Ye older Yipe! news (circa 2002 and older)
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Currently I'm about 50% done with Yipe! III for Windows. I won't make anymore promises as to when I'll finish it. I'll keep you updated here as to what % I've finished whenever I get some more work done on the game. Sorry about the long time and failed predictions of finishing.
10/1/02: I've finished moving. I'm finally settled in a nice house in Chico, CA and I plan to stay here for quite some time. Well, at least as long as I can keep paying the mortgage. I've got a little office finally set up and this past week I actually got some work done on Yipe! III for Windows. I know I'm way off on my goal of finishing this project during the summer. So, I'm now predicting that I can get it all done before Christmas 2002. Wish me luck.
2/14/02: Yipe! Software is MOVING!!
Well, it looks like Chico didn't let me leave after all. My company in Oakland moved up to Chico almost 1 year ago and it's finally time for me to stop working out of my kitchen (Oakland apartments are small) and move on up to Chico. Thus, I now have a new address for registrations:
Kevin Kinell
PO Box 7717
Chico, CA 95927-7717
1/6/02: GASP!! The High Scores page is back and working again?? Please submit your current Yipe! III High Scores as I've reset the pages and I'm creating new High Scores for 2002. Submit your score code to: kevin@YipeSoftware.com
Check out the High Scores Page
12/27/01: Hmm... once again, non-related to Yipe! Software, here's a new page about some old Sports Illustrated Issues I'm selling:
Issues For Sale
12/05/01: Okay, this isn't the most exciting news... but I now have a new way of accepting registration payments.This will help people who need to pay with a credit card or debit card and don't want to wait for a PayPal account to be created. The service is called MoneyMover. You can purchase a money order through their website and they will then send it to me. You can check out more info on the Yipe! III registration page or at MoneyMover.com.
UPDATE!! As of 11/1/02, MoneyMover.com is no longer accepting money orders. Online payments can now only be made via PayPal.com.
10/27/01:
Yipe! I and II for Windows have been released!
Check the Yipe! II webpage for more info!
8/5/01: I guess I'm back to 6 month updates. Not good. However, I have been keeping up with emails and registrations on a daily basis! I've got Yipe! II for windows nearly complete. The main problem is finding the time to work on this project. My real job tends to keep me rather busy. Plus it's Football season, so my weekends have even less free time. Added some screen shots to the Yipe! III pages. Oh... one other nice thing. The May 2001 issue of MacAddict included Yipe! III v1.4 on the CD-ROM that comes with the magazine!
2/3/01: GASP!!! Have I actually started doing something? Yes!! The new Yipe! Software website is finally getting somewhere. Also... here is an interesting rumor... I've heard that Quest of Yipe! (Yipe! I) for Windows is nearly complete.
It is also rumored that Yipe! II and III are under progress and that as soon as all three are finished, they will be released together.
6/26/00: Personal updates:
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Moved out of Chico, CA
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Moved to Oakland, CA
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Quit my job
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Got a new job
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Actually found a place to live and moved most of my stuff in
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Finally hooked up my computers and am able to make some Yipe! updates!
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Started processing registrations and emails on a more regular schedule
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Starting thinking about converting Yipe! to windows
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Starting thinking about Yipe! IV.
Okay. That sounds like a lot of thinking and not a lot of action. But, it's a step.
Sometime in June of 2000:
You can use your VISA/MC with PayPal to register Yipe! Payments are made to email addresses. To register
Yipe!, use the email address: YipeSft@aol.com and make sure to include your name, address, email, and Yipe! III serial number.
7/8/99: Started working on piecing the new Yipe! Website together. For now, I'm setting up the foundation of the page. I'll slowly put more and more on here as time permits.
Good news... Yipe! IV is in progress. Of course you probably don't believe anything I say in my news anymore. (Especially if you've read all the below dates and info, and realize I'm at least 1 year behind on everything I said I'm supposed to be finished with by now).
Anyway, I feel pretty strong about my current situation. Programming guru Chris (A guy I work with) is teaming up with me on this new project.
Here are a few limited details:
* Both a Mac and PC version will be released at the same time.
* It will be both multi-player and single-player.
* The multi-player version will consist of a huge online world where you can interact with other players.
* There is no current scheduled release date. In the next month or so, we should have a better idea of how much time the project will take.
2/16/99:
Well... I think it's about time I posted some new news here on the news page.
For those of you who do not know, I finally finished school and got a real job. Yeap, I now work full time as a programmer for a local software company.
While that is good news for my income, it's bad news for my other activities. The main one affected being Yipe!. I haven't had nearly as much time as I would like to put into making new versions of Yipe! and converting it to Windows.
I hope once I get accustomed to my new schedule, I'll have some time to put back into Yipe!.
11/29/98:
Just thought I'd share with you my exciting event for the day. I grade papers for a programming class here at Chico State. One of my students named their html page: index.html. Well, I accidentally moved it into my web directory overwriting my normal page.
So, for about an hour, if you tried to go to my webpage, you got a random JAVA applet that didn't even work.
Yipe! news: Umm... nothing really new today.
11/5/98:
Version 1.4 of Yipe! III is released.
This new version is mostly to fix a bug that would not let certain characters finish the game if they killed the final monster in a certain way.
I have set goals for finish dates on upcoming Yipe! products:
* Yipe! IV for the MAC: 12/25/98 (Or as close as possible)
* Yipe! III for Windows: Sometime in late January of 1999.
(7/8/99 Note: You can see I was way off in my goal dates).
(6/26/00 Note: Umm... I promise never to make estimates on release dates again).
6/29/98: The new and improved Yipe! Software website is now in place.
Look for the new Yipe! Software Customer Survey.
(7/8/99 Note: Survey disabled for the time being). More Good News... Today I purchased a new Pentium II computer (Ack! it's not a Mac!) and will begin to start converting Yipe! III to Windows again.
5/20/98: Good News: A new version of Yipe! III has been released!
Version 1.3 hit the world on 5/20/98.
The major new features for Yipe! III version 1.3 include:
* Added 2 new Spells, which can be learned around level 34 and 40.
* Added a window listing names of the first people to finish Yipe! III
* Added some keyboard shortcuts:
* You can now press 'u' in the items window to use an item.
* You can now use the left and right arrow keys to switch between which monster you are currently attacking when fighting more than 1 monster at a time.
* Modified King's Messages
* Increased chance of finding Rainbow key
* Updated and added some signs
Bad News: I no longer have the Gateway computer I was working on. What this means is that the conversion from Mac to Windows will be delayed until I get another computer.
3/1/98: I've finally started working on converting Yipe! III to Windows. Actually, I'm first working on converting Yipe! I for practice and then I will skip to Yipe! III.
I hope to have Yipe! I finished sometime this month. As usual I'm behind in processing emails, orders, printing hintbooks, and all that stuff. If you received your email registration letter by 2/15/98 you should have also received whatever else you ordered by now. (Like your hintbook and/or disk). If not, be sure to send me an email message.
In case you didn't know. I typically am able to check my AOL email address more often than my regular email address. My email address is: kevin@yipesoftware.com
If you know any Yipe! news... feel free to send it to me.
Yipe! III Old Version history info:
Yipe! III Mac Version 1.4 Released: November 5, 1998
Changes from 1.3 to 1.4:
There was a bug with killing the final monster and not being able
to complete the game. This is now fixed.
Old characters that could not
re-enter hell at the end of the game will now be fixed.
The Gatekeeper is now
slightly harder in the end.
Updated some menubar names.
Yipe! III Mac Version 1.3 Released: May 20, 1998
Changes from 1.2 to 1.3:
Added 2 new Spells which can be learned around level 34 and
40.
Added a window listing names of the first people to finish Yipe!
III.
Added some keyboard shortcuts:
You can now
press 'u' in the items window to use an item.
You can now
use the left and right arrow keys to switch between which monster you are
currently attacking when fighting more than 1 monster at a time.
Modified
King's Messages
Increased chance of finding Rainbow key
Updated and added
some signs
Yipe! III Mac Version 1.2 Released: Nov. 24, 1997
Changes from 1.1 to 1.2:
Fixed problems with the casino that allowed
user to bet negative amounts of money.
Added an exit from the 'end' of
Hell.
Fixed more reported typos.
Yipe! III Mac Version 1.1 Released: Aug. 19, 1997
Changes from 1.0 to 1.1:
The Yipe! Casino is now in the game! Look for
4 fun packed casino games.
There was a bug where it was possible to kill a
final monster without getting a stamp. The King will now fix your
problems.
The first final monster is slightly easier. The last final monster
is now slightly harder.
A couple weapon prices went up.
The power of the
Health Suction/Transfer spell was increased.
Checks the number of colors on
your monitor before the logo screen is displayed now. (Warns you before crashing
for people with millions of colors).
All reported typos were fixed.
Other
small game play and code improvements not worth mentioning were updated.
Yipe! III Mac Version 1.0 Released: July 23, 1997
This was the original release date to AOL and the Yipe! Software webpage.