EV Soft Productions

January 31st, 2001

Haha, in a day or two eh coonman?  Oh well I'm here now anyway.  Anyways I did a complete wipe on my system and forgot to save the install files for RPG Maker, I have my game, but I forgot the RTP and the actual program so I have to redownload them, so a slight delay there.

Also we welcome Stanh into our humble group as a Developer Tools staffer, I've sent him a Bio to be filled out so we can get him on the staff page.  

The poll is (finally!) updated.  The last poll, what is your favorite type of music:

  • Alternative/Punk/Emo - 62%
  • Pop - Classic Rock - Heavy Metal/Hardcore/Rapcore ect - 12%

The next poll:  What video game systems do you own?

January 20th, 2001

I'll update the poll in a day or two, but I'm in a hurry!

Anyway!  Just so you know developer central and all the EV Soft Downloads may be down the next two days because our server is doing some maintenance.  Sorry, we're hoping it won't take the whole two days.

Also we learned that our file servers hate download helpers like GetRight and Go!zilla, so take those off before you start downloading.  

January 14th, 2001

Good news from Grendel the Haven Desktop theme is done and ready for you to use.  Get your theme of EV Soft's up coming game to add some spice to your desktop.  He said he'll have it up on the Developer Central some time today.  It'll also feature the brand new Anubis 2 software for the EV Soft installer!  You know when you see the Anubis name that nothing but quality EV Soft loving is hitting your computer! 

Yeah, and the message board is always ready for all your romantic queries.

Also coonman has changed his e-mail addy to coonman22@excite.com so don't send mail to that other address that shall remain nameless!

January 11th, 2001

Well c'mon you know they would! 

Any way nothing much to report.  The message board has been updated to Grendel's liking, it now has a Developer Central Staff only forum that only, you guessed it, Developer Central Staff can get into.  That's yet another reason to join up at Developer Central!  Here's a post Grendel put on the message board: here that tells you all about how you don't even have to 'make' items, just get permission for us to have them on our site.  You can always e-mail Grendel at rabill@blueyonder.co.uk just ignore that crazy brit addy and mail him!

The poll is over, what is your favorite genre besides RPG the results were:

  • Action - 57%
  • Fighting/Simulation/Shooter - 14%

The new poll: (Completely non-gaming related!)  What is your favorite style of music?

January 7th, 2001

Well Dream Quest is gone... My computer crashed in the middle of editing (I love to multi-task) and so it just deleted the whole damn game.  All the custom tiles, all the work, gone.  I'm starting from the demo and going at it again.  Hopefully this will give me a chance to make the game better.  So sorry about the wait everyone.  Grendel is still working diligently.  And I'll be sure to back up every now and then!

Also fixed that link at on the banner, sorry [inferno]!

January 5th, 2001

Hey check out EV Soft's snazy new banner!  It was made by [inferno] and it looks nice eh?  You can find his web-site by clicking the banner or by simply click here: http://www.dayada.cjb.net.  Neat huh?  Work continues for both Dream Quest and Haven, more as it developes.

January 3rd, 2001

The coon has returned and back in action.  Expect the first Act of Dream Quest to be completed very shortly.  The beauty of RPG Maker 2K is that you can use your save files on any RPG Maker 2K game, so transfering your save files from one act to another will be perfectly alright!  I'll write up an FAQ about how to do it when I finish the second act, but that's a long ways off!

The message board is up and running smoothly and you should all take a visit over there when you have the chance.

The poll has been updated.  The last poll was what is the best Final Fantasy game: 

  • Final Fantasy VII - 45%
  • Final Fantasy IV - 36%
  • Final Fantasy VI/Final Fantasy VIII - 9% each

The new poll: What's your favorite genre besides RPG?

Added a link to Stanh's Page.

December 23rd, 2000

Alright kids, coonman has to go on a little trip starting Christmas day until January 3rd or so.  I'll be leaving for Chicago and won't be back until then so no progress and no updates for the main page for a week or so, sorry.

Also, Grendel has informed me his hard drive went to hell a couple days ago so all of his progress is lost including a special holiday game he was making for all of you :(.  He may update the Tools section while I'm gone, but other then that this place will be slowing down for a week or so.

December 18th, 2000

Additional:  I just saw this and had to upload it for all of you to see!  It's really funny if you know anything at all about pokemon, even if you just know the damn things exist!  Warning it does have some adult language, so kids don't download it without parental permission.

Here it is! (link fixed!) 3.2 Megs, asf video

Grendel is down with the flu so he won't be able to update for a while.  

The poll results are in.  All of you like standard turn-based RPGs more then any other kind, in fact no one voted for Sim based, Adventure Based, or Collection based, one hundred percent of the votes went to Turn based.

Next Poll:  Which is your Favorite Final Fantasy game?

December 17th, 2000

Grendel has give the Developer Tools some acctually tools for all of you RPG Maker 2K users out there so feel free to peruse that area for all your needs, and I do mean all your needs.

Also this is a personal message for Koichi Yeung, who sent in an application to us a few days back.  Yes I got it and yes I replied, but your mail service isn't taking it.  I keep getting a message the Internet Mailing Service has it qued to be sent but cannot send it.  So here's what I wrote:

"Hi,

Well Grendel and I would like to see something you've been doing, even if it is just an hour long.  I'm a college student too so I know how time can be constricted.  So basicly either e-mail me a sample or upload something for Grendel and I play to see what we think.

Hope to hear from you soon!

coonman"

Sorry for the rest of you that had to read that.

Visit the message board!

December 13th, 2000

Grendal has gotten the basic shell of the Developer Tools section up and running with a few goodies for you to download.  He's working extra hard to make sure it gets down so be sure to tell him what a nice job he's doing!

Other then that Haven and Dream Quest continue their progress, we'll back to you when anything major gets done.

December 12th, 2000

The new design is up and running.  A couple of the side links won't work quite yet (Developer Tools and Reviews) because those are new sections that aren't quite done yet.  But the rest is all the old stuff, just converted over.

Grendal will now have full access to the site to do updates as well so expect to see him doing all sorts of his crazy stuff on here.

Any way nothing else is really updated, but if this isn't enough of an update for you well then *tooie* I spit on your door step *tooie*!