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TwistedBrush
$39.95 - Pixarra

Simplicity without sacrifice, powerful enough for the professional artist yet simply enough for the novice. TwistedBrush has one of the most versatile and powerful brush engines in existence, yet it as designed from day one to be easy to use. TwistedBrush has more than 3,000 brushes, along with all the features that artists love to use: layers, realistic media, photo cloning, tracing, masks, particles, filters, script recording, scripts to AVI, drawing tablet support, brush shapes, atterns, textures, integrated scanner support, image brushes, drawing guides, reference image views, dirty brushes, scratch layer, dynamic palettes and a whole lot more. Best of all, feature updates are frequent

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Basics of Computer Game Design eBook
$0 - Game Innovator

Learn some of the vital basics on computer game design in this compact eBook. Find out some of the bare essentials you need to know about designing games for the PC platform.

Some of the basics described can also be applied to other platforms as well.

The sections available in this eBook are:
-Web-based versus Standalone Games
-Difference Between concave and convex for 3D collisions
-Recommended Resources

The recommended resources section includes links for additional stuff on game design. This eBook is related to the video course How to Make Money from Video Games.

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Lighthouse Lunacy
$19.95 - Athletic Design

Come enjoy the company of a hostile game character and a narcissistic game designer!

Athletic Design built Lighthouse Lunacy to the rescue of all lost gamers out there.

Lighthouse Lunacy brings back the joy of old school platform jumping and puts pure puzzles into the mix to create something distinctly new.

Another unique touch is a comic strip story that is artfully interwoven with the actual game play and level design. The story involves Fred, the reluctant mascot of the game, and his boss, the game designer.

?We keep our games lean & clean,? game designer Anders Hansson says, ?By cutting them down to their bare essentials, we make games that are to the point. More importantly, by employing the bare essentials to their fullest potential, we are able to make games of considerably depth compared to the overblown mish-mash that flood both the hardcore and casual part of the game industry.

?The puzzles of Lighthouse Lunacy utilize only three different kinds of boxes and the ways to use them and their reasons for being there make perfectly sense. This means that players never have to memorize rules but can pick up and play at any time. Progress in the game is only limited by the smartness and creativity of the player.?

Anders continues, ?Stories in puzzle games are basically silly fluff with little connection to the actual game. Not so in Lighthouse Lunacy. Hints to the levels and clever comments on the game itself and its three participants (game designer, game character & game player) make the story an integral part of the experience.?

Give Lighthouse Lunacy a try and you will get hooked solving puzzles to unravel the mysterious nature of the game designer - all the way to the twist at the end!

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Express Communicator
$20 - ACD Systems

Express Communicator 2.0 is the perfect network solution for your corporate communication needs - providing you with all the network essentials of an instant messenger. It creates fast, reliable and secure instant messaging connections between network associates on local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN). Your messages are automatically private and secure as they are protected by industry-standard 64-bit encryption and are transferred directly to the receiver without sitting on a server during transport.

As a private instant messenger, Express Communicator 2.0 gives corporate message mates unparalleled speed for nonverbal communications using very little bandwidth. It provides a simple and intuitive user interface that lets you check user status quickly and send an instant message easily. It also gives you various contact options, including email integration for pop3 and SMTP addresses, and the ability to create multiple contact groups. Plus, you get two-way chatting capabilities and convenient management tools for handling messages, contacts, and program options.

Express Communicator 2.0 is a secure way to send your notes and files in an instant.

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Express Messaging Server
$300 - ACD Systems

Express Messaging Server 2.0 is the perfect network communications solution for your corporate communication needs - providing you with all the network essentials of a presence and instant messaging solution. It creates fast, reliable and secure instant messaging connections between network associates on local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN). Session authentication and message transfers are automatically secured as they are protected by industry-standard 64-bit encryption.

As a private instant messenger client and server solution, Express Messaging Server 2.0 gives corporate message mates unparalleled speed for nonverbal communications using very little bandwidth. Its simple user interface lets you create accounts quickly and administer accounts and services remotely. Express Messaging Server includes a Windows NT account converter to create an Express account database in seconds.

Express Messaging Server 2.0 is a secure way to set up a private communications system on your LAN or WAN.

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Simulationexams.com A+ Essentials Exam
$19.95 - Anand Software and Training (P) Ltd.

SimulationExams.com A+ Essentials prep tests have the following features:
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-Drag-n-drop questions
-Multiple choice single answer,
-Multiple choice multiple answer,
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Practice questions are highly relevant, and provide simulated exam environment.
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