codecombat/app/templates/about.jade
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h2(data-i18n="about.who_is_codecombat")
| Who is CodeCombat?
p
a(href="http://georgesaines.com/") George
span ,
a(href="http://scotterickson.info/") Scott
span ,
span(data-i18n="general.and") and
span
a(href="http://www.nickwinter.net") Nick
span
span(data-i18n="about.who_description_prefix")
| together started CodeCombat in 2013. We also created
a(href="http://www.skritter.com/") Skritter
span
span(data-i18n="about.who_description_suffix")
| in 2008, growing it to the #1 web and iOS application
| for learning to write Chinese and Japanese characters.
p(data-i18n="about.who_description_ending")
| Now it's time to teach people to write code.
h2(data-i18n="about.why_codecombat")
| Why CodeCombat?
p(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_1")
| When making Skritter, George didn't know how to program and was constantly
| frustrated by his inability to implement his ideas. Afterwards,
| he tried learning, but the lessons were too slow. His housemate,
| wanting to reskill and stop teaching, tried Codecademy, but "got bored."
| Each week another friend started Codecademy, then dropped off.
| We realized it was the same problem we'd solved with Skritter:
| people learning a skill via slow, intensive lessons when what they need is fast,
| extensive practice. We know how to fix that.
p(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_2")
| Need to learn to code? You don't need lessons.
| You need to write a lot of code and have a great time doing it.
p
span(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_3_prefix")
| That's what programming is about. It's gotta be fun.
| Not fun like
span
i(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_3_italic")
| yay a badge
span
span(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_3_center")
| but fun like
span
i(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_3_italic_caps")
| NO MOM I HAVE TO FINISH THE LEVEL!
span
span(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_3_suffix")
| That's why CodeCombat is a multiplayer game,
| not a gamified lesson course. We won't stop
| until you can't stop--but this time, that's a good thing.
p(data-i18n="about.why_paragraph_4")
| If you're going to get addicted to some game,
| get addicted to this one and become one of the wizards of the tech age.
p.lead
span(data-i18n="about.why_ending")
| And hey, it's free.
a(href="/", data-i18n="about.why_ending_url")
| Start wizarding now!
ul.col-sm-6.team-column
ul.thumbnails
li.row
img(src="/images/pages/about/george.jpg").img-polaroid
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h3
a(href="http://georgesaines.com") George Saines
p(data-i18n="about.george_description")
| CEO, business guy, web designer, game designer,
| and champion of beginning programmers everywhere.
li.row
img(src="/images/pages/about/scott.jpg").img-polaroid
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h3
a(href="http://scotterickson.info") Scott Erickson
p(data-i18n="about.scott_description")
| Programmer extraordinaire, software architect,
| kitchen wizard, and master of finances.
| Scott is the reasonable one.
li.row
img(src="/images/pages/about/nick.jpg").img-polaroid
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h3
a(href="http://www.nickwinter.net") Nick Winter
p(data-i18n="about.nick_description")
| Programming wizard, eccentric motivation mage,
| and upside-down experimenter.
| Nick can do anything and chooses to build CodeCombat.
li.row
img(src="/images/pages/about/jeremy.jpg").img-polaroid
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h3
Jeremy Arns
p(data-i18n="about.jeremy_description")
| Customer support mage, usability tester,
| and community organizer; you've probably
| already spoken with Jeremy.
li.row
img(src="/images/pages/about/michael.jpg").img-polaroid
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h3
a(href="http://michaelschmatz.com/") Michael Schmatz
p(data-i18n="about.michael_description")
| Programmer, sys-admin, and undergrad technical wunderkind,
| Michael is the person keeping our servers online.