<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Hi everyone,</span></font></div><div><span style="line-height: 26px; font-family: 'Fjord One', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 26px; font-family: 'Fjord One', serif; font-size: x-large;">I’ve been making great progress on Tidepool, our programmable game world for kids, though haven’t talked much about it this summer. Yesterday I resumed my development log, with daily details and screenshots for those interested. The programming interface is really coming along.</span></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">blog: <a href="http://playtidepool.com/news/">http://playtidepool.com/news/</a></span></font></div><div><span style="line-height: 26px; font-family: 'Fjord One', serif; font-size: x-large;">rss: <a href="http://playtidepool.com/news/feed/">http://playtidepool.com/news/feed/</a></span></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">We’ve also picked some solid release dates. For too long, I’ve treated Tidepool as a pet project with “when it’s done” aspirations. From here on, I’ll timebox each release as I would with a client.</span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">So, mark your calendar … beta release on December 1st … official “gold” release on March 20th. These dates will not change.</span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">We’re planning a release party on March 20th with an equinox bonfire in our backyard, so if you’re able to make it out for the weekend, we’ll make room for you. One way or another, my twenty-one months of work will be done, so come celebrate or commiserate.</span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Take care,</span></font></div><div><font face="Fjord One, serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Tim</span></font></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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