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Recently Released Adventure
Game Created in SuperCard
Cos Russo has recently released an interactive adventure
game called Alida. Development on the game has occurred
throughout the last five years. From the Alida website:
Alida is a point and click interactive graphical
adventure game. The story centres around four young men
in the band Alida that attained phenomenal success with
their first CD release. Loads of money coupled with wild
imagination resulted in construction of "Alida" - the
theme park.
It's an unusual place - a giant guitar 330 metres
long!
But these guys didn't stop there - the guitar can
actually be played
(assisted by machinery);
the internal workings of the guitar can be accessed and
manipulated
(machine heads, switch, pots etc..)
As Alida was nearing completion things got
complicated, their popularity was waning and money
stopped coming in. Distrust set in. Each of the band
members claimed different areas of Alida for themselves
where they devised weird and elaborate systems to protect
their wealth. They retracted from each other finally
leaving Alida uninhabited.
Fifteen years later one of the guys is missing on
Alida...
More information about Alida, including some pictures,
can be found here.
[order]
Halloween Game for Primary
Children Update for Halloween 2001
Halloween Poems, a game by LittleFish
Software for primary children, has been updated to
version 1.0.5 to include a few new features. The program
will now export poems to JPEG. Additionally, the appearance
of the program has been updated and a number of bugs have
been squashed.
A screenshot of Halloween Poems can be found here.
Some of the features of Halloween Poems include:
- Scary word bank; click on words to insert.
- Halloween Clip Art palette.
- Spooky sounds.
- Acrostics starter.
[download]
Update to The Codebook Adds New
Features, Fixes Bugs
According to VersionTracker,
The Codebook has been updated to version 4.0.4. Changes in
the new version include:
- Forum button added - A button to easily access the
forum has now been added to the interface.
- Change pages-bug - A bug that made it impossible to
change pages when the window was resized is now
fixed.
- Creating skins guide - Now ships with documentation
on how to create and edit skins for Codebook 4.
- Info window fix - The information window now stays
updated when you switch between plugins.
- Minor bugs and fixes.
The Codebook is a shareware utility that acts as a
repository for cheats, walkthroughs, and other gaming aids.
More information can be found at The Codebook team's
website.
[download]
Make Decisions with Flip a
Coin
CompleatMac
Software has released Flip
a Coin, a new program developed in SuperCard that acts
as virtual quarter:
What?
Flip a coin gives you a virtual quarter to flip on
your Mac, even when you're out of change. A boon for the
chronically indecisive.
Why?
One day I needed to make a decision and found myself
without a coin to flip. Reluctantly, I made my own
choice. But the need for a virtual quarter to flip became
obvious.
Flip a Coin is freeware, although a donation is requested
from the developer. More information about Flip a Coin and
other products by CompleatMac Software can be found at their
website. [download]
Dhamma By Numbers Released as a
Gift of Dhamma
Dhamma
By Numbers is the latest addition to CompleatMac
Software's Dhamma-oriented line of programs written in
SuperCard:
In the Buddha's teachings, many aspects of the
doctrine are taught in the form of numbered lists (eg. 4
Noble Truths, 5 aggregates, 4 foundations of
mindfulness). "Dhamma By Numbers" is an application for
helping to learn and memorize these Buddhist doctrinal
terms.
More information about Dhamma By Numbers can be found at
its product
page at CompleatMac Software's website. [download]
Solve Your Problems With
Oblique Strategies SC
Oblique Strategies is a new project by LittleFish
Software that offers creative ways for solving
problems:
The Oblique Strategies are sets of cards by
Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt and seem to be for creative
problem solving, the idea was you draw a gnomic phrase
from the deck of cards to get out of a bind or
whatever...
The project makes use of Widget,
creating a unique interface. Oblique Strategies is freeware.
[download]
Welcome to SuperCard
Games
SuperCard Games, part of the newly formed SuperCard Network,
exists for two purposes that relate to the gaming world of
SuperCard. The first purpose of the site is to encourage the
development of games in SuperCard. The second purpose is to
help promote the SuperCard-based games that already
exist.
We have some future plans for expanding this site to
fulfill the two purposes of SCG. As suggested by Brian
Kelley of CompleatMac
Software, we plan to add a section to SCG that will
allow SuperCard developers to submit game and program
segments that will assist other game developers in the
development cycle of their own programs. One example would
be a "game shell," which would include a project with
features written that most or even all new games would
need.
We look forward to bringing you the latest SuperCard
related gaming news and anything else that relates to this
sector of the SuperCard world.
CompleatMac Software Updates
ScreenTest to 2.0
ScreenTest
is a movie trivia game which tests your knowledge of movies
through quotes from films. CompleatMac
Software has released ScreenTest 2.0, an upgrade that
adds some major improvements to the program:
- ScreenTest is now user-editable. Questions are stored
in a text file, which can easily be opened and
edited.
- All included quotes now have hints available if you
are unable to identify the movie with the given
quote.
- There are now over 400 quotes to identify.
[download]
CompleatMac Software Releases
Tao Te Ching
Tao
Te Ching, a new program which contains Lao Tzu's classic
text of ancient Chinese philosophical poetry, generates a
chapter of the text when the application is opened. It is
still possible, however, to view the entire text through a
button at the beginning of the program and any chapter of
the work can be saved as a text file. CompleatMac
Software states that the application works well in
conjunction with the Startup Items folder. [download]
The Codebook Updated to Version
4.0.3
The Codebook is a
SuperCard-built program that provides gamers with cheats,
walkthroughs, tips, and other useful information. According
to the developers of the program, new features and fixes in
version 4.0.3 include:
- Exporting text - You can now export text in different
formats.
- Checking for plugs bug - a bug in the feature to
check for new plugins is fixed.
- Skin bug - A bug in the skin feature has been
fixed.
- Window bug - The resizing zoombox-bug has been
eliminated.
- Info window - You can now get extensive information
about each Plug-Ins.
[download]
Fortune Cookie 1.1 Alternate
Download Location
CompleatMac
Software has opened an additional download location for
Fortune
Cookie 2.1, a "virtual fortune cookie" which is a
"superset" of the program Random Wisdom for Short Attention
Spans [download]
More Info on Fortune Cookie
2.1
In addition to what we mentioned as the new features of
CompleatMac
Software's "virtual fortune cookie," (see
separate story) the new version of Fortune
Cookie adds Font and Size menus to the program. This
allows for the changing of the appearance of the text. Brian
Kelly, maintainer of CompleatMac Software, mentioned to us
that this was the main feature of the update. [download]
Fortune Cookie Reaches
2.1
The new version of CompleatMac
Software's "virtual fortune cookie" adds a new title
graphic and an edit menu. (Note: Fortune
Cookie 2.0 was released a few months ago as the
successor to Random Wisdom for Short Attention Spans.)
[download]
LittleFish Software Releases
Christmas Cards
Christmas Cards is a SuperCard project that helps children
easily make Christmas cards for the upcoming holiday season.
John Johnson, maintainer of LittleFish
Software, mentioned that the project is not entirely
finished and would appreciate any comments that you may
have. [download]
CompleatMac Software Makes
Three Product Updates
CompleatMac
Software, known for their Buddhist line of software, as
well as their library of games, has updated three of their
products to bring them up to date with features that they
have recently been included in some of their other products.
The three updated titles, Verses
of the Elders 1.1, Dhammapada
1.3, and Itivuttaka
1.5 all now include a button which will instantly place
an alias of the program into the startup items folder. In
addition, Dhammapada and Itivuttaka both received new title
graphics and Itivuttaka now includes a new finder icon.
[Itivuttaka
1.5] [Verses
of the Elders 1.1] [Dhammapada
1.3]
Udana: Exclamations of Buddha
Updated to Version 1.4
The latest version of Udana,
a program which randomly generates verses uttered by the
Buddha on launch, now includes an option to move the program
into the Startup Items folder by clicking a button. In
addition, the new version adds new title graphics and a new
program icon, which was created in 32-bit color.
[download]
Alternate Download for The Book
of Changes 3.4
CompleatMac
Software has provided a "more reliable" download
location for The
Book of Changes 3.4. The original download location is
available here
and the new location can be found here.
CompleatMac Software Releases
Verses of the Elders
Verses
of the Elders is the latest addition to CompleatMac
Software's Buddhist software collection. According to
Brian Kelly, creator of the Verses of Elders:
"Verses of the Elders" contains
inspirational verses from the early Buddhist monks and
nuns. This application randomly generates one of the
verses each time it is opened, making it a nice addition
to the Startup Items folder. Additionally, clicking on
the quotation will generate a new verse. The verses can
be saved as text files, and printed from the "File"
menu.
[download]
CompleatMac Software Revises
The Book of Changes
The latest version of The
Book of Changes, at version 3.4, adds a Sound menu which
allows users to turn the soundtrack on or off. The Book of
Changes is "a version of the I Ching for the Macintosh."
[download]
CompleatMac Software Releases
Fortune Cookie 2.0
Fortune
Cookie is described by CompleatMac
Software as a "virtual fortune cookie: all the brief
wisdom without all the little crumbly bits." Before this
version (2.0), Fortune Cookie went under the name Random
Wisdom for Short Attention Spans. With the new name,
CompleatMac Software has added new graphics and sounds,
along with additional fortunes that were previously not
included. Fortune Cookie also allows the user to easily
create custom fortunes. [download]
CompleatMac Software Updates
Products
After nearly two months of silence, CompleatMac
Software has updated three of its products. First,
Dhammapada:
The Essential Dharma, which randomly generates one of
423 Buddhist verses on each launch, has been updated to
version 1.2. Second, Udana:
Exclamations of Buddha, which randomly generates short
verses uttered by the Buddha, has been updated to version
1.3. Finally, Itivuttaka:
Sayings of the Buddha has been updated to version 1.4.
Itivuttaka randomly generates verses from a collection of
112 short sutras.
All of the mentioned products have received the same
enhancements. First, an Edit menu has been added. Also, the
three products now have improved support for printing.
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The Codebook Updated to Version
4.0.2
The Codebook, which
is a SuperCard-built program that provides gamers with
cheats, walkthroughs, tips, and other useful information,
has been updated to fix the "long-text" bug and now includes
information about the following games: The Sims, Tomb Raider
4, Sim City 3000, Last Call, Driver, Diablo 2, Deus Ex,
Heroes of Might & Magic 3, Alien Crossfire (add-on to
Alphi Centura). [download]
IncWell Looking for Shareware
and Freeware
Keith B. Shaw, President of IncWell,
announced on the SuperCard
List that IncWell is looking for SuperCard-based
shareware, freeware, and other software:
I am preparing SPECTRUM Home & School
Magazine for the coming school year and we are looking
for SuperCard freeware, shareware, teacher utilities, and
SC-WEB modules serving K-12 educational to promote in our
[FREE
STUFF & More section]. Last school
year we were getting 400,000 visits / month, and through
our association with MacNN, we hope to double that this
year. It is great exposure for your work and for
SuperCard.
I want to post a new featured module each week.
The featured module will be mentioned in our iMac2Day
updates. If you have a module you want us to feature,
please send me the following information.
- Screen shot of module (400w x 300h GIFF or
JPEG)
- A one - two paragraph description of the
module
- A download link - (freeware / shareware) and
download size (4mb) Viewing link - (SC-WEB
module)
- Company / personal URL so visitors can view
your other work.
Mr. Shaw concludes his announcement with information on
how to advertise commercial products in the software
section of Spectrum. For ten dollars, the ads will run
for six months. In additon, all software which was included
in the old IncWell Baazar will be listed in this section
through the rest of August at no cost.
IncWell's Spectrum Releases
TimeScavengers Game
As first reported by iMac2Day,
TimeScavengers
is a new educational game written in SuperCard "which
challenges the user to locate events in time and space."
According to IncWell, the game was designed for the iMac,
although it will run on any PowerPC-based Macintosh. As a
final note, TimeScavengers requires Apple's English
Text-to-Speech to work properly.
New Flamethrower-based Web Game
Discovered
Wayne Townsend recently posted information on the SuperCard
List regarding a new game which makes use of
Flamethrower. The game is called Virtual Sweepstakes and can
be found here.
The Book of Changes Receives
Minor Update
Version 3.3.2 fixes a bug in saving readings. The
Book of Changes is "a version of the I Ching for the
Macintosh." [download]
CompleatMac Software Updates
Two of its Games
The first program, a Mac memory game known as iConcentration,
has been updated to version 1.1. This update simply
increases the default RAM allocation to six megabytes as a
way to prevent out of memory errors. iConcentration can be
downloaded here.
The second program, which is known as ScreenTest
and is a trivia game which quizzes your knowledge of more
than 300 movies, has also been updated to version 1.1. The
new version adds new graphics and additional quotes.
ScreenTest 1.1 can be downloaded here.
CompleatMac Software Releases
New Game
CompleatMac
Software describes iConcentration
as "a simple (but endlessly diverting) game to test your
memory." The objective of the game is to match Power Mac
G4s, PowerBooks, and different flavors of iMacs and iBooks.
The cards were designed after the Aqua look that will be
featured in Mac OS X. [download]
CompleatMac Software Updates
Itivuttaka
Itivuttaka,
a collection of 112 short suttas which symbolize Buddhist
teachings, has been updated to version 1.3. The new version
adds support for Navigation Services. [download]
CompleatMac Software Updates
Dhammapada
Dhammapada
1.1 adds support for Navigation Services. Dhammapada is
a program which randomly generates one of 423 Buddhist
verses on each launch. [download]
The Book of Changes Receives
Minor Update
The
Book of Changes 3.3.1 adds support for Navigation
Services and incorporates new title graphics. The Book of
Changes is "a version of the I Ching for the Macintosh."
According to the developer of the program, CompleatMac
Software, the I Ching has been historically used to
predict the future and as a source of deep wisdom.
[download]
Udana: Exclamations of Buddha
Updated to Version 1.2
Udana,
a product of CompleatMac
Software, randomly generates a short verse uttered by
the Buddha every time the program is launched. The new
version adds support for Navigation Services. [download]
CompleatMac Software Updates
ScreenTest to Version 1.1
ScreenTest
1.1 features enhanced graphics, more quotes, and a
smaller file size, according to CompleatMac
Software. ScreenTest quizzes the player on their
knowledge of movies through quotes selected from over 300
movies. [download]
New MYST-like Game To Be
Released Today
Months after the demo was released, Blue
Line Studios has finally released The
Castle, a commercial game which was designed in
SuperCard and greatly resembles the classic game MYST. The
Castle takes place in a surrealistic world; during the
medieval period. Also released was a new version of the demo
which features a larger portion of the game than the
original demo. [Download
Demo; 18.3MB] (Source:
Blue
Line
Studios)
CompleatMac Software Releases
ScreenTest
ScreenTest
is a movie trivia game which tests your knowledge of movies
through quotes from over 300 films. Given a quote, the
player has to choose the correct movie from four choices.
[Download]
CompleatMac Software Releases
Dhammapada: The Essential Dharma
Dhammapada is a collection of 423 Buddhist verses. The 423
verses are arranged into 26 chapters by topic. Dhammapada
randomly generates one of the verses every time it is
opened. However, all 423 verses can be read at any time.
[download]
CompleatMac Software Releases Two
New Products
The
Wheel of Teachings is a gentle adventure game which is
based on Buddhist principles. The
Udana: Exclamations of Buddha is another product which
randomly generates a verse from a collection of short sutras
uttered by the Buddha. Both titles are freeware.
(Source: CompleatMac
Software)
CompleatMac Software Releases
X-Files Trivia Challenge 2.0.1
Version 2.0.1 of X-Files
Trivia Challenge contains all new questions covering all
six seasons of the show. CompleatMac
also added a new online help system to identify episodes by
names. X-Files Trivia Challenge 2.0.1 can be downloaded
here.
CompleatMac Software Releases The
Book of Changes 3.0
The Book of Changes is a version of the I Ching for the Mac.
According to CompleatMac's website,
enhancements introduced in this version include new
graphics, the hexagram is now kept on screen in a floating
window during the lookup process, and you can now fully save
your question and the reading as a text file. The Book of
Changes is shareware $10 and can be downloaded here.
Random Wisdom For Short Attention
Spans Updated to Version 1.2
New Random
Wisdom For Short Attention Spans 1.2 adds full support
for Appearance Manager and is now PowerPC native. Random
Wisdom is like a virtual fortune cookie. The new version,
which is freeware, can be downloaded here.
Visit CompleatMac
Software for more information on Random Wisdom and their
other products.
CompleatMac Software and
MacCentral Release Mac Trivia
5
According to MacCentral
Online, new Mac Trivia 5 contains all new questions,
cool sounds, three levels of difficulty with each level
containing its own questions, and new bonus rounds. The file
can be downloaded
from MacCentral. Mac Trivia 5 is $15 shareware. The
Mac Trivia
series is a set of programs which test your knowledge of
Apple and Macintosh facts.
CompleatMac Software Releases
MacTrivia 4
MacCentral and
CompleatMac
Software have introduced a new version of their popular
MacTrivia game which is designed in SuperCard. The new
version sports all new questions and six levels of
difficulty, according to MacCentral's website. Visit the
files
section to download MacTrivia 4 and other SuperCard-based
software.
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