Save the date: Another Let's Code Livestream this Sunday, 20th July, 20:00 CEST, 18:00 UTC!
More amateur 6502 hacking, to optimize the Infocom interpreter for the Commodore PET!
https://youtube.com/live/Ywp51hY5GDo
#infocom #interactivefiction #commodore #commodorePET #retrogaming #letscode
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Did you already listen to the latest episode of „The Retro Adventurer“? No? Then go do it now!
If only they were PROPERLY on the Fediverse!
https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-retro-adventurers/id1739948119?i=1000716247040
Apple PodcastsEpisode 29 - The Robots of Dawn and Souls of DarkonPodcast-Folge · The Retro Adventurers · 08.07.2025 · 1 Std. 38 Min.
My playthrough of the rescued-from-oblivion 1980(-ish) game Marooned continues, albeit erratically; it turns out an unpublished and unfinished game would have even more bugs than the worst published game, who knew?
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/15/marooned-into-the-glitchiverse/
The Walnut Prophecy Chapter 3 is live!
We finally get the origin story of walnut.js, the sacred programming language that runs reality. Spoiler: it was supposed to be stable. It was... neither.
javascript// I'm still here. Still watching. -theCompiler_1st
Features cosmic debugging, sentient filing cabinets, and a cursed commercial break from the Old Net.
Perfect blend of programming humor and fantasy bureaucracy!
#TheWalnutProphecy #InteractiveFiction
Post Meridiem PostThe Filing That Should Not Have Been – Walnut Prophecy Chapter 3A forbidden drawer appears. A scroll weeps. The prophecy engine glitches. Gerald, Paldrin, and Mildred face Clause Zero, recursive lore, and possibly breakfast number two.
The intfiction dot org forum is currently doing a "guess which #InteractiveFiction work these emojis refer to" quiz format: https://intfiction.org/t/guess-the-if-emojis/75668
The Interactive Fiction Community Forum · Guess the IF emojisHow many of these IF games can you guess from their emoji clues? The clues do not necessarily have to do with the titles, they can be things in the game or associated with the game. ETA: Some of these contributed by @DeusIrae and @mathbrush. You are encouraged to add your own! Clues by Phil Riley: Clue Answer 1. 🏠 📪 2. 🤖 🦠 3. ☄ 🦑 4. 🧌 🐖 5. 🍄 🌂 6. 🪛 🦎 ...
Hadean Lands is now part of the Boston-Based Indies bundle on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/56056/Bostonbased_Indies/
Five titles, 15% off:
- Hadean Lands (me!)
- Monster Loves You Too! (Dejobaan)
- MewnBase (Cairn4)
- Million Monster Militia (Space Capsule)
- Loki's Revenge (OWL)
Not on Steam? I've set up a one-week sale on Itch as well. (Just HL, no bundle.) https://zarf.itch.io/hadean-lands
Enjoy! And thanks for supporting Boston local game developers.
store.steampowered.comBoston-based Indies on Steam
Today for All the Adventures I have a most unusual post as a game by Kim Watt (likely from 1980) was left in a non-functional state by the author and now is fixed and playable for the first time.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/12/marooned-playable-for-the-first-time/
Want to give a big thanks to everyone who bought The Amateur Deity Society during the summer sale! If you have a good time playing it, leaving a review on Steam is a real help and it would be greatly appreciated.
What would you do if you only have ONE choice?
Come participate in the next Neo-Interactive jam and show us how you used the ONE choice!
https://itch.io/jam/single-choice-jam-25
#interactivefiction #visualnovel #gamedev #singlechoicejam #neointeractives
itch.ioSingle Choice JamA game jam from 2025-07-15 to 2025-08-16 hosted by manonamora, Autumn Chen & Lapin Lunaire Games. The Jam where you give only ONE CHOICE to the player! The Single Choice Jam is a short unranked jam where there is only one restriction : you can give...
A new review for The Zen of Kayaking (2024), some very nice words from BrownPants! Thank you for playing 
- The game is on reverse-sale ($10 instead of $5) for the next 20 days: https://pixel-turkey.itch.io/the-zen-of-kayaking but can also be had for less via patreon https://www.patreon.com/pixel_turkey #interactivefiction
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The next secret we are going to tackle is the secret entrance in one of the main columns. What we already discovered: every column has a statue. We examined those but no luck there. As it turns out you have to EXAMINE <SURNAME> to find an ITEM said saint is holding. You don’t get this info when examining the statue nor when using the first name. Bad puzzle design hits again!
#interactivefiction #diekathedrale #commodore #amiga500
Choices: Stories You Play
Shape your adventure with every decision! Dive into diverse genres and craft your unique story. MOD feature: Free Choice unlocks all options.
Check it out 
https://modhello.com/choices/
#InteractiveFiction #GameMods #VisualNovel
(Don't forget alt text if you add the screenshot!)
ModHello.com · Choices Mod Apk 4.3.0 (Free Choice) Download for AndroidStep into your story with Choices Mod Apk! Dive into diverse genres and make decisions that shape your adventure. Download now for engaging, interactive fun!
All the Adventures reaches a TRS-80 game with code that suggest an author enamored with Scott Adams. He tries to copy, but with a much different method, leading to bizarre side effects.
Also, a near brush with "moon logic" and keys coming out of a bathtub faucet.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/09/herrick-venture-1-escape-1983/
#SteamSummerSale ends tomorrow, so one more day to get The Amateur Deity Society for the rounding-error-esque price of $2!
"Delightfully weird," says a player on the Steam community board who finished it yesterday. (Appreciate you!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/The_Amateur_Deity_Society/
store.steampowered.comSave 60% on The Amateur Deity Society on SteamA point-and-click interactive fiction game. Navigate cryptic dreams, hide your insanity from your classmates, and try not to break the school computer.
The libertine thread of disco-era sci-fi shines through in this #Asimov-inspired text adventure, for better and/or worse!
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bjpufa66d36itb5rzn3p6vrn/post/3ltgbuftmi224 #InteractiveFiction
Bluesky Social · The Retro Adventurers (@retroadventurers.bsky.social)Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
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Of course there are a lot of coffins. But so far nothing interesting.
#interactivefiction #diekathedrale
Una buona notizia per tutti gli autori di narrativa interattiva (e avventure testuali): la tradizionale competizione di Narrativa Interattiva in lingua inglese è iniziata! Avete tempo fino al 1° agosto per iscrivervi e fino al 28 agosto per inviare la vostra opera. Il tempo non è molto, perciò mettetevi a scrivere! #ifcomp #interactivefiction #textadventure #avventuretestuali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGWaJNI99s
In my grand finale to The Dark Crystal, events start to hew closer to the movie, with unfortunate side effects.
This would set the stage for the creation of King's Quest, with a demo version in stores later that same year, and a full release in May of 1984.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/06/the-dark-crystal-a-thousand-years-of-solitude/
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@profoundlynerdy This sounds an awful lot like Redhawk, which the @retroadventurers.bsky.social covered in episode 22: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/ #InteractiveFiction
I've been doing a lot more work on "Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?" lately. It's now possible to confess your sins in the Church of the Immaculate Confection, and you may very well want to: it's hard to investigate a murder in Sugar City without getting one's hands a little dirty.
#ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #InteractiveFiction #Inform