A Journey from BBS Innovations to Tandy Enthusiasm Brings Mike Sly Back to the Retro Computing Scene In the world of retro computing, the past often has a way of coming full circle. This month, the vintage computing community welcomed back a familiar face from the early days of bulletin board systems (BBS). Michael Sly, a Tandy enthusiast and co-creator…
Do you love medieval/fantasy themes? Are you a fan of the classic Chaos Engine? If so, then the team at Electric Black Sheep are in the middle of developing an Amiga title that will be right up your alley, Project – Quest. And the best thing of all is that you don’t have to wait for the game to be…
It was only last year when long time retro gaming enthusiast Craig Hackney (aka IrataHack) released his debut ZX Spectrum gaming title, Castle Escape. Featuring a small and courageous knight called Wee, Castle Escape saw you take control of Wee as he tried to escape a haunted castle filled with deadly inhabitants while collecting gold coins along the way. Well…
In this tutorial we use daemons to implement a microwave oven that can heat food and a plate of spaghetti that cools off over time. We also explore techniques to describe objects.
PunyInform is a tool for writing text adventures for 8-bit computers and newer computers alike. If you have already installed PunyInform and gone through the PunyInform Coding 1 tutorial, the time has come to learn more about objects and actions. This tutorial goes through the different parts of a simple game where there are two puzzles to be solved, you can score…
PunyInform is a tool for writing text adventures for 8-bit computers and newer computers alike. If you have already installed PunyInform, it’s time to start coding your first game. This tutorial will walk you through the first steps of writing a text adventure using PunyInform. The complete source code of the example game can be downloaded from this folder. I…
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