RJD Online Software Development
| RJD Online Software Development | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Parent service | RJD Enterprise Solutions |
| Founder | Robert Dennington |
| Years active | 2000/2001 [disputable] - 2012 |
| Former names | RJDSoft Dennington Games Dennington Productions Virtual World Interactive |
| Alternative names (current) |
RJD Software Development RJD Software Development Division RJD Online Software Development Division |
| Current status | Absorbed into the Ginever Alliance |
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RJD Online Software Development was the official name for the Software Development Division of RJD Enterprise Solutions while it operated as a stand-alone organization. It was led by Robert Dennington and was responsible for development of software packages, video games and utilities. It also assisted the Medessec Organization with a number of projects, such as the Game of Inevitable Frustration. The division's historical roots date back to the start of the millennium, when it produced its first piece of software, a Tomb Raider desktop theme, under the name RJDSoft.
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History
Prior to the creation of RJD Enterprise Solutions
RJDSoft
In either 2000 or 2001 [disputable], Robert Dennington was encouraged by Tashon Palmer to create his first website. The site, called RJDSoft, was jointly owned, and was primarily used to host Windows 95/98 desktop themes that Robert had created using the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 "Desktop Themes" application. The first of these was the "Tomb Raider Desktop Theme for Windows". Many of these desktop themes included installers created using Clickteam Install Maker.
Dennington Games
In mid-2002, Robert lost contact with Tashon Palmer, and the RJDSoft website closed down. At roughly the same time, he discovered a program called Game Maker 4.2. His first significant Game Maker project was a small, simple game called Hit the Ballz, which was based on the "Hit the ball" example provided with Game Maker 4, and involved clicking bouncing balls using the mouse. While making Hit the Ballz, he showed Game Maker to his brother Paul. Together they formed Dennington Games and began work on small practice titles such as "Mafia Mob", "UFO", and a PC remake of the EXO calculator game. These were eventually abandoned when Paul began creating the game Chopper for Farsight Productions, which became their first released game.
Work on a sequel to Hit the Ballz, tentatively titled Hit the Ballz 2, started almost immediately after the release of Chopper, but was cancelled shortly afterwards when it proved to be a larger challenge than originally anticipated.
Virtual World Interactive
For a very brief period in 2003, while being part of Dennington Games, Robert also produced software under the name of his website, Virtual World Interactive. The name was abandoned by the end of 2003.
Dennington Productions and B-Cool
Robert began work on the Dude: The Robot mini-game in October 2004. At roughly the same time, Paul began work on a vertical shooter game based on Nintendo's Super Strike Gunner, which was dubbed "X". In 2005, Dennington Games stopped working on the games for miscellaneous reasons. They eventually became Dennington Productions in late 2005, when game development resumed. Paul began work on a side-scrolling game which featured a character called "Mack", but the project was cancelled shortly afterwards.
After Robert became the primary owner of B-Cool in May 2006, more professional titles began to take shape. B-Cool Breakout was created, and the badly outdated Dude: The Robot mini-game was incorporated into the line of B-Cool branded software in order to help raise publicity for the site. Paul started to create the game "Supernova" in June, based on the concepts of the game "X", which featured MP3 music and much higher quality graphics, but by the end of July it had been abandoned.
Formation of the RJD Enterprise Solutions Software Development Division
In July 2006, RJD Enterprise Solutions was created, with the intention of merging B-Cool, Dennington Games/Productions, and what remained of the RJD Community Forum into a single identity. This in turn led to the creation of "RJD Online.co.uk" and the RJD B-Cool Community Forums (now Ginever.net) in September 2006. Within RJD Enterprise Solutions, two sub-divisions were created - the Computer Hardware Division (now called Ginever Computer Systems), and the Software Development Division, formed by merging Dennington Games/Productions with the B-Cool software line.
Adoption of the name RJD Online Software Development
After partnering with LKP in May 2007, RJD Enterprise Solutions used the "RJD Online.co.uk" domain name to advertise the creations of the Software Development Division. This led to the RJD Online name being frequently used to refer specifically to that division. As a result, the name of the division mutated into "RJD Online Software Development" during June 2007.
Absorption by the Ginever Alliance
On 23 January 2012, parent service RJD Enterprise Solutions was absorbed into the Ginever Alliance. Since the Alliance has its own software development agendas, there was no longer a need for a specific software development division. RJD Online Software Development has therefore ceased operating as an independent entity.
