PuzzleBOBS distribution ----------------------- PuzzleBOBS has not a publisher, i searched a lot for publishing in the past, but i didn't find somebody disposed to share its to the Amiga community. They said me that it has bad graphic, or that it is not so good to became commercial. This could be true, this period is very difficult for who works in the Amiga market, because an Amiga game usually sells too few copies and a publisher needs to be extremely sure of a product. I spent a lot of time on PuzzleBOBS, i think it has some good specs, who likes the genre will appreciate the game, and because i don't want see its forgot on my hard disk i decided to distribute its to myself. For this reason the only way to get PuzzleBOBS is contacting me directly. About PuzzleBOBS developing --------------------------- PuzzleBOBS game is finished, but in future will be improved by constant adjournaments of the code. I will be happy to improve its following your impressions and advices, so if you want to contribute to its developing you can send me an email with PBOBS_Advices as subject. You can write me what you want about the game, give some advices, criticize, or simply report a bug. When the game will be adjourned getting a bigger version number, will be automatically sent to all the person who did almost an order asking the "EXE" item. You will receive also mails about other arguments, as the availability of some new graphic setups or other news about the game. If you want exit from the database simply send me an email with PBOBS_Unsubscribe in the mail subject. Instead if you want enter again send me an email with PBOBS_Subscribe. Each time you will get an email (a reply of your) which will confirm the action. You can also contribute to the PuzzleBOBS's graphic developing, making a new graphic setup. I wrote a graphic guide very detailed which explain how do a setup. If you want its send me an order asking the GGI or GGE item. The first is the Italian version, the second, GGE is in English language. It has no cost. Then if you want, you can send me your work, it will be added to the list of items availables, and you will receive a percentage of the profit it produces (you can choose its cost). I ask a 20% of the total sum, so you will receive the rest 80% . I will send you the money by post with a letter, each time your sets profits a sum equal to 25 USA Dollars. I will keep the 20% of the sum with which i will pay the postal cost so you will get the rest, 20$ . If you need more information or you have some questions about doing a setup you can write to me, i will be very happy reply to you. Please send these emails with PBOBS_Graphic as subject. The same for the audio field, in this case use as subject PBOBS_Audio . Method of distribution ---------------------- PuzzleBOBS is distribuited by a very inusual method. You can order its writing an email to me compiling a form (is above) in which you have to insert your personal data (name, surname, email address and State) and choose the items you want to get. Send this with PBOBS_Order as email subject. After you sent that to me, you will receive a confirm email in which you will find again your form with the amount of money you spent. If after two or three day you don't receive the reply email send its again. To confirm the order you need only to reply this mail to me directly. If something is wrong, (for example your name or surname or the rest) send again me the first mail. This is necessary to do the order. Then you have to send me by post the amount of money, putting the money directly in your letter. Is important you send me the money by few bank notes without using coins, if possible concealing the content, to be sure the amount arrives to me (remember the postman), because i will send the game only if i receive the sum. Remember to write on the letter your name, surname, and email address you used when did the order, otherwise i won't be able to understand from whom the sum arrives. Received the sum i will send you by one or more emails the archives. I will send the archives each five days, starting from the first day of month. So if your letter arrives in the third day of month you will receive the archives during the fiveth day of month. For this reason if you have a limited email space, during these days mantain its empty. However if something went wrong during the transfer i will send its again until you will receive the archive totally. If you have some problems, for example if your archive doesn't work, or is not complete write to me an email exposing the problem. Write this with PBOBS_Troubles as subject. You can pay in USA Dollars, or in your State currency, in the confirm email you will find the amount of money in both (remember in the first order email to point to your own State). Is also possible change the order if you want modify its, simply do as for the first email order, but with an new message subject PBOBS_ChangeOrder writing in the form the Regnumber you found in the confirm email order. You will receive again a confirm email, so reply its directly if is ok. When i will receive the payment i will consider only the last change of order done. I will send you more than one archive for set considering the total size, however not exceeding 450-500 Kilobytes for each one compressed. The 16M version are compressed in larger archives, but not exceeding 800kb of size. The EXE item is the archive with the main executable while GGI and GGE are the graphic guides in Italian and English languages. Here the list of items actually availables, on the Nexus Development home page you can see the screen grabs of each. The post address: Emanuele Cesaroni Via Colombo n. 20 56100 Pisa Italy Id Resolution Backgrounds Name Author Size Comp VF1 320x240x256 12 Faces Vic E Babes 1 0.4 VF2 320x256x256 12 Faces Vic E Babes 1.1 0.46 VF3 640x480x256 12 Faces Vic E Babes 3.7 1.3 VF4 640x512x256 12 Faces Vic E Babes 4.2 1.5 VF5 800x600x256 12 Faces Vic E Babes 6.2 2.7 VF6 800x600x16M 12 Faces Vic E Babes 25 7.7 VL1 320x240x256 9 Flags Vic E Babes 1.0 0.4 VL2 320x256x64 9 Flags Vic E Babes 1.0 0.2 VL3 320x256x256 9 Flags Vic E Babes 1.0 0.4 VL4 640x256x256 1 Flags Vic E Babes 0.5 0.1 VL5 640x480x256 9 Flags Vic E Babes 3.7 1.4 VL6 640x512x64 9 Flags Vic E Babes 4.0 0.7 VL7 640x512x256 9 Flags Vic E Babes 4.0 1.2 VL8 800x600x256 9 Flags Vic E Babes 5.4 1.9 VL9 800x600x16M 9 Flags Vic E Babes 23 5.7 EXE Executable 1 0.4 GGI Italian graphic guide 1 0.4 GGE English graphic guide 1 0.4 How compile the order form -------------------------- Here you have the order form, put this text directly in your email, and fill that with your data, name, surname, your email address, and the State where you live. Do not fill the Regnumber field, this is not important when you sent for the first time a first order mail, but when i will reply this to you to confirm the order you will find there a number, an id which will identify your person in my database. If in future you do again an order (do as for the first order mail) write there your Regnumber, in this way you will be recognized soon, and you will not appear more than one time in my database. After the personal data fields you can find the list of items. To ask an item simply change the "n" with an "y", if you ask for the first time the game archive set to "y" also the EXE item. The graphic guide GGI and GGE have no cost. ------------------------ PuzzleBOBS order form ------------------------ Name: Surname: Email: State: Regnumber: ------------------------ Item | y/n | Cost | ------------------------ EXE | n | $3 | GGI | n | $0 | GGE | n | $0 | VF1 | n | $2 | VF2 | n | $2 | VF3 | n | $2 | VF4 | n | $2 | VF5 | n | $2 | VF6 | n | $2 | VL1 | n | $2 | VL2 | n | $2 | VL3 | n | $2 | VL4 | n | $2 | VL5 | n | $2 | VL6 | n | $2 | VL7 | n | $2 | VL8 | n | $2 | VL9 | n | $2 | ------------------------ USA total | $ COU total | ------------------------ A correct example: ------------------------ PuzzleBOBS order form ------------------------ Name: Emanuele Surname: Cesaroni Email: emacesa@tin.it State: Italy Regnumber: ------------------------ Item | y/n | Cost | ------------------------ EXE | y | $3 | GGI | y | $0 | GGE | n | $0 | VF1 | n | $2 | VF2 | n | $2 | VF3 | n | $2 | VF4 | n | $2 | VF5 | y | $2 | VF6 | y | $2 | VL1 | n | $2 | VL2 | n | $2 | VL3 | n | $2 | VL4 | n | $2 | VL5 | n | $2 | VL6 | n | $2 | VL7 | n | $2 | VL8 | n | $2 | VL9 | n | $2 | ------------------------ USA total | $7 COU total | 15000 ------------------------ Received: ------------------------ PuzzleBOBS order form ------------------------ Name: Emanuele Surname: Cesaroni Email: emacesa@tin.it State: Italy Regnumber: 0001 ------------------------ Item | y/n | Cost | ------------------------ EXE | y | $3 | GGI | y | $0 | GGE | n | $0 | VF1 | n | $2 | VF2 | n | $2 | VF3 | n | $2 | VF4 | n | $2 | VF5 | y | $2 | VF6 | y | $2 | VL1 | n | $2 | VL2 | n | $2 | VL3 | n | $2 | VL4 | n | $2 | VL5 | n | $2 | VL6 | n | $2 | VL7 | n | $2 | VL8 | n | $2 | VL9 | n | $2 | ------------------------ USA total | $7 COU total | 15000 ------------------------ Email subjects to contact us ---------------------------- Please when writing to us use the right subject considering the argument, and write to: "emacesa@tin.it" email address. PBOBS_Advices For send me impressions, advices, bug reports to contribuite to PuzzleBOBS future developing. PBOBS_Unsubscribe When you do an order asking the EXE item you will enter automatically in a sort of mailing list by which you can get news and revision of the game executable. Use this to exit from this. PBOBS_Subscribe To enter again in the list, after you unsubscribed. PBOBS_Graphic For each arguments about your collaboration in the PuzzleBOBS graphic developing. PBOBS_Order To do an order. PBOBS_ChangeOrder To change the last order you sent. PBOBS_Troubles If you have some problems with the archives you get after the order. PBOBS_Audio For each arguments about your collaboration in the PuzzleBOBS audio developing.