Beta Testing

Beta Testing was a period where Animal Jam Headquarters allowed members to test out their newly-created game. The only lands at this time were Jamaa Township, Lost Temple of Zios, Sarepia Forest and Crystal Sands. There were no underwater features, animals or Pets, and the only shops were Jam Mart Furniture and Jam Mart Clothing.

Jamaa Township
Jamaa Township was not very different from how it is today. The main difference is that the board for art and howls had green jewels on circle and a board that is near the bridge to The Lost Temple of Zios. The Mira statue was also different from now: it was dark blue, with Mira picking up her right foot and spreading her wings. Buildings were made of rock.

The Lost Temple of Zios
The Lost Temple of Zios hasn't changed very much. The broken Zios Mask was not there, and instead, there was a Monkey statue that wore a crown decorated with a blue jewel, which may be Graham the monkey Alpha. The Games banner was on the building with elephant statue. There was no path to Sarepia Forest.

Sarepia Forest
Sarepia Forest looked similar to what it is now. However the Flag Shop was locked up, there were red and white mushrooms and a giant mushroom scattered around the forest floor, and Jammers were unable to go down the slide. The Sarepia Theater was around, but only had a small amount of videos to watch.

Crystal Sands
Crystal Sands had a more realistic look during the Beta Testing. Overflow was located in a different place, and Captain Melville's Juice Hut was much larger. The hut had a giant wooden pineapple, painted along the top, as their logo. There was a sand castle with little red flag on the top. There was also totem statue in the background and tiger face-shaped caves, which may be a reference to Sir Gilbert, the tiger alpha, due to Crystal Sands being his guardian land. Crystal Sands kept this look until the summer of 2011.

Den
The den opened with a large bridge that connected to a three-floor house with ladders connecting the floors. If furniture is purchased, players can place them in their den like today. There were some irremovable items that came with the den as well. This den is a two-story den and had a ladder connecting to the upper floor. It also has a basement, connecting it to the main floor is a stair made of stone. It was the only den available for everyone.

Player Appearance
The player avatar hasn't changed. The only available animals were the Tiger, Wolf, Bunny, Monkey, and Panda, also considered the "Original Six." The name tag for Jammers was gold, and couldn't be customized. The Jammer's information did not have Pet tab, as Pets were not available at the time. There was no choice to play mini-games since they weren't implemented into the game yet. There was no membership, so all features were available to everyone, including clothing, some of which are "Member Tagged" today. Trading was not a feature available.

Settings Button
In Beta, the Settings appeared as an alarm clock for setting a time, later to be replaced by the settings. On the bottom screen was a setting to turn the noise off.

Dress Animal Button
Dressing your animal hasn't changed very much since beta testing.

The name of your animal was still above the animal, but you couldn't change the name tag color or badge. There were only 20 colors. The "change eyes" button looked white with a black line. The animal in the middle was 2D, and so were the items (the items, however, were made 3D in 2012 while the animal became 3D right after beta testing ended in 2010).