Close to the edit

We are pushing hard for a submission candidate this week, and a lot of stuff is flying in quickly.  We have a whole new UI, we finalised the tutorial, we (almost) locked down the scoring and difficulty ramp, the achievements are in final balancing, all the assets are getting final polish… this is that special time when everything comes together and the whole experience jumps up several notches on the quality meter, and the taste of red bull and pizza mingle together and merge with the dizziness from a month of late nights to form a sort of higher state of consciousness, and then time seems to slow down and world becomes sharp and clear and you realise that everything is nothing and the universe contracts to a point of pure infinity… and you wake up and realise you fell asleep at your desk.

In other words, it’s high time for a few pictures of the team looking their best!

Jez demonstrates the food-ordering skills that keep the team fuelled for the win.  This guy negotiates so hard, by the time he’s finished they are paying us to eat.  No kidding.

Michael hard at work.  While asleep.  That’s when his best work happens

Nick contemplates the scrum board of almighty justice.  Every time we put an orange star on the board, a kitten is born!

Will is happy because the burn down chart touched the ideal line for the first time ever!  Shame it doesn’t actually go down to zero.

Jason immersed in the wacky world of SQL queries.  He loves this job because he gets to write code that starts with the word “JSON”

Mattias cooking up some icon magic.  Dude, I know it’s hot in the kitchen, but put some clothes on.  Seriously.

Tom contemplates the serene beauty of Portuguese localisation.

Kevin rocking the iPad2, in all its bloomy motion-blurry glory