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- The WordUp Graphics Toolkit is shareware. Shareware is a great concept of
- 'try before you buy'. Try out the library for as long as you want.
- I say this because your programming skills may vary from other people,
- and it may take you longer to get used to graphics programming. If you
- decide you want to write a program with the library, register it by
- filling out the order form included with this package. More details
- about benefits from registering are later...
- Please spread this package to everyone you know, and upload it to any BBS
- you call. Doing so will help our product be more valuable to you if we get
- some suggestions.
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- Software Vendors may distribute this package, as long as the sprite creator,
- and map editor are included as well. No files should be modified or left out
- of the package. If you have a catalog of your titles, please send us a copy
- which contains a listing of this package.
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- We wish to thank several of our registered users for their help in
- bringing success to our business. Thanks to Steven Salter (INDIANA), for his
- continuous onslaught of code and suggestions, without which we'd get very
- bored. Thanks to Vu Truong (CALIFORNIA) for the creation of the first full-
- fledged game, STELCON 2469, made with WGT systems. Thanks to Felix Wu (ONTARIO),
- for the FLI playing documentation which allowed us to provide support in
- version 3. Thanks to Steven Racki (ONTARIO) for being the FIRST registered
- user of our products. And thanks to Michael Prunner (AUSTRIA) for being our
- first overseas registered user.
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- Here are some of the facts about WGT v3.5:
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- Map Maker - Create game worlds with 16*16 pixel bitmaps (tiles)
- ($20) - Map dimensions up to 320*200 tiles (higher in future!)
- - Allows placement of sprites over background to set initial
- positions in game
- - 'Paint' your map in EDIT mode like a drawing program
- - Assign each of (up to) 200 tiles a unique type value
- (each value can represent a physical property in a program)
- - Allows up to 1000 sprites on each map!
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- Sprite Creator - Easily create sprites with superb editor
- ($20) - Added capability to copy block of sprites to another location
- - PCX and CEL support improved
- - GIF and PCX saving support added
- - Store 1000 sprites in one file!
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- Turbo C++ system- Over 110 unique functions
- ($40) - Operates in 320x200x256 VGA standard mode
- - Most of the difficult programming has already been done for
- you! Don't worry about how to make moving & animating
- sprites, or multidirectional scrolling. It's already built in!
- - custom fonts may be loaded and displayed
- - custom drop down menu system
- - flip, warp, and FAST resize block
- - FLI playing routines (flexible, can resize while playing,
- can animate sprites over FLI, etc.)
- - Multidirectional scrolling of game worlds in window on screen
- (window from 2*2 tiles to 17*10, frame rate varies with size)
- - WGTLIB executable packs any given files into one large file
- with password protection, your program will automatically
- load from this file with the addition of only two lines of
- source code!
- - SoundBlaster CMF and VOC routines
- - Joystick and mouse routines
- - Timing control
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- In the future - Extended control over maps (transparent maps with picture
- in background, can play FLI in background while map scrolls
- in front!)
- - we are considering creation of two-player mode for maps
- which puts two small windows on the screen and allows two
- players to play in same game (independent map control will
- allow players to be in different areas at same time)
- - EMS/XMS support
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- Registered users of the WGT C library will receive:
- -Full source code for WGT menus
- -Full source code for the graphical file selector
- -Full source code for wresize and wwarp procedures
- -Full source code for keyboard interrupt routines
- -Improved wwarp procedures (real time at expense of memory!)
- -A library to play FLI files from MEMORY! (FAST)
- -Other source code for routines may be considered if you ask for them...
- -WGT library has shareware reminder removed
- -No royalties are needed!
- -Programming Contest Available to registered users. (See below)
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- *********** PROGRAMMING CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT ***********
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- We are now running a programming contest open to all registered
- users of WGT systems. The idea of the contest is to create a quality
- program of any sort (game, utility, etc) using WGT. We are doing
- this to generate further interest in our product, as well as
- offer a reward to those who produce with it. All submissions should
- be sent to our mailing address on, or before December 31, 1993.
- Judging will take place until February. The winner will be announced
- on February 1, 1994. They will be notified by mail, as well as a
- public message broadcast through E-mail on PC-networks and
- Internet.
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- Submissions will be judged based on concept, design, effectiveness,
- completeness, documentation, bugs, and overall rating. We are not
- going to judge based on the type of program, but rather the
- professional result.
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- The first prize is $80.00 in cash. This would be a full refund of
- money invested in WGT if you registered everything for version 3 or
- later.
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- The second prize is a lifetime of free upgrades for all WGT products.
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- All programs must, in some screen during execution, mention the
- WordUp Graphics Toolkit by WordUp Software Productions,
- and our mailing address. We ask also, that we be given the right to
- promote our systems by distribution of your product (if it is not
- commercial) with our future releases. We will fully support your efforts
- by helping to advertise your final product. When a potential customer
- asks about WGT, we want to refer them to your software.
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- As far as code goes, we don't want source. We will judge only the
- final product. You may combine our system with other libraries
- (eg. sound, memory, disk storage, screen output, etc).
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- Write to us if you have any further questions.
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- Wordup Software Productions Programming Contest Application
- Open for all registered users of WGT!!!
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- Program requirements (mouse, Soundblaster, memory, etc)
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- Program is (check one):
- [ ] Public Domain [ ] Shareware [ ] Commercial
- (Commercial programs will not be distributed by us)
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- Please list all the people who helped create this program:
- (Include which element each contributed if more than one person)
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