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                          Volume one - Spring 1995
                 Distributed with the advertisement "Optica"




 Opening words...   
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        Craw productions is a Canadian software duo from Ottawa, composed of
LakEEE and PsychoMan.  We are big fans and supporters of computer graphical
and tracked musical demonstrations all over the world, and have made a few
ourselves.  In essence, one can call us a demo group, although we do dabble
in game and utility coding.
        As some of you may be wondering, both LakEEE and PsychoMan were 
indeed part of the demo group called "Axidental" back in 1994, but that is no
more.  Due to some internal problems, the two have quit the group to form 
the new "Craw Productions" and continue with programming as a two-man crew. 
Please don't get the wrong idea; we're not snobby and nor are the other 
members of Axidental at fault.  It's just that we found the organization in
Axidental difficult and things did not always run smoothly to suit everyone's
desires.

        But let that issue pass, for this is a text file on Craw and its 
future goals, aspirations and decisions!

        As I said, we are interested very much in demo coding and plan to 
attend most major competitions to our availability, but we are also hoping to
release a few other programs, such as a game and a graphical drawing utility.



 Group statistics   
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        Our group is made up of only two people, and it will probably stay 
that way for a while.  Both are from Canada, their native country, although
we do have family ties elsewhere...

          -Kenji Toyooka, "LakEEE" - AGE 18 (Born in 1976)
              is one of the main coders of Craw, as well as its only
              musician and graphics artist.

          -Michael Anttila, "PsychoMan" - AGE 18 (Born in 1976)
              is the other coder and handles most of the very low
              level assembly code and sound playing routines.
              


 Our productions    
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        We have not yet distributed many (or any) pieces of software, but we
intend to release a fair line of products.  The advertisement in which this 
text was included, Optica, is simply the beginning.  Here is a list and some
brief descriptions of what we are planning in the present and near future:

          "Optica" - This is a medium sized advertisement for
              the upcoming demo Opticron, which will make its
              appearance at the NAID '95 demo party.

          "Opticron" - Our first demo, a 6.5 minute long thematic
              fantasy presentation.  This one will hopefully
              catch some people's attention.

          "Vortex" - A music disk by LakEEE, with seven of his 
              songs and a single changing tunnel feature effect.

          "CrawDraw" - An MCGA motivated graphics drawing program
              with many practical, efficient options and an
              extensive "shape grabbing" interface with special
              effects.

          "CrawDir" - A fast and useful directory program that 
              has sorting, searching and viewing options.

          "Dreaming" - A shareware game; a horizontal shoot 'em
              up with a unique weapons system and fantastic enemies
              accompanied by 8 channel music and 4 channel sound
              effects.  Seven levels in total.

          "PsychoPlayer" - Our S3M / MOD music file player with
              file menu options and a playlist ability.



 Greetings!         
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        Here it is, the inevitable greetings part.

Shout outs to some people:

        Fornax, Evan Croskery, Martin Wellman, Wonko the Sane, Helix, 
Psycho Chicken, Jon Merkel, Cyclone, Ior, lb, Malakai, AndrewM (Mental Floss) 
and Epeius...

Plus anybody else we missed, you know who you are!



 Contacting us      
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        You may use any of the following methods to contact us.  However, 
some mediums are better than others - they are listed in order of preference
for us, from best to worst:

        E-Mail:
                Craw@hookup.net 
                  -This is our group Email account, it is subject to change
                   however.  Look for any new addresses in later Craw
                   Production info files.

                At211@freenet.carleton.ca
                  -LakEEE's personal account on the Ottawa Freenet.

                Bc456@freenet.carleton.ca
                  -PsychoMan's personal account.

        Fidonet Mail:
                Mike Anttila 1:163/416
                  -PsychoMan's FidoNet Mail address.

        Snail Mail:
                Kenji Toyooka (LakEEE),
                1124 Cline Cr.
                Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
                K2C 2P2

                Michael Anttila (PsychoMan)
                452 Evered Ave.
                Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
                K1Z 5K8

        LakEEE hangs around IRC from time to time, usually on #coders
        and #trax.  Yell if you see me!
        We also both keep track of the usenet newsgroup 
        comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos, so you can post something there as well.


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        See you soon in our next release, until then...

                                        signed,  Kenji Toyooka - "LakEEE"
                                                 of Craw Productions

                                                            April 2nd, 1995


