PAX West Panel Discussion
The discussion took place on Sunday, September 3rd in the Cat Theater, during the PAX West 2017 convention. The panel was moderated by Bicycle Walrus of DM21 Gaming, a gaming channel on YouTube.
Casey McGeever, CEO of Heroic Games, presented slides showing the key features that Ship of Heroes feels are critical to its success:

McGeever also revealed the current planned schedule for testing and community, including:

“Ship of Heroes” Completes Successful Beta Testing of their Character Creator
“Ship of Heroes” Completes Successful Beta Testing of their Character Creator A full week of testing shows the character creator is intuitive and fun to use. Backer participation was enormous at over 85%. State College, November 11, 2019 – Heroic Games...
Conclusions from the CCT Beta
The first Ship of Heroes character creator Beta is over, and it was a big success! Participants had a lot of fun creating characters, exploring Apotheosis City, using travel powers, entering new maps like the Beta Club and the hospital, and joining a costume contest and scavenger hunt.
The CCT Beta Begins
The CCT Beta is beginning at noon Eastern Standard Time (GMT–5) on November 1st. This is a donor event, a “thank you” to all the donors who helped make Ship of Heroes possible over the last two and a half years. Everyone who has donated $50 or more during that time is eligible to test out the CCT during this system Beta, and to run around in Apotheosis City.