{"id":27,"date":"2016-09-29T16:43:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wearecentrifuge.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2017-01-02T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:00:20","slug":"the-story-of-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearecentrifuge.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/29\/the-story-of-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interference<\/a> started as a side project back in 2010, which Nathan made for friends and family to play, whilst working as a freelance Microsoft Trainer. It really gained momentum in 2012 when Berni was diagnosed with cancer and Nathan gave up that job to look after her.\u00a0There\u00a0followed eight gruelling months of operations and treatment including chemo and 33 sessions of radiotherapy. While Berni slept off the radiotherapy sessions in the afternoons Nathan needed something to keep his mind occupied \u2013 so he decided to learn how to make apps. He watched some videos by Bob Tabor<\/u><\/a> and produced a Windows 8 app version of Interference. As Windows 8 was new then, we were one of the first apps in the store and\u00a0Nathan was\u00a0given a certificate to say that\u00a0he is\u00a0one of the Windows Elite.<\/p>\n

\"Drawing<\/a>
Drawing by Sinus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also entered the app into Creative Bloq\u2019s Windows 8 App Generator Competition.\u00a0Happily, the game\u00a0was chosen as one of the top ten apps, we attended the prize-giving event on the 7th February 2013 London\u2019s Modern Jago<\/u><\/a>\u00a0.We won a Windows 8 Ultrabook, a Windows tablet and a Nokia Lumia 920 Windows phone. All very useful to test our future apps on! On top of this Interference was chosen to be on the front page of the store over Christmas 2012 \u2013 which helped us gain lots of new players.<\/p>\n

However, as we both had full time jobs we could not devote much time to develop the game or interact with the players. We see now that this was a big mistake!<\/p>\n

The problem was that bills had to be paid and Nathan was involved in setting up another company doing school apps. This took up all his work time \u2013 and much of our leisure time doing education trade shows and other events to promote them to the educational community. While we learnt a lot during the three years or so that we were actively involved with this, sadly our player base for Interference started to dwindle. Although we have over 35,000 registered players, there aren\u2019t that many playing day to day. Now that we DO have the time to devote solely to Interference, we have to find ways to get these players back and also attract many, many more! So, what have we done so far? Over to Nathan:<\/p>\n

\"Drawing<\/a>
Drawing by AuntTP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n