Tweet Lord

Six weeks ago Multi Axis Games began developing the first Twitter based online game. Last night at 9:30pm PST we made the beta open to the public. There is still a great deal of work to be done. Items and descriptions are being continuously added, new functions are being tested for inclusion, and the website itself could still use many loving tweaks, but it is a wonderful feeling to have launched a fun new game, and I want to take a moment to thank the great team members that have helped us get to this point.

Marcia Burrows was the first person we called after we had talked through the idea. She was immediately as excited as we were and has been a corner stone of the entire project. To any entrepreneurs reading this: Angel investment does not always turn up as a check. For our company, the most valuable investment we have ever received has been Marcia's donation of time and energy as a veteran programmer.

Sarah Ford took our ideas for avatars and developed an entire visual theme for the game which is charming and attractive without being gender biased. She's worked all night on a few occasions to provide the graphics, feedback, and testing we've needed. As a matter of fact, her testing was so enthusiastic and fireball filled, that the team unanimously pronounced her winner of the in house test.

Eli Owens has put in a tremendous number of hours each week doing anything and everything we've thrown at him. Be it data entry, html, flash, writing descriptions, creating images, tweaking images, tweaking files, or running tests, Eli has been willing to step up and do whatever was needed.

William Watson, Rebecca Nicol, Kat Eacrett, Gafar Ahmed, Carl Nicol, and Dmitry Lisenkoff have all managed to find time between school and work to throw in many hours each week to brainstorm, write descriptions, and whatever else was needed, and we could not have launched so quickly without their help and support.

It has been truly rewarding to work on such a fantastic project with so many wonderful people. We hope that everyone on Twitter has a great time playing the game we've put together. We're still in Beta, meaning we'll be working continually to improve and expand the game for the next week, and we welcome any and all feedback from those generous and curious enough to try out the game.