is every normal-form game representable by a tree a potential game?
party game idea: MNIST debate
Linux Tycoon 3: The OS Wars
A brand new game for Linux and DOS. Releasing on April Fools Day. No joke. ⌘ Read more
1970’s BASIC Computer Games compiled for Linux
Remember typing in code from magazines and books? Let’s compile a bunch of those old games for modern Linux. ⌘ Read more
South Park’s parody of War Games is epic
Here’s a detailed analysis of the Linux and DOS references. ⌘ Read more
The 1980s: When PC game box art used pictures of real people
So cheesy. But so awesome. ⌘ Read more
in conways game of life, does chaos always spread strictly faster than order?
Wordle ported to Windows 3.1, PalmOS, DOS, Linux Terminal… and much more.
Tandy Color Computer 3, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Emacs, and… Microsoft Word? Yup. Wordle is there too. ⌘ Read more
submissive strategies in normal-form games
https://www.arduboy.com/ a productivity killer :D 200 games in a hackable credit :D
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the Coleco Bowlatronic
The 1981 hand-held bowling game traveled to the Star Wars universe in The Book of Boba Fett. ⌘ Read more
Nintendo Game Processor - The lost Nintendo game creation PC
A 1994 PC, built by Nintendo, for making SNES games… that never saw the light of day. ⌘ Read more
What If: Nintendo never released the Game Boy?
What company would have won the hand-held war? SEGA? NEC? Atari? Someone else? ⌘ Read more
Dockerize your own Game of Thrones’ API
This article will demonstrate a fun and useful use case of docker, where we will create and deploy to production a custom-made API. In our case, it will provide information about the episodes of the TV show “Game of Thrones”. Besides Docker, our stack will include: About the API The API will serve information about […]
The post Dockerize your own Game of Thrones’ API appeared first on [Dock … ⌘ Read more
A new text-mode “Psuedo-3D Engine” written in BASH
Imagine an old-school dungeon crawler, first person game. In ASCII art. Running in your terminal. It’s a thing of beauty. ⌘ Read more
** Chess Rules **
I love when folks say stuff like“there are only a finite number of states a chessboard can occupy, therefore a computer can play chess.”
To the folks who say such things — I wish you to play chess with my 6 year old.
Be not confined by rules! The only things governing chess in this house here are the laws of physics!
…and even then, not all need apply.
For instance, during a recent game the opposing kings left the board in order to go out on an adventure. They returned later with a large, plastic dragon. The dra … ⌘ Read more
I mean you don’t even have to do the game to make a fake emoji result. But its a fun little challenge for brain food.
Physical “Retro Computer” Trading Cards now available for order!
Want collectible trading cards for classic computers – including a playable trading card game? Trick question. Of course you do. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft’s bad history disrespecting classic video games (a firsthand account)
The Redmond giant just purchased some of the most historically significant video games… but will they respect them? ⌘ Read more
Binary Tetris - bintris is a mobile game developed in Go
3 points posted by kenny ⌘ Read more
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻 ⌘ Read more
The House of Lunduke BBS
Classic BBS gaming, 24x7 telnet access, fancy-pants ANSI graphics ⌘ Read more
Whoever named “NFTs” really missed a great opportunity…
Can we all just agree to call them this from now on? The Lunduke Journal subscriber exclusives as of this moment: 7 books, 2 games, LundukeFest pass, + articles and podcast episodes. You can subscribe here on Substack or join The Lunduke Journal Community at ⌘ Read more
Real men don’t comment their code…
Insert manly grunting. The Lunduke Journal subscriber exclusives as of this second: 7 books, 2 games, LundukeFest pass, + articles and podcast episodes. ⌘ Read more
Hiring: Server Engineer - Remote (Penn Game Studios)
1 points posted by golangch ⌘ Read more
**New Free Adventure Game for all Lunduke Journal Subscribers **
“2299: Episode One” is an adventure game, set in space, for Linux and Windows. And it’s free for all full Lunduke Journal subscribers. ⌘ Read more
Game Boy gets WiFi… and video streaming! Seriously!
Why? Because it’s awesome. That’s why. ⌘ Read more
🙌 Liked: Lisp in Life - Conway’s Game of Life ⌘ Read more
Space Quest: The Movie
The original, EGA adventure game from Sierra… turned into a movie. Seriously. This is worth checking out. ⌘ Read more
GPT-3 is No Longer the Only Game in Town - GPT-3 was by far the largest AI model of its kind last year. Now? Not so much. ⌘ Read more
beat Tales of the Abyss - great game. wrote a blog post containing retrospective and final boss fight video
The best part of Pokémon Go is hatching eggs. I just wish I could queue up eggs for the incubators so I didn’t have to check my phone every now and again. Actually, I wish there was a game where you just hatched eggs.
Game Off 2021 theme announcement
The theme for this year’s Game Off is… …BUG! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme somehow, and submit it to ⌘ Read more
Source code released for Little Big Adventure 1 & 2!
The engines of the classic 1990s 3D adventure games get released under the GPL. ⌘ Read more
A new commercial RPG for the Commodore 64!
“Briley Witch Chronicles” is a brand new, JRPG style game for the C64. ⌘ Read more
13 short and scary games plus source to play (or hack) this Halloween 🎃
It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested in learning more about game ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - Episode 8
Listen now (10 min) | New games ported to old computer platforms! ⌘ Read more
We need a DRM-free console game ROM store like GoG
GoG.com makes buying computer games reasonable and DRM-Free. We need a video game console ROM equivalent. ⌘ Read more
A peek inside some of the top games from Ludum Dare 49
The 49th Ludum Dare game jam just wrapped up with almost 3000 entries. Here’s a peek at some of the highest-rated entries that you can play, plus their source code that you can poke around ⌘ Read more
The beauty of computer games on Amber screens
Colors? Colors?! We don’t need no stinking colors! ⌘ Read more
💾 Save the date for GitHub Game Off 2021
Game Off is an annual game jam (or “hackathon for building games”) that’s a little different from most—it lasts for the entire month of November—not just a weekend or a few days. It’s the perfect ⌘ Read more
What to watch tonight? “Squid Game” completed. “Seinfeld” just made it in a couple of days ago, maybe I will reminisce old memories and watch it. I first watched it in 1995-ish.
The Linux Foundation’s 3D Game engine… still doesn’t support Linux
O3DE requires Windows. And Visual Studio. ⌘ Read more
The 1985 online service for 48k Atari computers: Games Computers Play Network
The game-focused, 8-bit, joystick-driven, Atari-only On-Line service of the ‘80s. ⌘ Read more
In reply to: Sable: Kotaku Review, My Top Game of 2021
Sable’s world is not a broken machine, it’s doing fine. You’re not on some grand quest to save it, or return the planet to its former glory. You’re just a girl growing up in this place, and growing up means choosing a new mask.
Closing,
Sable imagines identity and growth as playful, joyous, and nearly impossible to fail. It promises you that chang … ⌘ Read more
Q1K3 – Making Of
This was my third time participating in the js13kGames contest. I won in 2018 with Underrun and utterly failed to deliver any compelling gameplay with my 2019 entry Voidcall.
This year’s theme was “Space” – I chose to completely ignore it and instead decided to pay tribute to one of my all time favorite games on its 25th birthday:
The original Quake from 1996.
Bring back removable batteries!
Every phone, laptop, and handheld game console should have a removable battery. Anything less is downright criminal. ⌘ Read more