The event is open to the public free registration is required. Following the discussion will be a happy hour, during which game stations will be set up all where people can have fun with Infocom titles and multiplayer games.
Topics will include Infocom, working with ZIL, putting the source code on GitHub, and the evolution of software and version control. The event will be moderated by Kevin Savetz of the Eaten by a Grue podcast. Steve Meretzky, the sole or lead designer on such Infocom games as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Mind Forever Voyaging, Planetfall, and Leather Goddesses of Phobos, will be the guest of honor. To commemorate the release of this code, GitHub will host the live event “ Game On I: The Great Quest for Imagination“, on the afternoon of Friday, April 26, 2019, 3–6:30 PM PDT (UTC-7) at its headquarters at 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, California, USA. It is not considered to be under an open license.” But notes Gamasutra, “… Activision, which purchased Infocom in 1986, still owns the company IP, meaning it could eventually clamp down and halt Scott’s preservation efforts.”
Īccording to the code repository’s readme file, “This collection is meant for education, discussion, and historical work, allowing researchers and students to study how code was made for these interactive fiction games and how the system dealt with input and processing. If you don't understand ZIL, and you probably don't, read this instruction manual. I've uploaded the entirety of source code of all Infocom text adventures/interactive fiction to Github. The source code for 45 Infocom text adventures is now available in its native ZIL (Zork Implementation Language) from GitHub. The game will also run on real and emulated hard drives with ProDOS installed.Ħ502 Workshop can’t wait to get Nox Archaist into a collector’s edition box and put it in your hands.
What’s better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG? Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector’s edition box with lots of cool physical goodies! The 6502 Workshop team is pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the boxed edition of Nox Archaist is now live!