Eamon Deluxe 5.0 Screen Shots

I took a few screen shots of my pre-test beta version of Eamon Deluxe 5.0 over the past few days so those that are following the progress can get an idea of what it will look like. Keep in mind that this is a rough unfinished copy with no icons or final design decisions yet but it DOES work perfectly in Windows so far and that is good news.

The following are shots showing Eamon Deluxe running on Windows 7 and Win XP and give samples of the revised Main Menu (no more bad color usage and awful 40-column text!), adventure selection menu, Graphic Main Hall, Beginner's Cave, and a couple comparison shots that show the new "VI Mode" setting which allows full compatibility for visually impaired gamers. VI Mode implements dual menus and extra descriptions to things those players previously missed while not sacrificing any convenience or visually-oriented special effects that caused problems in the past. Progress is still moving fairly well and I still hope to have those beta copies sent out very soon.

Eamon Deluxe v5.0 Progress Update.

I am very pleased to announce that late last night I managed to produce what I believe to be the first ever one-click fully installed and playable set of Eamon adventures in history. My installer worked perfectly on both the Win XP and Windows 7 64-bit computers I used to test them, complete with desktop icon, start menu shortcuts and an uninstall option. (Hmm... What form of lunatic would want to UNINSTALL Eamon adventures from their computer? I am providing that option merely for the sake of completeness.)

Production has been coming along much better than I ever would have predicted with merely finding the free time to get it done being my biggest obstacle so far. The Eamon Deluxe system was in much worse shape than I had thought and the perfectionist in me has taken over adding more to the workload. Nearly every program is getting some sort of revision and I also have several new submissions that have to be fine tuned and added as well. One of those submissions is a brand new Eamon Deluxe adventure by a first time author who has created what I can only describe as a masterpiece.

I am still taking requests for play testers, send a message to eamondeluxe ( at ) gmail.com and please include a brief description of your computer and Operating System as I need to know which installer package to send.

To those that have already volunteered to help with testing, thank you very much and as you can tell by this blog, you should be getting your Beta copies very soon.

Cheers!
-Frank

Needed: Playtesters for Eamon Deluxe v5.0

There is a new version of Eamon Deluxe very close to being finished and anybody who is interested in helping with testing it out for bugs, OS compatibility, or just has random opinions, suggestions, etc. is invited to email me and request a pre-release beta copy to play with. Send your request to: eamondeluxe (at) gmail.com

Right now I am especially looking for testers using Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 bit), experienced Mac users and anyone with visual impairments who uses screen reading software.

There are too many details to list right now but I will say that a major overhaul and upgrade on the entire Eamon Deluxe system is being done and the upcoming release should run on any popular OS. All of the classic Eamon adventure sets will be included as well, albeit in a partially unfinished format for a few, but still playable. All in all I think I last counted about 20 previously unreleased Eamon conversions that will be included. There is also a VERY excellent Eamon Deluxe Original Adventure that I recently received and am in the process of playing and adding as well, but that will be the subject of a separate blog post soon enough.

That's all for now. Keep your swords sharp and I hope to hear from some of you soon,
-Frank

Welcome Frank!

Have Eamon Deluxe questions? Frank has rekindled his interest in Eamon Deluxe offered to contribute to our little Eamon community to help answer any questions you may have about Eamon. Welcome Frank!

Guests writers wanted

Eamon is not, and has never been a one voice medium. There are definitely people out there who have something to say about Eamon, even if it's been twenty years since they last played.

So, I'd like to offer this soapbox. Want to write something about Eamon? Write it up and send it to me and I'll repost it here. Not only will it appear on the blog, it'll get reposted to the website (the Eamon news section of the front of http://www.eamonag.org/) and the facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/EamonGuild).

Have a lot to say? Let me know and I can set you up as a co-author of the blog.

Your input is welcome in whatever form... Tell us about your first experience playing Eamon... About that great adventure you wrote, but never sent in to be published... that piece of fan mail you received from someone who played your adventure... Your excitement in finding Eamon again after all of these years... Whatever it is, we want to hear about it!

Matthew

Maher part III

In his third post about Eamon, Maher looks at the divergence of Eamon and Swordthrust, and how John Nelson got involved in the world of Eamon. Check out http://www.filfre.net/2011/09/eamon-part-2/

Maher looks at Eamon

Part two of Jimmy Maher's examination into the history of Eamon is now available at http://www.filfre.net/2011/09/a-journey-into-the-wonderful-world-of-eamon/

What do you think? Do you agree with his assessment of Eamon?