<s>
Awesome	B-Application
Animated	I-Application
Monster	I-Application
Maker	I-Application
was	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
creative	O
play	O
computer	O
video	O
game	O
program	B-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
produced	O
by	O
ImaginEngine	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Houghton-Mifflin	O
'	O
s	O
interactive	O
Division	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	O
Maker	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
creative	O
play	O
,	O
like	O
a	O
paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
added	O
four	O
mini-games	O
one	O
can	O
play	O
with	O
a	O
monster	O
,	O
including	O
judo	B-Application
and	O
a	O
water	O
skiing	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	O
Maker	O
was	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
Hybrid	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
that	O
worked	O
in	O
both	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	B-Application
machines	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
work	O
on	O
3.11	B-Application
,	O
95	B-Application
,	O
98	B-Device
,	O
and	O
NT	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Macs	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
68k	B-Device
and	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	O
Maker	O
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
on	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
and	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
required	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
80486	I-General_Concept
processor	O
and	O
a	O
video	B-Device
card	I-Device
that	O
could	O
do	O
640x480x8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
it	O
relied	O
on	O
the	O
WinG	O
library	B-Library
for	O
its	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	O
Maker	O
's	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
engine	O
used	O
a	O
custom	O
sprite	O
codec	O
that	O
was	O
highly	O
optimized	O
for	O
unique	O
content	O
aspects	O
of	O
monster	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
had	O
many	O
advanced	O
features	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
scale	O
parts	O
to	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
size	O
up	O
or	O
down	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
handle	O
translucency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Bresenham	B-Algorithm
's	I-Algorithm
line	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
to	O
compute	O
the	O
scaling	O
factors	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
approach	O
discussed	O
in	O
the	O
Graphics	O
Gems	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Awesome	B-Application
Animated	I-Application
Monster	I-Application
Maker	I-Application
Math	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
