Blog 005 - English Craze Screenshot, Vlogs and Update

Hello, Gavin here,

Sorry for not posting an update in a while, I've been busy working on E.C. (English Craze). Myself and Andrew have been working a good bit on E.C. over the past month and we're thrilled by the current progress of the software :)

I have a good bit of news to talk about, so I think I'll start with E.C. and how its coming along. We are delighted to say that the Poem Tool is coming along nicely and that we are nearly finished developing it, which is great, because that means we can then move onto : The Play Tool. The current number of lines wrote for the Poem Tool stand at 2,233 (nice number huh?) and I think I should have 4,000 lines wrote by the end of the week. We are also pleased to announce that we have released a screen shot of The Poem Tool (now remember the software is still in extreme beta stages):

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This screen shot show cases the poet's profile in which the student can learn about the poet and also visit his/her poems. The layout is designed to relax students (and also for looking great!).

The software has updated some more after this screen shot was taken, and we're hoping to release an updated picture soon.

Some more good news:

We dispatched some of our Maths Craze games to people who have bought the game awhile ago, and we would like to apologize them for the delay, we had alot of work on our hands at the time.

We would also love to announce that we have updated Maths Craze to version 1.3! This new version includes the following updates :

• A new added feature in which the parent/teacher can set a limit to the question difficulty for a child/student
• An XML error has been fixed
• Some coding rewrites
• Engine rewrite for the editor
  

Ok, now that I've discussed English Craze and Maths Craze, I'll like to move on to something fun! Myself and Andrew have decided to use a different camera of mine...instead of the Rollei camera we've been using, we'll be using the Samsung L83t 8.2 Mega Pixels. I love this camera, and for future vlogs we will be using this with our new intro that I have made in Sony Vegas (check it out on Vlog Day 8).

Well, I'm signing off,

Stay Tuned,

Gavin Kenna
G.A. Learning

Blog 004 - Ta Da!

Hello, Gavin here,

Well, today has been really eventful (even though I seem to say that every blog/vlog) but it was! I managed to get the Poem Tool Editor done, which means we can move onto the Poem Tool, woop!
Also Andrew has got the website up and running , which you can find here : http://galearning.110mb.com (Go on...visit it...you know you want to)

OK, now that I have the main stuff out of the way, you may have noticed that we have uploaded Vlog Day 6, check that out, a pretty good Vlog today if I-do-say-so-myself. From Vlog Day 7 onwards, we will be using wide screen for You Tube, so be sure to check that out, the quality of each video will be better, I promise you that :)

Oh, I almost forgot to say, since we are going to be working on the Poem Tool now, we might just surprise you all at the end of the week with a very exclusive screen-shot, so, don't forget to check up on this blog and our vlogs on You Tube to stay up-to-date ;)

Just to inform people, we will be heading back up to our school tomorrow morning to take yet another people for the main menu (yes I know...we already took approx. 50 pictures) but we really want the design to look great, and Andrew has a good vision of how the game will look, so, I put my trust in him.

Also, we are hoping to annoy Jolyne from our school (you can see her in our vlogs in Vlog Day 4) , which is usually fun :)

Well, I'm signing off,

Stay Tuned,

Gavin Kenna
G.A. Learning

Blog 003 - Website and other matters.

Hello, Gavin here.

Well today was quite a busy day for myself and Andrew. Today we worked on the website (found here) , the game and packaging the Maths Craze game for all the people who have paid and haven't received the game and also for the people who haven't paid.
The Maths Craze game now has a new case and stylish cover, and I'm hoping to get a picture of that onto this blog to showcase. Oh, and before I forget, the official price of Maths Craze is €6.99 , and if purchased online, delivery charges apply. You can purchase the game here : CLICK

Now onto the website. Today we worked on the website, such as setting up a web gallery, updating the news section and the homepage section, stuff like that. It is coming along really nicely ! The new theme and skin to it makes it look amazing.

Now on to some fun stuff. Today we were also checking out a merchandise site which can make merchandise for a company, and we were looking at making G.A. Learning T-shirts for the both of us, and also pens and journals, to make the company more official and professional.

As I'm writing this blog, I generally think of an amazing event which happened today, and then the thought vanishes and I get very annoyed, but fortunately I remember what it is now : English Craze. Today was a pretty eventful day in terms of English Craze, as I got the user control of the Poem Editor for the Poem Tool done. I can now add poems to the game !

As for the art of the game, Andrew has the Official Logo for G.A. Learning done, meaning there wont be hundreds of the logo of G.A. Learning floating around, only one. I can't wait to show you all the logo, it looks superb!

Well, I'm signing off,

Stay Tuned,

Gavin Kenna
G.A. Learning