Awesome Mattias, glad to hear it. Enjoy! :)

Cheers!

Cara





> On May 15, 2023, at 11:12 AM, Mattias <mjonsson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> thanks for the mac version of silver dollar
> i must say it works better on m1 mac than on windows
> 
>> 15 maj 2023 kl. 18:51 skrev Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com>:
>> 
>> It's been a long while, but it's finally time to announce the start of a new 
>> chapter for Draconis Entertainment, LLC. The dragon is awakening yet again!
>> 
>> This new incarnation of the company brings big and exciting changes. We will 
>> explain those and some of our plans for the future here, but know that we 
>> aren't spilling all the beans quite yet. What fun would that be!
>> 
>> The world has moved on!
>> 
>> Our first announcement is that we are bringing new and enhanced versions of 
>> our classic games, along with brand-new titles, into the modern age and on 
>> to Apple platforms, with an emphasis on iPhone! Thanks to VoiceOver, the 
>> overwhelming majority of the visually impaired community has access to at 
>> least one of Apple's operating systems, and this will make our games 
>> available to the widest possible audience. It's hard to believe sometimes, 
>> but that little rectangle of glass we all carry in our pockets has 
>> infinitely more power than any of the PCs or Macs that our legacy titles 
>> were developed on, and with the tight integration of Apple's operating 
>> systems, we will be able to easily make new releases available for iPhone, 
>> iPad, Mac, or AppleTV going forward. This approach means that we can 
>> integrate newer technologies like full 3D spatial audio, touch and 
>> accelerometer interaction, and support for console game controllers and 
>> advanced haptics.
>> 
>> What does this mean for our Windows products?
>> 
>> We know how beloved these games have been over the years—we love them 
>> too—and we want to bring all of them, with expansions and new features,  
>> into the twenty-first century, so they can be enjoyed by new and old 
>> generations of gamers alike. The support cost for the original Windows 
>> games, some of which were new when Nintendo 64 was the hot ticket and Xbox 
>> didn't yet exist, is simply too high to manage for a small company like us, 
>> while also investing in the future. 
>> 
>> We will be bringing our Windows development to a close and giving these 
>> games new life on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and AppleTV. That said, for the time 
>> being, we will continue to offer downloads of the installation packages for 
>> our legacy catalog on our site, and customers who purchased them may request 
>> replacement keys within reason. (For more details, see the Legacy section of 
>> our new website at https://draconis.llc.)
>> 
>> Back in March, the legacy Draconis Score Server (DSS) and Draconis Online 
>> License Factory (DOLF) for the Windows versions of ChangeReaction 2 and 
>> SilverDollar, migrated to a new host and received some modernization. As 
>> you've already seen, this brought much needed stability to both of those 
>> services.
>> 
>> So what’s up first?
>> 
>> With all of that in mind, we're pleased to introduce major updates to the 
>> Mac versions of ChangeReaction and SilverDollar. Freed from the 
>> cross-platform constraints of developing for both macOS and Windows, we have 
>> been able to add some new features to these titles. The most exciting of 
>> which is full-support for any of the console game controllers supported by 
>> Apple platforms. These include the PlayStation DualShock 4 or DualSense 5, 
>> the Xbox X / S controllers, the Nintendo Switch JoyCons, any MFI controller, 
>> and others. SilverDollar now includes a great deal of new and remastered 
>> audio, support for Apple Silicon, and countless bug fixes and tweaks.
>> 
>> These upgraded titles will be available as free updates to anyone who 
>> purchased them previously from the Mac App Store. SilverDollar 2.0 is out 
>> now and is available for free. ChangeReaction 3.0 will have its price 
>> reduced to $4.99 in the US when it is reintroduced in the coming weeks. 
>> (Prices will vary based on exchange rates.)
>> 
>> Looking forward, the development to bring a mix of new and familiar titles 
>> to life is well-underway, and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been 
>> working on! The future is bright.
>> 
>> We know the dragon has been sleeping for a very long time. We appreciate 
>> your patience and support more than we can say. Thank you for the last 
>> twenty years. We hope you'll join us as the dragon is reborn.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> Cara
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