I'll be putting up a new version for public beta testing next weekend. (20/21st March). This new version won't include the 'galaxy' stuff mentioned on the front page, which will continue in an extended closed-beta for a few more weeks yet as we get more worlds & islands complete and ready to play.
The test version released next week will allow a direct connection to 3 of the new worlds, including
Zion, an economy island (run by me) based around a relatively simple, but not necessarily easy, fuel/vehicle/flight economy.
Snowy Tenderness - hedge's lovely island with the nice mountains, a beautiful castle and a CTF game with plenty of auto-turret and explosive action.
and another full on tractor-style hunger & thirst economy island designed to keep the vets happy. :]
At the same time all 0.03.99.x islands will be closed down and shortly afterwards, ppl on the beta-test mail list will receive details of getting into the extended beta-test of the galaxy.