How did the idea for Dr. Popper come about?
Bill Reiss: A couple of years ago when XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Beta 1 was released, I wanted to kick the tires on it. For me, the best way is to try to write something real and see what I run into. My daughter who was in second grade at the time was playing this bubble popper game after school in extended day care. She had me download and install it at home, and I decided to write an updated version of it using XNA. It seems that girls 5-12 in general like the game, I’ve had a few people tell me it’s their daughter’s favorite game. I’ve also heard a lot of girlfriends like it, but I like it too so I don’t know what that says about me. As for getting it to Xbox, Ultrahead inspired me to go ahead and do it, and Joe Healy who is my local Microsoft Developer Evangelist gently pushed me to make a Zune version which actually made it a lot easier to get it working on Xbox. Question: How large was the team that created Dr. Popper and how long did it take to develop? BR: For development it
