Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 16:22:56 04/08/03
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On April 08, 2003 at 13:33:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On April 08, 2003 at 08:41:10, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On April 08, 2003 at 07:38:34, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>This program was (and still is) the only fully rendered 3D checkers program, so >>>it obviously drew a lot of attention. I released it as shareware, so that the >>>users can try it for 30 days, then they have to pay $20 to register it. $20 >>>seemed to be too much, and the ratio of sells to downloads was rather low. After >>>a month or two, I changed the price to $9.99, the sales more than tripled. >>>Although in the hindsight I think that $9.99 was probably too low, sending a >>>message "hey this program is so poor, that is why it is priced 9.99". Maybe >>>something like $15 would have been better. >>> >>>Today 'Braveheart 3D Checkers II' is available as advertising supported >>>freeware. >> >>Thanks for this info. Whether this could be translated to chess engines is >>another question, but at least it's a data point from someone. :) >> >>Sargon >> >>PS. I'll buy your program if you port it to Linux ;) > >Is there a DirectX for Linux?! Besides, I have no idea how to use 3D Card in the >graphics engine under Linux! DirectX works just like OpenGL under linux. there is a great winex runtime emulator for that. bit slower but well...
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