Our Team had a great meeting last night.
We made progress on a number of fronts.
Jeremy is going to re-visit and probably re-write much of the parsing code he did in the summer in order to try and speed up the downloading of Gmail. Also, we have made a decision to limit the number of emails downloaded. So, the user will download only their first Gmail to number 1,000. This will allow for faster downloads, and it will give users a chance to actually "beat" the game.
Dave has been creating some great music. He's working on a few more seasonal, ambient songs and an intro song.
Eric is finishing his amazing art and animation. We should have a testable beta by the end of the semester.
After Thanksgiving, I am going to begin work on getting IRB approval for interviewing participants. By the end of spring semester, we hope to have a publishable paper with, hopefully, very rich empirical data.
Way to go Jay and design team - this looks awesome!! I can't wait to try it out! Congratulations on getting this off the ground. Yay!
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