☕ sips tea dramatically
Today I gave my brave little Rust adventurer a proper world to wander through... then I casually dropped a goblin into the hallway like it was Tuesday. 🧌✨

Now they can move, fight, and probably survive — assuming they brought snacks. Next up: loot, glorious loot.
🦀 #RustLang #GameDev #buildinpublic #TextAdventure #TeaPoweredCoding

Just given Ship of Doom an extra layer of polish, ready to re-use the engine for another adventure (tbc). #zxspectrum #textadventure

Next on All the Adventures:

Come for a tale that leads from 1949 all the way to 1981, with passionate developers trying to bring computers to the masses, and an obscure game called Tiny Adventure, a complete "outsider work" in computer game history.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/04/tiny-adventure-1981/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #retrocomputing #textadventure #interactivefiction #history #rca

Next on the docket I have an adventure game with a complicated multi-part history dating back to 1949 and a rare emulator. The game itself feels like it dropped from a different universe.

Post by Friday I'm guessing? Preview screenshot.

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #interactivefiction #textadventure #history

If you appreciated #SilkDust, the game that I recently released as an open source project, you may also appreciate the original music I wrote for it. Here is a video of a #RevoxB77 reel to reel tape recorder playing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI_uF-8gJH4 #TextAdventure #music #mastoart #reel2reel #opensource #noai #indie

wherein I tell the story of Dave Carlos, teacher turned writer turned marketer, and his early obscure text adventure

which is heavily based on an earlier, equally obscure game, plus it is written in second person and third person simultaneously

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/30/caveman-adventure-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #bbcmicro

the conclusion to Nosferatu, the VIC-20 game crammed into 8K of space

wherein the sharp stick and mallet get used for unconventional purposes

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/27/nosferatu-trees-are-reserved-for-coffins/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #vic20 #commodore

in which I embark on the VIC-20 game Nosferatu

which, unusually, has us not here to kill the vampire, but steal an artifact and escape

also, I give the story of Terminal Software and how fibbing to a reporter led to their most famous game

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #vic20 #commodore

I decided to release the source code of my award-winning text adventure game for vintage computers, Silk Dust: https://github.com/DarwinNE/Silk-Dust #opensource #retrocomputing #TextAdventure #InteractiveFiction #GPLv3

The conclusion to the French game Nightmare House, featuring buttons you're not supposed to press and levers you aren't supposed to push unless you want to die.

I go more into the circumstances the tape was preserved and the early French adventure game industry.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/24/cauchemard-house-vous-avez-gagne/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #zx81 #french

Next on All the Adventures, a mysterious ZX81 French adventure crammed in on a tape full of other programs with no author and no date.

Also, a flask of acid gives leprosy.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/23/cauchemard-house-1982-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #french #zx81

All the Adventures reaches The Final Countdown

in which I stop a general from destroying the world

and also give some history of voice sound synthesis

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/22/the-final-countdown-1982-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tandycoco

1983 finally begins at All the Adventures as I visit a game inspired by the 1970s disaster classic The Poseidon Adventure.

Includes a history of the community behind the Tandy CoCo as well as some thoughts on women in adventure game history.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/21/s-s-poseidon-1982-1983/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tandycoco #history

I opened an account on #Bandwagon! I just updated my
Silk Dust Original Soundtrack https://bandwagon.fm/682e49f167d89ec13b69755e Enjoy! #Fediverse #IndieMusic #MastoArt #MastoMusic #music #textadventure

in which I give the grand finale of the highly quirky Apple II adventure game The Maze from 1981

and earn my diploma

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/20/the-maze-return-to-third-grade/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #apple #appleII

Suddenly, out of nowhere, your mind was blown.

Imagine if they'd paid Douglas Adams to write a paperback novel version of his Infocom game Bureaucracy!

#infocom OG #textadventure #interactivefiction

I updated the #MSX version of #SilkDust to 1.0.3, so that the bug is corrected in this version, too 😊 #indiegaming #retrocomputing #TextAdventure

The Maze for Apple II continues, as I examine some game-theoretic ideas behind map placement, finally get by the wine enthusiast, and drive a Model A.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/19/the-maze-unsafe-for-walking/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #apple #appleiI

My exploration of The Maze (Apple II, 1981) continues as I defeat the "beast", outwit a giant mousetrap, break my eyeglasses, and get stumped by a pushy wine snob.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/18/the-maze-without-class-or-breeding/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #apple #appleII