Orbiting the Planet Dungeon
Getting so close to completing Mainframe Zork and Version 1.0.0 of Sharpee.
Here's a list of things I've accomplished in the last few days:
- Full walkthrough of everything except the end game with some minor bugs in the Royal Puzzle.
- New npm release 0.9.90.
- New Windows, Linux (deb/AppImage) Zifmia installers while the MacOS installer languishes in Apple land's horrid dmg approval process.
- New ADR-130 to offer npx sharpee build --installer option to allow authors to generate their own packaged Tauri executable and/or installer, including landing page image, icon, and embedded story assets.
- Found and fixed a very nasty bug that only manifested because of the two hooks in the Dungeon Volcano.
- Started working on Reflections, a story I hope to submit to the IFComp and a remake of Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter. Secret Letter will have the same setting and some of the same plot elements, but a new conversation system, new map, and an even bigger reveal than the original. Also a new ending. I talked to Mike Gentry and he's blessed my changes and the remake.
- The story development process will involve using specification documents (markdown) to write and build the story in an iterative cycle. This is going to be a very interesting experiment.
- I also made an executive decision for my port of Dungeon. I am leaving the gnomes out. Whoever added them was trolling players. The game is already complex enough you don't need to give players an option to put the game in an unwinnable state. I'm also adding my own puzzle. It's nearly an Easter egg and you won't find it unless you play the entire game.
- I added a test bundle so you can run transcript and walkthrough tests in ~2s. this is extremely helpful for iterating on tests when the story hasn't changed.
- I will note that the optimal OS to work with Sharpee is a newer Mac with the M4 or M5 chip. Holy Batman it's blazing fast.
- Status updates for Sharpee and Dungeon are at my personal website: https://david.cornelson.net/.
- IFWiki.org has also been updated with the latest Sharpee info.
