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- Volume one - Spring 1995
- Distributed with the advertisement "Optica"
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- ║ Opening words... ║
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- Craw productions is a Canadian software duo from Ottawa, composed of
- LakEEE and PsychoMan. We are big fans and supporters of computer graphical
- and tracked musical demonstrations all over the world, and have made a few
- ourselves. In essence, one can call us a demo group, although we do dabble
- in game and utility coding.
- As some of you may be wondering, both LakEEE and PsychoMan were
- indeed part of the demo group called "Axidental" back in 1994, but that is no
- more. Due to some internal problems, the two have quit the group to form
- the new "Craw Productions" and continue with programming as a two-man crew.
- Please don't get the wrong idea; we're not snobby and nor are the other
- members of Axidental at fault. It's just that we found the organization in
- Axidental difficult and things did not always run smoothly to suit everyone's
- desires.
-
- But let that issue pass, for this is a text file on Craw and its
- future goals, aspirations and decisions!
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- As I said, we are interested very much in demo coding and plan to
- attend most major competitions to our availability, but we are also hoping to
- release a few other programs, such as a game and a graphical drawing utility.
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- ║ Group statistics ║
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- Our group is made up of only two people, and it will probably stay
- that way for a while. Both are from Canada, their native country, although
- we do have family ties elsewhere...
-
- -Kenji Toyooka, "LakEEE" - AGE 18 (Born in 1976)
- is one of the main coders of Craw, as well as its only
- musician and graphics artist.
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- -Michael Anttila, "PsychoMan" - AGE 18 (Born in 1976)
- is the other coder and handles most of the very low
- level assembly code and sound playing routines.
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- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- ║ Our productions ║
- ╚════════════════════╝
- We have not yet distributed many (or any) pieces of software, but we
- intend to release a fair line of products. The advertisement in which this
- text was included, Optica, is simply the beginning. Here is a list and some
- brief descriptions of what we are planning in the present and near future:
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- "Optica" - This is a medium sized advertisement for
- the upcoming demo Opticron, which will make its
- appearance at the NAID '95 demo party.
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- "Opticron" - Our first demo, a 6.5 minute long thematic
- fantasy presentation. This one will hopefully
- catch some people's attention.
-
- "Vortex" - A music disk by LakEEE, with seven of his
- songs and a single changing tunnel feature effect.
-
- "CrawDraw" - An MCGA motivated graphics drawing program
- with many practical, efficient options and an
- extensive "shape grabbing" interface with special
- effects.
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- "CrawDir" - A fast and useful directory program that
- has sorting, searching and viewing options.
-
- "Dreaming" - A shareware game; a horizontal shoot 'em
- up with a unique weapons system and fantastic enemies
- accompanied by 8 channel music and 4 channel sound
- effects. Seven levels in total.
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- "PsychoPlayer" - Our S3M / MOD music file player with
- file menu options and a playlist ability.
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- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- ║ Greetings! ║
- ╚════════════════════╝
- Here it is, the inevitable greetings part.
-
- Shout outs to some people:
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- Fornax, Evan Croskery, Martin Wellman, Wonko the Sane, Helix,
- Psycho Chicken, Jon Merkel, Cyclone, Ior, lb, Malakai, AndrewM (Mental Floss)
- and Epeius...
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- Plus anybody else we missed, you know who you are!
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- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- ║ Contacting us ║
- ╚════════════════════╝
- You may use any of the following methods to contact us. However,
- some mediums are better than others - they are listed in order of preference
- for us, from best to worst:
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- E-Mail:
- Craw@hookup.net
- -This is our group Email account, it is subject to change
- however. Look for any new addresses in later Craw
- Production info files.
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- At211@freenet.carleton.ca
- -LakEEE's personal account on the Ottawa Freenet.
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- Bc456@freenet.carleton.ca
- -PsychoMan's personal account.
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- Fidonet Mail:
- Mike Anttila 1:163/416
- -PsychoMan's FidoNet Mail address.
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- Snail Mail:
- Kenji Toyooka (LakEEE),
- 1124 Cline Cr.
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- K2C 2P2
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- Michael Anttila (PsychoMan)
- 452 Evered Ave.
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- K1Z 5K8
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- LakEEE hangs around IRC from time to time, usually on #coders
- and #trax. Yell if you see me!
- We also both keep track of the usenet newsgroup
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos, so you can post something there as well.
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- ║ End of File ║
- ╚════════════════════╝
- See you soon in our next release, until then...
-
- signed, Kenji Toyooka - "LakEEE"
- of Craw Productions
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- April 2nd, 1995
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