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Demo: LOADSTAR 2001
Program by Richard DeRocher
Text by Dave Moorman
Now on to a [real] example of Demo
coding. Richard is known for bringing
us a number of interesting games built
from Construction Sets. Nothing wrong
with that! If the game plays well, we
don't care what tools were used to
produce the software.
With this Demo, Richard moves out
on his own -- putting together a
number of tools from our own LOADSTAR
toolbox. The result is great -- an
important demonstration of "what
Richard can do with his machine." He
has clear "brag rightz" because this
is his own work.
Allow me to wax philosophical.
When I was working on Sea to Sea, a
friend looked at my intermediate
efforts. His first comment had to do
with the fact that railroad games had
been done.
So what? At that point, [I] had
not done one. Moreover, when finished,
Sea to Sea had a huge advantage over
all other railroad games, no matter
what its limitation might be....
It's [MINE]!
The other comment of my friend --
after Sea to Sea appeared on LOADSTAR
-- was, "So, when are you going to do
some real games (meaning "on a PC")
and make some real money?"
"Ahem. exCuse ME!?"
IF I worked for a major software
house, and
IF I could get my idea pushed
through a dozen marketing and
production committees, and
IF I commanded the advertising and
distribution resources --
THEN I [might] make some "real
money."
The alternative is to create a PC
program and put it on CNET for
downloading -- hoping the shareware
tag would produce at least a few
registrations, if not a few bucks.
I [have] put PC software on CNET
-- in particular our eLOADSTAR
Sampler. Last I looked, some 1,400
copies were downloaded. Has anyone so
much as emailed me with a "Thank You,"
or even "This Stinks!"?
NO! Out of 1.4 KiloCopies, I would
expect [some] feedback.
But the PC world is full of
"Napsters" -- people who grab free
software without so much as a "by your
leave."
The Commodore world is different.
LOADSTARites are uniqe in that we DO
care. We do enjoy the litle amusements
and we let the coders know. The C-64
is a small market. The money is
somewhere between negligable and
non-existant. The fame is
international -- albeit a tiny niche
of international.
But it is [real]. Honest to Gosh
REAL!
So -- take a shot, like Richard
has done. Wrap up your "baby" and let
me see it. Believe me -- if it works
well and bears the mark of your best
effort, you will see it sometime on
LOADSTAR.
But do take a page from Richard's
book -- use the tools we have. They
are freely available, well documented,
and not hard to incorporate in your
Magnus Opus Genius!
DMM