To honor our American friends, the Stars and Stripes is now available on the download page of our Tread Marks site. Add the files to Tread Marks and fly the American flag on your tanks. The flag looks great in the game.
I'm late posting a comment, as we were out of town last week when this horrific attack occurred at the World Trade Center in New York. Words are not enough to express our shock and our sadness. We extend our most heartfelt sympathies to all those families who have lost loved ones.
We happened upon an older movie that included with its intro a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline at night. The monolithic stature and majesty of the Trade Center towers sent a chill through us that cemented the horror of the loss, yet also helped reinforce the enormity of strength and purpose that the towers symbolize.
There is a new upgrade patch for Rival Ball bringing it up to version 1.2. The patch fixes some of the networking problems. You can download the patch from our Rival Ball page.
We've just added a small 140kb patch for Rival Ball. This patch allows DX-Ball 2 boards to be played on the full version of Rival Ball. Features such as timers, randomized board order and repeat board sets will now be usable with DX-Ball 2 board sets that are copied into the Rival Ball boards folder. You can download the patch from our Rival Ball page.
We are pleased to announce the release of our new game Rival Ball. Features include square blocks, 150 boards and 4 difficulty levels, plus the ability to set timers, randomize board order and repeat board sets. There is also the added dimension of 1-on-1 split screen network competition. You can download the demo from our Rival Ball page. Give it a try! The full version should be available from our store by tomorrow.
The "Capture the Flag" patch for the new version 1.5 release of Tread Marks is now available for download from the download page on our Tread Marks site. There are six new Capture the Flag maps, plus single player "team" deathmatch and "team" racing to add extra challenges. The patch also includes an extension of the free-look camera view to a full 360degrees and a few minor bug and server-side fixes.
A Tread Marks tournament was held as part of the recent CPL event in Dallas. OverDrivePC, makers of gamer specific PC systems sponsored the event.
We've been trying to decide how best to handle upgrades from the original release of Tread Marks 1.0 to the new release of Tread Marks 1.5 given that the number of changes would make a patch impossible.
Tread Marks 1.5 and DX-Ball 2 should be in North American retail stores today. If you can't find a copy, ask them to order it in.
With the new Tread Marks version 1.5 arriving on retail shelves by Thanksgiving, I've posted 10 new screen shots on the Tread Marks "Screen Shots" page. The most obvious change visible in the shots is the new HUD. In game additions include a "Field Manual", plus "Driver Training", "Weapons Training" and "Missile Training" maps. The ai has been improved, and we've added a new camera and controls as well as making minor adjustments to the physics and weapons.
