News nybble: kHangman version 1.01

Kevin Wells has released an update to his hangman game, kHangman, in which like the traditional game of its kind, the player must guess a word letter by letter, and for each incorrect letter one part of the gallows, noose, and hanging man are drawn. If the drawing is complete before the word is guessed, the player loses. Version 1.01 now keeps track of the number of wins by way of a percentage, and no part of the gallows are drawn until the first incorrect guess. In addition, the software…

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How to: Draw a glass button in eight steps

The following is a step-by-step guide to producing a glass-topped button, where a glassy surface covers the underlying button and any image depicted thereon. The steps are geared towards ArtWorks2, the premier vector editing package for RISC OS, and there is a supporting file on my website showing the full eight steps in ArtWorks format. The basic steps should be generally applicable to other vector graphics packages on other platforms, so there is also PDF version of the file.

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