Notices by Konstantinos Dimopoulos (konstantinosd@mastodon.gamedev.place)

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#gamedev #indiedev #worldbuilding

Just in.

'Learning from the Best of Text' by Brian Rushton is a freshly released, free ebook on the history of interactive fiction. On a first glance it looks exhaustive and fascinating.

Download it here (try learning.pdf): https://github.com/brirush84/IFTextbook/releases

#interactivefiction #ebook #history

Love reading things like this: Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up' https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/godot-founders-had-desperately-hoped-unity-wouldn-t-blow-up-

#godot #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

Here's Steven Yau's Game Maker Toolkit Notebook, and it's packed with amazing resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDIupep9HG7u6rcsQBHnJ2v1J3TL9ZjpfRrM3OME9Xs/edit#heading=h.voxo5dmq0oth

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Following the end of my agreement with Unbound, sales of the 1st edition of Virtual Cities will cease in the following 8-10 weeks. The atlas will then become OOP.

You can grab those last copies here (and, presumably, in a few other places too): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Virtual-Cities-Atlas-Exploration-Video/dp/1783528486/

#books #gamedev

@jzillw Very much noted!

'How the animation of Little Kitty, Big City rejects realism to achieve authenticity' by Micah Breitweiser https://www.gamedeveloper.com/art/deep-dive-how-little-kitty-big-city-rejects-realism-to-achieve-authenticity

#animation #gamedev

Roberta Williams and the 40th anniversary of King's Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNiqcSUrAOo

#retrogaming #sierra #kingsquest

So, ZZT! is apparently alive and well and available for free on the Epic Store. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/zzt

#zzt #retrogaming

@HauntedOwlbear You are so very kind! Probably the finest Owlbear to have ever walked this earth!

Only now noticed that the Virtual Cities atlas is #4 on GameRant's 15 Best Books On Video Games!

Read the list here: https://gamerant.com/best-books-on-video-games/

A chat about games, urbanism, education, and design. In Greek. Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Fd7o89z0J9jXcwvB3pTtu?si=ffbbfe1fe97442d7&nd=1&dlsi=e9ad0b3be3124cc4

Any ideas on platforms I could use to set up (live) game urbanism workshops and/or lectures?

#gamedev #workshop

DOS_deck is impressive, and incredibly handy if you want to play MS-DOS games in the comfort of your browser. Have a look: https://dosdeck.com/

#msdos #dos #retrogaming

Ex Novo is now a platinum seller on DrivethruRPG! Thank you all so very much ❤️ https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/320563/Ex-Novo

#solorpg #tabletop #exnovo #citybuilding

Great Call of Cthulhu RPG bundle this one: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/call-cthulhu-chaosium-inc-books

#CallOfCthulhu #ttrpg #bundle

Virtual Cities, my atlas and exploration of 45 classic video game cities, is currently very cheap on Amazon. Here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Virtual-Cities-Atlas-Exploration-Video/dp/1783528486/

#atlas #virtualcities #gamedev #book

The Retro Rogue Collection is (free) gold.
https://github.com/mikeyk730/Rogue-Collection

#retrocomputing #rogue #rpg #freeware