19 October 2008: Hugi #35 Headlines Intro released
Nah-Kolor and Hugi have released a demo together. It was one of five demos that competed at MAIN 2008 in the PC demo competition. Its name is "Hugi#35 Headlines - Disruption in Chaos Theory". You can download and comment on it at http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=51886. Enjoy watching!

04 October 2008: Deadline for Hugi #35: October 31st, 2008
The article submission period for Hugi #35 has been extended and the deadline has been moved to October 31st, 2008. Please send your articles to cdvolko@gmx.net. At the moment we have about 500 kb of articles for Hugi #35.

26 September 2008: Hugi Size Coding Competition 27 has started
A new Hugi Size Coding Competition has started after a break of two years. For more information visit: http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/

20 September 2008: 5000 downloads!
Hugi34.zip has reached the magic number of 5000 downloads from scene.org. We're happy that our magazine is so popular.

06 September 2008: Deadline for Hugi #35 announced
The article submission deadline for Hugi #35 is October 4th, 2008 (World Animal Day). Please send your articles to cdvolko@gmx.net.

29 June 2008: Hugi #35 status report
We are working on Hugi #35. More than 200 kbytes of texts have been written so far. Magic has returned to us and will be present with his articles. We want to release Hugi more frequently, this means smaller issues, but more releases. (Making the latest few Hugi issues took between 8 and 10 months per issue, that's too much.) If you want to write: mail me at cdvolko@gmx.net!

26 April 2008: About EP
EP, who used to write articles for Hugi, sent mails to Hogeschool Rotterdam on April 4th and April 7th with the intention to get the scene.org server, which is hosted by Hogeschool Rotterdam, shut down. We want to state that we're shocked at this behaviour. We want to distance ourselves from EP's actions and in order to clearly show our disapproval, we've decided that we will never publish anything created by him anymore, no matter what pseudonym he might use. Although EP signs his mails with a link to the Hugi website or with "EP / Hugi", he is not associated with the Hugi diskmag any more (in fact, he was never a member of the Hugi Core).

12 April 2008: Hugi forum
There is a new Hugi forum available at: http://hugi.lefora.com/ - Have fun!

11 March 2008: Danish Hugi mirror site changed URL
The new URL of the Danish Hugi mirror site is: http://hugi.suxx.dk/

29 February 2008: Hugi #34 Online edition now available
The Online edition of Hugi #34 is now available at:
http://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugi34/

22 February 2008: Hugi #34 is out
Hugi #34 has been released and can now be downloaded here.

02 February 2008: HugiNews is online!
Today our news portal opens. Feel free to post your demoscene-related news by clicking the "Submit" link at http://www.hugimag.co.uk/news/.

31 January 2008: UK mirror moved
The new UK mirror has moved to its own domain: http://www.hugimag.co.uk/

30 January 2008: New mirror site
We've got a new UK mirror site! It's http://hugi.apbcomputerservices.co.uk/.

09 January 2008: Articles submission deadline for Hugi #34
The articles submission deadline for Hugi #34 is February 10th, 2008. We're looking for all kinds of articles!

25 August 2007: Hugi Special Edition #3: Interview Bonanza
Hugi Special Edition #3: Interview Bonanza has been released and can now be downloaded here.

29 April 2007: Hugi 33 has been released!
Now you can download Hugi 33 from this page.

06 January 2007: Hugi 33 Deadline Set
The article submission deadline for Hugi 33 has been set to March 20th, 2007. Please send your contributions to Adok/Hugi. We're also looking for graphics!

23 December 2006: List of requested Coding articles

The List of requested Coding articles has been updated. On this occasion, we would like to wish you a merry x-mas in case you celebrate it! By the way, the 64b Hugi Xmas Compo is still accepting entries until tomorrow, it's your last chance if you want to submit one or several entries.

10 December 2006: Resfest presentation online!

The Powerpoint presentation about diskmags from Resfest can now be downloaded here (about 23 MB). The presentation was well received. We hope that there will be more visitors at the Resfest next year.

28 November 2006: Details about Resfest

There are going to be two demoscene related presentations: a general one on Friday, Dec 01, 18:00 - 20:00, and a diskmag-related one on Saturday, Dec 02, 17:00 - 19:00. For more information: http://www.resfest.at/

14 November 2006: Hugi @ Resfest

On November 29th, 2006 - December 3rd, 2006, there is going to be a media arts festival in Vienna (Austria, Europe) called "RESFEST". In the course of this festival, there will be a presentation about the demoscene, a demoshow and also a presentation about diskmags, by Paralax, Snowkrash, Gina and Adok. FMICO: http://www.resfest.at/

29 October 2006: Scienide mirrors for Hugi 32 added

Now Hugi 32 can also be downloaded from scienide.de, thus making the Hugi archive at this server complete. Thanks to Joergy for hosting it for all these years! Your support is much appreciated.

17 October 2006: New section at the Hugi Website

The Hugi Website has got a new section. It's called "Competitions for the sceners" and it's maintained by DiamonDie. Here she will present various contests to you which may be interesting for demosceners. The new section can be accessed in the navigation bar below "Hugi Coding Compo".

20 August 2006: Hugi 32 Online Edition now available

Now you can read the articles from the 32nd issue of the Hugi Magazine online in your web browser. Download the diskmag for music, bonus pack, search function, info files and special effects. More info can be found at the Hugi 32 page.

15 August 2006: Hugi articles index updated

The index of all articles that have been published in the Hugi Magazine so far has been updated. It now features the articles of Hugi 32, too.

02 August 2006: hugi.untergrund.net reactivated

One of the mirror sites mentioned in the article "What happened 15 issues ago" in Hugi 32 has been reactivated. You can now reach a mirror of the Hugi website using the address http://hugi.untergrund.net again. Thanks, Scamp!

01 August 2006: Hugi #32 is available for download!

You can now download the new Hugi #32 here.

29 July 2006: Hugi #33 Charts - Vote Now!

If you're bored: Even though Hugi 32 hasn't been released yet, you can already cast your votes for Hugi 33 now at http://www.hugi.scene.org/vote33.php. Of course you need not fill in all 35 categories - just fill in as much as you want.

26 July 2006: High Dynamic Range Imaging/Rendering

We'd be interested in publishing an article about "High Dynamic Range Imaging/Rendering" in the next Hugi issue. Perhaps you have knowledge at this topic, and would like to write an article? The article submission deadline for Hugi #32, however, is already Monday, July 31st, 2006. If that's too short, we'd of course also be ready to publish your article in Hugi #33. Write to: cdvolko@gmx.net - Thank you in advance!

24 July 2006: One week to go!

Hugi #32 is going to be released on August 1st, 2006. If you want to submit some last-minute articles, contact me (Adok/Hugi) quickly at: cdvolko@gmx.net

25 May 2006: Hugi is jarig!

10 years ago, on May 25th, 1996, the 1st issue of Hugi was released. So we can celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hugi Magazine today.

In other words: I'm still pursuing the same hobby as I did when I was 12 :)

Hugi #32 will probably be released in July 2006. Your articles are welcome.

19 April 2006: Voting form for Hugi 32

We are going to have charts in the Hugi Magazine again! Feel free to fill in the online voting form.

10 April 2006: Hugi 32 article submission deadline: April 30th, 2006

The article submission deadline for Hugi 32 has been set to April 30th, 2006. Please send your contributions to Adok/Hugi.

10 March 2006: Hugi 31 - Russian Edition released

The Russian language edition of Hugi 31 is finished and you can now download it here. Most of the translation work has been done by Nevidimka, with help from Turtle Motion and kraviz. Thanks!

04 February 2006: Hugi Compo 25 ends

The results of Hugi Size Coding Competition 25 are now available at hugi.scene.org/compo. The best entry is 67 bytes, and after the compo people have cooperated and created a Sudoku solver in just 62 bytes!

23 December 2005: Merry Christmas!

The Hugi Staff wishes you a merry christmas.

08 December 2005: Hugi Size Coding Competition 25

Hugi Size Coding Competition 25 has started. The task: Create the world's smallest Sudoku puzzle solver in x86 Assembler. Read more at hugi.scene.org/compo.

03 November 2005: New mirror site!

The Hugi website has got a new mirror site in the UK. You can now access it using ukdemoscene.org/hugi.

31 October 2005: Hugi 31 released!

October 31 is the proper date for the release of Hugi 31. Grab it here.

15 October 2005: Hugi 31 for late October

I'd like to remind you that Hugi 31 is planned for late October, and your contributions (e.g. articles) are welcome! Some of the contents of the next issue will be a review of the book Freax, an interview with Navis of Andromeda Software Development (ASD), the history of the David Hasselhoff Big Band (DHBB), party reports, and coding tutorials. Mail your articles to: cdvolko@gmx.net (Adok/Hugi)

07 July 2005: Articles wanted!

We're looking for articles for Hugi #31! If you want some inspiration, here are some of the topics we consider interesting. Of course you're free to write about any other topic you consider suitable!

The Development of Demo Parties throughout the last decade
From small-scale, semi-private copyparties to big, commercial game-events: Throughout the last decade, demo parties have undergone a radical development. What do you think about this? (It's recommended that you have visited several different demo parties if you want to write about this topic, but it's not mandatory.)

Party Compos
"Are ASCII/ANSI and 4k compos getting extinct?" As a matter of fact, certain compos that used to be present at almost any demo party are starting to be less regularly held. The Party in Denmark, for example, even abolished the 4k intro competition. Are these types of scene art really so "out" that it's no longer worth the effort (and the prize money) to host such compos? Are there any alternatives to party compos?

Art vs. Technology - What should demomakers focus on?
For quite some time already, there has been a battle between coders who emphasize the traditional, technical virtues of demos such as code-optimizing and a united force of artists and new-school coders who would like to see the focus on art and the message of the demo. What do you think about this?

What questions do you get in your emails?
If you're an active demomaker, you'll probably get "fanmail" from time to time. Sometimes people will also ask you questions. What do they ask most frequently? What are the answers?

Diary of a Demo-Maker
What are the problems faced in a particular demo-project? How does the individual process of creation work? Keep a log-file while working on your next demo-project and assemble it to an article after completing it.

A Study of Demogroup Structures
How are different demogroups structures? Are they real groups with equal members, or is there a kind of leader? How does the internal communication work? How are projects arranged? How are solo productions of individual members handled? It would be interesting to investigate how various demogroups differ in these and similar aspects.

Influence of past demoscene on current IT sector
How have (ex-)sceners shaped the development of the IT industry?

Scene Radio Stations
One of the latest media of the scene is Internet radios. There are two different types: On the one hand, music radios such as Nectarine, and on the other, information radios such as The Havok. Which of these concepts do you prefer, and what do you think about scene radios in general?

Local demo scenes in various countries
Ever heard of a scener from Sri Lanka? Liechtenstein? Or New Zealand? There are demo-freaks in this country! But how active are they? What have they released? Anything worth being presented to the international community? You need not even write about such exotic places - how about a report on the scene in Italy, France or your hometown, for example?

Demoscene on non-x86 platforms
C64, Amiga, Atari ST: there's still an active demo scene on the classic platforms. But there are also sceners working with more exotic equipment such as Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation and other video game consoles, or MacIntosh, PowerPC, QNX and so on. What groups are active? What have they released in the past years? Who belongs to the top? What diskmags are released for these platforms? And at what demo parties do these sceners assemble?

The Legends of the Past - What they are doing now
Future Crew, Triton, Komplex, Orange, NoooN, Sanity, The Black Lotus, Imphobia, Cascada,... - big names of the past that have secured their places in the history books of the scene. A small part of their members is still a regular contributor to demo compos. Others have been totally absorbed into the real world - many of them are now working in the game industry, and some have even founded their own companies. Some ex-sceners have also chosen an academic career. What has happened to individual ex-sceners, how have they developed? What do they think of the scene of today?

Moreover, we're looking for programming tutorials on topics such as:

Oldskool graphic tutorials
Metasurface polygonisation tutorials
Vocoding / Klatt synthesis
Linux programming
Code Optimizing
Sound Synthesis
Realtime Raytracing
Free-directional Voxels
Advanced image compression methods
Physical simulations
Help for Research for New Effects
Metasurfaces
Music players
Palm programming
3D Engine
Lightmaps
Advanced OpenGL
Texture synthesis
Octrees
Archive File Formats

If you're interested, then please contact Adok!

25 June 2005: Breakpoint 2005 party report now online

The party report of Breakpoint 2005 can now be read online: just follow this link. The report has been published online now for the reason that due to a severe lack of articles, the release of Hugi #31 has been postponed to an uncertain date.

19 May 2005: Hugi #30 - Russian Edition released!

The 30th issue of the Hugi Magazine has been translated to the Russian language thanks to the work of Nevidimka, Dimouse, Phoenix Device and kraviz. You can now download it here.

06 April 2005: Hugi #31

The articles submission deadline for Hugi #31 is May 31st, 2005. Please send your articles to me. The articles that have arrived so far deal with topics such as Breakpoint 2005 and the potential of diskmags.

25 February 2005: Hugi Articles Index updated

Hugi 30, Hugi.GER 4 and Hugi.GER 5 have been added to the articles index. Now you can browse the table of contents of all German and English Hugi issues released so far and search for keywords.

22 February 2005: Hugi Special Edition #2 - Hugibox volume 1 released!

The second special edition of Hugi Magazine has been released. "Hugi Special Edition #2: Hugibox volume 1" is a music disk with a selection of 30 tunes from the first 30 issues of Hugi Magazine. For the first time, Panorama (the engine of Hugi, coded by Chris Dragan) is used for a music disk interface. The total playback duration of this music disk is 2 hours. Download it now here.

21 February 2005: Hugi SE #2

Hugi Special Edition 2 - Hugibox is in the making. Stay tuned.

16 February 2005: New theme

Another new theme has been added by LoneStar - it's named Abstract.

15 February 2005: Hugi #29 - Russian Edition released

The Russian Edition of Hugi #29 - The Blue One is now available here. More of the articles have been translated than in the previous issues!

08 February 2005: New theme for this website

As you have probably seen, LoneStar has created a new design for this website, called meteor - for the ones who prefer dark text on a bright background.

05 February 2005: Hugi.GER 5 released

Hugi.GER #5 has been released. You can now download it here.

04 February 2005: Hugi 30 released

Hugi #30 - Scene Substance has been released. You can now download it here.

03 February 2005: Hugi Website URL Change

hugi.de is no longer working. From now on, please consider http://www.hugi.scene.org/ the main URL of this website. In addition, there are two mirror sites: http://hugi.suxx.dk/ and http://hugi.embege.com/.
My personal homepage has also been affected by this. The URL has changed to: http://www.hugi.scene.org/adok/

06 January 2005: New Topic Suggestions

Do you want to write an article for Hugi, but have no idea what to write about? You can check out the list of requested articles online at this website. Two new topics have recently been added to the list: "Bible of Demo Making" and "What questions do you (famous groups) get in your emails?". Check out the list for more details.

19 December 2004: More New Wallpapers!

LoneStar has created several new wallpapers. You can view them if you've selected the 'Fate' interface.

17 December 2004: Hugi.GER #5 Deadline

The articles submission deadline for Hugi.GER #5 is January 31st, 2005. Send your articles to Adok/Hugi. You know, articles about all kinds of topics are interesting.

15 December 2004: New Hugi Website Design now 'official'!

As you have (probably) already seen, the new Hugi website design is no longer a preview. You can now choose your favourite design from among three possible ones at the index page: Fate, Stable-Original, Custom Box. The last of the three has several variants which you can select at the "Settings" page. Have fun and thank LoneStar for the great work!

14 December 2004: Hugi Wallpapers

If you try the 'fate' design draft, you will notice that there is a Wallpapers section. Feel free to send us your own Hugi wallpapers!

12 December 2004: Hugi #27 - Russian Edition released!

Finally you can download the translated edition of Hugi #27 - The Freedom Diskmag here. That's already the 9th Hugi issue that has been translated to the Russian language! If you want to participate in the translation of Hugi 29, please contact Adok.

11 December 2004: Another new design draft

Work on the new design of this website is still in progress. Keep checking out the public preview to see what it's like and please send us your feedback and bug reports.
In addition, LoneStar has created a second new design draft. You can now check it out here. Feedback on this draft is also welcome!

06 December 2004: HUGI.GER #4 released!

The fourth issue of the German-language diskmag Hugi.GER has been released on Nikolaustag 2004. Since the main contributor to this issue is piccolo, it has been named "Piccolo zum Nikolo". Grab it here!

27 November 2004: Hugi #30 Deadline: December 19th, 2004

Hugi #30 - The Anniversary Issue is going to be released soon! The articles submission deadline has been set to December 19th, 2004. Your contributions are welcome! We're accepting coding tutorials, interviews, reviews, reports, stories, poems and articles on any topic you consider interesting (demoscene, music, art, computers, science/technology in general, politics,...). Please send your contributions to me (cdvolko@gmx.net). I'm looking forward to your mail!

25 November 2004: How to contribute to the new design

If you want to contribute a logo: Its size is 740x92 pixels. It must be compliant with the current flag map. You can also create new, professional stylesheets complaint with current base.css with your own menu and color style. Finally, we also accept your own backgrounds. So feel free to send your contributions to Adok! Of course your name will be mentioned at this website.

24 November 2004: Your logo at www.hugi.scene.org

Thanks to the new design and new programming of the Hugi website, you now have the opportunity to add your own logos. Send us your own Hugi logo for the page, and it will also be loaded from time to time.

22 November 2004: New Hugi Website Design makes progress!

LoneStar has worked a lot on the new design of the Hugi Website, and it has made tremendous progress. The current preview features:

• full-css menu
• cookies
• style extract
• xhtml validation
• theme management
• gallery generator
• using colormatch standard
• php independant div balancing
• contribute fix

Please continue sending us comments and bug-reports!

The URL: http://www.hugi.scene.org/new-preview/

20 November 2004: Lots of new articles coming in for Hugi 30!

TAD has already written 4 new chapters of "The Wake-Up Call" for Hugi 30. And Hugi 30 will also feature a lot of new articles by EP, including replies to postings at pouet.net, which alone constitutes 100 kbytes of text! Very interesting stuff.

17 November 2004: www.hugi.us down

Our mirror site www.hugi.us is temporarily down because there has been too much traffic at the server that hosts it! While it's down, please use any of the other mirror sites, such as hugi.scene.org, hugi.embege.com or hugi.suxx.dk.

16 November 2004: Hugi Website Redesign #2

The new Hugi Website design by LoneStar has changed quite a lot, so we recommend that you check it out again at:
http://www.hugi.scene.org/new-preview/
We're also planning to make the Hugi Website skinnable so that you can choose your favourite design. Your choice will be stored in a permanent cookie so that every time you visit the Hugi Website again, the skin you selected the previous time will be used.

14 November 2004: Hugi.GER #4 coming up!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, meine Damen und Herren: Es ist soweit - we're working on a new German-language issue of Hugi. Hugi.GER #4 will be released on December 6th, 2004 (Nikolaustag). Feel free to contribute your short stories, poems and articles! Piccolo is taking care of the German edition and is seeing to it that there will be enough contents for a good reading experience. Wir freuen uns auf eure Beiträge!

13 November 2004: Hugi Website Redesign

LoneStar is redesigning the Hugi Website. You can already check out a preview (for now, English pages only) at:
http://www.hugi.scene.org/new-preview/
Please send us your feedback and bug-reports!

12 November 2004: Hugi 30 News

A lot of people have requested tutorials on demo creation. Hugi 30 is going to feature a tutorial on Demo Design, which will not only be of interest for beginners. It will contain recommendations what to do and what not to do in order to make good demos.
Do you remember 'The Wake-Up Call'? The science-fiction story involving small-time criminal Hetch and the stewardess? After a long break, TAD is back in business and has written a new chapter of the story. The Wake-Up Call Chapter 32 - Cholo is going to be featured in Hugi 30.

07 November 2004: More than 100,000 visitors since September 2001

For the first time, a counter installed at www.hugi.scene.org has exceeded the 100,000 margin. This counter has been up and running since September 7th, 2001. Well, it's a reliable and stable counter provider. :-)

31 October 2004: Text Mode Demo Competition VII

Sol of Trauma announces that Text Mode Demo Competition VII is on. The deadline is 2004-12-12. Rules, invitation demo, prize information and resources are available at tAAt.fi/tmdc. Prizes include ACiD productions' Dark Domain compilation DVDs and Purple Motion's "music disk" albums.

24 October 2004: Articles for Hugi 30

The official article submission deadline for Hugi 30 is in one week: October 31st, 2004. Therefore we ask you to submit your articles soon, to cdvolko@gmx.net. Articles can be in .txt, .html, .doc or .rtf formats. Please attach illustrations preferably as .jpg or .bmp files. All topics are welcome, especially scene-related ones (news, reports, reviews, interviews), coding tutorials, articles related to graphics and music, science, technology, literature, politics, philosophy and "real life" in general. There are going to be great gfx and music in the upcoming issue - it will be a great chance to present your information and ideas.

01 October 2004: Hugi Compo 23 Sourcepack

The entry submission deadline for Hugi Size Coding Competition 23: The Knight's Tour compo has expired. Now you can see the preliminary results and download all the entries along with their source codes. Public judgement will end on October 7th; during that period, you are able to post your objections to particular entries to the discussion board.
http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/ - Have fun!

11 September 2004: LoneStar joins Hugi Core

LoneStar of Phare Design has joined the Hugi Core. He has made some graphics used in previous issues of Hugi. He has also created music which hasn't been used yet.
For Hugi 30, he has already created opening, background and closing pictures, and he keeps creating cliparts for use as illustrations inside articles.
You can find an interview with him in Hugi 25.

24 August 2004: Hugi Compo 23 has started!

After a year's break, a new Hugi Size Coding Competition has started. This time your task is to create the smallest possible program that solves the Knight's Tour puzzle. For more information, check out the rules available from the Hugi Compo Website.

08 August 2004: Hugi 29 released

Hugi 29 has been released and can now be downloaded here. We wish you a good time reading.

03 August 2004: Articles for Hugi 29

Hi there!

It's a quick reminder that if you have any unfinished articles for Hugi 29 which you would like to finish in time, or if you want to write new articles from scratch and you would like to have them included in the upcoming issue, then it's time to do so.

Now it's getting serious.

Adok/Hugi
cdvolko@gmx.net

Submit your articles by emailing me. Thank you in advance!

14 July 2004: Adok's homepage redesigned

The personal homepage of Adok/Hugi has been redesigned. Perhaps this may be a good occasion to check it out and (in case you've already been there) see what has changed? If you agree, try this link!

28 June 2004: 6th anniversary of Hugi 11

Hiya!

Six years ago, on June 28th, 1998, issue 11 of the Hugi Magazine was released. This was the first issue in English language and laid the foundation of Hugi's international success.

The opening picture is a work from Antony Squizzato. Hellfire/Haujobb created the background graphics, and Dendrite/Hugi made the closing image.

The music - jazz style - was composed by Smash, who was then a member of Beam and Noise.

On this occasion, I'd like to ask you to write articles for Hugi #29. I'm planning to release the new issue during the summer holidays. We are still in need of articles of any kind - coding tutorials, party reports, interviews, ramblings, short stories and the like.

There was a poll attached to Hugi #28. You can also find it at the website, http://www.hugi.scene.org/. I'd like to ask two additional questions:

- What is your opinion on the public release of werkkzeug1 by Farbrausch?
- How do you think will it influence the development of the demoscene?

In case you don't know werkkzeug1 yet, check out one of these websites:
http://www.theprodukkt.com/
http://www.bitchtothecurb.com/workthings/

Have a nice summer!

Best regards,
Adok/Hugi

10 April 2004: New mirror site

We have got a new mirror site: hugi.embege.com. Thanks, emzic!

14 February 2004: Hugi #28 bugfixed

A bugfixed version of Hugi #28 is now available here. The official file name of the archive is hugi28a.zip. A bug involving the buttons for themes 1 and 2 has been removed.

28 December 2003: Hugi #28 has been released!

Hugi #28 can now be downloaded here. Enjoy reading!

07 December 2003: Still accepting articles for Hugi #28

We are still accepting articles for Hugi #28! The new issue will probably be released around the end of this year. Send the articles to Adok.

31 August 2003: Hugi Special Edition #1 has been released!

Hugi Special Edition #1: Coding Digest has been released today. It's a super issue including all coding articles from Hugi #11 to Hugi #27, formatted for the Panorama 2 interface. Now you can scan all the texts for any keyword and retrieve the information you need very fast. Download it here.

30 August 2003: Hugi 28

I'd like to remind you that the articles submission deadline for Hugi #28 is September 30th, 2003. Hugi is looking for your articles about politics, programming, parties, poetry, people, and so on - you know! You have still one month to send them to: cdvolko@gmx.net (Adok/Hugi).

14 August 2003: Another new mirror site!

Thanks to hj, Hugi has now got a mirror site in the United States of America: http://www.hugi.us/.

26 July 2003: Hugi Compo 22 has ended

Hugi Compo 22 has ended. The objective was to write the smallest possible version of a game called... well, you'll see. You can now download the source codes of all the entries at the Hugi Compo Website.

23 July 2003: Hugi 26 - Russian Edition out now!

The Russian Edition of Hugi 26 has been finished and can now be downloaded here. Big thanks to Eugene, Lemon, re-action, SacRat, Sanches, Soulless, techniX, and Tosha for translating the articles!

15 July 2003: New mirror site

The Hugi website has now got a new mirror. It's located in Denmark. Thank for providing the webspace goes to Thomas Lesvang!

09 July 2003: Blue Logic release their first demo

Chris Dragan's new group, Blue Logic, have released their first demo at Symphony 2003 in Poland. It's called "Xa" and you can download it at Pouet.

02 July 2003: Off-topic: Worm Alert

In recent days, I've virtually got bombed with mails with the subject "Re: Application". These mails contain a worm called Sobig.E. As some of the senders are apparently Hugi readers, I've decided to post a little message here:

Please check your Windows directory for the file winssk32.exe. If it's there, you're infected with the worm. In order to get rid of it, follow the recommendations at Symantec.com.

29 June 2003: Hugi 27 now online

Hugi 27 can now also be read online at CFXweb. The CFXweb interface also enables you to post comments on specific articles.

28 June 2003: Index of articles updated

The index of all articles published in Hugi so far has been updated: the articles from Hugi.GER #2, Hugi #26 and Hugi #27 have been added. Browse it on-line or download it as a .txt file here.

24 June 2003: Sorry, Hungary!

Excuse to Hungary for not being mentioned in the Editorial of Hugi 27. There are so many Hungarian cars in Vienna that it's hard to believe Hungary has not already joined the EU a long time ago. So: A warm welcome to the club goes to Hungary as well.

22 June 2003: HUGI 27 HAS BEEN RELEASED.

The long-awaited 27th issue of the world's leading PC disk magazine, Hugi, has been released! Grab Hugi 27 here.

11 June 2003: How about reviews?

Hi all!

While we're doing the routine tasks necessary to finish a new Hugi issue, we have a suggestion for you: How about writing a review of a scene-related production? Be it a demo, an intro, a picture, a tune or something else: If you like to write about an interesting recent release or an older, not-so-well-known prod, you're warmly welcome.

Submit your reviews for Hugi 27 to my email address:
cdvolko@gmx.net

Of course we're still accepting
* interviews,
* reports,
* making-ofs,
* news,
* tutorials (graphics creation, music composition, coding)
and the like as well!

It will still take at least a week until Hugi 27 gets finished. Please use this time for writing and submitting your articles, in order to contribute to the tree whose fruit you are going to harvest soon!

Cheers
Claus - Adok/Hugi

03 June 2003: We still accept articles!

Hi all!

The official articles submission deadline for Hugi Magazine 27 is over. Now we're working on the editing and formatting of your contributions and the final touches to the magazine, which will take at least another 2 weeks.

While we are finishing Hugi, you are still welcome to submit your last-minute articles, reports, reviews, interviews, stories and tutorials. We are going to accept any article that will arrive until the very day on which Hugi 27 will be released.

Submit your articles via e-mail to:
cdvolko@gmx.net

In case you need some inspiration, you may check out the List of Requested Articles, which is available at this page:

http://www.hugi.scene.org/main.php?page=request

I'm looking forward to your last minute contributions!

Stay tuned for Hugi 27!

Yours,
Claus - Adok/Hugi

25 May 2003: Happy Birthday, Hugi!

Today, which is May 25th, 2003, Hugi celebrates its 7th "birthday": Exactly 7 years - or 2556 days - ago, the first issue was released!

In these 7 years, we've brought you 26 issues with a total of more than 24600 kbyte of articles. That's about 10 kbyte of articles per day!

BTW, it's 1 week until the articles deadline for Hugi 27. Since my last posting, several new texts have arrived; among them an interview with MiRRORMaN/S!P, a treatise on "Randomness in Demos" and a tut about templating with PHP.

When are you going to submit your texts for Hugi 27?

Cheers
Adok/Hugi

20 May 2003: Hugi 27: 11 days until the deadline!

Hi all!

From now, it's only 11 days until the deadline for Hugi 27 (May 31st, 2003). You have less than 2 weeks left to submit your articles!

To warm you up, here's a little extract from the current list of articles:

* Simulaatio 2003 report
* Breakpoint 2003 report
* Drawing ActiveX controls into memory buffer
* Writing correct and robust JavaScript
* Memory management that makes your code size smaller
* Kill the mickeys (why computer mice are evil)
* Eugenics - some thoughts on a delicate subject

The graphics and music of this issue are going to be pretty good. Here's a screenshot in order to give you a picture of what the main theme is going to look like.

Would you give away the chance of having your writings presented in such a beautiful environment?

In case you need ideas what to write about, here are some of the topics our readers would like to read about:

* Scene news, rumours, "Gossip"
* Reviews of scene productions
* Interviews with trackers, coders, graphic artists
* Demoscene on non-x86 platforms (e.g. Sega Dreamcast)
* Local demo scenes in various countries
* Outreaches of the demoscene
* Influence of past demoscene on current IT sector

* How to code 4k intros for Windows
* Source codes of existing intros along with explanations
* Vocoding (like in farbrausch 64k intros)
* Internet development (PHP, ASP; The misusage of Flash on websites; ...)

* Software synthesizers
* Graphics tutorials
* Linux (e.g. how to port demos to Linux / writeing portable demos)
* Beginner tuts (How to get involved in the scene, Basics of Tracking, ...)

* How to get sceners to support formerly great parties (e.g. The Gathering)
* Party Compos (e.g.: Are ASCII/ANSI and 4k compos getting extinct?)
* Alcohol abuse at parties
* Slengpung

* Real Life, Philosophy

So, there are plenty of ideas - now feel free to start writing!

Cheers
Claus - Adok/Hugi

27 April 2003: Hugi 27

Hi all!

It's only one month to the deadline for Hugi 27: May 31st, 2003. You still got time to submit your articles!

Anyone been to Breakpoint or The Gathering? How about writing a party report?
And how about writing reviews of the releases?

If you're seriously interested in contributing to making Hugi 27 a good issue, you can also fill in a little questionnaire now available at:
http://virtually.at/hugi/supp!h27.php

Thank you & stay tuned for Hugi 27!

Cheers
Claus - Adok/Hugi

07 March 2003: Hugi 25 Russian edition
Hugi 25 has finally been translated to the Russian language. Get it here.

25 February 2003: HUGI 26 IS HERE.
What you have been waiting for so long can now be downloaded here.

15 February 2003: Hugi 26 going to be released soon!
After a long delay a new Hugi issue is finally about to be released! Expect Hugi #26 within a week's time. Including tutorials on 64k intros, 4k intros with OpenGL, a big section on skinning, party reports and a lot of poetry.
Submit your articles and news now!

09 November 2002: Official Hugi skin for Winamp
SacRat has created the official Hugi skin for Winamp. Get it here.

01 September 2002: Hugi Coding Compo 19
Do you think you're the best at optimizing Assembler code for x86 CPUs? Then join Hugi Size Coding Competition #19, starting today. This time's task: Create the smallest Cellular Texture Generator. Do you feel challenged? Visit: http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/

29 June 2002: HUGI 25 IS HERE.
Hugi 25 has been released, go get it here!

24 March 2002: Hugi Russian 24 and Hugi 24 v1.1 have been released.
Two new files are now available: Hugi 24 - Russian Edition and Hugi 24 v1.1 (bugfixed and enhanced) have been finished and released. Enjoy!

22 March 2002: Compo 17 has started.
And the next one! Hugi Size Coding Competition 17 has just started. This time the task is to code the smallest possible file dumper the output of which follows a certain pattern. Read the rules at the compo website.

05 March 2002: Compo 16 Sourcepack out now.
The entry submission deadline for Hugi Size Coding Competition 16 is over. Now the Assembler source codes of all entries can be downloaded from the compo website. Enjoy analyzing!

03 March 2002: Adok/Hugi's homepage is finished.
My new homepage finally went online a few days ago. The sections that were then missing have now been added. Feel free to surf to http://www.hugi.scene.org/adok/ and please sign my guestbook.

02 February 2002: The 16th Hugi Size Coding Competition has already started a while ago. This time the task is to code the smallest possible Hexagon game. If you're interested, check out the rules at the Hugi Coding Compo site.

01 February 2002: Hugi.GER #3, the last issue of the German brother of the Hugi Magazine, has been released.

25 January 2002: Today, Fjrb joins Hugi Core. He's a Portuguese graphics artist. Currently he's working on the GUI of Hugi #25. Work of Fjrb's has already been used in Hugi 22 (articles) and Hugi 24 (main menu, theme).

07 January 2002: I've been having email troubles. So, if you haven't got a reply from me yet, please re-send your mails. Also, please only use this address from now on: cdvolko@gmx.net. I'm no longer able to poll mails from the netway address. If you send mails to it, you won't get any error message, but I will most probably not be able to read them. Thanks for your attention. - Adok

06 January 2002: Hugi Size Coding Competition 16 has started. This time the task is to code a Hexagon game - with as little as much code, as always. Interested? Check out the compo page.

The articles from Hugi 24 have been included in the Hugi Articles Index.

By the way, the PHP scripting on the page has been tuned up a little, so that we've been able to save several hundreds of kbytes... but I guess you haven't, and won't, notice that.

01 January 2002: The Hugi Crew wishes you a Happy New Year. On this occasion, we have a special present for you: HUGI 24. Download it now & enjoy!

23 November 2001: The pre-release of the Hugi/Linux reader can now be downloaded (1.3 Mb). The biggest change is that support for 16bit modes has been added (previous versions crashed in such modes). This is a binary release complete of the required TrueType fonts. If you want the source of the platform-dependent stuff, mail Bonz and specify which GCC you're using (2.x or 3.x) You need libggi 2.x and libmikmod to run it (yes, it doesn't use SDL...).

01 November 2001: Hugi was presented at the first ncc48 netart community congress. This event, held in Graz/Austria on October 25-27, was organized by the local cultural association mur.at. The concept of the diskmag and its potential for presentation of electronic literature were explained by means of screenshots and working examples. In the course of the show the demoscene was also covered in order to explain the cultural context.
Thanks to Martin Krusche (http://www.unplugged.at/), organizer of the section of the event on net-literature, for the invitation to speak at the congress.
(ncc48 netart community congress website: http://ncc.mur.at/)

25 September 2001: The Hugi website is now PHP-driven. 400 kbytes of webspace have thus been saved. Well, it's a minor change of course. :)

24 September 2001: Iliks has translated the Hugi Website to Russian! You can view the Russian site here. Spasibo, iliks, for this effort.

In addition, the list of requested coding articles has been updated; check it out if you want to write some.

22 September 2001: The Hugi Articles Index can now be browsed on-line as well.

20 September 2001: It is planned to release a half source code/half binary distribution of the Hugi viewer for Linux. If you want to debug it, please write to Bonz at bonzini@amoia3.elet.polimi.it.

15 September 2001: There now is an index of all articles ever published in Hugi or Hugi.GER available here. This will enable you to retrieve particular articles fast.

13 September 2001: The historical issue, Hugi #11 (the one that made Hugi an international magazine), has been ported to Street Raider's engine from Hugi #17; thus it now works under modern Windows 9x/2000 operating systems that no longer support MS-DOS mode. If you feel some nostalgy or just want to enhance your Hugi collection, get it here.

12 September 2001: Bonz has released a new version of his Linux reader for Hugi. A bug related to the file-handling has now been fixed. You can get it from the alternative interfaces page.

The Hugi Staff would like to express their deep grief over the tragedies that happened in New York and Washington D.C. We feel sympathy with every one who has lost a relative or friend in the terrorist attack.

22 August 2001: The articles submission deadline for Hugi 24 is November 30th, 2001. Send your contributions to Adok.

21 August 2001: The online edition of Hugi 23 is now available at CFXweb.

13 August 2001: Today Hugi 23 - Russian Edition has been released. More than 300 kbytes of articles from Hugi 23 have been translated to the Russian language; the remaining texts have been included in English.

12 August 2001: Hugi 23 has been released! Yes, the 23rd issue of Hugi finally hits the road. Go get the issue and enjoy reading the masses of articles (1.3 MB)!

26 July 2001: Hugi can now be read using Linux. Bonz has created a Linux viewer for Hugi. It can be used with Hugi issue 18 (v1.4), 19 (v1.1), 20 or newer. The viewer currently is in its beta stage. If you are interested in testing it, download it and send any comments to bonzini@gnu.org.

22 July 2001: Adok's primary email address has changed. Please write to cdvolko@gmx.net from now on. The old, ISP-bound address will still work for one year, but might cease to work afterwards.

17 July 2001: The Disk Magazine Webring has shut down. For two years, the Disk Magazine Webring connected the websites of diskmags from various computer platforms and countries. It also had a homepage hosted at its own domain, www.diskmags.com. Now its maintainer, Richard Karsmakers, has decided to shut it down. "The number of member sites doesn't grow, the number of extra hits generated is not big enough. Besides, I don't have time enough to keep the ring working properly. I have a dozen other sites that absorb all my time already..." We thank Richard for maintaining the ring and wish him all the best for his new projects.

15 July 2001: We're happy to announce that iliks has just joined the Hugi Staff. He's a student of computer science living in Novosibirsk, Russia. iliks has been very active since the latest issue of Hugi, writing and translating articles, and composing music. Welcome, iliks!

27 June 2001: To make it easier for you, I've added a couple of interesting scene-related topics to the requested articles section. See you again on July 11th!

26 June 2001: Adok is leaving to Kos/Greece to spend there two weeks of holidays without Internet access. He'll be back on July 11 and he's already looking forward to all of you! Meanwhile, he has observed that the last Hugi issues slightly lacked general demoscene-related articles (interviews, reviews, reports, philosophical essays) in comparison to previous editions. He'd be very pleased if you could help make this different for Hugi 23!

22 June 2001: About the upcoming Hugi 23: More than 300 kb have arrived thus far. The majority of them belongs to the scene and coding sections. Some of the topics that will be covered in Hugi 23:

• "Demology" - How the academic world recognizes demos
• Namevoting - The Need for a Corporate Identity
• Interview with Zalza - a highly versatile scene musician
• The Art of Code Optimization
• How to write a Scripting Engine for demos
• How to optimize Java bytecode
• Approximating functions using Taylor Series
• Internal Sorting Algorithms
• The history of Text adventure games
• Windows XP and the unlocking threat
• UN Humanitarian Intervention and AIDS
• Short stories and poems by Sol and iliks

We are looking for more articles, especially in these sections:

• Scene (interviews, opinionated articles, reports, reviews)
• Coding (graphic/sound, mathematics, algorithms in general)
• Graphics (no articles for this section have arrived yet! we want tutorials, statements on artistic/philosophic aspects of demo-gfx, reviews etc.)
• Music (tuts, philosophy, reviews)
• Technology/Science (opinionated articles, book reviews, introductionary tutorials)

If you want to contribute, drop a mail! The preliminary submission deadline for articles is July 31.

25 May 2001: Today, the Hugi Magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary. Happy birthday, Hugi!! Expect the special edition Best of Hugi 1-20 to come in Summer along with Hugi 23.

06 May 2001: Thanks to dEF bASE, Hugi now has a new mirror site at The Havok! Also thanks to kbi for uploading all international issues of Hugi to his new FTP server for the scene, toya.scene.pl.

03 May 2001: Hugi #22 - Russian Edition has been released. Thanks to the great work of iliks, Aquila, slash, Virtual, most of the articles from Hugi 22 were translated to the Russian language. The remaining ones are included in English. I hope the Russian-speaking people among you will enjoy it!

18 April 2001: Hugi Size Coding Competition #14, the first in the year 2001, has started. The task of this time is a flashback to compo 9, for which the participiants had to code an emulator for the fictional SPEW CPU. Now the compo is about creating an Assembler for SPEW - of course, as always, in as few bytes as possible. This will be the first compo that will count for the new World League Table of Assembler 2001. You can find the rules, test-suite, example program and all other necessary information at the Hugi Compo website.

12 April 2001: Thank you all for the great feedback on Hugi 22!! BTW, as you might have noticed there's been a lot of trouble with the servers last night. First, www.hugi.scene.org didn't accept uploads, and on top of that index.htm was deleted from the server when I tried to upload the new one. Then I temporarily stored the site at GeoCities, but due to the traffic generated by the downloads of Hugi 22 GeoCities broke down and my account at GeoCities was suspended. Fortunately many of you created their own mirrors and thus it was possible to download Hugi 22 all the time! Thank you a lot for this! It's the best proof that the scene is not just alive but vibrating with an enormous amount of energy! For one day the temporary main site was http://www.virtually.at/hugi/ (hosted by Franky - tnx!). Now in the evening of April 12 www.hugi.scene.org was finally working again thanks to Salami's efforts. All is like it used to be - except that we now have a whole lot of mirror sites. ;) Among them there's a scene.org mirror, located at http://www.hugi.scene.org/ - thanks to Distance, Redhound & the other people in the scene.org staff, you're great!

11 April 2001: Hugi 22 has been released, go get it now!! 852 KB of exciting articles are waiting for you. Also, as you might have already noticed some details have been changed to the layout of this site, hopefully you'll enjoy them!

01 April 2001: Important Note: According to a newsgroup posting, the future of my (Adok's) ISP seems to be uncertain. I do not know if/how email addresses will be affected, but please send your emails for me to cdvolko@gmx.net with CC to adok@blackbox.at from now on.

Concerning Hugi #22: Still some work to go, about 200kb of articles to be processed, and a couple of text to be written by me apart from the regular column such as Editorial and News. I'm working heavily, and I want to release it as soon as possible - in any case before Mekka & Symposium, that is April 13.

05 March 2001: Time for news on Hugi 22. There's already > 400 kb of texts. Quite a large variety of topics is covered: In the scene corner you'll find interviews with Chaos & Fiver2 of farbrausch as well as Firelight, the maker of FMOD. As regards the coding corner, there has been quite a lot of response to the survey conducted in the Hugi mailinglist. Among other topics sound synthesis and 3D visibility pipelines in dynamic worlds will be covered, and there'll also be four tutorials on PHP!

Apart from the usual range of areas we're trying to cover new fields; there'll probably be a corner called "The Art of Writing", and some interesting satire - I won't reveal anything more yet... In the Real World corner Tomcat will present a little study on graffitis in public toilets of Hungarian cinemas, and there'll even be a "How to get a girlfriend tutorial" especially written for real nerds. :)

We're looking for more articles. The deadline for article submission is March 15, 2001. You know, you can write about which you think to be interesting for other readers of Hugi. Some hints if you need inspiration: The party reports corner is pretty empty at the moment, there's not much on GFX & music engineering yet, and we all would love to read more of these funny scene-ramblings. :) [Submit your articles]

17 February 2001: I had a bad cold (uh, this starts sounding like a private homepage, which it definitely is not!) but I'm back in business. Today's update: All HugiNews issues have been converted to HTML format and can be read online more comfortably. Thank goes to mad/os who wrote the HugiNews-to-HTML CGI script!

02 February 2001: The final version of Hugi 20 - Russian Edition is now available. A lot of the articles have been translated to Russian; the other articles have been included in their original English versions. In addition, information on new Russian demoparties held in 2001 has been added to the magazine.

20 January 2001: Chris would like that you read this:

"Just like all other types of scene activity, diskmags need development, and so does Hugi. Hence we have been enforced to ask you, the readers, to support Hugi. The articles is not the only thing we were troubling lately with: many readers desire more than only a simple picture in the background. Thus we are looking for skillful graphicians to join us, and help to develop better user interface themes, that would wake up the unexplored power that is sleeping in the Hugi engine since Hugi#20.

Because some users also desire that Hugi support the Linux platform, we are also looking for a programmer who would create a Linux OS plugin for the engine that would enable it to run under Linux. Unfortunately I am currently unable to fulfill that demand personally, so if you are interested in our proposal, contact me immediately. This job requires you to have some substantial experience in Linux and X-Window programming, i.e. handling windows, fullscreen, pixmaps, events, fonts (preferably TrueType) and timers. It will also consume some of your time, but in return you will gain appreciation and hopefully fame among the Linux-using Hugi readers out there."

Chris Dragan, chris@chrisdragan.org

15 January 2001: The online edition of Hugi 21 is now available. You can also post comments on the articles there.

Some words about the current state of affairs: The Hugi website and the complete archive have already been uploaded to a new server, but DeNIC (Germany's equivalent of Internic) still has to change the IP address of hugi.scene.org. As soon as this has been done, you will be able to access all the files that used to be only at Foxfiber again.

06 January 2001: We're changing servers. Please read this.

Foxfiber has just moved to another server. Therefore our mirror site at http://hugi.foxfiber.net/ is currently not available. We will see to it that the mirror gets restored as soon as possible.

Next week the main site, http://www.hugi.scene.org/, is going to move to a new server. Therefore, if connecting to our main site fails, try the mirror at Foxfiber, which should then be available again.

For news and updated information during this period of transition, you can subscribe to the Hugi Mailinglist.

31 December 2000: One week after the release of Hugi 21, it's time to thank all people who have sent us their feedback so far. As well, I am grateful to everyone who has already submitted articles for Hugi 22. In total we already have more than 100 kb of texts for the next issue. As music, we're planning to use mostly chip-tunes this time. The graphics will be by FloOd/Noice. Of course we're always interested in new pictures because we will need them in future issues.

What we need for the next issue the most now is articles. From the previous issues of Hugi you know what kinds of articles are prefered by the readers. Basically you can write about anything you think to be important for other people to know, in the areas of technology, the demoscene, science, art, literature and politics. If you need some inspiration, you may also check out the updated list of requested coding-related topics and the new list of requested graphics tutorials.

By the way, we're trying to release the international and the Russian edition of Hugi 22 simultaneously. If you want to be a translator, please contact me.

The preliminary articles submission deadline for Hugi 22 is March 15, 2001.

25 December 2000: The quest for the hidden tune in Hugi 21 has already started. The names of the first ten finders will be imprinted in the Page of Honour.

23 December 2000: Hugi 21 is a matter of fact! You can now download it. Enjoy reading! We also wish you a merry x-mas and a happy new year 2001.

18 December 2000: Another diary update.

10 December 2000: The diary has been updated. Have a look in it, you greedy ppl. :)

30 November 2000: Folks, I want to thank everyone who has reacted to my call for topics of coding articles until now. Here is the list of topics which have reached me so far.

These topics have been requested by several people:

- Code Optimizing
e.g. speeding up various algorithms using the extra PIII instructions, general optimization strategies for the x86, speed optimizing of 8x8 bitmap-distortion algorithms
- Sound Synthesis
e.g. filters, distortion, how to make sawteeth, squares etc., physical modelling, delays, reverb, volume enveloping
- Realtime Raytracing
e.g. basics, implementation
- Free-directional Voxels
e.g. how to make them, how to implement the Marching Cubes algorithm

Further, there is demand for tutorials on these topics:

- Advanced image compression methods
e.g. Wavelets
- Physical simulations
e.g. particles, bouncy volumes, approximation methods
- Help for Research for New Effects
e.g. where to get scientific articles about topics that have not been implemented in demos yet
- Scripting engines
e.g. for demos
- PHP
e.g. beginners course, hints
- Metasurfaces
e.g. how to make torus, box
- Music players
e.g. how to make an XM player for win32
- Palm programming
e.g. demo coding, controlling the hardware of a Palm PC in Assembler
- Java Demo Coding
e.g. beginners course, how to make an applet run in fullscreen mode
- Lightmaps
- Advanced OpenGL

Articles on these topics which are not directly connected with practical coding are also being looked for:

- About the importance of formal maths while making new effects
- About the internal communication and operation structure within various demogroups

Furthermore, a general programming tutorial from scratch until demo coding was requested.

If you are interested in writing about one or a couple of these issues, I gladly welcome you to do so. Contact me at: cdvolko@gmx.net

25 November 2000: To all people interested in coding:

I am aware that coding tutorials are very important for a large part of the Hugi readership.

So far we've received only 7 coding articles for the next Hugi issue. But I'm sure there are much more topics people want to learn about that have not been dealt with in Hugi yet!

In recent days, coders increasingly say that they are generally willing to write tutorial articles for Hugi, but do not manage to think of a particular topic.

Perhaps you could help them. If there is a particular topic you would like to learn more about, tell me. I'll forward it to coders who could elaborate on it. I'm also planning to publish a list of these topics in the next Hugi issue, so that everyone with knowledge and motivation can write about them.

22 November 2000: A general update of the site structure has been done: the static initial page has been replaced by the news page. The content of the previous initial page has been moved to the page 'What is Hugi?'. I want to use this page in order to keep regular contact with the readers.

21 November 2000: The Diary of a Diskmag Editor has been updated with the development of Hugi 21 from the beginning of September until today. Read it to learn about the current state of affairs, the everyday work on the diskmag, and changes in the staff, such as TAD's leaving the Hugi Core & Royal Family, which I regret a lot.

13 November 2000: Hugi 18 and Hugi 19 have been upgraded to Panorama 2 (the engine of Hugi 20). Because of this you can now also read them using the BeOS version of the Hugi engine.

01 November 2000: The articles submission deadline for Hugi 21 is over - we're now working had on finishing the mag! If you have any last-minute news items or texts you want to have included send them to cdvolko@gmx.net and I'll try to include them still in this issue as long as the diskmag hasn't been uploaded yet. Moreover, I want to point you to the Hugi Size Coding Competition #13, which has started today. It's about coding the smallest possible Soko-Ban game.

04 October 2000: Hugi Core & Royal Family are preparing another cool issue of your favourite scene-magazine for you. As always contributions from you are welcome. Write about coding, demos, parties, technology, science, literature or any other topic you find interesting. Send your articles to cdvolko@gmx.net until October 31, 2000 (halloween). So far we've received 300 kbytes of articles from our readers. Click on the image to see a (incomplete) list of article contributors.

21 September 2000: A nice extra for new coders: The complete sourcecode of Hugi #11 can now be obtained - as always, for free!

16 September 2000: And another big release! Hugi.GER #2 is now available to accelerate your way of thinking - if you understand written German.

14 September 2000: A preliminary edition of Hugi 20 - Russian Edition has been released. It features 25% of the text from Hugi 20 translated to Russian language.

31 August 2000: Thanks to FloOd, the Hugi website now has an intro for Shockwave Flash! Also added: the first pre-release of The Diary of a Diskmag Editor - for all who want to learn about the progress of Hugi 21 and its main-ed's real feelings!

25 August 2000: Added the sections How you can support Hugi and Selected Articles.

23 August 2000: irc.gammaforce.org now has an IRC channel called #hugi devoted to discussion about Hugi and generally all other topics. Drop by if you're interested.

17 August 2000: Chris has ported the Hugi 20 interface to BeOS. The BeOS engine has been added to the Alternative Interfaces page.

12 August 2000: Several people have already found the hidden tune in Hugi 20. The names of the first ten are imprinted in the Page of Honour.

11 August 2000: We have received a highly interesting article about a new operating system project. Unfortunately it reached us a few hours after the release of Hugi 20, but as it's a very current topic, we have decided to publish it on the Web.

11 August 2000: Only about 14 hours after the release of Hugi 20, six people have already found the hidden part! The lucky winner is Mad/os (the time in his mail says 11:34:11pm), followed by sweeper, Sacri, nldsr, Dogbomb, and Rieha. We want to publish the top 10 on a "page of honour" at this website, so hurry up and try to find it, too!

10 August 2000: Hugi 20 - The Source of Life has been released! If you're a fan of Hugi, you simply have to get it!

03 August 2000: The HTML edition of the articles from Hugi 19 has slightly been enhanced. Thanks to mad/os for his contributions!

24 July 2000: The articles from Hugi 19 are now available in HTML format so that they can be read on machines not using Windows 9x/NT, too.

05 July 2000: Several new HTTP download mirrors have been added. Thanks to Wizard/Synthetic for uploading.

04 July 2000: Hugi 18 version 1.3 has been released. No, this is NOT a new Hugi issue! (The next one will be Hugi 20 and we're planning to release it in August.) It's just, finally, a - to our knowledge - entirely bug-free version of Hugi #18. The corresponding bugfix has been available since a few days after the release of Hugi #18, but the release of the full edition took until now. In fact I have released this just because I had received the suggestion to upload more issues of Hugi to HTTP servers instead of just FTP servers, as the HTTP protocol enables downloading via proxies and is more widely supported among popular ISPs. So I thought: "Why not release the most perfect version then?" Have fun! And don't forget: Article submission deadline for Hugi 20 is July 31st, 2000!

02 July 2000: Everybody can now participate in the survey about the decent size of a good diskmag. Click here and cast your vote!

01 July 2000: HugiNews 38 is out. The preliminary deadline for article submission to Hugi 20 is July 31st, 2000. Submit your reports, tutorials, stories, essays, etc. to Adok/Hugi.

27 June 2000: A page with all functions of the Diskmag Webring has been added.

18 June 2000: HugiNews 37 is out. Featuring two articles, 26 kbytes in total!

3 June 2000: HugiNews 36 is out. I've opened a page for the Orange Juice Banners Exchange.

25 May 2000: Hugi celebrates his fourth birthday today! The first issue of the giant's magazine was released on May 25th, 1996. Happy Birthday, Hugi!

21 May 2000: HugiNews 35 is out.

07 May 2000: HugiNews 34 is out. We're looking for people who want to help translating Hugi 20 to French. Drop an e-mail if you're interested.

29 April 2000: How should I put the feeling correctly? Well, actually I wanted to write: "Whoops, I erroneously wrote 'April 25' last time, but in fact it was still April 24! Just for the historical record, so that you don't get the date wrong when the Hugi website was redesigned!" But now I ask myself why I should write that, as there's something better to report: Hugi 19 is finished! And released! Get it now!

24 April 2000: Just finished (well, started and finished) re-designing the Hugi website. Now it should be better structured, look nicer, load faster and contain more information. Enjoy! I'll now eat breakfast, or, better, lunch, and then I'll continue editing articles for Hugi 19. Currently 1.1 mbyte of articles are ready, and there are still some 100 kb waiting to be processed. This will be a big issue! It will take only a few days until you'll be able to get it from this website, so stay tuned! As a nice little preview, you can already see the title picture (on the left). It was made by Bridgeclaw/Gods.