Dimp Q&A (Page 1 of 22)

I don't know how much I'm permitted to tell you guys, but I think it's safe to say that when Sijmen mentions "custom stick figures", this also includes guns, etc.

I'm also confident I'm not messing up when I tell you that it will be "Direct to download". Selling CD's as a hardcopy is a great way to ensure a back-up, but it really is the way of the past.
The simple ease and simplicity of automated pay then downloading service is what I predict will be the only way to buy Dimp.

What made me believe it was "Direct Download" was that, as previously stated, exporting CD's is becoming a thing of the past. The time you'd spend organizing exports to various locations around the world would be too great. What's more, he'd have to involve various other companies, such as those for boxing and exporting.

All-in-all Sijmen would be lucky to make it out with 70-50% of the original price.

will it be more then 14 days for the trial and is it like pivot completely

I wrote Dimp as a Mac app from the ground up, so there's no chance of a Windows version in the near future.

This is a difficult question to answer because it covers the whole of the app's lifecycle.

What I can promise is that I won't charge for upgrades until Dimp's scope is changed significantly, like when you almost can't tell it from the original version.

I've got the stk format figured out I think, and it will be in Dimp 1.0. So far I've been able to read every stk I tried with the test app, so I think YES

Zen, please avoid posting 2 times consecutively as this can potentially aggravate many users.

The benefit of allowing .stk files is that Sijmen will be able to tap into a much greater audience: one that already exists. What's more, it will greatly improve the experience of those using Dimp already as they will have access to all Pivot files.

If you want to grab some .stk files, you could check out either the Droidz.org forum or that of DarkDemon.org.

I can not imagine either making revenue specifically by being exclusive to Pivot, and therefore I for-see in the near future, a Dimp section in each?

Welcome Coha.

There will be a free version but the best will be at a small charge.

Sijmen devotes his full-time towards programming, especially Dimp. This means that he has invested a lot of money into the project and he therefore needs to make some of that back.

$20 is really nothing nowadays and if sales are good, it's not hard to imagine that the price could be lowered. Dimp will prove to be a much more in-depth and well-structured program than Pivot I'm sure, moral of the story: you get what you pay for.

Ah I see.

Well it's obvious that in order for you to continue living off your work and updating Dimp, you will have to be able to get most of that money back, and potentially some revenue to help fund future releases.

Dimp promises to be a lot more than just a simple stick-figure animator, and therefore $20 won't be much in the future.

Since Pivot has been taken as the example, Pivot has seen 3 main upgrades not including the new Beta. Unlike this, Dimp will be constantly re-worked and improved. More features will be added constantly, and updates will be available straight from the program.

You're getting a program with much better architecture, a promising future and constant service/upgrades.

Yup, it will be jam-packed with user-friendliness, powerful architecture, addable/updatable features and there are big plans for Dimp in the future.

Dimp's default currency will be the Euro.
Purchases of the product can be made in any country with any currency so long as you have internet and the nation has internet-banking support.

This means that any country that is not a "3rd-world" country (so to speak) should prove to have almost no difficulties in purchasing Dimp. All money is converted in to Euros.
(Keep in touch with the current exchange-rates to see what price you'll be getting.)