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3 weeks ago we announced the development of Havin!

Today I had the sudden realization that outside our little team, no one really knows anything about where we've taken this, or just how far we've progressed.

So here's where we stand. The initial plan was to use the "Ionic 2" framework for building this game. But that didn't work out as well as we had hoped. Ionic 2 is just under too much flux to be useful for building anything more complex than a toy. So after 3 weeks of fighting a losing battle with the fickle whims of the ionic 2 team, we switched over to ionic 1 and now we're moving like greased lightning!

I'll share more screenshots in my next update but we are most definitely on track for Halloween release.

But we need your help right now...

As we near the first release of Havin, we've realized that a game can get kind of boring without great music and fun sound effects. In fact, music and sound effects are important but subtle queues that "Hey this game is fun!", it keeps players interested in playing and so we went off in search of the perfect music for our game.

My all time favorite game music was in Super Mario 2!

It just makes me smile and there isn't a lot that really does that. I'm generally speaking a very grumpy person. So I was super excited when @badassbarbie found a composer who was willing to make some game music for us and when I told him Super Mario 2 style music would fit the bill nicely, he whipped out not one but two themes!

Now we've got a conundrum. Which to choose for our main theme?
https://soundcloud.com/user-971372954/intro1
https://soundcloud.com/user-971372954/intro2

So go ahead and cast your vote. Intro 1 or Intro 2 which do you prefer?

From here on out we'll be posting updates at least 2x weekly, on Mondays and Fridays.
If you'd like to join the alpha test team and help vet the ui, go to google play and install "ionic creator" and we'll post the creator code in our next update. Next week's update will feature #blocktrades integration because the app does have a spendable purse and we want you to be able to spend at locations that already accept bitcoin.

Everyone who contributes at this stage will get a special, limited edition item for their character, that will only be available to alpha testers!