Wow, no news for a while. Sorry about that! We brought home colds from the GDC and didn't get much done for the first week back. However, we're back in the swing of things now (woo!), with the new version of DX-Ball 2 (finally) on track for release soon. The True-Color Software Blending article on my Programming Page has been given an update with a new Alpha-Blending algorithm that is nearly twice as fast as the old one. (And yes, the new DX-Ball 2 is performing much better because of it!) Check it out if you're a coder!

One of our email accounts appears to have eaten a large number of messages while we were away. If anyone sent mail to Longbow@Sympatico.ca between March 14th and March 18th (Sunday and Thursday of last week), please send it again. Thanks.

I didn't realize it until now, but it looks like ZDNet gave DX-Ball 2 a FIVE STAR rating! Follow the link on the DX-Ball 2 page to check it out.

Phew... We made it. Back from the GDC. Lots of stuff learned, new friends made, and memories of the Golden Gate Bridge intact. Quite a trip. If you're in the business of making games, you should check it out. We're still in the process of catching up to tech support and snail mail orders, so please bear with us.

We're going to Disney World! Er, oh, that's not right, but we are going to the Game Developer's Conference in San Jose, California! As such you might not receive a response to tech support emails or WWWBoard posts until March 22nd or so. We're very sorry about the interruption to service, but it's all in the name of bringing you better games. So PLEASE don't get mad if we don't get back to you right away. Thanks. :)

Oh, and if you're going to be at the GDC, say hi! We'll hopefully be in "LDA" t-shirts most of the time, likely wearing "id" baseball caps.

Have a look at this new DX-Ball 2 fan site!

For anyone interested in more details on Tread Marks, check out this really cool Preview put together by the cool folks at Voodoo Extreme. Very nice!

Wow, half a million page views came and went pretty quickly. :) Thanks, everyone!

You may have noticed that we don't have the new DX-Ball 2 and level editor out yet... The development schedule was knocked a little off kilter by our programmer coming down with Attenuated Chicken Pox from a vaccination. With the Game Developer's Conference coming up soon, it may not be done until the end of March, but we'll see. Sorry about the delay.

(changed slightly) We've had an unconfirmed report from a user that there may be a web site pretending to be us, and pretending to sell our products over an 800 number (which we do not do). As we haven't been able to confirm anything it's no cause for alarm, but if anyone runs into anything suspicious, please let us know.