We're back

[joeb]

Couple of weeks. I'm trying to avoid a trip to Minneapolis (I'm a Wells Fargo system engineer). I live in Arizona and it'll probably take me a week or so to thaw out when I get back.
We're trying to have as few issues as possible when we do release it. Taking Vern's advice I've tried to do a multiple path to goal scenario in places and it takes a little while to make sure I haven't missed any paths.
This will probably be a

hard

mansion. In several places I've used ladder jumps (thank you Freddy) and a technique that I don't know if anyone else has used. There is a rope/chain/cable hanging down from under the brick you're on. You walk off and immediately press the arrow key to move under where you were standing and grab the climbing object. I also have

blind faith

platforms where the only apparent move is to walk into a hole but the room underneath has a falling platform. I know these are outside of the standards but they do add a need to think and act quick.
The toughest thing to get used to is JAC. He acts and reacts to objects a little differently than Jack because of the different collision edges of his graphics and the fact that he doesn't jump but uses rockets in his feet so he's wider in jumps than the original Jack.
The piece that's taking the most time right now is the sound. This is my first effort into modifying the sound and getting all the levels to work together is a challenge. Plus we're also writing the new music clips from scratch using Garageband, Soundtrack Pro and Audacity.
I'll keep everyone posted on status

joeb