Alien Bill Software

All software material on this page (programs, cursors, gif's) is offered as email-me-ware: if you use it, e-mail me and let me know.

All this software is offered as-is, with no warantees, I'm not to be held responsible if something breaks on your computer because of using this software, on the other hand, it's all harmless as far as I am aware. All Windows software requires Win3.1 or greater.

All materials for the Palm OS PocketC Enviroonment
have been moved to my PocketC Page

JoustPong Online (Java) JoustPong for Windows

"The future of gaming can be summed up in two words -- Pong and Joust" This brilliant comment by Otter on rec.games.video.classic provoked this game experiment. Pong with a "Flap" button. Now featuring Player vs Computer and Computer vs Computer. Also available: JoustPong for PalmPilot PocketC (Windows version requires VBRUN300.DLL, available at the bottom of this page but may be on your system already.)

ballcan online

A simple graphical demo, 3D emerging from simple 2D behaviors. Should be familiar to people who have played the strategy game portion of "Star Control". For java coders, it's also a simple example of double buffering (source code included)

InterGalactic SpaceMan BlastFest for Windows

A classic-style 1-on-1 game in the tradition of Artillery Duel and Lunar Lander. Its a full game, but still in it's early stages. (Requires VBRUN300.DLL, available at the bottom of this page but may be on your system already.)

WavWarrior

A drag-and-drop buttonbar sound player for Windows. Have a plethora of .WAV sound files available at the click of a mouse. Yahoo has links to Bunches of .WAV archives. (Requires VBRUN300.DLL, available at the bottom of this page but may be on your system already.)

The Amazing Customizable Java Fishtank

(The animated gif is mine as well) this is it-- I hope to release it in a more distributable form soon. Lets you decide what gifs to put in your tank, and can even make up the mirror image of the gif if you ask it to...

Gargoyle for Windows

Before there was Tamagotchi or Gigapet, there was-- Gargoyle. A darlin' little gargoyle flaps its happy way in its own window. It has no icon when it runs, because in Windows 3.1 it acts as "icon art"-- an artform lost with the advent of the Windows 95 taskbar. I've misplaced the source code, preventing me from fixing an odd sizing bug it has in certain screen resolutions. (Requires VBRUN300.DLL, available at the bottom of this page but may be on your system already.)

Snakes for Windows

An exercise in aesthetic movement... flying boxsnakes zoom across their world, and will follow the mouse pointer when you press the button. Another VB "golden oldie" (as in 'I can't find the source code') (Requires VBRUN300.DLL, available at the bottom of this page but may be on your system already.)

Alien Bill Animated Cursors for Windows 95

The running Alien Bill and flying rocket as Windows 95 cursors. I find them especially good as the "Busy" and the "Working in Background" cursor, respectively.

vbrun300.dll

A file (that you probably already have in your \Windows\System directory) needed to run the Windows programs on this page. If you need to download it, put it in your \Windows\System\ directory- that way you only need to install it once for all programs.