All the Adventures goes back to 1982 for a staggeringly obscure Apple II game that isn't on Mobygames, but is co-authored by a designer who worked for Origin and even has a credit on Ultima V.
Includes some history of Origin and their non-Ultima games.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/05/pillage-village-1982/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #apple #appleII
Ever want to make a parser-based interactive fiction game but didn't know how to get started? Of course you have.
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Figure out which system works for you!
my finale post on Puzzle Adventure, the "figure-out-which-7th-century-Japanese-poem-the-cipher-refers-to" game
where I explore just how unique the game is and how it fits into adventure game history
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/04/puzzle-adventure-hapax-legomenon/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japan #japanese
I hope you saved room on your GOTY shortlists, because The Krampus Case is now available!
The Krampus Case started out on Discord and then I convinced the author to let me adapt it into a branching narrative Advent calendar in Twine. I leveled up my design skills while making it, plus it was super fun to build as he sent over each new chapter. And the ending...let's just say there are twists and turns.
Check it out if you're in the mood for a festive romp!
Lucky Luke : le Fil qui Chante
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/lucky-luke-le-fil-qui-chante
(Loosely) Based on the 71st comic of Lucky Luke, a Belgian-French comic relating of the story of a lonely cow-boy riding across the Far West, mounting his faithful horse Jolly Jumper.
#macgarden #InteractiveFiction #2004 #FMV #Anten #EMMEInteractive #LuckyComics #MacromediaFlash #Western
my the third part to my playthrough of Puzzle Adventure
the 1983 adventure game that somehow involves anagrams and wordplay giving clues to ancient Japanese poetry
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/03/puzzle-adventure-to-one-whose-heart-openeth-not/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japanese #japan
House Only You Remember is based on an idea I developed a decade ago about murderous dolls stabbing people with knitting needles. The project evolved over time and I am now putting finishing touches on the final version. :) #indiegame #interactivefiction #gamebook #solodev
in which I continue trying to play Puzzle Adventure, the early adventure game that requires you do wordplay with ancient Japanese poetry
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/02/puzzle-adventure-love-unknown-and-unrequited/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japan #japanese
Mike Austin has released much of the source code behind Level 9, the British text-adventure company. This includes their A-code compiler, the source for Knight Orc and other games, and documentation.
It's all pulled straight from old floppies, so it's not going to be trivial to get it working on modern systems. Work is in progress!
On top of my GDevelop jam success yesterday, it turns out that "A Normal Morning" also placed 8th in ECTOCOMP's La Petite Mort category!
https://damonwakes.itch.io/a-normal-morning
#InteractiveFiction #ECTOCOMP #Inform7 #Inform #parser #horror
a while back, i made, using inform 7, an #InteractiveFiction describing how to make #OpenCola. well, a year or so ago, it was converted to twine. well, here is the current WIP version: https://senchawizard.neocities.org/OpenCola
Mi piacerebbe scrivere una #avventuratestuale con #inform6. Ho già qualcosina in mente.
Pensate sia meglio in italiano o in inglese (che non è la mia lingua madre ma la renderebbe fruibile a più persone)?
I’d like to write an #interactivefiction with #inform6. I already got some ideas.
Do you think it would be better to write in Italian (my mother tongue) out in English (so to make it enjoyable to more people)?
in which I embark what might be my most difficult game yet, Puzzle Adventure
which requires solving ciphertext in Japanese and knowing ancient poetry
It also is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, debuting likely in January 1983, same month as The Palms
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/01/puzzle-adventure-1983/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #japan #japanese
Ectocomp results are out! So many good games this year: I still haven't played a bunch of the top-placing ones in either of the categories (speed-IF or longer development time).
The results for #ECTOCOMP2025 are in! The official rankings (based on raw scores) are now posted on IFDB and on the jam page, which you can check out here: https://itch.io/jam/ectocomp-2025
Congratulations to the entrants, and thanks for playing, rating, and otherwise engaging with this year's generous harvest of spooky games!
The Creative Process #41 - Turn to page...
To try something slightly new, test for Craftmanship. If you succeed, turn to page...
https://the-creative-process.ghost.io/the-creative-process-41-turn-to-page/
Next on All the Adventures, a trio of games from the children's computing author Richard Ramella.
All three are quite unusual and are "outsider art" in a sense.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/30/the-gingerbread-caper-treasure-trove-wonderland-1983/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tandy
One year and four weeks after The Amateur Deity Society launched on Steam, it's official: player reviews are Positive.
Big thanks to Bluwiikoon for getting it over the finish line, and to everyone else who's played the game!
