The program ChaosCastle and the associated files (except the keyfile which does not directly belong to the package) can be copied and spread anywhere and for free as long as all files (including the documentation) are kept together and unmodified.
This program is copyright (c) 1998-99 by Nicky. You are not allowed to use it, or part of it, for commercial purpose. You are not allowed to distribute a modified version of it without the author's permission.
The program, as it is, run in the demo mode: only a few levels are available and the game will stop as soon as you reach 1000 points.
In order to run in full mode, which has not the above limitations, you have to register to the program: in short it consists in sending 20 CHF to the author as a payment for the program, as well as an e-mail with your name and address and the name of the program you are requesting (ChaosCastle). See below for details.
In return, you will receive (by e-mail) a keyfile named "ChaosCastle.key" and a password. The file "ChaosCastle.key" should be put in the "CCastle" folder containing the game. If the program find this file, it will run in the full mode, without the limitations.
You will be prompted for your password the first time you install the keyfile, and each time you move the "CCastle" folder.
Warning: paying for a keyfile is like buying a commercial product: you are not allowed to duplicate the keyfile and to give or sell a copy of it to somebody else; such a practice is considered software piracy and is illegal.
All the above also meens that ChaosCastle belongs to the kind of program which is also known under the term of SHAREWARE.
One for all: the keyfile will work for every versions and revisions of the program ChaosCastle. Once you have paid for it, you can always get and use the latest version of the game, or a version for an other operating system, with the same keyfile.
The latest versions of ChaosCastle can always be found on the web at one of the following internet addresses:
http://members.xoom.com/ChaosCastle/index.html
http://ChaosCastle.webjump.com/index.html
The other programs I've done are also available there.
HOW TO REGISTER
(1)
Fill in the following registration form and send it to my e-mail address:
Nicky@GameBox.net
You can also do it from internet at one of the addresses given above (use the link 'Register to one of my shareware program').
There is no way to register unless you have an e-mail address; but you can use the e-mail address of a friend for the 'e-mail' field and put your name and address in the other fields.
You'll get a confirmation as a reply as soon as I've received your e-mail.
(2)
Send 20 CHF to my postal account:
Address: Nicolas Juillerat
Charbonnières 21
1723 Marly
To: PTT Switzerland
Account: 17-662457-8
Whatever method you use for paying, be sure to write your e-mail address and the word 'ChaosCastle' somewhere or else I cannot know who is paying and for what.
(3)
Then you will receive a personal keyfile and a password at the e-mail address given in the above form as soon as I have received BOTH the registration form and the payment. The keyfile is a file that will be attached to the e-mail.
Don't forget then to put the file "ChaosCastle.key" you will have received in the "CCastle" folder.
Please write down your password somewhere because it is needed each time you move the 'CCastle' drawer. If you forget it (or the keyfile), you can still send an e-mail to me with your full name and address and I will give it to you again but this may take a long time.
FUTURE
There are some other projects I am working on or I have in mind and which may also be published in the future.
Note that I am not working for a society; it meens that the only payment I get for my work are the registration's fees.
This meen that I will only continue developing games and programs if there is enough people who register to my programs.
So, please register if you like and use ChaosCastle.
But do not do it if you find this game is only crap !
ChaosCastle 1.0
There are still some bugs to correct in the current version (0.95) and additional things to implement such as 3D-Sounds support. Version 1.0 will fix that.
ChaosCastle 2.0
A new version with the following additional features:
o Two-player mode
o Dynamic loading => use less memory and may run on 512k Macintosh
o Background musics
o More levels
E-G-R
A simple scrolling shoot-em-up game (probably as freeware) that implements most of the special physical effects of ChaosCastle.
Comet
A jump-and-run game; a very big project.
Grotte
An ugly buggy crapy game. Nothing interesting.
???
A combination of a break-out and a pinball with lots of other ideas.
SMUSEd
A tool this one: a complete music editor that include waveforms and instruments edition.
Port the existing programs to other operating systems.
Most of my programs are (and will be) based on a basic portable library of functions. I only need to rewrite this library for a new OS to port all these program to that OS.
The TOS (Atari) version is in progress. The UNIX port will probably follow. The following OS are also planned: OS/2, Win32 and eventually JVM. Amiga and MacOS versions are already available.
In all case, the latest versions of all my programs can be found at one of the following internet addresses:
