Tree Of Life Goes Beta

Following almost a year on Steam Early Access, Tree of Life has officially gone Beta. The inaugural Beta patch brings in a number of major changes, including new character models. The game now features "beautiful female toon with a lovely face, and handsome male toon with a sexy muscular body." Beards and make-up have been added alongside the new character models.

The new player experience has been altered. There are now two starting points per area for a total of six. The game will randomly choose a starting point for you when you first enter the game world. New players and their buildings will only take 10% of the normal amount of damage from other players until they reach a specific level of mastery or go red.

A number of items have been rebalanced, new terrain and "secret places" have been added, and an in-game item store will be opening soon. You can find the full patch notes here.

To commemorate reaching Beta, Tree of Life is 30% off until May 2nd. A small Facebook event with in-game prizes is running here.