Perhaps you’ll get a chuckle out of this. I played Doom (and Wolfenstein 3D) in that most glorious of all color palettes: cyan/magenta CGA (with PC speaker sound)....
@adventuregames Test posting from Mastodon. Please ignore this. I'm new to this and vulnerable, like a faun in the woods... but tough, like a faun with a machine gun!
Well… It works, but a couple of notes (mostly to myself, but, experts, feel free to weigh in) for the future:
Don’t lead with the “@adventuregames” tag. It’s messy.
Keep titles short, 'cos it copies the contents of the post as the title.
Figure out if there’s a way to split title and post content in the Mastodon toot, so the post content isn’t just a copy of the title.
I can’t edit the post after the fact ('cos my Mastodon user and Lemmy user are, as far as this platform is concerned, two different people), and I’m worried if I edit the toot on Mastodon, it’ll just post a new thread here instead of editing the existing one.
My band Error 47 sat down with two legends — Graeme Devine and George Sanger — and chatted for an hour about the music of these iconic CD-ROM games. Lots of cool nuggets in here, including how Trilobyte took a massive chance in supporting General MIDI, and how we might not have gotten Nine Inch Nails’ beloved Quake...
Wait, who downvoted this? 😅 I’m not mad, I’m just curious as to how a link to an interview could make someone go, “Nope, this is trash. To the pit of Hades with you.”
Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
This is a fantastic article. I’m actually working on a 7th Guest/11th Hour retrospective video (probably because I’ve got Stauf on my brain due to our Kickstarter), and this article is pretty much my go-to reference. I haven’t seen a lot of videos touch on the how’s and why’s of those games — YouTubers seem mostly content with just snarking at the hammy acting and the slow node transitions — and I kinda wanna make a video that explains why that is… while also snarking at the hammy acting and slow node transitions. 😁
ScummVM dev Sluicebox just blew the doors to the Sierra kingdom wide open. He wrote a decompiler that annotates the decompiled scripts flawlessly so there’s no more guesswork as to “uh, I wonder what ‘global34’ does.”...
What’s your favorite interface in adventure games? Doesn’t necessarily have to be the most perfect or easy to use; just the one that you’re the most partial to....
I was nudged towards looking into Matrix, the fedi-alternative to Discord, to see if I should set up a chat space for adventure game fans... and it turns out I didn't have to. One already exists!...
Ah, uh... turns out I can't upload an avatar. I keep getting a json error. I think it's because my avatar png is too big. I'll think of something later. Not a biggie in my book.
Ooh, is there a clever way of "tagging" someone like you just did with me? Or do I have to do it the hard way (i.e. go look up your user profile url and write out the markdown each time)? Just typing @cidney doesn't seem to do what I would foolishly assume it would do...
I love Ross' videos. And he hit the nail right on the head: For all its flaws (few and far between), Kyrandia 2 does what a fantasy game should do: make you wish you could actually go there yourself.
There's a way to cheese the burger minigame in SQ4. If the speed starts getting too fast, go up in the control panel and adjust the game's speed slider. It'll slow the conveyor belt down.
Also, use the arrow keys. It'll make your cursor snap to the ingredients, and hitting the Up arrow makes the cursor follow along with the burger.
Do you have a YouTube or Twitch channel about adventure games? Do you run a blog? Maybe a Discord server? Do you post interesting things about adventure games someplace I can't think of right now because hot damn there are a lot of social media right now?...
Links and recommendations, please... (imgflip.com)
Doom in 4-color CGA mode (youtu.be)
Perhaps you’ll get a chuckle out of this. I played Doom (and Wolfenstein 3D) in that most glorious of all color palettes: cyan/magenta CGA (with PC speaker sound)....
The Lost Train Puzzle (WIP preview from Soup's On) (youtu.be)
Another little taste from Soup’s On, our album of reimagined music from The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour....
Pool Balls (WIP preview from Soup's On) (youtu.be)
A little taste of what’s to come in our reimagining of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour’s soundtracks.
Interview about the music of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour (youtu.be)
My band Error 47 sat down with two legends — Graeme Devine and George Sanger — and chatted for an hour about the music of these iconic CD-ROM games. Lots of cool nuggets in here, including how Trilobyte took a massive chance in supporting General MIDI, and how we might not have gotten Nine Inch Nails’ beloved Quake...
Do dogs like bringing back balls and sticks because it's really helpful if your spear or sling shot misses the mammoth?
Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
The Rise and Fall of Trilobyte [developers of The 7th Guest] - by Geoff Keighley (victorianrobot.tumblr.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/784516...
New SCI decompiler takes all the guesswork out of poking around old Sierra games (youtu.be)
ScummVM dev Sluicebox just blew the doors to the Sierra kingdom wide open. He wrote a decompiler that annotates the decompiled scripts flawlessly so there’s no more guesswork as to “uh, I wonder what ‘global34’ does.”...
Favorite adventure game UI
What’s your favorite interface in adventure games? Doesn’t necessarily have to be the most perfect or easy to use; just the one that you’re the most partial to....
Adventure game chat room in the fediverse (matrix.to)
I was nudged towards looking into Matrix, the fedi-alternative to Discord, to see if I should set up a chat space for adventure game fans... and it turns out I didn't have to. One already exists!...
Absence explained
Edit: It's solved! I'M BACK! Original post follows for posterity:...
Ross's Game Dungeon: The Legend of Kyrandia 2 (www.youtube.com)
Ross goes on vacation in Kyrandia....
What's a moment you dread in an otherwise favorite game? (lemm.ee)
Mine is hands down the green alien fart cloud in The Pandora Directive. For three simple reasons:...
Self-promo thread for content creators!
Do you have a YouTube or Twitch channel about adventure games? Do you run a blog? Maybe a Discord server? Do you post interesting things about adventure games someplace I can't think of right now because hot damn there are a lot of social media right now?...