A round of notifications about updates to well-known and widely used software titles, that popped up over roughly the last twelve months - just in case you missed something.
AmiSSL 5.14
At the end of Jan. 2024, the latest version of network encryption package AmiSSL was uploaded to aminet.
http://aminet.net/search?query=amissl
https://github.com/jens-maus/amissl/
ANAIIS
Outstanding news for Amiga musicians: Professional music program Bars&Pipes has been ported to AROS!
Bars&Pipes is a professional grade MIDI music composition program that was originally developed by Blue Ribbon Soundworks in the 1990s. It supports Amiga audio via AHI and plugins (called "tools" in Bars&Pipes).
Every VirtualGP player has been annoyed by the Amiga Workbench's mousepointer, as it gets stuck on the game screen after clicking the game's menus and entering the race. But there is a surprisingly simple solution!
Amiga game development has sped up considerably over the last couple of years, with the help of new game engines like RedPill and Scorpion Engine, and many developers re-joining the Amiga scene.
Happy New Year! Tons of new Amiga games have popped up in 2023, and we're still trying to keep up.
Very good, in May 2023 another arcade classic got properly ported to the Amiga: "Tapper" from 1983, which was previously available for many other platforms.
It doesn't happen too often that one stumbles [pun!] upon Amiga material from 1987, and is genuinely surprised. "Dance of the Stumblers" is a staggeringly beautiful, dynamic Amiga-generated animation that just has to be seen.
More breaking news of Amiga gaming: Spectacular low-end first person shooter "Grind", formerly known as "Dread", just got a new demo release.
A pretty spectacular Breakout type of game for AmigaOS4.
More arcade ports, a fun snake game, a game for the little ones, and a harddisc load of mini-games/demos.