它完成最终的完善版本。
对于玩家来说，优势也是有的。首先(First)，您可以在主流公众可能这样做之前玩游戏。它还可以让您支持可能无法进入主流市场(mainstream market)的游戏概念。抢先体验游戏最酷的方面是有机会参与游戏开发(game development)。您的反馈可以塑造游戏的最终形式！
当然，请始终牢记，这些抢先体验游戏还没有结束。他们可能有问题或失去你的进步。如果您对此感到满意，那么让我们来看看目前处于抢先体验阶段的四个最佳游戏(Access)。
如何获得抢先体验游戏
过去，Google Play将商店的专门部分用于抢先体验游戏。(dedicated sections)在撰写本文时，我们在应用程序或网络上都找不到这些部分。
但是，通过在Play 商店(Play Store)中搜索“抢先体验”来查找抢先体验游戏似乎仍然有效。这些游戏的标题中有“（抢先体验(Access)）”，并且描述中还将重申这本质上是测试版软件。
八字迷宫(OctoMaze)（3.99 美元）
OctoMaze是此列表中唯一需要预付费用(money upfront)的游戏，但它已经是一款非常可靠的小谜题，我们不介意花(t mind spending)几块钱买它。这个想法很简单，但在实际游戏中，要解决每个级别可能会很曲折。
你控制着一条紫色章鱼的触手，下颚线相当吓人。你需要抓住一组物体，同时避开陷阱和坏人。如果您获得了所需的所有零碎物品，则该级别结束，您将继续进行下一个。
一些最好的手机游戏是具有简单基础机制的益智游戏，然后以巧妙的方式对其进行迭代。愤怒的小鸟(Birds)就是这样的游戏。前提很简单：只需使用弹弓发射的鸟击倒猪和建筑物。然而，它的水平却有着无限的变化。
OctoMaze从一些简单的入门谜题开始，但挑战很快就出现了，其中一些谜题确实令人头疼。游戏的美学让人回想起PC 益智(PC puzzle)游戏的美好时光。Galaxy Note 10+上完美运行，但没有填满整个屏幕。在纵横比(aspect ratio)为 16:9 的手机上，这应该不是问题。这个有潜力成为伟大的移动益智游戏之一。
另一种生活 - 生活模拟器(Another Life – Life Simulator)（AD支持）
另一种生活 - 生活模拟器(Life – Life Simulator)有一些迷人的想法，虽然它仍然需要相当多的润色。从图形上看，游戏非常基础，主要动作通过文本发生。从本质上讲，您可以控制虚拟人从出生到死亡的一生。
您需要在此过程中做出关键决定，这将影响您的角色将成为什么样的人以及他们是否会过上美好的生活。在许多方面，另一种生活(Life)让人想起幻想生活模拟游戏，例如公主制造者或(Princess Maker or Long)女王(Queen)万岁，只是具有更现实的设置。
整个游戏中到处都有一些随机问题。例如，我们的第一个角色在 5 岁时被邀请参加学校辩论(age 5)比赛(school debate competition)。多么早熟的小家伙啊！
随着角色年龄的增长，它会获得生命值，可用于购买各种提供额外津贴和奖金的物品。就我们所见，生命值与任何类型的应用内购买都没有关联，而现在该游戏由在屏幕底部运行的单个横幅广告支持。(banner advert)
虽然另一种生活(Life)是一个非常有趣的想法并且值得一试，但这绝对不是年轻玩家的游戏。由于这是一个生活模拟游戏(life sim)，它还涉及生活中更黑暗和更成人的主题。这不是图形，但正如您可以想象的那样，生活的某些部分可能会令人不安。
Flying Beagle 大逃杀(Battle Royale by Flying Beagle)（免费）
大逃杀(Battle)游戏风靡全球，Fortnite 和 PUBG(Fortnite and PUBG)等游戏在排行榜上名列前茅。每个人都试图在这些游戏上创造新的变化，但 Flying Beagle可能会在他们自上而下的风格化游戏中有所作为。
不幸的是，只有拥有邀请码的人才能玩游戏的抢先体验版(Access version)。因此，请在您的朋友和社交媒体联系人中四处询问是否有人分发了邀请码。发出邀请码的玩家会获得游戏内货币，因此说服他们放弃邀请码应该不会太难。
游戏大量使用载具，抢先体验版(access version)有四种载具，各有优劣。在撰写本文时，每个大逃杀(battle royale)中有 30 名玩家和 20 种不同的角色皮肤。
抢先体验的玩家确实注意到网络性能和控制(network performance and controls)方面存在的问题，但我们认为这有可能成为下一个大逃杀(battle royale) 风格的游戏(style game)。如果你能得到一个代码，你可以早点进入。可悲的是，我们只能在其他人玩的时候透过窗户往里看。我们的代码可能还停留在邮件中！
酷机器(Cool Machines)（演示）
你们中的一些人可能对一款名为The Incredible Machine的经典(The Incredible Machine)电脑游戏(computer game)有着美好的回忆。在那个游戏中，你被赋予了目标，然后你必须建造一台 Rube-Goldberg类型的机器(type machine)来实现这个目标。
Cool Machines(Cool Machines isn)与 Incredible Machine 的游戏类型并不完全相同，但它确实引导了相同类型的能量。在这个游戏中，你需要操纵物理对象来达到你的目标。在演示中，我们的目标是将球放入正确的容器中。
Cool Machines实际上是一款非常棘手的游戏。除了您当前正在操作的对象之外，物理引擎始终在运行。这意味着在某些谜题中，您需要在场景播放时移动东西！例如，您可能需要匆忙将您在拼图前半部分使用的木板移动到另一半的新位置。
早起的鸟儿，以及所有这些
手机游戏(Mobile gaming)已经走过了漫长的道路，但这些抢先体验游戏表明，该行业(industry isn)并没有太大的影响，无法让普通玩家参与其中。拥抱未打磨的宝石，为自己准备一些抢先体验游戏！
4 Early Access Games in 2020 for Android Worth Checking Out
Just like game рlatforms like Steam on the PC, the Google Play store makes it possible for developers to release “Early Access” games to the public. This lets mobile gamers play the game before it’s officially done.
It also helps the developer in a number of ways. First of all, it means the public can provide feedback on bugs and features they’d like added. Developers can also sell early access games or sell in-app content. Which means if you like a game, you can help support it until it’s final polished version is done.
For players, the advantages are there as well. First, you get to play a game before the mainstream public is likely to do so. It also lets you support game concepts that might otherwise never make it to the mainstream market. The coolest aspect of early access games is the chance to play some part in game development. Your feedback can shape how a game turns out in its final form!
Of course, always keep in mind that these early access games are not finished. They might be buggy or lose your progress. If you’re OK with that, let’s look at four of the best titles currently in Early Access.
How To Get Early Access Games
In the past, Google Play featured dedicated sections of the store to early access games. At the time of writing, we couldn’t find either of those sections in the app or on the web.
However, finding early access games still seems to work by simply searching for “early access” in the Play Store. These games have “(Early Access)” in their title and the description will also reiterate that this is essentially beta software.
OctoMaze is the only game on this list that needs money upfront, but it’s already such a solid little puzzler that we didn’t mind spending a few bucks on it. The idea is simple enough, but in actual play it can be devious to solve each level.
You control the tentacle of a purple octopus with a rather intimidating jawline. You need to grab a set of objects while avoiding traps and bad guys. If you get all the bits and bobs you need, the level ends and you move on to the next.
Some of the best mobile games have been puzzlers with simple base mechanics that then iterate on them in clever ways. Angry Birds is that sort of game. The premise is simple: just knock down pigs and structures using birds fired from a slingshot. Yet there’s infinite variation in its levels.
OctoMaze starts out with some simple starter puzzles, but the challenge is very quickly there and some of the puzzles are real head-scratchers. The game’s aesthetic harkens back to the good old days of PC puzzle games. It ran perfectly on our Galaxy Note 10+, but did not fill the entire screen. On phones with a 16:9 aspect ratio, this should not be an issue. This one has potential to be one of the great mobile puzzlers.
Another Life – Life Simulator has some fascinating ideas, although it does need quite a bit of polish still. Graphically the game is very basic, with the main action happening via text. Essentially you take control of a virtual person’s life from birth until death.
You need to make key decisions along the way, which will influence what sort of person your character will become and whether they’ll have a good life or not. In many ways Another Life is reminiscent of fantasy life sims such as Princess Maker or Long Live the Queen, just with a more realistic setting.
There are some random problems here and there throughout the game. For example our first character was invited to a school debate competition at age 5. What a precocious little tyke!
As your character ages it gains life points, which can be used to buy various items that provide perks and bonuses. As far as we could see, life points aren’t linked to any sort of in-app purchases, and right now the game is supported by a single banner advert that runs at the bottom of the screen.
While Another Life is an incredibly interesting idea and worth trying out, this is definitely not a game for younger players. Since this is a life sim, it also deals with the darker and more adult themes of life. It’s not graphic, but as you can imagine some parts of life can be disturbing.
Battle royale games have taken the world by storm, with games like Fortnite and PUBG tearing up the charts. Everyone is trying to create a fresh spin on these games, but Flying Beagle might be onto something with their top-down, stylized game.
Unfortunately only those with invite codes can play the Early Access version of the game. So ask around among your friends and social media contacts whether anyone has invite codes to hand out. Players who give out invite codes get in-game currency, so it shouldn’t be too hard to convince them to part with one.
The game makes heavy use of vehicles and the early access version has four classes of vehicle, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. There are 30 players in each battle royale and 20 different character skins at the time of writing.
Early access players do note existing issues with network performance and controls, but we think this has the potential to be the next big battle royale style game. If you can get a code, you could get in early. Sadly, we could only look in through the window as other people played. Our code is probably still stuck in the mail!
Some of you reading this may have fond memories of a classic computer game called The Incredible Machine. In that game you were given goals and then had to build a Rube-Goldberg type machine to achieve that goal.
Cool Machines isn’t exactly the same sort of game as Incredible Machine was, but it does channel the same sort of energy. In this game you need to manipulate physical objects to reach your objective. In the demo we played that goal was to get a ball into the right receptacle.
Cool Machines is actually a pretty tricky game. The physics engine is always running, except for the object you are currently manipulating. This means that in certain puzzles, you need to move things around while the scene plays out! For example, you may need to hastily move a plank you used in the first half of the puzzle into a new position for the other half.
The Early Bird, And All That
Mobile gaming has come a long way, but these early access games show that the industry isn’t too big to involve regular players. Embrace the unpolished gems and get yourself some early access games!
