Hello. Just wanted to say that I've updated my Troubleshooting page. It's now based on the latest version of the Trouble.rtf file from the Kyodai package. I've also added an entry about MP3 files, because apparently some people don't read the "What's New" file correctly, and don't know that they must install a MP3 codec first if they want to play MP3 files. That's all ! Apart from that, as usual, most people seem to like the new version... Oh, and if you have a problem with it, don't forget to try to launch the "Reset Preferences" Kyodai shortcut from the Start Menu, and answer "no" to the questions. It's always a good thing to do if you have compatibility issues...

Version 12.42 is online, with a lot of cool new stuff ! It was released yesterday, but I had absolutely no time to warn anyone else than my registered users...

Hi ! Just wanted to say that I've updated the site design to maintain compatibility with older browsers that don't support stylesheets... Sorry, I hadn't thought of these ones Also, last night I added another cool feature to Kyodai. Well it's a surprise (no, not the new game, I'm still wondering how to add a new game to the Game Selector without having to increase the size of the selector window )

As always, I'm very busy on Kyodai... Although I was unable to work on it yesterday, in the last few days I've added a lot of things to the next version : MP3 support (yep, you heard me ), permanent 3D optimization, complete rewriting of the "Maintain aspect ratio" option (works much better now), and I've fixed several problems, including not being able to launch Kyodai when you don't have a sound card, and tiles not being erased when you click on them in 2D mode. I don't have a release date but it'll be in early August, promised !

Hi ! As you can see, I've modified the website's design today. I've kept a copy of the "old" site, so if a lot of you don't like the new design, I'll put the older one back online. Have to go, busy busy...

Here's version 12.07... No, you won't find here the new game I'm working on... It'll be included in the next major version, hopefully. The main additions here are a "High quality stretching" mode for 3D, and a really, really cool "Background Sphere" mode in 3D, where the board is surrounded by a textured sphere. It will remind you of the Background Cube feature in Kyodai 10.21, but it's better, in my opinion...

Scoop I'm pleased to announce (is that official ? ) that I'll soon start working on a new addictive mini-game for Kyodai ! The rest is a secret

Hello... As I expected, the 12.02 update of Kyodai seems to be free of bugs... The only modifications I made to my program recently are in the default settings when running it (the window now has the taskbar on by default, and the default music is now Rain Dust). I would gladly take a few days off but I still have some work on another project...  I've posted a new poll, to see what video-card you have. I'm especially interested in seeing how many of you have an ATI card out there. From my experience, ATI drivers really seem to suck. I'd say that 80% of my users who reported problems with their machine had an ATI card. If anyone there has an ATI card (AGP) he/she wants to get rid of, feel free to send it to me... Generally, updating to the latest drivers might help a lot. Apart from that, I hope that all of you who were disappointed by version 12.00 (no more window mode, visual glitches, flickering mouse) are now happy with version 12.02 !

Marc had a major PC crash which delayed the beta-testing by 24 hours, but I've been able to fix his black screen problem. In the meantime I was working on slightly improving the Memory game (which, I've never hidden it, is my least favorite mini-game in Kyodai), and I've tested the game intensively. So I'm glad to announce that the final version of Kyodai 12.02 is now online ! Enjoy it. I'm almost certain that I've managed to remove all of the main DirectX problems introduced way back in version 11.21 (and version 12.00 for some, because of the new interface)...

Here's a preliminary version (Public Beta 3) of Kyodai 12.02... Marc Lesselberg, my main beta tester, is experimenting problems with it (black screen when the Game Selector appears), so I hope you won't have any trouble. It works perfectly on my two machines, so I'm expecting this beta session to help me find out if the problem comes from my programming or from Marc's configuration. Here is the link : Kyodai.exe (1,6mb). Please don't expect support for this beta version. It's targetted to power users. It should be fully functional for everyone, though.