I'm sure there are plenty of you who have brilliant ideas for PSP games, but have the pesky problem of not knowing a scrap about Programming for the PSP. Thankfully, Adventure Maker is releasing a new version of their software, and what's even better is that games created in Adventure Maker work on PSP's with 2.x Firmware making use of the Web Browser! And to top it all off, it's free! The staff at Adventure Maker has emailed us these details about their newest release:

The changes include:

- New PSP engine for better visual experience
- Integrity-check routines for error-free software compilation
- Added support for animations (animated GIF's)
- Added support for timers to go to other places after a given time
- Added semi-transparent background for the text messages
- Improved installer for loading the produced software on the PSP

Adventure Maker is the ONLY toolkit available for creating point-and-click software for legal 2.x PSP's. No scripting or programming is required, and the program is totally free!

The produced software is compatible with any legal firmware 2.x, and does not require any system modification or hacking of any kind! (it is safe HTML-based software that runs through the PSP built-in Browser)

What you can create for the PSP is:
- First-person point-and-click adventure games
- Interactive magazines
- Myst/Riven-like games
- Educational software
- Quiz games
- Interactive visits
- Tour guides (museums, sites...)
- Interactive presentations and brochures
- Interactive comic books...

..and any other pre-rendered point-and-click software!

The concept is very simple: you import your pictures (photos, drawings, renderings...), you add hotspots to link them to one another, and you are done! You can even create complex puzzles without any scripting: just create some variables, and then make the hotspots or pictures appear or disappear depending on the value of the variables!

To see a few examples of what you can achieve without any programming, make sure to try out the free PSP games available at the following URL:
http://www.adventuremaker.com/games_for_portable.htm