Dexterity Software was a computer game company founded in 1994 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 by Steve Pavlina

Steve Pavlina

Steve Pavlina is an American self-help author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He is the author of the web site and blog , StevePavlina.com and the book Personal Development for Smart People. He writes on a broad range of topics, and his lifestyle experiments Steve Pavlina (born April 14,...

. It began as a traditional retail game developer, but later changed to a shareware

Shareware

The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

 model. In 2004 Dexterity Software relocated to Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. The company ceased operations in late 2006.

Games

Dexterity published over a dozen games including the award-winning Dweep

Dweep

-Gameplay:Dweep is a cute and cuddly purple creature who must negotiate a series of dangerous obstacles to rescue defenseless baby Dweeps.Obstacles include lasers, heat plates, bombs, and lots of other hazards. Dweep must bypass these using only available non-violent tools such as mirrors,...

 and Dweep Gold.

Articles

The Dexterity Software website also hosted a number of articles relevant to software developers such as

• If No Independent Developers Are 100 Times Smarter Than You, Then Why Do Some Get 100 Times the Results?; and
• If You've Tried Everything Imaginable And Your Product Still Won't Sell, Here's What You're Missing.

The significance of these articles was recognised by the Association of Shareware Professionals

Association of Shareware Professionals

The Association of Software Professionals , formerly Association of Shareware Professionals, is a professional association for authors of shareware computer software...

 who listed Steve Pavlina on their Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 page, noting that he had had "a significant, lasting influence on others via his articles and postings."

Closure

Dexterity Software closed on October 31, 2006 when the founder Steve Pavlina

Steve Pavlina

Steve Pavlina is an American self-help author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He is the author of the web site and blog , StevePavlina.com and the book Personal Development for Smart People. He writes on a broad range of topics, and his lifestyle experiments Steve Pavlina (born April 14,...

retired from game development to focus on a personal development web site and blog, StevePavlina.com.