Last time at All the Adventures I gave the story of Sumlock, reaching through the history of calculators, up to where they were publishing VIC-20 games. I have now finished the game and I explain the details, including one puzzle I can only describe as "ludicrous".

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/27/secret-mission-misdirection/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #vic20 #c64

if you want a text-based Obra Dinn-inspired mystery/horror game to while away the holiday, strongly recommend Type Help: https://william-rous.itch.io/type-help

#games #mystery #interactivefiction

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

Today's story starts all the way in the 17th c. and winds its way up to the rowdy days of British VIC-20 computing, and ended up being an epic enough tale I've had to split into two parts. (Next part likely Friday!)

Includes a history of the first digital calculator!

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/23/secret-mission-1983/

#retrogaming #history #videogames #textadventures #interactivefiction #c64 #vic20 #commodore #tech #calculator

I've just discovered Twine, a cool program for making interactive stories. They save as webpages, so to play, there's no installs or downloads needed. Was pretty excited to find this tool.

I made a little test to try out some of the features. It's super simple, takes 2 mins max to complete. If the concept sounds interesting to you, take a look and see some of the things that Twine can do!

https://aluca.neocities.org/Twine/FrogKingdomDemo

#twine #Harlowe #chooseyourownadventure #interactivefiction #indieauthor

Thursday Dev Update 🎮📚
📅 December 18, 2025

• #Beyond365DaysOfCode Day 354
• #100DaysOfCode Day 354
• #freeCodeCamp

📖 Daily Reading
✅ freeCodeCamp News – 1 article
✅ Daily.dev – 1 article

💻 Current Focus
• Winter VN Jam: Renamed background assets and integrated them into the script for smoother scene transitions

Small refinements add up to a better player experience.

#Python #RenPy #GameDev #NarrativeDesign #VisualNovel #InteractiveFiction #DevJourney