peter sibleyMar 9
j.downs 

It's #MARCHintosh, so I decided to post an update on my interactive fiction #HyperCard project.

Because I always have multiple projects in development, progress has been slow but steady—including the user interface, text parser, and other foundational under-the-hood development. The proof-of-concept UI is attached!

Please help with this project by offering your feedback, suggestions, and support:
https://ko-fi.com/post/VOID-Progress-V7V81VMLWG

The original post announcing the project is here:
https://ko-fi.com/post/aetas-nova-VOID-E1E81N2GJL

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #classicmac #macintosh #vintagemac

Mar 8 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadSunie FairbreezeMar 8
@jdowns I have no nostalgia for the mac... but I need this game :D
Show threadj.downs Mar 8
@sunie Thanks for the motivation! 😊
Show threadvga256Mar 8

@jdowns that’s a nice UI. reminds me a bit of the Legend entertainment adventures.

can you tell me more about how you drew the background art?

Show threadj.downs Mar 8
@vga256 HyperCard’s paint tools are quite rudimentary. I am creating all of the art using modern tools including Procreate and the like, then using GraphicConverter to scale to the correct size and convert from grayscale to 1-bit black and white.
Show threadvga256Mar 8
@jdowns wow! so it was drawn in procreate first! it dithered down really nicely - i suppose starting in greyscale helped. i’m very curious what the procreate original looked like before dithering!
Show threadj.downs Mar 8
@vga256 That’s a great idea. I’ll work on a post comparing the originals with the converted art for use in HyperCard. It took quite a bit of experimenting to get the converted art to look passable in pure black and white.
Show threadvga256Mar 8
@jdowns i can't wait to see it. it can be so hard to make atkinson dithering look good with certain kinds of images.