This is very sad to see that BPC programs went down and I regret it won't be back up again? ----- Original Message ----- From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>; <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] ATTN!! message from Munawar bijani about bpcprograms
> Yeah tourniment for all its crappy non sfx and old style music and sapi > voice is actually quite good, I would have liked it to be non crap and I > think munawar was going to make it so and do it properly. > I wanter if munawar's personal pages are still up, hmmm. > At 10:29 AM 12/5/2006, djc wrote: >>While I myself didn't buy treasure hunt I appreciated his free offerings >>and I still have them. I'm always sorry to read this kind of a situation >>because there are some damn fine programmers in the blind community. So >>the >>person who did this to him stole the game pure and simple. That's Ok Steve >>because the Lord will remember. >> >> >>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >>On 12/4/2006 at 2:29 PM Stephen wrote: >> >>>I am writing on behalf of Munawar, the brains behind bpc >>>programs. Some of you have been asking why he is no longer in the >>>business, Here's the full story in his words. Make sure to read the >>>message thoroughly as we can all learn a thing or too from it. >>>-------------- >>> >>> I started out around 2001 I think. my goal was to create games for >>>blind people. at first they were free, and then suddenly I started >>>charging, because Treasure Hunt had become a real first person >>>shooter complete with an overall objective. >>>That was when I had lots of time, and, most importantly, motivation. >>>I wanted to leave a mark in the so-called blind gaming community, >>>because I realized something quite quickly. >>>We had too many rated E games, games for kids rather than adults. >>>So began my major upgrade to Treasure Hunt. There's a common >>>misconception that I just wanted to expand the game and put more >>>features in it, bringing it up from version three to four. The real >>>reason was that we needed more serious action games; games which run >>>around a storyline. >>>So now we were in the four year round about of BPC's life. Treasure >>>Hunt was released six months later, I believe February of 2005. >>>Now, everyone who followed the evolution of Treasure Hunt remembers >>>the major patch upgrades. The game was quite bug-filled, which showed >>>me that my skills in programming actually weren't as well-planted as >>>I had thought they were. >>>And, of course, my beta testers were jokes, save a select few (you >>>know who you are) >>>So from Feburary 2005 to early 2006, I was releasing patch after >>>patch. That was my job; it wasn't a good experience for me at all, >>>and I quickly realized Treasure Hunt was, in itself, a failure. The >>>game turned out to be rated E although I had hoped it wouldn't be, >>>and some things did not work for no apparent reason. >>>After this period of patch releasing, I arived at the first really >>>stable version of Treasure Hunt, 4.25, and that's when I was able to >>>turn my attention to the finances of the organization. Payments were >>>coming in nicely the first couple months, then declined. They went >>>back up in December of 2005, thanks to Christmas shoppers. Developers >>>love Christmas. >>>Finally, I saw a steady drop of purchases, In March, I made one sale, >>>April was zero, and May was around that number. But then came a >>>further change, and it was not a pleasant one. >>>someone actually filed a charge back against me. Can you believe the >>>morality of this person? I won't name them, but they will know who >>>they are when they read this. This individual had bought a copy of >>>the game from me, and then turned around and claimed that I made an >>>unauthorized purchase to their credit card. >>>Not only did Pay Pal refund their money, they also gave them $10.00 >>>extra. This leech was paid $10.00 for buying my game! >>>I had given them the registration key and everything, I saw no fault >>>with the order. They got what they paid for. >>>Now, Consider all of what I have said. I did consider everything, and >>>I'll briefly recap. >>>Treasure Hunt was a rated E game when it wasn't supposed to be; >>>someone accused me of credit card fraud, something which degraded my >>>reputation greatly; there was no more money being made; I lost my >>>motivation; and, finally, I hated all those 13-year-olds trying to >>>make games. Unfortunately, people seem to trust any word of mouth >>>they get, even if it's from one person only, My sales went down >>>dramatically after the chargeback. >>>So, now it was June. One fine day, I decided to just throw it all >>>away. I will admit it can be called cowardly for me to do so, but I >>>did not really have a choice. Pressing on would have resulted in a >>>lawsuit, which I do not have the money to fund, A plane which started >>>off quickly and then crash landed, that's what happened with >>>BPCPrograms, SD, And that, my fellow gamers, was the story of the >>>BPCPrograms Software Division. >>>message ends >>>I've no idea if Munawar would want to put up treasure hunt for free >>>like what was done with self destruct and danger city but I suspect >>>not considering all that's happened. >>>Take care >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Gamers mailing list .. 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