Our Image Viewer, 3pic ViewR, Finally Launched

3pic ViewR is an image viewer geared towards reading comics and manga. It has a simple interface but sports a large variety of features. With 4 viewing modes, custom colour backgrounds, extra transparency layer, perfect alpha-channel rendering, freeform image rotation, zooming, per-image setting while browsing, bookmarks, extra privacy and a host of other features, 3pic ViewR is a good freeware image viewer for anyone looking for something light and compact with sufficient features to satisfy the average user. Learn More…

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Round Phoenix News Letter #1

Forward

I’ve decided that we need a news letter to keep the [very few | almost none | practically zip]  fans up-to-date with exactly whats going on with Round Phoenix and its members. Since we aren’t fast-paced enough for Twitter, I decided to start a monthly news letter. Members will be free to contribute to this and the public is welcomed – even encouraged – to comment or ask questions. The news letters will appear in our news feed and I’ll get around to placing a dedicated newsletter widget on the sidebar when I get sound to it (Not never, I promise). So without further ado, here we go.

Recruitment

Okay, I know I’ve been pushing this a lot recently but we have only 1 full-time member (me), one contributing member (Bradley) and one guy who’s post-produced a few graphics for me and says he is working on “something for Youtube” (he actually didn’t want me to mention him at all). Essentially Round Phoenix has a staff of 1.5 so if you have something to contribute talent-wise and are prepared to work for nothing more than glory – and a credit in the game/software or help file – then please mail a sample of your work and a brief motivator to Round Phoenix. If you have no talents in any field relating to software then donations are always welcome (There’s a Paypal donation button on the bottom of the right-hand sidebar).

Awesome New Image Viewer To Be Launched Soon

We’re in the final stages of the image viewer we’ve been working so hard on. Most of it’s complete and the evil voices of temptation are whispering to me to release the beta but I promised myself I’d finish all the coding first, have Bradley thoroughly test it on as many machines as possible first so that Round Phoenix could release its first truly complete and stable product rather than releasing a million 0.xx versions. Hopefully it’ll be done with by mid-March or the the beginning of April at the latest.

Jason Takes The Gold

Recently ADG  held a coding contest to commemorate their 1st year anniversary. The objective was simple yet complicated: Using only native DBPro or AGK commands and no external media, render “A Scene Of Epic Destruction”. Entries were judged by the end result, originality, cleverness of code and overall neatness of code. There was some really strong competition and when they announced me the winner, I just about fell off my bed. Winning was a great thing not just for me but for Round Phoenix as well. The prizes will greatly help us in reaching our goals. You can read more about this on my profile page.

A Call For Public Support – Give Us Some Feedback Or Spread The Word

We’re a very small brand and we can’t afford to advertise. We don’t have a massive team to do market research either. We make no income as yet from our software. I urge you, please take five minutes to leave a comment about a product. We’ll take compliments, comments and constructive criticisms. If you don’t have the time to leave a comment or perhaps you don’t know what to say, post a link to your favourite software’s page on Facebook or other social networking sites. Your referrals make a big difference to us.

Site Overhaul

The site has undergone a few changes since its inception, most notably the theme change a while back. However, more importantly is the layout. After much internal debate with myself and a lot of tweaking of minor details, I’m more or less happy with things for now. Recent additions include a “Profiles” section containing basic bio’s on Round Phoenix members in addition to a little about Round Phoenix itself and a much-needed donations page. Aside from that, it’s been mainly a lot of widget shuffling.

A Quick Wrap Up

Well that’s about all for now. We’ve come a fair way but we’ve got a long way to go. If you’d like to receive email notifications of each post, don’t forget to subscribe to the site (Click the “Follow” button). Subscriptions are 100% free and we won’t send you spam or any advertising apart from our products.

Thanks for reading and we appreciate all your support,

- Jason McMaster

Secure-Wordz V2.0 is Here

After somewhat of a “leave of absence”, Round Phoenix has resumed production. The release of version 2.0 of Secure-Wordz marks the beginning of many great thing to come.

Secure-Wordz is a revolutionary system in that it allows the user to maintain large passwords of 50+ characters using two very simple and easy to remember words such as “Cat” and “Dog”. Passwords are generated using a unique, one-way algorithm that provides high-level password management security and unlike traditional password managers, it can do so without storing your passwords on your harddrive. Visit the official page to Learn More…

For the latest version: Download Secure-Wordz 2.0 (Aprox 3.28MB)
The new version, version 2.0, includes:

• Click and drag support for moving window without the need for “Windows-Friendly” mode.
• Full skin support.
• Basic help on how to make your own skins.
• Fixed bug in applying character length limit to what got copied to the clipboard.
• Fixed input bug that caused black stripes in window during input.
• And more!

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Where’s The New Software?

I know, I know. No updates or new apps for ages. Just to let our (very few) fans know we aren’t dead, I thought I’d post this. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, work on all projects has been put on hold. But, to let you know what’s going on under the Round Phoenix hood, here is a short list of what to expect in the not-too-distant future:

1) A new game, codenamed “shattered”, has already reached the end of its planning phase. Currently, media still needs to be collected and development still needs to take place (although some functions have been completely coded). The game will be a dark and serious one that will explore places in the human soul that nobody wants to go. The gameplay system promises to be a unique combination of existing gameplay styles with a sprinkling of Round Phoenix awesomeness. If you would like to contribute media (artwork or sound) to the game, contact Round Phoenix and we’ll tell you what we need. You will be credited in the game’s credits and user manual for your work as well as any artbooks published for the game. Media is our biggest problem at the moment because free games do not cover royalty costs and we therefore cannot afford to buy media packs (and the free ones seldom meet our needs). Completion: 5%

2) A multi-purpose engine that will be like none other of its kind. All information surrounding it is still classified. More updates to come. Completion 2%

3) An image viewer that will offer the user so much more than any standard viewer has ever offered with modes geared towards specific users. It will be worth the wait. Completion 50%

4) Brand new File-U-. As promised with the beta release, File-U- would be the prelude to something much bigger, much greater and “much more better”. The application will be re-written except for a few core functions and will become a streamlined app that will offer pc users of any level a set of seriously useful tools. Completion 10%

5) At the core of most of our new software is a library constructed in the native code of our applications (DBPro). This library aims to create a dependency-free environment to work with as a means to overcome problems with third-party dll files. The library contains some very sophisticated functions geared towards making working with DBPro a lot easier. Although designed for DBPro, RP Lib should be easy to translate to other languages as most of the functions use basic command sets that nearly all languages have an equivalent of. RP Lib, will soon be published both on this site and on TGC for all to enjoy! Completion: 95% but it just keeps growing!

6) Round Phoenix will soon be launching an online publications site. This is tentatively scheduled for June 2012. The online publication site will accept work from any authors provided it meets our standards (tba). The idea is to give emerging writers of books and graphic novels a chance for exposure. Don’t worry, your work will be carefully copyrighted (if you’d like) to ensure that nobody reproduces it without permission. There will be no fee involved since it will be an online publication and you will still retain the rights to publish it outside of Round Phoenix’s domain (ie other sites, other publishers, printing, etc) although there will be some minor terms and conditions (to protect us). Completion 0%

And that sums it up. We’ve actually been quite busy after all! This temporyr suspension on all projects is expected to be lifted sometime in Dec to January. Until then, happy holidays!

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Penisman v2.1 Final Release – All-inclusive

Finally, the FINAL final release of Pman. This release now includes the d3dx9_31.dll file needed to run the game and will install alongside the game. All changes since ver1.0 include:

Newest Changes (In v2.1)

• Awesome new installer that adds an uninstall option to Windows Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs for XP, Programs and Features for Vista and 7).
• A tiny bug I didn’t even notice until recently has been corrected. The game now displays max HP/SP at level ups instead of current HP/SP.
• Should run on x86 and x64 versions of Windows.

Last Version’s Changes (v2.0):

• Penisman can now be installed to any directory (will cause install error messages, just ignore).
• The setup utility is now in the same folder as the game (easier, simpler).
• Faster GUI for the setup utility since most graphics are rendered internally.
• Auto-detection of available resolutions added to setup.
• Dead-zone calibration for analogue joysticks has been added.
• Better, smoother, more responsive button/key assignments for Input Setup.
• Better support for gaming devices has been added.
• Better display support including support for app switching (alt+tab)
• Smoother input during profile creation.
• In-game GUI bugs fixed (freezing until key pressed, skipping screens).
• Firing error at next level start fixed (properly this time).
• Defaults to normal windowed mode on error to prevent crashes.
• Large portion of the code was re-coded for better performance.
• Exitting via “Quit” option in main menu has been sped up.

And that sums it up. Pman with all bugfixes and dependancies in one file.

Download Penisman Now (Ver2.1) (Updated, Approx 96 MB)

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Secure-Wordz Official Launch

Secure-Wordz is a simple solution for a complicated problem. No longer will you need to remember lengthy passwords or fear your password being discovered because Secure-Wordz has you covered. And because Secure-Wordz is not a password manager, it does not store your password anywhere so nobody can ever get it by snooping around your harddrive. Learn More…

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File-U- Official Launch

File-U- is a useful command-line style utility that allows you to perform bulk actions on files. While its primary function is to bulk rename files it can do a few other things too. It’s abilities include bulk file renaming,  moving files, fusing folder trees, storing paths in memory slots and reading and writing data on the clipboard.

Although seemingly intimidating at first, the interface is actually fairly simple to use and there’s internal help available along with a user’s manual so anybody should be able to use it.

Download File-U- beta Now (Aprox. 1.3MB)

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Updates and Patches

Like most software, Round Phoenix software will require updates and patches. You’ll be able to find the latest updates for any RP software on its respective page or, while it’s considered current (this is determined by events not time elapsed), on the Round Phoenix home page. All updates will appear here as brief news items. Please note that each update will include all previous updates, meaning you’ll only ever have to download the latest one. For this reason, obselete updates will be deleted and older software items will be moved to the redundancy archive, but for a limited time only. Eventually only the latest version of the software will be available.

Any changes to a software’s status ie going from freeware to add-supported, will require you to cease distribution of the older freeware versions although you can continue using them on a strictly personal and non-coomercial basis. If you are hosting the older versions, or links to them, you will be required to update the files/links to their latest version. For this reason, it is easier simply to link to the software’s home page.

Pman Official Launch

Today Round Phoenix launches Penisman, its first official game. Set in a world where Earth is under attack by a set of unknown alien forces, you must set out to destroy the enemies invading Earth before embarking on a cross-galaxy quest to track down and eliminate those responsible for this evil and unprovoked attack on your home planet. Learn more…

Download Penisman Now (Updated: Version 2.1, Aprox 87MB)

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