John Hattan from GameDev.net has recently posted a review of Chat Mapper so if you want to learn more about the features, what it can do for you, and what people are saying about it, head over to the review and take a look. John says, “Chat Mapper breaks the stereotype by being able to solve a targeted problem effectively and for a low price. If you think Chat Mapper can help you out, it probably can.”
In other news, our technical director, Ben McIntosh, has recently teamed up with Randi Cohn, game designer, and Lindsay Grace, professor of game design at Miami University, to write a new article on the theory behind writing nonlinear narrative and some of the associated problems and solutions. If you have an interest in writing nonlinear narrative, be sure to head over GameCareerGuide.com and check it out.
We are happy to announce that Chat Mapper version 1.0 is now ready for download! If you are using Chat Mapper for personal hobby use only, it will always be free, but there are also two new licenses for commercial applications. If you tried the beta, we encourage you to try out version 1.0 because there have been substantial changes.
We are making good progress toward version 1.0 and we are still on track for a late March or early April release. In addition to the previously mentioned features, we wanted to share these new features that you will be seeing in version 1.0.
"I'm a freelance writer who works in the MMO field and I have to say that Chat Mapper is a phenomenal piece of software [...] it does a job that nothing else is currently capable of doing."
Adrian from Redhill, UK
"Much appreciation to the crew developing Chat Mapper as it's a step in trying to make the writer's job much easier."
Rob from Philadelphia, PA
"Good stuff! I was looking for something just like this but couldn't find a darn thing."
Craig from Chelmsford, MA