Back to news pages...Below is a press release that I have just received from the World Foundry stating that themselves and Vulcan Software have parted company. Basically this means that Vulcan Software will no longer be publishing E2260. Full details can be found below.
Today it has been confirmed that our company has parted from Vulcan software and Vulcan will not be publishing Explorer 2260 for the Amiga PPC. This is entirely our own decision and has not been in anyway forced by Vulcan.
Here is a short FAQ to cover most of the questions that we expect to be asked.
Q. What were the reasons for TWF to leave Vulcan ?
A. We have different opinions on the current market and community, as well as different plans for the future. This is an amicable split and we wish Vulcan well with their future PC software titles.
Q. What effect will this have on Explorer2260 for the Amiga ?
A. None whatsoever. Development of Explorer2260 PPC and the Explorer Universe is continuing as normal and will continue till the title is finished. We have updated the game specifications last week to state that we would be using Warp3D to provide 3D hardware accelerated performance.
Q. I think Explorer is vapour, why should I care ?
A. Fair enough. If you want to believe that, it's your opinion. It's wrong, but it's yours. I'm sure that the 18 people working on it in various capacities would agree with you whole heartedly.
Q. You're going to cancel the title eventually anyway and do a PC version instead, aren't you ?
A. Absolutely not. If we had any plans to do that we would not have parted company with Vulcan.
Q. When will we see a demo/screenshots ?
A. The first images of the graphic engine should be seen in the first quarter of 1999. We apologies for no pictures of the game before this (bar the renders used of ship designs and aliens in our game encyclopedia) but the code for the 3D engine is in no state to be shown unless people care for sexy pictures of the code.
Q. When is it due to be finished ?
A. We will try and aim for a 3rd quarter release although this could well fall back into the 4th quarter.
Q. How will Explorer be published now ?
A. That will be determined closer to it's completion.
Full details of our organisation and projects can be found at
The World Foundry, http://www.worldfoundry.home.ml.org/
Contact Addresses
EMail: collins-e@dnet.co.uk