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Jason Dyer<p>In my grand finale to The Dark Crystal, events start to hew closer to the movie, with unfortunate side effects.</p><p>This would set the stage for the creation of King's Quest, with a demo version in stores later that same year, and a full release in May of 1984.</p><p><a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/06/the-dark-crystal-a-thousand-years-of-solitude/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bluerenga.blog/2025/07/06/the-</span><span class="invisible">dark-crystal-a-thousand-years-of-solitude/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/appleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/darkcrystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcrystal</span></a></p>
IFComp<p>And we're officially kicking off the 2025 Edition of the IFComp!</p><p>From now until August 1st, you can submit your authorial intent!</p><p>Come show off the best of your best!</p><p><a href="https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/788067590629146624/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.ifcomp.org/post/788067590</span><span class="invisible">629146624/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ifcomp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ifcomp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ifcomp2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ifcomp2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefictioncompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefictioncompetition</span></a></p>
Sarah<p>I made a game last month! It's a word-swapping puzzle game with exactly 500 words of game text. If you just want to breeze through without doing the hard puzzles, type EASY for story mode.</p><p><a href="https://passerine.itch.io/swap-wand-user" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">passerine.itch.io/swap-wand-us</span><span class="invisible">er</span></a></p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/NeoTwinyJam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoTwinyJam</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/ParserComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParserComp</span></a></p>
foo ✅<p>I thought about entering this contest, but I'm not a professional artist with a portfolio and all that. So, I just used it as an art prompt. Made with Sketchup 2017 and MakeHuman</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/@IFComp@mastodon.gamedev.place/114630494584386978" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.online/@IFComp@mastod</span><span class="invisible">on.gamedev.place/114630494584386978</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sketchup3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketchup3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sketchup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketchup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3dart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blender3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blender3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>draw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/draweveryday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>draweveryday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/play" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>play</span></a></p>
Jason Dyer<p>During production of The Dark Crystal, Sesame Street songwriter / Apple II fan Christopher Cerf made contact with one of the most famous Apple II companies at the time, Sierra On-Line.</p><p>I tell the history and play the first part of the resulting game.</p><p><a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/01/the-dark-crystal-1983/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bluerenga.blog/2025/07/01/the-</span><span class="invisible">dark-crystal-1983/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/appleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Feneric<p>Just a couple days left to register your intent to enter this year's IntroComp: <a href="https://introcomp.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">introcomp.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntroComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntroComp</span></a></p>
Marc Trius<p>I gotta say, trying to implement text narration and turn-based logic inspired by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> in a realtime adventure in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Godot</span></a> is an interesting challenge! This is going to be so cool, with so much potential for refinement. And I'm already father along than I've ever been other than that card game!</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glammr.us/@anarchist_archivist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anarchist_archivist</span></a></span></p>
Space Hobo<p>Today is the last day of <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/NarraScope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NarraScope</span></a> 2025, so after the conference you can listen to Jason Compton and me interviewing <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@zarfeblong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zarfeblong</span></a></span> about some of his earliest works of <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a>.<br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bjpufa66d36itb5rzn3p6vrn/post/3ls6acta3q32e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:bjpufa66d36itb5rzn3p6vrn/post/3ls6acta3q32e</span></a></p>
Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon<p>Just over a year ago I released a short(ish) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> inspired <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> piece called Voyage of the Marigold.</p><p>People seemed to like it and I always promised to write a post mortem explaining some of the design choices I made.</p><p>Here it is:</p><p><a href="https://sheep.horse/2025/6/voyage_of_the_marigold_author%27s_notes.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sheep.horse/2025/6/voyage_of_t</span><span class="invisible">he_marigold_author%27s_notes.html</span></a></p>
Jason Dyer<p>Secret post!</p><p>Well, I was taking the month off, but I got engrossed with the Japanese game Mystery House 2, a game I'd already beaten for MSX. I made some progress on the NEC PC-6001 version. The game is radically different. I delve into why.</p><p><a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/14/mystery-house-ii-alternate-realities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bluerenga.blog/2025/06/14/myst</span><span class="invisible">ery-house-ii-alternate-realities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japanese</span></a></p>
Damon L. Wakes<p>Bubble Gumshoe has a beloved mentor who's just two days from retirement. This cannot possibly end badly.<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ScreenshotSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenshotSaturday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BubbleGumshoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BubbleGumshoe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WhoWhackedJimmyPi%C3%B1ata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inform</span></a></p>
J. Alan Henning<p>New post: Authorial Burden in Interactive Fiction, <a href="https://troypress.com/authorial-burden-in-interactive-fiction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">troypress.com/authorial-burden</span><span class="invisible">-in-interactive-fiction/</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AuthorialBurden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorialBurden</span></a></p>
jmac<p>I'm proofreading an upcoming magazine article that I wrote about Inform programming.</p><p>I am glad that this little bon mot of mine passed editorial muster. It's one of my favorite personal beliefs about the ongoing cultural relevance of parser-driven <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> games.</p>
IFComp<p>Calling all artists on Mastodon!<br>The IFComp is seeking an artists for our 2025 logo!</p><p>Check this post for more info!</p><p><a href="https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/785511692459294720/ifcomp-seeking-an-artist-for-the-2025-logo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.ifcomp.org/post/785511692</span><span class="invisible">459294720/ifcomp-seeking-an-artist-for-the-2025-logo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ifcomp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ifcomp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefictioncompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefictioncompetition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ifcomp2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ifcomp2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalart</span></a></p>
root42<p>I am planning to do a Let's Code Livestream on Sunday, 8th June 2025, at 20:00 CEST, 18:00 UTC. We will be hacking away on an Infocom interpreter for the Commodore PET -- and I barely speak 6502 assembly! What could possibly go wrong???<br><a href="https://youtube.com/live/IvGJ7XQSHcc?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/IvGJ7XQSHcc?f</span><span class="invisible">eature=share</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/letscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letscode</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infocom</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Feneric<p>If anyone had been having trouble registering an intent to enter with IntroComp <a href="https://introcomp.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">introcomp.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> please try again as a problem was fixed and it does seem to be working for folks. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Also reading, "A History of Scottish Theatre" edited collection of essays. Long out of print. Thank goodness the uni library had a copy, and on open shelves to borrow! I don't need it for my usual academic historical research this time but rather interactive fiction game writing! Should help anyway. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gameDev</span></a></p>
Feneric<p>So IntroComp is officially underway for this year. We're now accepting intents to enter! <a href="https://introcomp.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">introcomp.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a></p>
Jason Dyer<p>in which I embark on the VIC-20 game Nosferatu</p><p>which, unusually, has us not here to kill the vampire, but steal an artifact and escape</p><p>also, I give the story of Terminal Software and how fibbing to a reporter led to their most famous game</p><p><a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosf</span><span class="invisible">eratu-1982-1983/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vic20</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a></p>
Amiga Love ❤<p>Suddenly, out of nowhere, your mind was blown. </p><p>Imagine if they'd paid Douglas Adams to write a paperback novel version of his Infocom game Bureaucracy!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infocom</span></a> OG <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a></p>