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                   ^1A M O S  I N  A C T I O N .  

                ^7A new book from SOFTWARE DEVELPMENTS.

                    ^4Written by Len & Anne Tucker.

                ^1Due to be published MARCH/APRIL 1992.

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 ^5This  is  the  book  that  we  have been asked to write for Software
^5Developments. 

^4 Their  latest  publication `The Commercial Games Programmer's Guide'
^4has  just been published, and will be of interest to those of you who
^4want  to  know  about what it takes to get into the games market.  It
^4includes  the  telephone numbers of all, yes, ALL the software houses
^4in  the  UK,  as  well  as  these, there are other useful numbers for
^4places  such  as  disk  duplicators.  The book is not written for any
^4specific computer and will be of use to any hopeful games writer.

^5 We were first contacted by David Gibbons of Software Developments in
^5October, he asked to see examples of our work so that he could see if
^5what we did would be suitable for his idea.

^4 After  seeing  our  Licenseware  titles,  he thought that Marvin the
^4Martian  was the most suited to his plan to publish a book about Amos
^4programming.

^5 The  plan  was to take a game and strip it down to its bones to show
^5how  it  was  constructed.   The aim is to give hints and tips on how
^5certain  functions  are programmed and explain the things that aren't
^5in the Amos manual.

^4 Marvin  the Martian was a game idea created by our daughter Melanie,
^4then  aged  13.  She helped with the coding and graphics, but all the
^4gameplay  ideas  are  hers.  This game has caused us more programming
^4problems that all our other programs put together!

^5 At  first  we  thought that Marvin was comming back to haunt us, but
^5really  having  had  so  much  trouble with it gives us more to write
^5about!   It  seemed  a rather daunting task at first, but once we sat
^5down  and  thought of all the angles that could be covered, it wasn't
^5too bad.

^4 There   will   be  plenty  to  read  about  programming  with  Amos,
^4illustrations  that  we  hope will help the text along, and plenty of
^4useful  addresses  where  you  will  be  able  to  get  help with any
^4programming  problems  and  where  you can get the things you need to
^4write with Amos.

^5 There  will be a disk given away with the book, it will of course be
^5the  game,  Marvin  the Martian, the compiled version as is available
^5from  Déjà  Vu,  and  also  the  souce code which you will be able to
^5follow  as  you  read the book and play with to see how the different
^5routines work.

^2 Look out for AMOS IN ACTION in your bookshops next year. For more
^2details contact:- 
  
                 ^7David Gibbons
                 ^7Software Developments
                 ^7PO Box 57
                 ^7Ushaw Moor
                 ^7Durham
                 ^7DH7 7EE

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