“Ask me about HyperCard”
Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie/Nerd
Member of the Second Breakfast Club
_SDGOL_ Supreme Dark Galactic Overload (to his kids)
I'm all about vintage computers, Apple Macintosh, TI 99/4A, Apple IIe, Commodore 64, and vintage analog medium/large format film photography.
Currently authoring my next HyperCard game, a point-and-click murder mystery.
Playing around with alternative opening scenes for my game. The protagonist in the opening scene compares a crowd of people boarding a train at a station to a European Starling murmuration.
The music is "Our Story Begins" from the prolific Kevin MacLeod. The video is cut from several CC videos.
I'm using Ren'Py to prototype the game while simultaneously building the game in HyperCard. Several HyperCard for Ren'Py developer blog posts and/or videos may result.
I printed a thing.
If you are in the Lansing Michigan area today, we are having a vintage computer get together at the Lansing Maker’s Network of Pennsylvania Ave.
The event is free. Runs from 11 am to 5 pm.
Bloggity blog post on my next game. "Death on the Orient Star".
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io @gloriouscow@oldbytes.space “The better of the two keyboards”
https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Ghost-in-the-Automated-Loom-W7W31YECCJ?fromEditor=true
The Ghost in the Automated "Loom"
Reclaiming Job’s Bicycle for the Mind
Are we using AI to reach new destinations, or are we just enjoying the leisure of no longer having to pedal?
Livestream in like 10 minutes. Just talking about what's going on.
I will be at our second official LAVCC event is tomorrow, Saturday, June 20th at the Lansing Makers Network from 11AM to 5PM.
As always, the event is entirely free, and I’ll have Adventure! The Quack of Dawn running if you want to play the game.
Development Blog - Three Ways of Knowing
Building a Murder Mystery Game on Peircean Semiotics
#Peirce
#Game
#Design
#Semiotics
https://ko-fi.com/post/Development-Blog--Three-Ways-of-Knowing-U5O022HSIQ
Quantum of Solace
youtu.be/IJ7SiDlikXQ
#Macintosh #Quantum #Sticky #Bumper #Restoration
Oh great and powerful Internet Netizens, hear my plea!
I’m working on a game. A point and click game. A murder mystery game. Starting with a script with an embedded player decision tree. The script reads much like a choose your own adventure book.
I wonder - would morphing it into a choose your own adventure book when I ask for peer reviews. Do people think that would be more palatable than a script full of forking decision tree notes? It feels like it would.
I joined the RIFA smoking club this weekend.
Took some #Macintosh computers to our #LAVCC meetup Saturday. And reveled in the smell of burning plastic and sadness.
Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer's Blog - 2026/5/23
Character Profiles
https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-B3L2201JD3
Development Blog - The Arbiters of Agency
https://ko-fi.com/Post/Development-Blog--Arbiters-of-Agency-L2F421AAJA
Another developer blog entry. This post is about one of the characters I'm developing for a game.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-O5K022A6G0
Current annoyance - overfilled fruit cups. Must be opened over a sink to avoid spilling. Why?
Developer’s Blog - A Fist Full of Androids
https://ko-fi.com/post/Developers-Blog--A-Fist-Full-of-Androids-Y3W620HBUQ
I feel a similar vibe with the vintage computer hobby. And in a different way. Our greatest challenge will be a scarcity of original components followed by the art and craftsmanship dying off. It is critical that we inspire the next generation, or it dies with us.
The Three Laws of Cat Herding
https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Three-Laws-I7T42502RL
#cats #herding #management
https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-O5O11Z0VUY
Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer’s Blog - 2026/5/05
Character Profiles
Development Blog - Prior Art
https://ko-fi.com/post/Development-Blog--Prior-Art-K1W020ZB8J