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 Thursday, August 14, 2003

I finally have another release of FreshFish available for download.  I think this version looks quite a bit nicer (thanks to Angela for providing some updated graphics), and the usability is drastically improved.  Most of the improvements though are in the underlying game engine, since I had a number of things wrong with rules, end-game, and certain game states in the previous version.  I do still have a ways to go though... some other points:

  • If you don't know how to play, read the rules.
  • Scott Hanselman sat down for some pair programming with me and gave some great advice, most of which made it into this version.  His most striking comment was this: "Is it a game or a business application?"  This hit home... the use of status bar, menu bar, etc. does make it look too much like an office productivity tool.  Expect a makeover in the next release.
  • I hope the rules are solid in this version, since I really would like to move onto networked play.  Please report any issues you see.

Have fun!

posted on Friday, August 15, 2003 3:24:05 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Comments [1]
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