• 2 2D Graphicians: Needed to do 2 dimensional graphics for games and applications
• 1 3D Graphician: We already have two. We used to have 3 but one's gone AWOL, so we need another.
• 1 2D Icon and Sprite Designer: Needed to design attractive MWB AND NewIcons/GlowIcons for our products
• 2 AmigaGuide documentation writers: For writing documentation for our products based on text we give you. Other things will be required of you too, not just documentation writing.
• As many permanent beta testers as we can find: To test our products...
• 2 HTML Expert: For use on new projects, Possible online documentation creation too.
• Developers: Any programming language at all! You get an idea for a product, you have the rest of Trogladite Software at your disposal to help you make it.
• 1 Admin Assistant: Required to help with user interaction and questions.
• Ideas people!: Just give us ideas on what to make!
• Musicians: To create music for our games, etc. MED and Tracker formats only.

From:    ThomasSteiding epic@swol.de
To:      Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:    Mon, 09 08:00:00 10:10:38 +0100
Subject: Preseerklärung

Press Release

Pagan Games and Epic Marketing are happy to announce a long term cooperation.
This cooperation means that Epic Marketing will publish all Pagan Games
developed in the next couple of years.

Says Vince Pike of Epic: "This will
be a strong cooperation where both partners can concentrate on what they
are doing best: Pagan Games can concentrate on delivering top quality
games and Epic on the Marketing aspect. We look at this as a very strong
partnership which will deliver high quality products to the Amiga community."

Jason Hayman of Pagan Games, one of the co-founders of the Pagan Group adds:
"Our relationship with Epic allows us a stable and supported base for future
development of all Pagan Gamesin the next 3 years. We see this as a long term
deal with Epic with a very promising future for us both. We are the largest
development group on the Amiga with over 20 members working on 3 projects -
and we are still hiring more!"

The first product to be released will be the Amiga title "Dafel:Bloodline",
an action based RPG game. "Dafel:Bloodline" has an isometric 3D POV, similar
to the "Chaos Engine" series and comes with a sound system called Full Sensual
Gaming (FSG) which will be responsible for the best possible atmosphere ever
in a computer RPG game.

The features of "Dafel:Bloodline" are:

* Extremely fast chunky to planar (c2p) graphics engine. RTG compatible.
  The game offers two resolutions to play in, 320 x 240 and 640 x 480.
  Both offer 256 colours on screen, with the 640 x 480 requiring a
  graphics card and a faster processor to run. The AGA version runs at
  25 fps. Both screen resolutions are RTG compatible working on CyberGFX
  and Picasso96 systems.

* FSG Audio System (Full Sensual Gaming) & CD Music/Effects.
  "Dafel:Bloodline" uses our own stereo sound handling system in the game.
  Using either Paula (or possibly AHI) we split the available channels
  in half assigning one pair to what we call Sound Objects (SO) and the other
  pair to Environment sound Objects (ESO). SO`s are used to create objects
  that can be tracked by sound alone. using advanced algorithms, the volume
  level of the sound is calculated in real timeso the closer you are, the louder
  the SO will be heard and the further away you are, the quieter the SO will
  be heard. In relation to the SO, the ESO`s are used to add atmosphere and
  ambedience to a level. In conjunction to background sound effects being
  played off the CD, ESO`s are used to add an extra dimensionto the
  audio set by trigger points on the game map.

* Game Engine

  in "Dafel:Bloodline" we have mixed two gaming elemnts together, action and
  adventure into one single engine. The action elemnts consist of Dafel
  attacking level enemies and end of level monsters. There are three ways
  Dafel can attack using his sword. The first basic way is called a "low swing",
  which inflects little damage, but allows a consistent flow of attacks.
  The second attack is a "medium swing", which allows more damage on the enemy
  but takes longer. The final attack is a "Full Swing", where Dafel slashes
  down from his head and inflicts the most damage, but also needs the most time
  to execute.

  The adventure and strategic elements arise from the solving of puzzles , the
  communication with other characters and the being of Dafel himself.
  Throughout the game there will be subplots that are relevant to the core plot.
  Dafel must find and complete these to progress through the core plot.
  The game has been designed in a non-linear fashionallowing the player
  to revisit areas and solve puzzles in any order. There are however
  key plot stages that need to be completed before advancing to another
  sub-plot. These key stages are always followed by a cut-scene to develop
  the plot further.
  Dafel must also live in the world and to do so he must maintain his armour
  and sword and also feed and drink himself. Strategic elements arise in this
  management role of looking after his equipment and hunting for food. Dafel
  can also visit blacksmiths or shops to maintain or improve his armour
  and sword.

* Enemy Artifical Intelligence

  Enemies that roam Dafel`s world can behave in 3 different ways. We have
  "roamers" who aimlessly wander through the maps attacking at pure will.
  We have "ambushers" who can lay in wait then attack and then we have
  "group-attackers" who only fight in groups. These 3 classes are subdivided
  into various attributes such as sight, hearing, smell and intelligence.
  An enemy with low sight will rely on smelling and hearing his enemy.

* Manga Style FMV and Cut Scenes

  Bloodline begins with a 5 minute FMV sequence based upon the prologue.
  The game also end with a FMV sequence.


The finished product can be expected at around the time of the Cologne
exhibition. A playable demo will be released in a couple of weeks.
Preorders can already be placed with Epic Marketing UK (Tel:01793/432176,
E-Mail:epicmarketing@dialin.net) or Epic Marketing Germany (Tel:07071/
400492, E-Mail:info@epic-marketing.de) for a special preorder price.

"Dafel:Bloodline" will probably remain the only product that will still
support the Classic 68k based Amiga.  The next project "Scavengers", an
action based but still strategic game in complete 3D which will combine
the best of Wing Commander and Command&Conquer into a new game, is scheduled
for release on Amiga MCC and might also be developed for Amiga PPC and 3D
graphic boards if there is enough demand for it.

More on this and other projects that Pagan Games and Epic Marketing are
currently working on can be found at these webpages:

www.pagan-games.com
www.epicmarketing.ltd.net
www.epic-marketing.de

-----------------------------------------------------------
EPIC MARKETING
HIRSCHAUER STRASSE 9
72070 TÜBINGEN

Tel: +49 (0) 7071 40 04 92
Fax: +49 (0) 7071 40 04 93
Mail:epic@swol.de 

• Samplitude Opus FULL VERSION for 127,82 Euro (instead of 204,01 Euro) including p&p within Europe
• Samplitude Opus UPDATE from LITE or MS to FULL VERSION: 102,26 Euro (instead of 152,88 Euro) including p&p within Europe

Date    Fri, 6 08:00:00 17:24:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From    Martin Sahlén
To  Petra Struck
Subject Re: AAA Award Sweden Information


AAA Award Sweden 1998 Winner Presentation

For Immediate Release
Permission Granted To Redistribute Without Alteration

Contact: Björn Axelsson - gecko@acc.umu.se, +46-90-19 11 73 President,
Amiga Computer Group

Stockholm, Sweden. Monday August 6, 1999.
The AAA Award Sweden for 1998 will be announced and presented at the
Great Nolia fair in Umea, Sweden on Saturday August 14, 15:00.


NOMINEES
The nominees for the AAA Award Sweden 1998 are
    Stefan Burström, for IBrowse
    Vidamus, for FinalWriter 97 Swedish translation
    Christian Nylen, for good customer support at Syscom


THE PRESENTATION
The AAA Award Sweden for 1998 will be presented Saturday August 14,
15:00 CET. Booth 6055 (Amiga Computer Group) at the Great Nolia fair
("Stora Nolia") in Umea, Sweden.


TO GET THERE
The Great Nolia fair is a huge fair with around 120.000 visitors.
Below are links to information about the fair. For more information,
contact us.
Homepage: http://www.nolia.se/stora/
Travel information: http://www.nolia.se/nav/index_resa2.html


CONTACTS

Björn Axelsson, President ACG   gecko@acc.umu.se, +46-90-19 11 73
AAA Awards, homepage            www.aaa-awards.org
AAA Awards, phone hotline       +46-90-71 00 20 (24 hours)
AAA Awards, fax                 +46-90-71 01 46


Acknowledgements

The AAA Awards is copyright © 1997-99 Amiga Computer Group.
The AAA Awards logo is copyright © 1997 Amiga Computer Group and Björn Hagström.
AMIGA® is a registered trademark of AMIGA International, Inc. / Gateway, Inc.

The AAA Awards 1998 are presented in association with AMIGA and Cloanto

»August 6, 1999

San Diego, CA - The Amiga Advisory Council is officially launched today
August 6th, 1999.

The community submitted hundreds of Nominations, and based upon your input
we are pleased to welcome the following members of the Amiga Advisory
Council:

Andrew Elia         Ben Vost        Bill Panagouleas    Cade Hannan
Carsten Schroeder   Chris Heereman  Christian Kemp      Christoph Dietz
Conor Kerr          Craig DeLahoy   Dave Law            Don Hicks
Gary Peake          Gunter Horbach  Heinz Wrobel        Holger Kruse
Ian Greenaway       Jeff Rose       Juergen Haage       Kermit Woodall
Luca Denelon        Malte Mundt     Randhir Jesrani     Thomas Frieden
Thomas Raukamp      Thomas Svenson  Tom Lively          Trish Zlotek
Wayne Hunt          Wayne Martin

The objective of the AAC is to help us better plan the future of Amiga
through close communications with people who are viewed as leaders in the
Amiga community.  The members of the AAC have all executed non-disclosure
agreements (NDAs), with Amiga and will have access to confidential
information regarding future products and plans.  This allows Amiga to share
sensitive information with respected members of the Amiga community without
having to disclose our plans publicly.

The members of the AAC were selected to represent their different areas of
affiliation within the Amiga community - the Press, Developers,
Dealers/Distributors, and the User Group organizations.   The AAC is
designed to provide a flow of information from the Community to the Amiga
management team and from Amiga back to the community.  Each of the members
of the AAC will act as a conduit to the community and the areas that they
represent.

We held our first official meetings with the AAC in London and in Sacramento
with over 20 AAC members participate in these first official meetings. The
AAC was able to share with Amiga many of the desires, and needs of the
community.  As we work towards the launch of the Next Generation Amiga the
input received by the AAC will help guide those decisions.

"We are excited to welcome the members of the AAC as active representatives
of the Amiga community and look forward to implementing many of the programs
suggested in the near future,  stated Jim Collas, "together we will make a
difference in computing forever."

For more information please contact:

Bill McEwen
Amiga
bill.mcewen@amiga.com
Tel:425-413-2620
Fax:425-413-2640