What sort of development tools are used by the team?
Jani: I used Jetro for coding of the prototype – that proved to be a good choice. Our tools are all standard stuff: Visual Studio, Photoshop, Maya, et cetera, but the one thing I’d like emphasize is the importance and usefulness of a wiki in our company. We set one up right in the beginning, grew into using it, and now it’s an essential element in our communication and production. Jetro: You can guess I used Jani as the tool to test out things and refine gameplay ideas. He also replaced my placeholder graphics with better placeholders. What do you think the most interesting element of your game is? Jani: The emergent rhythms, absolutely. There’s a wonderful chaotic element to the game, with balls bouncing around, and suddenly with a little tweaking a rhythm pattern appears. It’s spontaneous and rewarding. About how many people have contributed to Cinnamon Beats, and what has the development process been like? Jetro: Well, I kind of stole the time to start to code on the first proto, wh
