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on May 4
Michael Tseng
Posted project update #20We know we know!
Dear Geographers,
It has come to our attention that it has been some time since our last update. In the past year we've assembled a mobile location based MMO with only three fulltimers and 3 "contractors". I put that in quotes because they were sorta just "interns" (interns is in quotes because they were really talented artists that we tricked into working with us for free).
To give you an idea of the shear magnitude of the game - Turf is comprised of...
- innumerable interface screens, many of which were designed over and over again to create a non-frustrating interaction experience. I also enjoy torturing myself
- 107 hand pixelated buildings for each foursquare category
- 106 hand pixelated trophies for your purchasing and earning needs
- 62 second floors for growing your monopoly
- 4 animated constructobots for, you guessed it, constructioning
- 4 bears illustrated and animated for mascot purposes
- 5 bear hand puppets illustrated and animated for hilarity
- tons and tons of lines of codes (written and re-written for good measure)
- our backend is designed to support your rugged gaming needs as handle all of your extra-social activities: tweeting/facebook/foursquaring
- the above mentions only cover the assets that make turf, there's also been bushels of weeks spent balancing and redesigning gameplay to ensure we've capture that elusive fun quotient.
To say this has been a monumental task would somewhat betray the totally cray gauntlet we've had to run to get this winged whale produced. In the beginning we had intended for it to take only 9 months. Along the way it took longer because we wanted to create something worthy of your dedication to helping get Turf off the ground.
With that in mind I understand the frustration in not yet having a finished product. I want to personally apologize for the long wait. We're insanely proud of everything we've put together and can't wait for you to get your paws on it!
We intend to be in the app store this month.
Btw, we've set up a facebook community page. This is where I'll be posting frequent updates as we near the release of Turf.
http://www.facebook.com/TurfGeographyClub
Please join us!
Michael Tseng
Chief Geographer
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on May 1
Michael Tseng
commented on a projectAlso wanted to mention that the building of Turf has been a much greater undertaking than originally anticipated. We promise you'll be thrilled with the result once launched.
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on May 1
Michael Tseng
commented on a projectHey Lordlupus, We're really sorry that we've been so silent lately. We're on the verge of our release. There'll be some massive updates very soon We're launching this month for sure. Michael
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on March 30
Michael Tseng
commented on a project!!!!!!! WILL WE MAKE IT!!
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on March 9
Michael Tseng
commented on a project updateWe prefer cricket chirps...
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on March 6
Michael Tseng
backed a project
Instaprint - The location based photo booth for Instagram by BREAKFAST
Instaprint prints out Instagrams by watching out for any photos tagged with specific location or hashtags.
Funding Unsuccessful (04/29/2012) -
on March 6
Michael Tseng
Posted project update #19Bears Beets BSG
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on March 1
Michael Tseng
commented on a project updateNo can do! Geographer rank and up only for the time being. I assure you good sir that when we launch in a month you'll be most surprised by how awesome the game is.
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on February 28
Michael Tseng
commented on a project updatewe're diligently working on hammering out the last couple features so we can release in march
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on February 28
Michael Tseng
commented on a project update... magic
Michael Tseng
New York, NY
Interaction designer by day and amateur 8bit pixel pusher at night. (Michael often speaks in third person.) He'd like to help advance humanity towards the frontier by pioneering with a Best Made Co. axe in one hand and an iPad in the other. Michael prides h... view more
Looking forward to it