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April 25, 2005
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Started our "Blog Blitz" marketing campaign targeting the top 30 gaming blogs on the net.
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April 14, 2005
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Completed editing of our second gameplay video.
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April 11, 2005
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Completed final project brief for our professors. it is a good summary of much of the behind the scenes work that has been completed for this project. This document can now be found in the "Text" section of this site.
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April 8, 2005
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Completed an initial GUI design specification for the next phase of this project.
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April 2, 2005
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Completed filming of our second gameplay video.
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March 21, 2005
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Games update: we have now played more games than we can count. Approximately 50 other students have also now played games of GoFast at varying levels of difficulty.
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March 7, 2005
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After receiving feedback regarding our first video of GoFast being played, we have decided to create a second video that better illustrates a go of GoFast being played.
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February 28, 2005
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Started distributing GoFast to game tests and early adopters at many different universities around the globe to solicit more feedback prior to publicly launching GoFast.
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February 26, 2005
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Wrote initial documentation necessary for mass deployment of GoFast to the general public.
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February 25, 2005
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Wrote a rebut of our gamedev.net critics. It can be found here.
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February 24, 2005
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Appeared on the gamedev.net site; apparently a lot of people there think GoFast is a stupid idea. Good for them. Received first international request to test GoFast.
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February 23, 2005
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Appeared on joystik.com. Received a lot of praise (mostly from parents), requests to play, suggestions and questions via e-mail. Had 1000's of individuals this site and view our gameplay video.
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February 23, 2005
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Participated in SFU's annual open house; received only praise and requests to play. Also had suggested various GoFast applications that we had not previously considered.
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February 22, 2005
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Started to promote GoFast, via this site, to various online media outlets.
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February 21, 2005
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Video of GoFast added to web site, BitTorrent tracker and download mirrors. This site now ready for a massive influx of traffic. :-)
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February 20, 2005
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All web site content now up to date. Site mostly optimized for slashdot.
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February 18, 2005
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Large GoFast marketing poster created and sent away for professional printing in preparation for the upcoming SFU Open House in which GoFast will be featured.
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January 2005
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Forth and fifth design/develop/test iterations completed. Game server and client finally deemed to be "stable." Construction of this web site was started. Game officially named GoFast.
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December 2004
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Third design/develop/test iteration completed. Testing found many flaws in the game design. However, the key objectives of the game were met with this iteration of the prototype game.
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November 2004
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The first two design/develop/test iterations of the game were completed.
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October 2004
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Analysis of how the game should be developed (i.e. game theme, basis, objective, etc). Game technicalities assessed other considerations examined.
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October 2004
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Research was conducted on possible competitors, video gaming market share, cost of development, etc. Research suggested that there was a demand for new approaches to computer gaming.
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September 2004
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A niche was found in gaming that demanded a different means of interacting with video games and a new outlook on the whole gaming experience.
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