Here, I'll start. When I was 8 years old, my parents went to a dinner party and plonked me down in front of the host's computer so I'd stay out of their way. The game they booted up to keep me occupied was Space Quest II. Little did they know what impact that would have on me...
Loom may not exactly be obscure by any standard, but I don't see it being mentioned nearly as much as, say, Day of the Tentacle or Monkey Island. But it was a truly revolutionary way of reimagining the adventure game genre, and in a very early age of point-and-click. No inventory, single mouse click interaction, using spells to...
What's that one adventure game you can just boot up and have a great chill time with? Mine would probably be Day of the Tentacle. It's such a wonderful, colorful world to inhabit, and all the characters are lively and oozing with personality (no Sludge-o-Matic pun intended). I could spend hours just walking around talking to...
I mean, obviously I'm biased, but Space Quest III just had one of the most amazing kick-ass soundtracks. Composed by Bob Siebenberg, the drummer from Supertramp!
Why does this exist, you may ask? Well, because I was looking around for communities to join, and all of the gaming communities were about games I don't play. 😅...
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).
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?...
@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.
One of the things that have always endeared me to adventure games above all other types of fiction (books, movies, etc.) is that they give the player the opportunity to shape the story and unfold it at their own pace. While some games are content to have a linear story (and no slight against that — some absolute classics have...
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....
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.”...
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!...
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.”
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)....
Links and recommendations, please... (imgflip.com)
What game got you into adventure games? (lemm.ee)
Here, I'll start. When I was 8 years old, my parents went to a dinner party and plonked me down in front of the host's computer so I'd stay out of their way. The game they booted up to keep me occupied was Space Quest II. Little did they know what impact that would have on me...
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:...
What's an underrated classic you feel more people should know about? (lemm.ee)
Loom may not exactly be obscure by any standard, but I don't see it being mentioned nearly as much as, say, Day of the Tentacle or Monkey Island. But it was a truly revolutionary way of reimagining the adventure game genre, and in a very early age of point-and-click. No inventory, single mouse click interaction, using spells to...
What's your adventure game comfort food?
What's that one adventure game you can just boot up and have a great chill time with? Mine would probably be Day of the Tentacle. It's such a wonderful, colorful world to inhabit, and all the characters are lively and oozing with personality (no Sludge-o-Matic pun intended). I could spend hours just walking around talking to...
Absence explained
Edit: It's solved! I'M BACK! Original post follows for posterity:...
What's an adventure game soundtrack that lives rent free in your head? (youtu.be)
I mean, obviously I'm biased, but Space Quest III just had one of the most amazing kick-ass soundtracks. Composed by Bob Siebenberg, the drummer from Supertramp!
Welcome to the new adventure game community!
Why does this exist, you may ask? Well, because I was looking around for communities to join, and all of the gaming communities were about games I don't play. 😅...
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).
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?...
Games with multiple paths/solutions (lemm.ee)
One of the things that have always endeared me to adventure games above all other types of fiction (books, movies, etc.) is that they give the player the opportunity to shape the story and unfold it at their own pace. While some games are content to have a linear story (and no slight against that — some absolute classics have...
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....
The Rise and Fall of Trilobyte [developers of The 7th Guest] - by Geoff Keighley (victorianrobot.tumblr.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/784516...
Self-promo thread for adventure devs!
Are you a developer working on (or have worked on) an adventure game? Drop us a description and a link in this thread! Let's see those hidden gems.
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.”...
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!...
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...
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.
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....
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)....