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I suppose I should get around to playing 2 and 3 then, shouldn't I?

But I'm gratified retro gaming seems to be a rising phenomenon. There seems to be a lot of interest. Hopefully this will strike a chord with some.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y77R186 I've just published a fantasy novel, "The Eight-Bit Bard": The evil sorcerer Ssor Ssorensen must have attended the "freeze them with perpetual winter" school of villainy, because when he and his minions conquered the town of Noresha, the first ...

I'm getting toward the end of the story, at least as far as the blog is concerned. Once it's done I intend to polish the thing and attempt to publish. I'm in search of a few test readers willing to take a look at the revised version in exchange for a free copy and, since it's a fantasy novel that su...

For any who may have tuned out during my late fall sabbatical or who haven't run across this post before, I've got about half a novel online at this point, and more than a month of biweekly posts in the queue. Recent entries include some of my favorites. Readers and discussion welcome. Patojonas: I ...

Unless things have changed in 3 years (they may have) the kraken isn't *quite* so completely random, in a way that may cause problems for dedicated retconners. When I coded it I was either being nice or being evil, and 7 years later I'm still not really sure.

I won't keep bumping this but wanted to mention I've added a lot more material already and I think I've got a (mostly) weekly schedule down for regular-ish updates.

Just offhand, the 6th chapter title makes me think of a song of ice and fire. Did GRRM influence this at all? I've read his books (except for the newest one), so it's possible. I'm not intentionally giving him any nods here, because I'm primarily focused on games rather than books, but a little mig...

Update update: It's published! See the final post for details. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y77R186 ------------------ Update: See post at the bottom. I'm looking for readers to give me feedback as I polish the novel for publication. ------------------------ I'm working on a second novel. This one is...

In the months since Chicagoland was first published, I have learned a lot of things. Some of them about editing, some about storytelling, some about marketing. Quite a few of the most valuable lessons have been outside the realm of the book itself, but have affected how I want to tell a story, and w...

Kinak wrote:I like bison burgers, but duck/bison is out of this world.

I have a new sidekick skill idea: Summon DuckBison! Quack-Mmnnn for justice!

I say a nightly thanks for the back button and browser cache.

It was an old, old bug we hadn't stepped on yet. Shouldn't come up again. When in doubt, place blame on the previous management! :P (Managment that totally knows the difference between Quote and Edit and didn't just try to over-write your post, no-sir-ee. That kind of management wouldn't introduce ...

A surprise find for me was some of the best gelato I've ever had in the downstairs of the national art gallery/building (forget the proper title). Art was cool, too.

An actual review is a lot more useful, if you can manage it, but a rating is better than nothing. Thanks!

Bunch of free days coming up, for the curious.

Special promo: today only, the book is available for free. Looking for some new readers, fishing for a few reviews, which give a hint of respectability to an otherwise unknown self-published author. (No obligation of course, just tremendously appreciated.)

Five stars, and talk of believable characters and natural humor: I'm happy! Much appreciated.

Glad you enjoyed it, too.

Thanks, Patojonas!

For those of you who can't get enough humor and wordplay from just one game, you may be interested to know I've just published a novel, called Chicagoland , under the pseudonym Aaron Rath. It's a bit more grown up than the writing in the game (some serious themes, language, etc. that have intentiona...

Testing period officially closed to new readers. The book will be available for sale soon.

Not reposted, but updated. PM me your email address and I'll send you a copy.

I'm getting close. Throwing out the net for a few more readers, if interested. At this point we've gone through edits and revisions, and now it's going back for re-edits, but it's mostly done. I'd be interested in a few more readers. At this point broad issues like plot and tone probably aren't up f...

So, I've been working on a novel. It's a humorous, slightly wild, fictionalized memoir style story of years in Chicago and times on the road. Like Twilight Heroes, it's got spoonerisms and puns, and is intended to be generally humorous. Unlike this game, it's a bit more adult (language, some drugs, ...

Finally, I regret never implementing the Secret Pig Level, even if it was going to be a complete ripoff of Cow Clicker. The puzzle to unlock it was worked out over a month of wasted lunches, involving 30 steps, about 10 Diablo references, three anagrams, and one intuitive leap from the lion's head, ...

This is maybe a better Ryme question, but if you were to start TH from scratch, back when it did, but with the knowledge you have now, what would you do differently? Well, the obvious part would be, knowing what I know now, I could have put the game together in less than half the time. There was a ...

Satan wrote:Also interesting, VR center (and camp camping camp stuff) do not decrement time on temporary sidekicks.

Yep, thought that was known. I figured it was nice for the player, but also justify it as the sidekick not having to work, so not charging you for that time.

I think after 15 months we can forgive the double post. Also, good one! (wood gun)

Glossary page made me laugh.

I got Elasticity and Soul Manipulation. Not nearly as much fun as Glossary Page (but what is?)

A whole year has come and gone. Time for another novel in just 14 days! I'm also reading last year's effort for the first time, and it's ... not nearly as bad as I thought it was. Still needs another 50k words added, and ~10k removed, but there's bright points. NaNoWriMo is one of the few times each...

AJAX is basically Javascript to make things interactive and realtime. It wasn't something I was ever good at, and part of the reason I never attempted live/realtime PvP. That plus the other problems you mention, like people bailing if a fight isn't going their way - I didn't know how to enforce it c...

That's mostly my feeling, too. If you can't be bothered to log on for a minute or two to make a few pulls, even if you don't have time to play turns, then it should be your loss. I'm more sympathetic than that. There's "can't be bothered" and then "something came up after work" ...

Sanjuro wrote:Baseball + Ichor = Foul Ball?

That gets a laugh out loud from me!

Thorak, in a way it sounds like you may be advocating for (and happy with) more high-level items. There's probably room for some good pants and shirts at level 25 or 50 that split the difference between xentrium and the IotMs in utility. You think that might help address the issue for you?

Kinak, please.

It's probably easier to have them drop an item which grants stats rather than directly conveying them, but I'd suspect that's a reasonable thing for them to do. Of course, it's not really up to me these days, but it's a fair idea.

Kinak wrote:Five archons isn't so much a rule as a guideline.

It looks intentional to me in the code, but I'm obviously not the expert there.

Good. I've been waiting for someone to notice this, then.

There is a minimum number, but it's not as high as 5. As it's been a few years, I don't actually recall offhand whether it should be possible with as few as 2 or not.

He he he.

Now I don't want to be pidgin holed as one of those P-brains (or pee brains, even) who gets too obsessed over a little thing like spelling, when for all intensive purposes we can usually understand each other well enough, but sometimes you're words really due matter. Aisle admit to some fussiness. I...

a couple things: first in "Shall we play a game?" (redeeming an a.r.f. free pass) If I click in Retry or Fail and then click on anything that would cause the page to reload ( like reloading button on browser or clicking any link in the header/nav or logging out and then back in) I'm taken...

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