[ANN] Merry Stykzmas! Stykz Public Beta for Mac is Released

[James Hurley]

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> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:57:11 -0600
> From: Ken Ray <kray at sonsothunder.com>
> Subject: [ANN] Merry Stykzmas!  Stykz Public Beta for Mac is Released
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> Hey everyone! I wanted to let you all know that I've *finally*  
> gotten the
> public beta of the Mac version of the stick figure animation  
> program Stykz
> out the door and on its own site (www.stykz.net).

So that is what has become of that stick figure. I didn't see that  
coming . I thought it was just to be a stick figure. Very inventive.  
VERY SLICK.

>
> Some of you who were at the last RevCon in Las Vegas may recall me
> discussing Stykz and the impact that stick figure animation has had  
> on my
> children and how popular it has become.

I can see how the kids would be thrilled with it. It empowers them!  
Gives them a chance to be creative in a very rich environment.

That is what I saw in Turtle Graphics some years ago. TG is a bit  
more advance, but again it gives children a chance to be in control.  
When I was a kid, that first opportunity to be in control was sitting  
next to my father when he was driving and him letting me take the  
wheel--cars had bench seats in those days. Got to go LEFT, RIGHT,  
FORWARD, BACK (well maybe not BACK) with an entire car.

And I can't begin to image the work that went into the polish--above  
and beyond. Congratulations!

Jim Hurley