So far the Beta lists looks as follows:
Bashiku
Snipes2008
DEV
Celerich
Xtreme09
Tickler Dae
nalandra
Ravenfan
Elfewja29
mlukers
amkes
If your name is not on it, it is because you didn't say you wanted to be in the beta test (making a comment 'this is going to be great' or 'this looks like fun' does not tell me if you want to take part in the beta or not).
So if you're not on the list, say so and I'll add you.
In the meantime, if I have to believe the poll, the game is looking to have 23 active players, possibly 36 (of the maximum capacity of 46). So it's half full or better. This is really nice. Having half the locations filled will give everyone a pretty good chance on 'landing' on a hotel themselves (after a roll) and thus having to pay the VIP fee of staying the night there. In return they also have a good chance one of the other players 'lands' on their hotel.
As explained, I can not have up to 46 unique animations for all the VIPS (players) but I am thinking of having a representation of them in the hotel when they are visiting. Perhaps they linger in the yard (they might sit on the bench or something), at the reception, maybe at the pool, gym, restaurant or other facilities you have. I'm looking into this, but they are likely to be a sort of 'pink'/'blue' silhouette.
As a side note, I just wanted to say that this is the first game that really does support /M and it is thus for the /M people also a real cool chance to get to play a tickling game. The majority I suspect will be /F but I am sort of wondering if any of the /M folk are going to be playing.
About GENDER and HOTEL customization
So I already talked a little about it before I think. But basically you can kind of configure your hotel to support your own preference (/M or /F or both). This is done by putting up posters (basically there are commercial posters that attract more men to your hotel, those who lure women into staying a night at your place and those who are multi-sex. Each time you put a certain poster, the balance between woman and men visiting your hotel will shift one way or the other, but the bottom of each is 10% (so there's always a chance of a man visiting your hotel if you set it up "for women" and vice versa). So far it looks like each guest room type will have 2 different animations per gender, so there's 4 animations (2x /F and 2x /M). Special rooms are an exception and follow their own rules.
And now you get to see your first screenshot. This one is taken in the lush forest bordering the Brush Lane, Giggle Road and Full Body Lane. (So picking either of those streets will give you a nice forest background). The hotel you see here (left side) is only 1 floor in hight, and you can see it's quite a dump. Well, it's only a 2-star hotel (you will start with a 1-star hotel, so go imagine...). The reception room is tacky and to be honest the colours are chosen rather badly. The guy behind the desk may be part of the maffia for all you know, with his smug face and dark glasses covering his face. Walking into this room you probably don't get the impression that you just entered a luxurious hotel... but hey, if you like it and if you like green, be my guest and keep it. This room is not (at least currently) planned to be a requirement for improving your hotels star qualification. The yard (omg) will in fact update and start to look better with each star your hotel earns. You will get to see the 1-star version of the yard soon.
But it is the reception room that is one of the things I wanted to point out here. Because you CAN 'upgrade' it. Upgrading the reception desk may or may not have an effect on the game other than just the looks and for your own customization preferences, but this is not guaranteed. One of the 'special spaces on the board' (see earlier information) will unlock the possibility to 'upgrade your reception/lobby'. And there you can decide which of the two rooms you think looks best, or if you prefer to have a man or woman behind the reception desk. This choice will obviously help making your hotel 'look different' from other hotels, just like the kind of rooms you choose and where you put them in the hotel.
For now, enjoy the screenshots.
PS: You see a room with a generally 'blue theme' there, it has no visitor now
but don't mistake the colour for that it's for men only. I'm trying to make different rooms (each having their unique animations) so it's likely you will want to build at least one of each rather than picking one room and using it everywhere... but that's entirely up to you.
EDIT: Oh yeah. And another important note... Apart from the painting on the wall (in that room) there is NO NUDITY in this game. Scantly dressed guests yes, but nudity no. Just wanted to clear that up. If you do not want to have the room with the piece of artwork shown in this screenshot, you can opt not to build that room.