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Magicgate Software's
Director Podcast
Episode 15 --
May 3rd, 2006
The Director Podcast
Magicgate Software has been specializing in Adobe Director (previously Macromedia Director) for
over 10 years now. Come listen to programming techniques, information about Xtras (Macromedia Director's plugin library) and interviews with industry professionals. A must for any Director developer out there! We encourage you to send us your feedback and topic ideas. You can do this by emailing us at HERE, using our form below or by calling our....
Director Comment Hotline: 954-762-7962
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This Week's Shownotes:
Director Podcast Episode Fifteen, May 3rd, 2006
Greetings, Who I am, where we are
Website location
Keys trip... Rum Runners! Checked out house boats.. going again next week for anniversary.
Razorwire and Blackberry 8700c
Saltimbanco reference... when on the ships, Amsterdam, 1996
News:
Macromedia.com officially points to adobe.com and looks and feels like the old macromedia site! Feels like home!
Last month's contest winner for Best use of 3D in a game: Jake Grandchamp from Rabidlab with Dodge That Anvil! http://www.rabidlab.com/games/dta/demo.html
Sponsored by: the cXtra Team at cXtra.net. Jake won the cXtraPrinterDoc Xtra. Link: http://www.cXtra.net
May Contest:
May Contest: Best Educational Project using Director.
Best score will win and be highlighted here on the Director Podcast
Prize: Your choice of Any Xtra from DirectXtras compliments of DirectXtras.com
Does not matter platform. (Mac or PC ok!)
Send us your contest entry by "Snail Mail" to:
Magicgate Software
ATTN: Contest #3
757 SE 17th St, Suite #103
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 USA
Also can send us file via link from your server... just don't send us an email attachment.
Listener Feedback:
Dean Utian
Colin Holgate
Here's the path to follow with regard to the Mac OS X Elo drivers:
The Elo page that has drivers. Note the link to a third party for OS X drivers
Initial download page, that you eventually realize isn't where you need to be
A download request form that you fill in, and receive a download link later on
Much research later you find this page:
Rich Curran
Osmose Lin
Tom Cotton
Episode 20 will be our Flash VS Director episode. Keep the info coming in!
Listener Feedback Winner:
Mark from Lombard, IL... Promise not to call you a FIB :) Contact us so we know where to send your prize!
Your prize: Gary Rozenzweig's Book "Lingo For Games"
Xtra of the Week:
DirectOS Xtra from DirectXtras.com
Direct access to the Windows and MacOS Operating Systems!
30 Day Trial,
Mac or PC $149.00 Mac & PC, $249
Also you can get a reduced bundle with the DirectInteraction Xtra
Direct Link
Sighting of the Week:
707 Great Games DVD Rom from Best Buy.
Produced by ValueSoft
http://valuesoft.com/
PC Only
In the "Ultimate Gaming" folder, there is a bunch of games made by a company called Antidote Entertainment
http://www.antidotegames.com/
Looks like it was written in v 8.5. One basic interface that plays all the games. There are 53 games ranging from Action, Board, Cards and puzzle games.
Some decent use of 3D....
Go to the website to play some games.... Annoying popups. Looks like things are sponsored by PlanetHollywood.com
Resource of the week:
Dean Utian from Australia has tutorials! Dean's pages are also highlighted on Darrel Plant's site.
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director/
Categories include:
General
Lingo and Programming
Animation
Sound and Interactivity
Interactivity and Design
Shockwave 3D
Advanced Programming
Specialized
The ones I check out, starter file, asset files and in the end, you can downloaded the completed movie.
VERY well laid out and very easy to understand! Awesome job Dean!
Closing Remarks
Contact Info, director@magicgate.com, 954-762-7962, http://director.magicgate.com
Don't forget our other Podcast, The Kiosk Podcast.
Thank You Listeners!
What to expect next: Working on some more interview! Submit your contest entries and info that you want us to talk about on Episode 20. Tune in again next week to the Director Podcast where we talk about the software we all love to use.
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There She Goes by Brother Love
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