Damon L. Wakes's Blog, page 27
December 7, 2019
Ten Little Astronauts in Unbound Sci-Fi Bundle
Unbound has opened up a special Christmas Shop of books and bundles that would make good festive gifts, and Ten Little Astronauts is among them! This bundle would be perfect for anybody you know who loves sci-fi so much they’d definitely get through more than one book before New Year. This is currently the second […]
November 19, 2019
Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir 33rd in IFComp
The 25th Interactive Fiction Competition is now over, and the results are in! Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir came 33rd in the end, which may not be a Top Ten result but I’m still pretty happy with. There were 82 entries altogether so that’s very much in the top half of […]
November 14, 2019
Make Your Twine Games More Accessible
If you’re interested in learning to make games with Twine – and especially if you’re interested in using them to build up a portfolio – it’s well worth considering how to reach as many players as possible. Anything that runs in a browser (such as a Twine game) will tend to be played more often […]
October 27, 2019
Unsee Elixir on The Short Game Podcast
Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir got a mention in Part 2 of The Short Game‘s IFComp 2019 podcast! (That bit starts at 00:39:27 if you want to skip ahead.) It’s great to see the game reaching people in any form – this being my first time entering IFComp, I’ve been pleasantly […]
October 26, 2019
This is Just to Say
Every Monday, the #UnboundHQ fruit bowl overflows with an abundance of tasty treats. Every Friday, without fail, all that remains is plums. pic.twitter.com/Jm9GYp03op — Unbound (@unbounders) October 25, 2019 This is Just to Say I have not eaten the plums that were in the fruit bowl and which you were very kind to offer Forgive […]
October 12, 2019
Audio: Girth Loinhammer’s Most Exponential Adventure at EGX Rezzed 2019
Since Girth Loinhammer’s Most Exponential Adventure will be returning to EGX next week, I thought it was about time I uploaded the audio from its appearance at EGX Rezzed back in April. If you’d like to catch Exponential Adventure at the main EGX event, it’ll be running from 13:00 to 13:45 on Friday the 18th […]
October 9, 2019
WordPlay 2019 Lineup Announced
Here’s something I’ve been waiting to share for a while: the lineup of games on show at WordPlay 2019 has now been announced! WordPlay will be running on November 9th and 10th at the Toronto Reference Library. This is the same event that featured Wolf at the Door in 2018, and I’m pleased to say […]
October 1, 2019
Announcing Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir
I had big plans to enter IFComp this year with a big fancy sci-fi game, but they were pretty much scuppered by a perfect storm of things getting in the way: I got called up for jury service again (making me the only person I know who’s done it twice), I snagged some extra freelance […]
Announcing Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Exlixir
I had big plans to enter IFComp this year with a big fancy sci-fi game, but they were pretty much scuppered by a perfect storm of things getting in the way: I got called up for jury service again (making me the only person I know who’s done it twice), I snagged some extra freelance […]
September 20, 2019
Exponential Adventure Returns to EGX
If you missed my live reading of Girth Loinhammer’s Most Exponential Adventure at EGX Rezzed this year, then good news! You’ve got another chance to catch it. I’ll be performing at the EGX Fringe Theatre at 1pm on Friday the 18th of September! This will all be happening at ExCeL in London, and it’s my […]
