Comments on: Akoha: Is that all? http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/20/akoha-is-that-all/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/20/akoha-is-that-all/comment-page-1/#comment-41699 Fagstein Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:49:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2662#comment-41699 Come on, is a time machine too much to ask? You can run it on Debian. Come on, is a time machine too much to ask?

You can run it on Debian.

]]> By: Ausitn Hill http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/20/akoha-is-that-all/comment-page-1/#comment-41694 Ausitn Hill Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:02:48 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2662#comment-41694 Hi Steve, The current release of Akoha is just a starting point for our team and community of players. Like any newborn we'll need to take some time to grow into our potential, which will probably involve a few bumps and bruises along the way. We've gotten invaluable feedback and some great critiques from our players on how we can make Akoha a better experience for them. (The reviews have been pretty good so far, but our support queue is packed with great suggestions) Mark MacLeod did a great analysis of a few of our challenges we'll have to address as we grow (My own list of issues to deal with run's a lot longer, but he hit on many good ones). I'm sorry that our stealth period led you to believe we were working on a cold-fusion device that included a time machine in the back seat. Maybe once we finish figuring out how to make a game that makes the world a better place work, scale and continue to be engaging for our players we'll try to tackle that :) The rules of TechCrunch50 did require us to be stealth and not disclose the project, but we did in fact launch locally in Montreal to the Montreal technology community before launching in California. We did a private launch to 300 friends in the Montreal tech community which was the first time it was shown publicly. This not only allowed us to show it to the community that supports us, but also provided us with essential feedback & high priority bug lists that we were able to work on prior to the beta launch at TechCrunch. The support of the Montreal community who attended our Montreal launch was crucial as we made our way to California as they drove a ton of interest to Akoha through twitter & blogs. It was great we could introduce the project & team to our the local community first. -Austin Hi Steve,

The current release of Akoha is just a starting point for our team and community of players. Like any newborn we'll need to take some time to grow into our potential, which will probably involve a few bumps and bruises along the way. We've gotten invaluable feedback and some great critiques from our players on how we can make Akoha a better experience for them. (The reviews have been pretty good so far, but our support queue is packed with great suggestions)

Mark MacLeod did a great analysis of a few of our challenges we'll have to address as we grow (My own list of issues to deal with run's a lot longer, but he hit on many good ones).

I'm sorry that our stealth period led you to believe we were working on a cold-fusion device that included a time machine in the back seat. Maybe once we finish figuring out how to make a game that makes the world a better place work, scale and continue to be engaging for our players we'll try to tackle that :)

The rules of TechCrunch50 did require us to be stealth and not disclose the project, but we did in fact launch locally in Montreal to the Montreal technology community before launching in California. We did a private launch to 300 friends in the Montreal tech community which was the first time it was shown publicly. This not only allowed us to show it to the community that supports us, but also provided us with essential feedback & high priority bug lists that we were able to work on prior to the beta launch at TechCrunch.

The support of the Montreal community who attended our Montreal launch was crucial as we made our way to California as they drove a ton of interest to Akoha through twitter & blogs. It was great we could introduce the project & team to our the local community first.

-Austin

]]> By: Guillaume Theoret http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/20/akoha-is-that-all/comment-page-1/#comment-41647 Guillaume Theoret Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:18:33 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2662#comment-41647 I think you're on track with retention being a big issue. I went through half my deck nearly immediately when I got it and since then the rest of the cards have been sitting on my desk. I think you're on track with retention being a big issue. I went through half my deck nearly immediately when I got it and since then the rest of the cards have been sitting on my desk.

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