Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom turns 18 today! Now it can have a glass of wine, with parental supervision, in some states. And if any game NEEDS parental supervision, it's ToaSK. 😜
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#InteractiveFiction #TextAdventure #Inform7 #ToaSK
maybe someone is interested:
I was compiling gnome-inform just copy and pasting the instructions by @ptomato
this just works
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at the end i have a working build of a fresh inform7-ide. and with my most famous bug […]
a uconsole showing green letters
ha, "ported" my 5 year old piece of interactive fiction to the current version of inform.
#interactivefiction #textadventure #inform7
Grazie a Francesco Giovannangelo possiamo giocare a questa nuovissima avventura testuale in italiano realizzata con Inform 7. Scopriamo assieme di che si tratta. #avventuretestuali #inform7 #textadventure www.youtube.com/watch?v=luib...
On creating a #TextAdventure: discussion of breadth (many locations/objects but generically implemented vs smaller scope with more detail and interaction), technical challenges in writing a modern game, and a programmer's thoughts on the #Inform7 game engine: entropicthoughts.com/lessons-from...
Ran into a small combat issue where the hostile spirit was still attacking the player after the death message printed. Working on solving that through some variable rules to toggle in combat!
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My combat system is finally complete and functioning exactly as I want it to! Wandering Spirit is my first hostile character, who begins passive, and she will follow you from room to room after becoming hostile and attack you. I'm so proud 🥹
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Thinking I might make a tumblr for weekly logs of what I've been working on. I'll still be updating here as I feel like and have been, but it might be nice to have all the info in one place. What do you think?
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Hah! I had to completely remove one of Inform's built-in rules, but my combat system is functioning exactly as I intended it now! Well, player combat. Now I need to define enemy combat, easy peasy (I say now.)
#gamedev #indie #indiedev #solodev #combat #horror #horrorgame #demo #inform7 #if
Oh boy, it took all night and all morning, but I finally managed to override Inform 7's default climb behaviour to allow the player to >climb stairs. Even redefining it wasn't working quite right.
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This simple bit of gameplay right here led to me going down a rabbithole of discovery that the player DOESN'T EXIST. Somehow the player doesn't exist. I don't know how I did that, but I need to figure out how to fix it 😅
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I have so much I can work on with my game to improve the depth of gameplay options available to the player. I'm already getting started by fixing a silly lightswitch rule that also seems to apply to the flashlight.
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Didn't have the energy for a run this morning so I used that hour to work on my game. Started crafting the second floor west wing and a Wandering Spirit who might attack the player if they do the wrong thing c:
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Tried to work on my game last night, but it was 28C in the house with the AC going and I couldn't think straight 😅 (when do I ever?)
#lgbt #gamedev #indie #indiedev #solodev #inform7 #textadventure #interactivefiction #if #i7 #horror #horrorgame
Me: *creates a functional 3-pack of batteries in game*
Me: Yay!
Game: Now you spawn in Lesson Two instead of How To Play because reasons
Me: Aw...
Time to figure out how to make the game spawn you in the right room without forcing it. Or I could just force it.
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Back to the work week, I'll work on my game when I can at home! I have a friend demoing what I have so far for feedback to make sure I'm on the right track c:
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Success!
I finally have a working flashlight system that dims over time and prints the correct message when it does. Now I just need to make sure I put enough batteries in the world.
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I did it! Well, for the most part. I have a functioning battery replacement system again, which took ages. Now I need to establish charge depletion of batteries. That shouldn't be too hard, I think.
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Basic flashlight rules in Inform 7 down the left panel, with an error message on the right panel explaining why batteries aren't working (because I haven't defined them yet.)
Errors can be a good thing in Inform 7. They help me figure out what I need to do to get my system working if I pay attention. I just made my way through basic flashlight rules successfully, now I just have to define batteries (the hard part!)
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Well, my flashlight system is totally broken and has to be reworked from the ground up. The brightness fading system isn't working :c
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Inform's built in cleaning feature threw me for a loop. I couldn't seem to override it! I problem-solved my way out of it though and now have a new spooky scene for players to enjoy~
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Looking for #moots!
Do you make games? Play games? Love games? Do you love horror of all kinds? I want to meet you! Drop me a follow and I'll follow you back if our interests align c:
#mutuals #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indie #gamer #horror #horrorlover #sdv #lgbt #inform7 #interactivefiction
A Google Sheets map of a cottage's first floor with a compass in the top left corner.
I've started mapping the cottage! I know, I said I'd do it days ago. Still, it's going well. I'm establishing the first floor currently, which already exists in game. Then, it's time to expand the map quite a lot c:<
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I created a system that randomly prints a Spooky Message while you're playing. Every handful or two of turns, a new message appears to give you a chill! Every Spooky Message is introduced by a ...
#inform7 #gamedev #solodev #indie #Inform #i7 #interactivefiction #chooseyourownadventure
"Why Am I Here" in fancy, old-timey font against a dark background of a grey skeleton and a house.
Gonna work on my game tonight. Took a little break as I finished the first floor of the cottage and now I have to start mapping, which I don't feel like doing lol
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Happy pride month! This is the perfect time to let you know that I'm a gender and pansexual~ thank you for supporting my creative endeavours!
#pride #pridemonth #lgbt #gamedev #solodev #indie #inform7 #gaiaonline
Meet the dev!
It's me, I'm the dev. I'm the only dev, actually. I'm making «Why Am I Here» by myself, learning Inform 7 from scratch using only the documentation and online resources.
Feel free to ask me questions about anything!
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My doors are working flawlessly ;v; I'm so happy. I can't believe it took four days to figure out what I was doing wrong, but now that I have, I haven't had an issue running the game since.
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