GAMEproducer.com Connects Game Publishers with Top Game Developers

askSam Database Engine and Active Server Pages Create GAMEproducer.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2000

Perry, FL - The game industry's first primarily business-to-business site will launch in only a few weeks and has just entered its beta phase. GAMEproducer.com is a new website that connects game publishers with top game developers.  Specifically designed for the gaming industry, GAMEproducer.com  allows publishers to quickly and easily send an anonymous project proposal to  hundreds of  qualified developers.  GAMEproducer.com facilitates the communication between these parties, simplifying and speeding up the way that the game industry buys and sells development services.

GAMEproducer.com, a joint venture between SR-71 Game Scouting and askSam Systems, will be the industry's leading on-line marketplace, revolutionizing the way the interactive entertainment industry buys and sells development services. Jerod Kirby, Managing Director of SR-71, says "GAMEproducer.com is allowing all publishers access to the world's best developers. This will increase the overall quality of computer and video games, as the best developers will now be  working on  projects most appropriate for them."

GAMEproducer.com  provides publishers and developers with a mechanism and resources to issue electronic Request for Proposals for video and computer game development. Phil Schnyder, President of  askSam Systems says, "With GAMEproducer simplifying the process of connecting game publishers with talented developers, industry professionals will have more time and resources to devote to making great products. By filling out a single form, a publisher can put their project in front of hundreds of  qualified developers. It's a win-win situation – the publisher can quickly reach the top development talent, and the developer can choose from a wide variety of interesting projects."

GAMEproducer.com also offers publishers a developer database - the DevBase™ - with detailed information on leading developers worldwide. The DevBase™ is the industry's most thorough database of  developer information,  including descriptions of their track record, capabilities, and capacity. In addition, GameRes™ provides a fundamental employment resource for developers and publishers to locate and screen appropriate personnel.

GAMEproducers.com was programmed using the askSam database engine in conjunction with Active Server Pages (ASP).  Using askSam, users can easily search the site to match publishers and game developers according to their areas of expertise.  This system runs on Windows NT  servers running Microsoft Internet Information Server software.  Users access GAMEproducer with a standard Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and others). GAMEproducer also runs over a standard TCP/IP network connection.    

About SR-71:

SR-71 Game Scouting is a video and computer game sourcing agency. Its mission is to work on behalf of clients to find products for computer and video game publishers that support their product line and improve their profitability. SR-71 has expanded upon these goals and now works to locate developers for publisher's ports and projects.  www.game-scout.com

About askSam Systems:

askSam Systems develops the world's most popular text-database and publishing tools, including the free-form database askSam and SurfSaver. askSam databases provide a flexible and powerful full-text searchable database engine for many leading websites.www.askSam.com

For more information about GAMEproducer.com:

GAMEproducer.com

88 VilCom Center, Suite 135

Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA

Telephone: (919) 918-7741

Fax: (919) 918-7834

Email: info@gameproducer.com

http://www.GAMEproducer.com

For more information about programming searchable Web sites:

Jim Hartman, Director

Sales and Business Development

askSam Systems

121 S Jefferson Street (PO Box 1428)

Perry Fl 32348 USA

Phone: 850-584-6590     x 104

Fax: 850-584-7481

E-mail: jwhartman@asksam.com

http://www.asksam.com

askSam is a registered trademark of askSam Systems.

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