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`23.Mar.2007` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	DiscreetFX: Game programming contest Press release Chicago, Illinois – March 23rd, 2007 -- Visual FX company DiscreetFX LLC Inc., offers $1000 to the developer or team that can create a three level demo of a platform game starring Hottie, in the classic gaming style of Arabian Nights, Shadow of the Beast, Nicky Boom, Zool, etc. "I have noticed game development for Amiga has seemed to stagnant and want to help change that, stated DiscreetFX's CEO. So begins a fun contest to sharpen your Amiga game creation coding skills. The three level demo you create will need to run on classic Amiga's and WinUAE/E-UAE/PSPUAE. We don't care so much if it is AGA or Amiga 500 specific. We care more of the quality and polish that will go into the demo. The game will need to star Hottie, DiscreetFX's leading virtual character. Runner up prizes will also be offered and the winner will get a chance to complete the game and release it on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, and other gaming systems. More information will be available at the title link in the next week. For more information about this contest please contact DiscreetFX. About DiscreetFX: DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the video editing, computer graphics market when it went on sale in 1985. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 23. Mar. 2007, 18:56] [Comments: 1 - 30. Mar. 2007, 22:14] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Mar.2007` IOSPIRIT GmbH (ANF)	IOSPIRIT GmbH quits the Amiga market Press release IOSPIRIT GmbH ends its Amiga business on the 1st of April 2007. In the future, IOSPIRIT GmbH will be focusing solely on its Mac® products. In order to better serve the needs of that market and to be able to process incoming orders faster and more efficiently, a reimplementation of the shop system is currently being worked on. The reasons for the decision to no longer operate in the Amiga market are as follows: We want to fully commit to developing Mac® products in the future The big additional overhead that would be necessary to integrate (permanent) support for download and package versions of Amiga software into the new concept and the drawbacks that would come with this for the majority of our customers - which today are Mac® users The decreasing demand for Amiga products and the the situation of the Amiga market in general IOSPIRIT's own Amiga titles will no longer be available beyond April, 1st, 2007 - except of course for remaining stock at dealers. The future distribution as well as development and support of IBrowse will be handled directly by the IBrowse development team. You can find their website at ibrowse-dev.net. Many thanks go to All of our customers and users for being loyal for so many years, which has made the development of our Amiga titles possible in the first place; All developer and scene buddies for the many interesting, reflective, funny, educational, helpful and amicable moments, anecdotes and experiences; All those, who have always been there to help with mental and moral support and an independant, second opinion. We wish all of you all the best for the future and would be happy to see you again over in the Mac® market. If you are interested in what we are currently working on, you can find our Mac® products at iospirit.com. Sincerly, Felix Schwarz (snx) [News message: 23. Mar. 2007, 17:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Mar.2007` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	DiscreetFX: Winner of the PageStream-lottery are notified DiscreetFX has notified the winner of the PageStream-lottery today (amiga-news.de reports). One Lizenz for PageStream 5.0 are won by: Vicente Gimeno Varthall, Steffan Hallin, John Ryan, Steve Etherington and Korey Miller. (snx) (Translation: aj) [News message: 19. Mar. 2007, 16:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Mar.2007`	CD-Writer software: MakeCD available for free The CD-Writer software MakeCD, written by Patrick Ohly and Angela Schmidt, which has been shareware before, is now available for free. The authors write: "MakeCD used to be shareware and some shops sold boxed versions with licenses. This worked well in the past and we are thankful to everyone who found MakeCD worth paying for. However, MakeCD sales have long ago stopped being a relevant source of income for us. At the same time it has become harder and harder for interested users to get hold of a MakeCD license as more and more Amiga shops ceased business. Therefore we decided to draw a line and stop selling MakeCD altogether: now it is available for free. You still need a valid license key for the existing binaries, which can be obtained at the title link. Thanks again to all users and distributors who paid for MakeCD licenses, your support has been priceless. I hope you understand that making MakeCD available for free is necessary to ensure that users who want to use it can do so. The status of MakeCD does not change because of it: it is considered stable. We will ensure that it keeps working on Amiga compatible systems." (snx) [News message: 10. Mar. 2007, 17:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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