OTS Software
OTS Software is an Indie Game Development company which was founded in 1998 by Jody Chaffin, software developer and architect. OTS Software was originally established as a custom software development and training company. In early 2003, the official company website was established and freeware games were made available in addition to informative pages AbOUT the custom software development process. As the games became increasingly popular, the company focus shifted exclusively to games. To date, OTS Software has released 21 games in five years. The mission of the company is, “To deliver fun free games for all ages, all interests, and all computer specifications.”
OTS Software owns and operates three websites: the official company website, www.otssoftware.com, and two additional sites to offer more free games and free web page greetings to the OTS Software community: www.otsarcade.com and www.happyspecialday.com.
The company offers a gaming community toolbar, which provides the latest OTS Software news, games playable from the toolbar, live TV, internet radio, weather, Google powered search, and much more. The toolbar was first offered on 8/15/2007 and as of 10/6/2008, has been installed 141,702 times. Installations of the toolbar continue to grow by approximately 500 per day and it regularly has over 10,000 active users each day.
Four of the company’s earliest games: Boat, MindsEye, Follow the Dragon, and Homonym Madness, began as shareware games priced at US $5 to US $8 for a registered version. The full version of The Crypt (10 complete levels) originally began as a retail game priced at US $9.99. In August 2007, the company strategy shifted to a freeware focus and all games became free.
Currently, all games are in Windows executable format and are being updated for compatibility with Windows Vista. In total, OTS Software offers 20 games which are capable of running on Windows Vista, 18 games which run on all versions of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows Vista, two games which exclusively require Windows Vista and DirectX 10, and one game which runs on Windows 95 through Windows XP, for a total of 21 free games available for download from OTS Software.
OTS Software continues to be an early technology adopter and offers games on the [...] edge of DirectX technology, as demonstrated by the company’s two most recent releases, "AlienXcape" and "ArenaXcape". One of the key competitive advantages for OTS is the company’s ability to continue to offer games which run on older computer hardware and operating systems while keeping them compatible with the latest in computer hardware and software.
Most popular games to date
- AlienXcape (First person shooter)
- ArenaXcape (Online multiplayer)
- Little Cowboy (Third person shooter)
- Follow the Dragon (Children’s game)
- Space Fighter X11 (Space game)
- Boat (Card game)
- Homonym Madness (Puzzle game)
Game timeline
Game |
Date Released |
|---|---|
June 2003 |
|
July 2003 |
|
July 2003 |
|
August 2003 |
|
August 2003 |
|
August 2003 |
|
September 2003 |
|
October 2003 |
|
January 2004 |
|
March 2004 |
|
April 2004 |
|
July 2004 |
|
August 2004 |
|
October 2004 |
|
July 2005 |
|
October 2005 |
|
February 2006 |
|
October 2006 |
|
October 2007 |
|
February 2008 |
|
July 2008 |
|