Hello. I've just uploaded a fixed version of Kyodai 11.55 Beta 1, which was posted yesterday. This fix simply adds a file I had forgotten to include in the original release, which caused a crash when starting the program. I hadn't thought of this problem because this file was in my Windows directory, so Kyodai acted like it had found the file. Sorry for this repost, but apart from that, the user feedback so far is very satisfying. Same URL as yesterday !

A public beta of Kyodai 11.55 should be ready for tomorrow. It will, hopefully, provide the first "real" version of Kyodai that works with Voodoo cards. These last days, I spent a lot of time fixing bugs on this support. I had to make a lot of modifications for this to work, but now it seems to work okay. If you have a Voodoo 2 card, get ready for tomorrow...

Another good news ! The latest build of Kyodai now works on Voodoo and Voodoo 2 cards !! I just played (and won ) a game of Solitaire on my Diamond Monster 3D II (a Voodoo 2) at 60 fps. I'm still having some problems with the interface, but hopefully this will be a thing from the past when the new version will be introduced. I've got a lot more to say about Kyodai, but I don't have time for this now... Bye !

Hi ! Another good day today, as I received my favorite movie (from Martin Scorsese) on DVD. It was a pleasure to finally discover it in widescreen ! I also finally watched my girlfriend's own favorite movie, "Les Enfants du Paradis", which is one of the most impressive movies ever in terms of writing. Magnificent, but truly dark.  In the Kyodai world, well, I've replaced the Games poll with another poll about which version of Kyodai you prefer. Just to see. Sorry for insisting !

Good news overall (the only bad news being about my best friend who doesn't seem to understand me anymore these days, *sob* !!). The first good news is that I took my first REAL day off since last year. Today I went to Paris and had dinner at an Asian restaurant with my girlfriend's family. It was the first time I met members of her family and I think they liked me. Then we came out of the restaurant and I took my girlfriend on a walk through Paris. We started from the Arc de Triomphe, passed through the whole Champs Elysees avenue, crossed the Seine and walked till we saw the Place de la Concorde (and its famous Obelisque de Louxor), then we crossed the Seine again and visited the Jardin des Tuileries till the Louvres museum. Then we took the subway back to the train station and got back home. I'm completely exhausted (plus, I'd slept for only 4 hours before we left this morning), but I'm now back and running.  The other good news is about Kyodai. I got some *cool* ideas about optimization, and managed to accelerate the main games by about twenty percent ! You hear it. I had about 102 fps in the Mahjongg Solitaire (with all options enabled except music), and now I have about 124 fps ! And if I disable all options, I get about 160 fps. Now, even the software mode can be considered as an option to play ! Isn't that great ? I don't know, though, when I'll release that new version. This month, for sure. But I don't know when. Surprise, surprise !