Crayon Physics Deluxe has gone beta (or how wrong was I!)
A while ago, I wrote about Crayon Physics:
I once read that $30 was the upper limit price point for what people will pay without too much thought. That makes sense when you think of CDs, DVDs or other items.
Would I pay more?? I don’t know. Maybe if it came out in a week or so.
But if this takes much longer my attention span will disappear and he will have gone from a $40 sale to nothing…
Well on a whim, I decided to pre-order the game. This allows me to be part of the beta program.
First impression? This game is brilliant! I wrote previously that I would have paid $40 (rrp $20).
It is hard to describe how well done it is. The game is well polished, the music is brilliant and the concept (drawing on a screen) is very very well done.
If you remember back to the good ol’ Commodre 64 days, it’s like seeing Summer Games or Impossible Mission for the first time. Or playing Doom on a PC.
That being said, the “beta” version is restricted and only has the first 18 levels. That might sound a lot, but this includes the tutorial. If you took longer than half an hour to do all 18 then there is something wrong with you.
I am disappointed that the game was completed so quick. This smells more like a marketing / promotion exercise than a beta program.
Regardless, the game is very well done and I think it is the beginning of a genre of games.
Rock on!
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Google Upgrade
Yesterday I noticed that the Google Search results look a little different:
Managed Services Search Result in Google
I thought I’d had an upgrade to one of my Firefox plugins. Aparently not!
I read a post by Sebastian who couldn’t make heads or tails of it. That inspired me to post this – thanks Sebastian!
Search for something on Google then you can vote up or comment wiki style. I’ve used the Managed Services example above because our Company pays a hefty amount for that term.
Like Seth suggests, I believe the primary users of Adwords will jump in to game the system.
Who knows where it will go!?
Rock on!
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Pachelbel’s Canon
I’ve put together a website for my partner: www.arcostringquartet.com Michele is a Professional Violinist.
Their market is background music for weddings and corporate functions.
One of the challenges when putting together something like this is what to include and what to leave out.
Apart from what you look like, the Repertoire List is the main focus of the site. The problem is, while everyone has heard it before, you may not know the difference between The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) and Overture to Marriage of Figaro (Mozart).
I found this Pachelbel Canon on youtube:
Rock on!
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FOUR-FOOT DIAL SHOWS MYSTERIES
Link (from Seth Godin)
FOUR-FOOT DIAL SHOWS PHONES MYSTERIES
The intricacies of using the dial telephone come easily to students at a western secretarial school, where a four-foot dial was recently rigged up to explain its mysteries.
Not a dummy, the big dial actually works. It is connected with two telephones, an amplifying apparatus, and a loudspeaker. When the instructor dials a number, the loudspeaker reproduces, so that all may hear them, the typical sounds that will be heard; and the instructor explains to the pupils what they mean.
I love it!
Everything new for a while…
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Take & Get
I have struggled many times in the past dealing with staff.
In particular, Gen Y.
Seth Goddin did a post on Getting vs Taking
Most people spend a lot of time to get an education.
They wait for the teacher (hopefully a great one) to give them something of value.Many employees do the same thing at work. They wait for a boss (hopefully a great one) to give them responsibility or authority or experiences that add up to a career.
A few people, not many, but a few, take. They take the best education they can get, pushing teachers for more, finding things to do, exploring non-defined niches. They take more courses than the minimum, they invent new projects and they show up with questions.
A few people, not many, take opportunities at work
I think then the better questions to ask is: (As your Manager) What do I need to ask for you to take?
Why wouldn’t you take?
What do you think?
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Crayon Physics first prize at IGF
Congratulations to Petri Purho. His game Crayon Physics, just took out this year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF).
Read about it here
I saw this game in early Dec 07. Right from the start this looks brilliant but I’ve found it frustrating how long this has taken.
I can understand the delayed release strategy though. In early December, it would have been a great free game.
As time passed on, I still would have happily paid US$10 – $20 for it.
Now that it has won first prize??? Who knows how much he Petri will charge for it.
I once read that $30 was the upper limit price point for what people will pay without too much thought. That makes sense when you think of CDs, DVDs or other items.
Would I pay more?? I don’t know. Maybe if it came out in a week or so.
But if this takes much longer my attention span will disappear and he will have gone from a $40 sale to nothing…
Rock on!
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