The conclusion of the Apple II game Sherwood Forest, involving some antics to entertain the Merry Men, impress Maid Marion, and completely bypass the Sheriff who is a bit of a jerk anyway
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/02/sherwood-forest-lets-go-make-some-beautiful-music-together/
All the Adventures is starting to wind down on 1982. Sherwood Forest is the last Apple II graphical game left!
Dale Johnson of the extremely difficult Madventure and Palace in Thunderland returns with something that seems to be a little bit easier ... so far.
Ebbene sì, Zak McKracken è tornato e questa volta non è un pesce d'aprile (anche se oggi è il primo aprile). Gli E-Paper Adventures hanno creato una serie di prompt per Goggle Ai Studio e lo hanno addestrato ad inventare sempre nuove avventure testuali complete di immagini a corredo come si usava talvolta negli anni '80. Proviamo l'effetto che fa tornando a vestire i panni di Zak McKracken! #artificialintelligence #textadventure #retrogaming #googleaistudio #gemini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRpnzLxM480
At All the Adventures, the conclusion to the Very British game Time Adventure, involving Merlin in a high-tech laboratory, the boat Queen Elizabeth 2, and warding off a fantasy creature with Terry Wogan's smelly socks.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/31/time-adventure-queen-elizabeths-revenge/
A build of INSTEAD compatible with Windows 95-2000 can be downloaded here: https://silverwing.one/pages/instead9x.html
We are working on improving A Dragon and the Tower performance to work on older computers as well.
Peter Smith, who previously borrowed heavily from Supersoft's version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to make his own "Hitch-Hiker", returns in this time-travel game which seems to be mostly (?) original and includes a mechanic very rarely seen in this period.
An image from the very beginning of Escape from Briarwood Hospital. Like Zork, you are presented with a note describing the challenge that lies ahead. #interactivefiction #textadventure #zork #pointandclickadventure
Recently on All the Adventures I featured a game (Hitch-hiker) which adapted some of the locations and puzzles from a totally different commercial game. Danger Island (for Dragon 32) does the same thing (adapting an obscure game for the Acorn Atom).
Next on All the Adventures, I play the first three "Misadventures", naughty games by the "Softcore Software Co." via Bob Krotts of Dayton, Ohio.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/27/misadventures-1-2-and-3-1982/
Not sure #wishlistwednesday counts for demos on #Itch.io but here we are, I am putting finishing touches on "The Spirit in the Door" before public playtest
https://ranarh.itch.io/the-spirit-in-the-door
Die deutsche Demo meines Spiels "Der Geist in der Tür" ist jetzt auf Itch.io zu haben: https://ranarh.itch.io/the-spirit-in-the-door
Ein paar Absätze des Textadventures geben einen Vorgeschmack auf das was kommt. Das komplette Abenteuer hat eine Gesamtlänge von 33K Wörtern und natürlich einen größerern Umfang an Auswahlen, z.B.: vier Charajtere aus ebenso vielen originellen Fantasyrassen.
The German #demo of "The Spirit in the Door" now on #Itch.io!
Next on All the Adventures:
Kirsch continues his wild exploration of different genres as the protagonist squares off against the brothers of the Dalton Gang.
Includes location-and-condition-based event triggers, unannounced softlocks and Dirty Harry.
I remember playing Sorcerer. And that puzzle at the beginning having to do with time travel shenanigans. good puzzle,and not too hard. Later, other having to do with a place looking NOT how it was.
One of the best text adventures i've played in my life.
New #GeniusLoci article:
Agorisai - the world's oldest city
City building is a joy, with so much to fit into a small space.
Agorisai is the home #city of a playable character in my upcoming #textadventure #game The Spirit in the Door!
And definitely on my list of locations for further publications; a city irddles by ancient spells, still ongoing, what's not to love for telling a story.
A new quest begins! This one's vaguely Dr. Who shaped, as we play a Time Warden looking for the Key of Time before the universe implodes.
The game itself is unpublished -- found by the author in an old pile of tapes years later -- and hence extremely obscure.
in my 1337th post on Renga in Blue, I give the finale of Dan Kitchen's early game Crystal Caverns
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/16/crystal-caverns-estate-landlord/
This is my third post about Crystal Caverns, the text adventure from Dan Kitchen (of Activision fame).
The game now lurches close to the end, but I wanted to write a post about a particularly horrendous moment of parser confusion.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/14/crystal-caverns-the-worst-spot-in-the-game/
in which Crystal Caverns continues and I give the general map, which rather than being an intricate maze is more like a series of long tunnels holding secrets
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/13/crystal-caverns-samson-like-effort/
New #GeniusLoci Article: Animals, and: Animal lords!
https://jenniferslange.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/animals-and-animal-lords-genius-loci/
If I could make a comparison, then think #PrincessMononoke to get an idea of how animals are in GL.
They will make an appearance in my upcoming #textadventure #game "The Spirit in the Door", as well. Don't tell anyone, it's a surprise.
