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Among other things, this got me dabbling with software development. It had an awesome C++ like scripting language. It also used to have a button with a text li

Among other things, this got me dabbling with software development. It had an awesome C++ like scripting language. It also used to have a button with a text like "make a game" where you would click what you wanted in the form of checkboxes and when you pressed the submit button it would tell you something like, it's not that easy, is it? Wonder how easier it may be now. :P Shoutout to classic community games like - Cirque De Zale https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/377/ https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/377/ - The trilby series (5 days a stranger) https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/269-5-days-a-stranger/ https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/269-5-days-a...

BeetleB 9mo ago
The Trilby series is fantastic!
salty-horse 9mo ago
Hurray for Cirque De Zale. Both creators are now very active on Youtube. Yahtzee has split from The Escapist to create an independent journalism website Second Wind, and Rebecca streams video games as Rebecca's Pixel Quest. A few more favorites: The recent Shards of God, a science fantasy murder mystery https://hvavra.itch.io/shards-of-god https://hvavra.itch.io/shards-of-god Duty and Beyond - a sprawling rabbit-hole adventure with a minimalistic low-res art style https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/747/ https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/747/ Ben Chandler has made a lot of fun tiny games: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-or-author:ThreeOhFour;newest-releases:checked https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-o... He is now working on Gilt, inspired by the Dying Earth and Book of the New Sun: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979770/Gilt/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979770/Gilt/. He also blogs, and has a huge archive analyzing point and click adventure game room art. https://ben304.blogspot.com/ https://ben304.blogspot.com/ His friend and collaborator Francisco Gonzales (Grundislav) also has a great backlog of games. Besides recent commercial efforts, there's the free Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series: https://www.grundislav.games/Ben-Jordan.html https://www.grundislav.games/Ben-Jordan.html
- salty-horse 9mo ago
  Forgot about Erin Robinson's games, Spooks and Nanobots: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-or-author:The+Ivy;newest-releases:checked https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-o... Nanbobots was later reimagined as a commercial game with Wadjet Eye.
- paulryanrogers 9mo ago
  Big fan of Chandler's art, though "Old Skies" kept the characters on the same plane, never moving away from "camera" POV. So the whole game felt very flat to me. Hopefully his future works will scale the characters.
- alexhans 9mo ago
  Hah! Thanks for sharing. Great to see them doing fun stuff. Just watched a quick yatzhee one. I did play a few in the Ben Jordan series and duty and beyond.

BeetleB 9mo ago

The Trilby series is fantastic!

salty-horse 9mo ago

Hurray for Cirque De Zale. Both creators are now very active on Youtube. Yahtzee has split from The Escapist to create an independent journalism website Second Wind, and Rebecca streams video games as Rebecca's Pixel Quest. A few more favorites: The recent Shards of God, a science fantasy murder mystery https://hvavra.itch.io/shards-of-god https://hvavra.itch.io/shards-of-god Duty and Beyond - a sprawling rabbit-hole adventure with a minimalistic low-res art style https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/747/ https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/747/ Ben Chandler has made a lot of fun tiny games: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-or-author:ThreeOhFour;newest-releases:checked https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-o... He is now working on Gilt, inspired by the Dying Earth and Book of the New Sun: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979770/Gilt/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979770/Gilt/. He also blogs, and has a huge archive analyzing point and click adventure game room art. https://ben304.blogspot.com/ https://ben304.blogspot.com/ His friend and collaborator Francisco Gonzales (Grundislav) also has a great backlog of games. Besides recent commercial efforts, there's the free Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series: https://www.grundislav.games/Ben-Jordan.html https://www.grundislav.games/Ben-Jordan.html

salty-horse 9mo ago
Forgot about Erin Robinson's games, Spooks and Nanobots: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-or-author:The+Ivy;newest-releases:checked https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=title-o... Nanbobots was later reimagined as a commercial game with Wadjet Eye.
paulryanrogers 9mo ago
Big fan of Chandler's art, though "Old Skies" kept the characters on the same plane, never moving away from "camera" POV. So the whole game felt very flat to me. Hopefully his future works will scale the characters.
alexhans 9mo ago
Hah! Thanks for sharing. Great to see them doing fun stuff. Just watched a quick yatzhee one. I did play a few in the Ben Jordan series and duty and beyond.