Author Archives: John

BtCG: Approaching the Gate

Posted on January 13, 2018 by John

The new year is two weeks old, and I’ve begun work in earnest on my next game, Beyond the Chiron Gate. As I mentioned in my yearly retrospective post, Beyond the Chiron Gate will be a space exploration game in … Continue reading →

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Seedship: dark-on-light colour scheme

Posted on January 4, 2018 by John

I’ve updated the web version of Seedship (http://www.johnayliff.com/games/seedship/) with an optional alternative dark-on-light colour scheme. I’m hoping it’ll make the game more accessible for people who find the default colour scheme hard to read. You can toggle it with a … Continue reading →

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2017 Retrospective and 2018 Plans

Posted on December 28, 2017 by John

Happy New Year! 2017 has been an exciting year for me. I’ve finally started producing new work again after a years-long hiatus during which I feared I was burned out for good. The nature of my work has also changed: … Continue reading →

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Industrial Accident: Release

Posted on November 30, 2017 by John

On November 1st I challenged myself to develop and release a Twine game in a month. Today’s the last day of November and I’ve done it. My latest game,Industrial Accident, is now live. This game is shorter than either Seedship … Continue reading →

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Industrial Accident: Development notes

Posted on November 30, 2017 by John

Some notes on the development of the robot game: The working title for most of development was Robot Rampage, but I decided to change it at the last minute to Industrial Accident. The new title gives less clue of what’s … Continue reading →

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Robot Rampage: progress report

Posted on November 21, 2017 by John

I said I’d try to make a Twine game by the end of this month, and that means I only have a week and a half to go. I haven’t had as much time to work on it as I’d … Continue reading →

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Rage Quest postmortem

Posted on November 18, 2017 by John

(Originally posted on the IFComp forum.) Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace was inspired by 80s/90s CYOA gamebooks, in particular the Lone Wolf books, which also start with the PC being the last survivor of a destroyed monastery. It’s also heavily … Continue reading →

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Rage Quest: 19th place!

Posted on November 17, 2017 by John

The IFComp results have just been released, and Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace placed 19th out of 79 games. I’m very happy with that result, especially considering this is my first game of this kind and my first IFComp entry. … Continue reading →

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Next project: Robot Rampage!

Posted on November 1, 2017 by John

Since finishing Rage Quest, I’ve spent my time working on the Seedship Android app and other odd tasks, but it’s about time I started another Twine project. I’ve been working on a couple of ideas for large projects, but the … Continue reading →

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Seedship: Android app

Posted on October 20, 2017 by John

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on creating an app version of Seedship, and today I’ve released it on the Google Play store! The game content is the same as in the web version. There are a … Continue reading →

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