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September 10, 2019
Twine Stories on Tap
Last week Wattpad began accepting Twine stories on Tap – a mobile platform for interactive fiction – and I’ve begun the process of converting my own work to submit. You can already find Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny on my profile there! This version of the game has a little more graphical flair than the […]
September 8, 2019
Interview on Adventure Games Podcast
A while ago I did an interview with Seoirse Dunbar of the Adventure Games Podcast, and you can now listen to it here! If you haven’t already been following my interactive fiction, this should be a really good introduction to it. Even if you have, there’s still some new stuff including plans for a sequel […]
August 29, 2019
Find Me on IFDB
I’ve made an account on The Interactive Fiction Database and am in the process of adding my Twine games. So far the only thing I’ve put on there is Draw Nine, but if you visit my profile you’ll also see Cragne Manor alongside it: the game page already listed me as a contributor at the […]
August 27, 2019
Coming Soon(?): Bananarchy
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might be aware that I’ve spent the last little while working on something that involved wiring bananas into my computer. I’m now ready to announce that the thing in question was Bananarchy, an arcade shooter controlled entirely with two real bananas (or a regular keyboard or touchscreen, […]
August 26, 2019
IntroComp 2019
The entries for IntroComp 2019 are now available to play, and I’ve got two in there this year! As always with IntroComp, they’re extracts rather than complete games, but I think there’s enough to both of these that you’ll find them amusing regardless. Gallery Gal’s Architectural Adventure This work of interactive fiction (set in the […]
August 17, 2019
Flash Fiction Month Omnibus – Send Me Your Artwork!
I’m putting together an illustrated omnibus of all my Flash Fiction Month pieces from 2012 to 2017, and I need your help! This thing will include 186 stories – 31 for each of the first six years I took part in the event – and I’d like at least a significant portion to have an […]
July 31, 2019
James Cameron Fakes the Moon Landing
Flash Fiction Month 2019, Day 31 Challenge #13: Write a story involving a character who is somewhere they shouldn’t be but doesn’t seem to mind. It must also include the following words: satchel, cookie, penguin, tuque, vixen, marbles, sunglasses. There was a crackle of lightning. A ball of light appeared and slowly grew, vaporising part […]
July 30, 2019
Ultraviolent Unicorn Deathmatch of Destiny 3: Thundah Down Undah
Flash Fiction Month 2019, Day 30 A hyperlinked version of this story is available here. 1 You are Gallopy Buzzbrain – a unicorn with a chainsaw for a horn – and you have been selected for the most brutal arena deathmatch in the whole southern hemisphere. An air-horn blares. The Chunder Games are about to […]
July 29, 2019
Before the Other Black Throne
Flash Fiction Month 2019, Day 29 There was a rattle of chains as a counterweight dropped from the ceiling. Adonis Orcbane found himself suddenly dangling by both ankles, caught in a fiendish snare. His sword slipped from its scabbard and clattered to the ground. Focusing every ounce of his indomitable will, Adonis stretched his arm […]
July 28, 2019
The Hunter’s Game
Flash Fiction Month 2019, Day 28 Once upon a time there lived a hunter in a wild land. Each morning he set out into the forest to check his traps and seek out game. Each afternoon he returned to his cottage to tend its small garden and to cook a simple meal. And each night, […]
