Just over a year ago I released a short(ish) #startrek inspired #scifi #interactivefiction piece called Voyage of the Marigold.

People seemed to like it and I always promised to write a post mortem explaining some of the design choices I made.

Here it is:

https://sheep.horse/2025/6/voyage_of_the_marigold_author%27s_notes.html

And it's holiday. So let's talk about my last personal projects and few knots and twists for game dev, web dev and server side... serving? Maybe you would like to read it,

Link:
https://jeferson.me/blog/2025/06/19/astro-and-ink

Mystery House II, the 2nd graphical adventure game from Japan, turned out to have an even more complicated situation with different versions than I originally thought. I have finished the game in one of its alternate forms and I try my best to detangle what happened.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/17/mystery-house-ii-finished-again/

Open alpha is coming soon and we are making all the preparations! Our website got a huge overhaul and is now full of information about the world, classes, skills, and a new player guide. Check it out at http://www.mystavaria.com and keep your eyes peeled for the alpha date coming soon!

Secret post!

Well, I was taking the month off, but I got engrossed with the Japanese game Mystery House 2, a game I'd already beaten for MSX. I made some progress on the NEC PC-6001 version. The game is radically different. I delve into why.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/14/mystery-house-ii-alternate-realities/

There was a Copilot mini-hackathon at the office today. With a theme of interacting with the real world.

But the *real* real world is messy and fickle. So I decided to burn through some tokens having Copilot interact with a *fake* real world.

Humankind has always hated playing video games. So now Copilot can play a 30 year old game for you, while you go fill out your TPS reports

#Announcing #Announce #Announcement

Announcing: "Infinite Trumpism Alternate Reality Game" / #ARG

#NewGame #InteractiveFiction #InteractiveNonFiction !!

#Mastodon #Bluesky /\

#SeeAlso : #PaleBlueDotARG #JoyceARG #PaleBlueDotARG !!!

Calling all artists on Mastodon!
The IFComp is seeking an artists for our 2025 logo!

Check this post for more info!

https://blog.ifcomp.org/post/785511692459294720/ifcomp-seeking-an-artist-for-the-2025-logo

Next on All the Adventures:

Come for a tale that leads from 1949 all the way to 1981, with passionate developers trying to bring computers to the masses, and an obscure game called Tiny Adventure, a complete "outsider work" in computer game history.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/04/tiny-adventure-1981/

I am planning to do a Let's Code Livestream on Sunday, 8th June 2025, at 20:00 CEST, 18:00 UTC. We will be hacking away on an Infocom interpreter for the Commodore PET -- and I barely speak 6502 assembly! What could possibly go wrong???
https://youtube.com/live/IvGJ7XQSHcc?feature=share
#letscode #infocom #interactivefiction #retrogaming

Next on the docket I have an adventure game with a complicated multi-part history dating back to 1949 and a rare emulator. The game itself feels like it dropped from a different universe.

Post by Friday I'm guessing? Preview screenshot.

So IntroComp is officially underway for this year. We're now accepting intents to enter! https://introcomp.org/ #InteractiveFiction

wherein I tell the story of Dave Carlos, teacher turned writer turned marketer, and his early obscure text adventure

which is heavily based on an earlier, equally obscure game, plus it is written in second person and third person simultaneously

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/30/caveman-adventure-1983/

the conclusion to Nosferatu, the VIC-20 game crammed into 8K of space

wherein the sharp stick and mallet get used for unconventional purposes

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/27/nosferatu-trees-are-reserved-for-coffins/

Mars Blade

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/mars-blade

This is a visual novel in Japanese presented as an interactive Photo CD that may be played on a Mac, PC and any other device that supports Video CD and Photo CD discs.

#macgarden #booksmultimedia #interactivefiction #visualnovels #1995 #ideafactory #yoshiterusato

Inu Oh

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/inu-oh

This is a visual novel in Japanese presented as an interactive Photo CD that may be played on a Mac, PC and any other device that supports Video CD and Photo CD discs.

#macgarden #booksmultimedia #interactivefiction #visualnovels #1995 #ideafactory #yoshiterusato

Dark Chaser

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/dark-chaser

Dark Chaser is a simple visual novel following the adventures of a knight as he descends into a fantasy dungeon in search of treasure. It's presented as a series of still images with very basic

#macgarden #booksmultimedia #interactivefiction #visualnovels #1995 #ideafactory #yoshiterusato

in which I embark on the VIC-20 game Nosferatu

which, unusually, has us not here to kill the vampire, but steal an artifact and escape

also, I give the story of Terminal Software and how fibbing to a reporter led to their most famous game

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/