Arrived at hotel in Missouri. Turned on TV. Ad for drugs. Ad for drugs. Political ad literally saying “I will round up immigrants.” Ad for drugs. Ad for injury lawyer. Ad for drugs. Political ad literally saying “I won’t use any ‘woke pronouns’” and “when they call me racist that’s how I’ll know I’m doing it right”. Holy crap it’s like a parody.
Carrington
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Vintage computer enthusiast, podcaster, and bag of mostly water.
And oh my gosh, I had assumed the TV was on Fox. Nope, that was actually CBS. Fox is … well, you can imagine. Crazy state is crazy.
Kay SavetzTwo things! 1) My #nanogenmo entry is done. Fifi's Big Adventure is a HTML-based choose-your-own adventure book that has puzzles and inventory, written entirely by #chatgpt https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2023/issues/6
2) @Carrington and I recorded a new episode of the #EatenByAGrue podcast! We talk about Fifi's Big Adventure and his lack of furniture. https://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/55
When I promised to release the source code for my #interactivefiction game Dorm on April 1 (“Source Code Amnesty Day”) I really thought I’d have time to clean it up and make it less embarrassing first. But nope. Oh well, a deal’s a deal. The #sourcecode in all it’s raw unedited glory is now available at IFDB: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=hudzdw715cypkx13 #inform6 #PunyInform
Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly
PLOT Youve heard about the 8-Bit Assembly for ages: a retro Apple II computer convention where attendees stay in a university dorm along with fellow vintage computer nerds. Youve been looking forward to it all year, and you plan to participate in everything the event has to offer. Youll compete in silly contests, brave dubious cafeteria food and sweltering Midwest heat, and try to find a boxed copy of your favourite Infocom game. You're excited, but a bit nervous too. Rumours fly about dark magic and bizarre occurrences, not helped by the black robed figures you keep spotting around campus. Are those professors, or something more nefarious? Meanwhile, an angry throng of Commodore protestors is amassing at the front gate, and an unhinged Macintosh pirate is menacing the quad in a Bondi blue Volkswagen Beetle. Will you find a copy of Wishbringer to add to your collection, or will the campus literally come alive and start eating attendees? And did that massive statue of a bull over by the bleachers just blink?? Uh oh. NOTES This is the author's first game. It was developed in Inform 6 using PunyInform. The fictional 8-Bit Assembly is based on KansasFest, a real-world Apple II retro-computer convention.
Got a DM on Twitter so I logged in there for first time in ages. I was greeted with an alert saying I must disable two-factor auth unless I buy a blue checkmark. What a dumpster fire. “The beatings will continue until morale improves!”
It’s okay to wear a green dress for St. Patrick’s Day. But not a real green dress, that’s cruel.
April 1 is IF #SourceCode Amnesty Day. I love this idea, so count me in: I’ll release the #PunyInform source code for my #InteractiveFiction game Dorm in all its ramshackle glory on April 1. Come for the code, stay for the laughing at my code. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/03/april-1-is-if-source-code-amnesty-day.html?m=1
#parser #TextAdventures #GameDev #Inform #Coding #Programming
#parser #TextAdventures #GameDev #Inform #Coding #Programming
Andrew PlotkinApril 1 is IF Source Code Amnesty Day. Make your IF source public! Even if you think it sucks! It's okay! We'll all do it!
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/03/april-1-is-if-source-code-amnesty-day.html
Forum thread that gave rise to this: https://intfiction.org/t/april-1-is-source-code-amnesty-day-were-making-it-a-thing/61025
Peter FletcherI've taken the liberty of making an #AtariST version of @Carrington 's most excellent text adventure game DORM. Assuming Carrington allows I will share it with those that ask. Check out the original work here: https://carringtonvanston.net/games/dorm/ #Infocom #Eatenbyagrue