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It’s weird to think that barely six weeks ago, we ushered in a new year and trudged sleepily into Kelvin Grove on a Monday to face an empty room.  Now we’re like family; joking around, getting mad at each other, working together… and it’s all going to finish soon. It’s a sad thought, but we all have bigger and better things to go on to. Maybe someday we’ll all be back together again, but when this is all over… I know I’m going to miss everyone. There’s been no day when I don’t think about how lucky I am to have been a part of this. I have some great friends that I have made here and I hope to stay in contact with them all.

Now that I’ve my sentimental blubbering, I should tackle today’s events. Today we had a visit from Tim and Matt from Internode Games Network. They toured the studio (while I buzzed around taking happy snaps which you can find on Flickr) and learned more about the project. Meanwhile, Alex and I were working hard on breaking things. Yep, that’s right. Breaking things. We managed to get into Rory’s mini-games and worked on trying to break the builds in the most imaginative ways possible. This may be construed as harsh, but think of it this way: if we break it, chances are other people can too. So better that they find our breakages before the game goes public rather than it being released completely bugged-up.

The board are due in tomorrow (le gasp!), so I had to put all the recording equipment on charge tonight so that they would be ready for tomorrow morning when I arrive. All the programmers (the ever-stressed Rory included) are wringing their hands in despair, but I think… no, I KNOW they’ll come through for us. We have a great team.

And so, in our final days, I say to you this:

Singularly, this has been a blast. I am proud to have been a part of it and hope that the higher-ups decide to run it next year. Because who knows, maybe next year there’ll be a young woman with a background in marketing and a head for design who can have fun and learn so much from her friends.

Just like me.

Take care,

~@ Phantomess_Jekyll (Gemma)

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