The Beta Days!

Animal Jam was released on July 27, 2010. It was in testing mode, or the "beta mode". Jammers made an account and played the game for the summer (until September 10, 2010) to give AJHQ feedback and to let them know if there were any bugs or glitches. Beta will never come back, because "beta" means: a computer or software program near completion. This means, that since Animal Jam has already been released, there will never be another beta testing period. There were no memberships- everyone had the same privileges. The lands also looked really different from the ones now, and there was no Mt. Shiveer, Coral Canyons, Appondale or any of the underwater places. Jamaa Township had a large green gem where the Jammer Central bulletin board is now. The Temple of Zios looked mostly the same, except in place of the Zios statue, there was a monkey statue! The Beta den was large and for all jammers.  The Jam-a-Grams looked different than the ones today. Most of the "epic" and "rare" items that are high in demand nowadays in Jamaa come from the Beta testing period. These items were sold in the normal shops like Jam Mart Furniture and Jam Mart Clothing, and many of them are far less expensive than the items in stores now. Flooring and wallpaper had a different appearance, and had more of a realistic look to them. The Jamaa Journal looked very different as well! Beta testers all got a free membership.