Silent Shoals SoftwareSep 30
Our debut commercial title, The Aching, is currently 50% off on Steam! Powered by our Gorgon Engine, the Aching runs on as low as an original 8086 clocked down to 12MHz! It supports the Roland MT-32, SoundBlaster cards, Disney Sound Source, and can even run natively on Tandy 1000 computers!
#indiedev #TheAching #gorgonengine #dosgaming #SepTandy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295210/The_Aching/
Save 50% on The Aching on Steam

In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.

Krillin56Jul 10, 2025

So a friend asked for a good hint while playing The Aching and I told him this πŸ”

"When you find the Blood Reeds item, you can type <Weave basket> to make a reed basket. Then you can type <Place basket on Gatekeeper> to completely cover the Gatekeeper's head. That way you can slip by and progress with the story. Trust me!"

I regret nothing.....😈

@HadroSoft @ClarusPlusPlus
@silentshoalssoftware

#msdos #gorgonengine #indiedev #ThecityOfID

Silent Shoals SoftwareJul 8, 2025

In Silence Waits on Steam is now public and wishlistable!

A lone bard wanders the dangerous world of Azra in search of belonging. Will he find it in the famous City of Id? Guide him on a dangerous journey in search of peace.

Coming out in November!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2987000/In_Silence_Waits/

#msdos #indiedev #gorgonengine #InSilenceWaits #TheCityOfId

In Silence Waits on Steam

IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.

Maximum LobdeggJul 7, 2025

By the by, if anyone is interested in trying out their hand at making a game with the #GorgonEngine, there's a WIP documentation of it on my neocities page:

https://thelobdegg.neocities.org/code/gorgon/

From there you can find links to download the repo and even a bare bones sample game to hopefully help people get started.

Gorgon Engine - Index

Silent Shoals SoftwareJun 28, 2025

Hey there retro gamers!

Today's post is a bit of an update on our current title In Silence Waits. It's locked for paid members for 1 week, but will be available for free in a week.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/progress-report-132073347

Screenshots attached to the post. The game is proceeding slowly but surely and we hope you're as excited as we are.

~the Lobdegg

#indiedev #indiegame #msdos #dosgaming #86dosgaming #GorgonEngine #InSilenceWaits

Silent Shoals SoftwareJun 25, 2025

Did you know we had a discord server?

Roles have been added to it to match with Patreon tiers but thus far they're mostly just for show.

The plan is to use this as one of several independent channels for communication and documentation for our games and our engines!

https://discord.gg/EUemPmjb

#TheAching #GorgonEngine #InSilenceWaits

Join the Silent Shoals Software Discord Server!

Check out the Silent Shoals Software community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Discord
Show threadMaximum LobdeggJun 9, 2025
@ClarusPlusPlus I'm not the huge fan of the punishing Sierra stairs but I'm fairly certain by virtue of how #gorgonengine handles user input, they wouldn't be nearly as difficult to navigate.
Maximum LobdeggMay 23, 2025

@mos_8502 My only concern is attempting to import one to the US atm what with all this tariff nonsense going on on our side.

Needless to say I look forward to porting my #gorgonengine over.

Maximum LobdeggApr 17, 2025
Should I rewrite Gorgon version 3 in 8086 assembly?
#theAching #GorgonEngine #Hadrosoft
YES! Go masochism!
55.6%
No, that's too much like work.
33.3%
Por que no los dos?
11.1%
Poll ended at .
Maximum LobdeggNov 10, 2024
So fun note about my #gorgonengine : I did it without any real knowledge of how AGI/SCI/ or AGS worked under the hood. I worked purely from surface phenomena, like resolution, parser based, supports a scripting language, etc. the biggest difference that I think actually would make some people's brains melt is that there are no synonyms in Gorgon. Every command string is tested against a series of test strings that specify all possible permutations.