Category Archives: Dev Diary

BtCG: Chaotic Construction

Posted on February 1, 2018 by John

It’s the end of my first month of working on Beyond the Chiron Gate, which is when I said I’d take a step back from it, think about the big picture, and maybe take a short break. Here’s where I … Continue reading →

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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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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: 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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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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Posted on October 2, 2017 by John

I’ve levelled up my CSS skills since writing Seedship, so after finishing Rage Quest I decided to use some time between projects to go back and improve my first game’s formatting. I’ve just launched the updated version. Before: After: Previously, … Continue reading →

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Rage Quest: Submitted!

Posted on September 21, 2017 by John

Yesterday I finished my final proofread of Rage Quest: Disciple of Peace and submitted what I consider to be the finished version to the IFComp site! It’ll become available with the other IFComp games on 1 October. When the competition … Continue reading →

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The Voice of Vengeance: IFComp and CSS

Posted on July 3, 2017 by John

The Voice of Vengeance now has a new, firm, release date: 1 October. This is because I’m planning to enter it into this year’s IFComp. The IFComp is an annual competition for new works of interactive fiction. Authors submit previously-unpublished … Continue reading →

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