Character I love and 5 mutuals to do the same

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The scarey thing is, on a second read through it makes a lot of sense, it’s just the detail that’s a cauldron of maths wizardry!

Great work, just skimming through the map generation. Two words, that's Insane!

A stack of boulders with a robot on top

Generating the landscape in The Sentinel

A panorama of landscape 0000 in The Sentinel

A contour map of the landscape in The Sentinel

It's finished! The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic game, is now fully documented.

* 41,902 lines of lovingly annotated source code

* 51 deep dives (116,240 words)

* Buildable repository

* 100% handcrafted AI-free content

* 7 months’ work

thesentinel.bbcelite.com

#retrocomputing #C64 #BBCMicro

Back at the coal face, chipping away at the planned "Woolley Estates" update for The Corridor. True story, I went to a Little Chef once, and Boy George was there (may have been an impersonator), which confused the hell out of me, as he had been on television that very morning in the A-Team.

The Mad Jack's Update (At Blooming Last!) Headlines Here are some headlines (note that my tracker is broken, so take these with a pinch of something): The game is now 75,699 words, making it 36% bigger Over 1000 lines of dialogue, a 70% incre...

And here is the dev-log for those of you who wallow in such matters. doginatank.itch.io/thecorridor/...

The Corridor: A Search For Dave by Dog in a Tank ​A post-apocalyptic story set on a motorway just south of Leeds in an alternative 1991.

doginatank.itch.io/thecorridor

It's finally blooming here, people! The Mad Jack's update for the Corridor! Enter and explore a flat roof pub in the exotic setting of Thorpe Heasley, just off the M1 Motorway! #IF #Ink #TextAdventure #CYOA #SoloDev #GameUpdate #InteractiveFiction #ThorpeHeasley

Mad Jacks Trailer YouTube video by Dog in a Tank Games

It's looking like green lights all the way for the upcoming Mad Jacks Update to the Corridor, this Sunday. Heres the trailer (again) youtu.be/m7gwaxq3SeI?...

A rare trip into the real world and expecting some good sidestep left-ing

Into the final rounds of testing for the Mad Jacks Update (aiming to land this Sunday). Here’s a look at the corridor behind the scenes —or “naked,” for those of you that persuasion 😉 #Inkle #TextAdventure #CYOA #IF

Slow progress

So, the sequel to the Corridor will start in Colins. I am just trying to work out a scale, that I am not killing myself doing the isometric art for, but gets enough detail across. And I think that is 128 by 96. I am also realising I suck at isometric art!

This is a peek as what is coming up in the Mad Jack's Update (which should be next week) #ScreenShotSaturday #CYOA #TextAdventure #IF

Today, Mathew, I am going to be someone chopping up images of #milkfloats to get the angle, and right milk float, I want. #wip #procreate

The Mad Jacks update is now in testing. Expected to land in April. Characters you have already met will be returning, and they remember what you said to them - the good and the bad. But which ones? Find out in the Mad Jacks Update. #TextAdventure #IF #AdventureGames #Inkle

For fans of Henry Newbolt's poetry, we've got your back in the upcoming MadJacks update on the Corridor. Coming soon! #TextAdventure #IF #CYOA #Adventuregames #Poetry

Here is a treat for all of you who like badly formatted tables in #MSExcel. I am moving the Mad Jacks update over to live, and not quite finished yet, but it looks like the MJ update will increase the game size by over 30%. I am also fairly confident lines of dialogue will be over 1000 lines.

As the long-awaited Mad Jack's Update inches closer, here is something we haven't done in a while, a cheesy trailer! Enjoy! #CYOA #AdventureGames #InteractiveFiction #Inkle #SoloDev #GameDev #GameTrailer #IndieGames #TextAdventure

A spot the difference for #ScreenShotSaturday, and a reminder choices have consequences in The Corridor. #AdventureGame #IF #CYOA #Inkle #InteractiveFiction

It's taken six months (actually more!) and writing 5000 odd words (again, actually more!) to get to the point where clicking on this button works in the intended way (Previous choices have consequences!) . Now to start on what happens on the other side... #AdventureGames #CYOA #Inkle #WIP

A good afternoon working on the writing side, for the upcoming Mad Jacks update for the Corridor. A gentle reminder that decisions in this game can come back and bite you on the bottom - even if they seem trivial. #SoloDev #AdventureGame #TextAdventures #Inkle #CYOA #InteractiveFiction

Not too shabby if I say so myself. A long way to go, and eagle-eyed readers might notice I have stolen those windows from Syndicate, but I have to start somewhere! #WIP #GameArt #ConceptARt #IsumetricArt #Tiled #AseSprite

Going around in circles a bit with this #isometric stuff, but each time i make a lap, there is just a little more progress. #GameArt #PIxeArt #WIP #Concept #TheCorridor #solodev

This could work.... #WIP #IsometricArt #GameARt #SoloDev #IndieDev #TheCorridor #ProofOFConcept

It ain't much, but step forward and behold, a section of the Corridor

Piano Shoo by Dog in a Tank Play in your browser

Sunday's project, Piano Shoo, a musical game based on Shisen-Sho Solitaire. doginatank.itch.io/piano-shoo #MadeinUnity #MusicGames #IndieDev #SoloDev #PuzzleGame #MusicTheory #Piano #Mahjong #Solitaire

Index of all deep dive articles - The Sentinel on the BBC Micro Index of all deep dive articles about The Sentinel

I'm (slowly!) releasing 50+ deep dives into The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic #BBCMicro game

Batch #4 is now ready: 5 new articles about 3D objects (defining, drawing, managing)

thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

Batch #5 (drawing polygons) coming on Friday

Enjoy!

#retrocomputing #c64 #8bit

Screen Shower for Aliens/Electric Dreams Software (UK) (1986).

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1NbNs7VrGo

This is how the briefing scene for my #Aliens game is coming along. Lots to do, including coming up with another 128 bars of briefing music, but you get the idea. I am hoping Hollywood will be on the phone soon, in awe of my dialogue. #IndieDev #MadeInUnity #Lv426 #GameDev #Aliens1986

The Booze and Fags Minor Update I’ll be the first to admit that The Corridor has been neglected of late. There are two reasons for this, both an extension of what I mentioned in the Bunker Busting update . First, I’m doing a lot...

and heres the devlog, you saucy sailor: doginatank.itch.io/thecorridor/...