Updates during 1999 Part 1

As usual there's a new online poll this month and you can read the results from last month by clicking here.

The Jama 3D beta (or alpha beta) is out. It really looks like a very nice program. It's got some very nice features and it isn't too hard to use.

I've totaled up the results from the latest Online Poll. It looks like most people draw their graphics from within their Click program. You won't be able to do this in Jama 3D...

The beta version of Jama 3D is coming out in less then two weeks. People are very excited about Jama's arrival. The beta version will be completely free to download off of Clickteam's web page. The finished version of Jama 3D probably won't be available until September.

Be sure to do this month's Online Poll!

I've added some more links. If you have some questions about MMF you might want to check out Sprite's MMF faq.

There have been more comments on the topic of Jama 3D. Go to the Online Poll results to read another letter I got about it.

At the bottom of my Direction Calculator page I've added another link to an extensions page.

MMF users can now try out Direction Destroyers Calculator Combat, the example game for the Direction Calculator. The C&C version of the example game did not work very well in MMF for some reason. This special MMF version works great.

Find out the results about the Jama 3D poll by clicking here. Be sure to do this month's poll as well.

Want to see something else I've created that doesn't have to do with the Click products? Take a look at my online Jonah comic book. I drew the whole thing myself. Check it out by clicking here.

This month's update was delayed a few days by some technical problems, but they're fixed now.

I've added another link.

We had a whole lot of people participate in last month's poll. Check out the results by clicking here.

Jama 3D is coming out sometime this summer so I thought it might be a good time to find out what people think about it. Clickteam has told us an offal lot about it, as well as answering many questions people have asked them in their Web Board. Click here to visit their web page on it.

Jama 3D will be an amazing package for creating real time 3D games. It will let you program your game entirely using JavaScript. They've told us it will cost about $80 for the home version and $2500 for the pro version. The only difference between the two is that the home version will have a small Jama 3D logo at the end of every game made with it. You are allowed to make games and sell them with either version.

This could be a really cool program, but there are a few things I think people should know about it. The fact that it uses Java Script gives it far more power then Multimedia Fusion, but also makes it harder for people to learn who do not know how to program. Also, when it first comes out there will be no built in movements. If you want to make a racecar game you have to program how a racecar moves from scratch using JavaScript. Another thing to keep in mind is that you cannot create your own 3D models from within Jama 3D. If you don't own 3D Studio Max or some program like it you may have to just use the 3D models that come with Jama.

I think Jama 3D will be an excellent package, but people need to know that it's not going to be just a 3D version of The Games Factory. What do you think about it? From what you've heard do you plan on buying it? Let us know by doing this month's online poll.

Looking for extensions? At the bottom of the Direction Calculator page I've added a list of other sites where you can find extensions to download.

I've removed the welcoming Vitalize app from the top of this page because of a bug I found with Vitalize. Vitalize seemed to crash some users' machines if they were running Internet Explorer 5 and went to a page with more then one Vitalize app on it. I hope no one has had this happen to them on my page.

Be sure to do this month's Online Poll. And don't forget to view the results from last month's poll.

Cyber Stuff has reviewed Space Combat and given it a 95%. He says, "This is the best screen saver I have ever seen, and I am not lying." Click here to read the review.

I've done an update on the links page. You'll find that I've added another site as well as cleaning off some out of date links.

You can no longer order Klik & Play from the Maxis Garage sale. If you are still looking for Klik & Play either order it from Europress or wait for Clickteam to release it as shareware. They wanted to make it freeware, but they couldn't get permission from the other companies so they are going to put it out as shareware. They say it will cost around $10 to register. The Games Factory will also soon come out as shareware.

Both Klik & Play and the Games Factory have downloadable demos at the Europress download site.

If you haven't already been to my page that tells where to order each product I suggest you visit it now by clicking here.

Once again we have a new Online Poll this month. Find out the results to last months poll by clicking here. You may only take part in each poll once, but feel free to participate in every month's poll.

UglyDude K has given me a link to another place where you can order Multimedia Fusion from. If you haven't already ordered MMF go to PROVANTAGE.COM and get it for only 77.84.

I've added a new question for the online poll. I encourage you to give your opinions on Vitalize. I'm eager to see what people think about it. You can find out the results of last month's poll by clicking here.

Once again there are some new links to look at. One of the new ones is the ClickTeam web site. If you haven't been there before I encourage you to do so now. The first time I went there I learned some very interesting things. They are the makers of KnP, CnC, TGF and MMF. They plan to give Klik & Play away as freeware on their web site as soon as they can. There's a new article to read about Multimedia Fusion every week. Best of all you can learn about their plans for a program called Jama 3D. It's going to be sort of like a 3D version of Multimedia Fusion.

The updates from 1998 have been archived to decrease the download time on this main page.