Mon 15 Feb 2010
Preparing to debut a beta of “dorothy”
Posted by Brian Busche under Flash, ActionScript, Flash games, Weird
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I still haven’t come up with a decent working title for my farm-based tornado game. I wasn’t trying to make another Farmville, so I’m not sure I want “farm” in the name, but I guess it couldn’t hurt. At any rate, still calling it Dorothy until something better comes along. I’m pretty sure I can’t (or shouldn’t) use that name for legal reasons.
So I am hoping to spend a solid 8 hours today just tightening things up a bit. I have about 700 things I want to change/try/upgrade, but that kind of scope creep will ensure that I am still talking about the upcoming release a year from now. I think its best to just get version 1.0 out there and see if people play it, then think about new features. After all, this Flash game is really just meant to get my feet wet with the Mochi API and their network. I hope to simply use it as a means to learn what I can accomplish by publishing games this way.
So tonight I will get some live feedback from the folks at the Adobe User Group Chicago, when they kindly allow me to spend 15 minutes showing them a beta release. I’m not sure there is even 15 minutes of entertainment there, but maybe somebody will ask questions





