#interactivefiction

ha, "ported" my 5 year old piece of interactive fiction to the current version of inform.

#interactivefiction #textadventure #inform7

Okay, if you haven't seen this murderbot fanfic that is also a fully playable game of minesweeper, you're really missing out:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/66992527

#murderbot #fanfic #InteractiveFiction #ao3

The finale to the game Robots on Terminus IV, the first adventure game (that we have) coming from New Zealand.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/11/robots-on-terminus-iv-victory-of-the-machines/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #zx81

#gameDev #devLog Current Projects:

1. Top down puzzle game in #godotEngine. I'll be releasing tutorials in PDF form for my patreon supporters as we go.

2. Video on David Ahl's BASIC books. Will endeavor to release a browser playable BASIC game.

3. An 80s-movie themed #InteractiveFiction serial.

A new country awaits for All the Adventures: New Zealand! I give the history of the country's microcomputing scene in the 80s (more dramatic and twisty than expected) then embark on the first adventure we currently have from the country, Robots on Terminus IV.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/08/robots-on-terminus-iv-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #zx81 #newzealand

All the little issues are fixed and all the IntroComp 2025 entries are now available to play! https://introcomp.org/
#IntroComp #InteractiveFiction

100% of reviewers have rated Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview 5 stars.

No, I will not tell you it's only been 1 review, that's irrelevant. Visual DOS Tech Preview is a 5-star Operating System

https://antijingoist.itch.io/visual-dos-2024-tech-preview

#VisualDOS #VisualDOS2024 #OperatingSystem #DOS #game #InteractiveFiction #OS

I think I've written something like 3,000 words of Inform source code just today. Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? is pretty much a novel-length work at this point.
#Inform #Inform7 #gamedev #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #ScreenshotSaturday

My third and final post on early Japanese adventure game The Palms, which was the first to try to truly reproduce what was seen on the Apple II imports from Sierra On-Line.

I reach the ending and also try to decipher the pseudonyms in the credits.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/05/the-palms-mark-of-the-hummingbird/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #interactivefiction #videogames #textadventure #japan #japanese

Writing with Inform7 when you get a cool idea:
"There's a pack of cigarettes in the game. I'm going to throw in a 'smoke' verb so players can try and use it."

Writing with Inform7 once that's done:
*Text to display if the player tries to smoke the cigar in the mob boss' mouth.*
*Text to display if the player tries to smoke crystal meth that they found at a crime scene.*
*Text to display if the player tries to smoke their own hat.*

#InteractiveFiction #Inform7

Title: Mudlet
️ What's: A libre MUD client for playing online RPG
️ https://www.mudlet.org/
️ https://github.com/Mudlet
#LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #MUD #RPG #InteractiveFiction
️ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #AppIm #Snap
️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html

️ Update: 4.19.1
Minor vers. ️️️️️
️ Changes: https://www.mudlet.org/2025/08/mudlet-4-19-1/
️ From: https://mastodon.social/@holarse/114960237655786255

️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/dYjZwhNN64Q
️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/QzvqSVgc2t4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LIJuFra-KKc
️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/FAlz44_ZS-M
️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/XqwOTZIOfys

Ma participation à la game jam #GMTK ce week-end !
"L'enquête : l'affaire Dreyfus"
Plongez dans une des affaires les moins glorieuses de l'histoire de France

=> Gratuit, en français ou en anglais, ~30 minutes, sur ordinateur ou téléphone

https://pgmstudio.itch.io/lenquete-affaire-dreyfus

#GMTK2025 #videogames #gamemaker #interactivefiction #investigation

The early Japanese adventure game The Palms continues, as I explore underwater, fend off a shark, and fail to fend off an octopus.

Also, some discussion of what parts come from Sierra On-Line and what parts come from Micro Cabin.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/03/the-palms-underwater/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japan #japanese #fujitsu

Of course "ought to be easy" is a very risky thing to say when it comes to writing and coding up computer games, including interactive fiction! But I also know they're the sections that need the least amount of work still done on them. And they are also almost certainly best tackled late in the day. #game #GameDev #InteractiveFiction #IndieGame

Thinking about what needs to be tackled/finished, I'm thinking I'll code the rest in order of chapters 2, 5, 6, 4, 1, 3 and 7. The first three are ones I'm currently most excited to tackle. Coding 4 from existing plot design should be fairly mechanical. And finishing 1, 3 and 7 ought to be be easy. #game #GameDev #InteractiveFiction #IndieGame

Taking stock of my latest parser interactive game writing progress. Much to do, but encouraged can finish in time for IFComp 2026. And can see a way forward in the short term. Happy to share that it's episodic, and historical, but otherwise spoilery details redacted in the attached progress summary! #game #GameDev #InteractiveFiction #IndieGame #IFComp #History

I remember playing Eric the Unready. One of the very best text adventures i've ever played. The puzzle regarding the two-headed giant is one of the hardest and best designed i remember.

Also, i remember swearing like a madman after every failed attempt at solving it, of course.

That one and the Epic of Baldur joke are two moments i LOVE from that game.

#EricTheUnready #TextAdventure #InteractiveFiction #Retrogaming #AdventureGame #AventuraConversacional

In which I embark on the third "origin game" of Japanese adventure games, The Palms, with a look at the history and the early part of the game.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/01/the-palms-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japan #japanese #fujitsu

Today is the last day to register an intent to submit!
Until Midnight Eastern Time!

See you on: https://ifcomp.org/ !!

#ifcomp #interactivefictioncompetition #ifcomp2025 #interactivefiction #visualnovel #parser #indiedev

The board is pleased to announce that the engineer who suggested that Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview must be experienced in a single session has been terminated.

https://antijingoist.itch.io/visual-dos-2024-tech-preview/devlog/998732/save-states-supported-in-browser

#VisualDOS2024 #OperatingSystem #DOS #game #InteractiveFiction #OS