#slartboz — Public Fediverse posts

Slartboz

NEW DEMO SCREENCAST UP

"Staying Behind"
https://youtu.be/LPh5YWIMYJE

#Slartboz

#gamevids
#gamevideos
#gamedemos
#gamescreencasts
#Roguelikes

this #OneOfAKindIndividual is birthing something truly unique into our world; all alone ~ @synlogic

a full #ComputerGame developed by one guy about an #avatar #ComingOfAge in the world of #Normerika

making my own game was always something i wanted to do but due to #laziness and #impatience, it never manifested; so, instead: i live vicariously through:

#Slartboz

https://youtu.be/mDokKbHyOno?si=mWXZUPNzQRkFe3u1

Slartboz

new video up!!!

"The Dork Fortress"

with Z-levels

early work. far more to do. a teaser. only 6 seconds long:
https://youtu.be/4Y9mGVxu694?si=Lpt6bWy-WI69F__w

GitHub
https://github.com/mkramlich/slartboz-pub

Patreon
https://patreon.com/SynystronGames/

#games
#gamevideos
#gamedemos
#gamescreencasts
#gamepreviews
#gameteasers
#indiegames
#sologamedev
#Roguelike

#scifi
#postapoc

#Slartboz

Slartboz: Release Plans
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/584799/slartboz-release-plans-playtesters-in-sep-public-in-dec

a new DevLog up on Itch.io

#Slartboz

#Roguelikes

#plans
#releaseplans
#schedules

#indiegames
#retrogames
#solodev

#textgames
#TUIgames
#realtimegames

Slartboz

new video is UP!

our 4th screencast
our 5th video overall

"Tanks Shooting on The Proving Grounds"

https://youtu.be/M2WUu9CYco0?si=0NSolMI4b48GsCv6

only 1 min long!

#Slartboz

#screencasts
#demos
#gamedemos
#gamevideos
#gamevids

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev

#indiegames
#retrogames
#80sgames
#solodev

#explosions
#hearingloss
#earprotectionrecommended
#massiveOSHAviolations
#donottrythisathome
#kidsgetoffmylawn

#tanks
#armor

Slartboz

I'm thinking of doing posts to Reddit, somewhere, to promote Slartboz, and help get more audience and supporters

anyone have recommendation of what subreddits might be good for that?

#Slartboz

#Reddit

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev

#indiegames
#retrogames
#solodev
#games

#support
#fans
#promotion

Slartboz

new Devlog up

Game Engine Upgrades & World Additions, in recent dev sessions:
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/582378/slartboz-lots-of-engine-upgrades-game-world-additions

#Slartboz

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeDev

#retrogames
#indiegames
#indiedev
#solodev
#gamedev
#games

#postapoc

#devlog
#ItchIo
#ItchIoGames

Slartboz

a slideshow GIF has been created. stuffed with a variety of screenshots from the working gameplay UX

will try to trim the size down before uploading it and sharing

figure a nice alternative to a video. cuz no audio. and I dont narrate over top it. and you can "watch" the entire thing in under a minute

up prob later this eve...

#Slartboz

#slideshows
#previews

#screenshots
#gifs

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

Slartboz

"The World Evolving Over Time" - A Sonata on Absurdity, Futility, The Future and Fate, and The Genius/Madness of AI Minds"

new play screencast demo video is UP

DevLog with link to it, over on Itch.io:

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/580261/slartboz-new-playcast-video-up-the-world-evolving-over-time-a-sonata-on-absurdity-futility-the-future-and-fate-and-the-geniusmadness-of-ai-minds

#Slartboz

#games
#retrogames
#indiegames
#sologames

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

#postapoc
#apocalypse
#dystopia
#absurd
#ai
#crazyai
#evilai
#aidangers
#future
#futility
#fate
#climate
#sealevelrise

Slartboz

new screencast is UP:
https://youtu.be/BADPcTEx_v0

this is our 3rd video

its a screencast clip of a game playthrough. with a little narration by the creator, me

its a little shorter than the last one. full screen. and a more silent background

"The World Evolving Over Time"

Mike

#Slartboz

#screencast
#screencasts
#demos
#demovideos
#demovids

#indiegames
#sologames
#indiegame
#retrogames

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

#postapoc
#dystopia
#comedy
#AI
#MadAI

Slartboz

4 new screenshots. attached

there are a few easter eggs in these images

one is that it refers to a game I made 15 years ago. Slartboz is its de facto, spiritual sequel. but has a much more sophisticated engine, rewritten by me from the ground up to deliver the new features & UX I want to hit now

#Slartboz

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev

#indiegames
#indiedev
#solodev
#sologamedev
#retrogames

#zombies
#zombieapocalypse
#postapoc

#screenshots
#gamescreenshots

Slartboz

new DevLog up

"3rd Video Expectations"

TL;DR: MASS Z-Z-Z-ZOMBIE HOARDE

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578691/slartboz-3rd-video-expectations

#Slartboz

#itchio
#itchiogames

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

#realtimegames
#realtimegameengines

Slartboz

new DevLog up

about 2 new screenshots up

also attached here

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578683/slartboz-2-new-screenshots-up

#Slartboz

#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev

#indiegames
#sologames
#solodev
#indiedev
#retrogames

Slartboz

new DevLog on Itch

announcing the new, single Basic Tier on Patreon

$1 per month

details:

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578489/slartboz-patreon-basic-tier-1-month

#Slartboz

#indiegames
#indiedev
#solodev
#indiegamedev
#retrogames

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeGameDev

#scifi
#postapoc

#donations
#fundraising
#Patreon

Slartboz

The game's main page on Itch has been revised. The text improved a bit, I hope.

And added link to the Patreon page for Slartboz, which should now be ready there:

Patreon:
https://patreon.com/SynystronGames/

Itch.io:
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz

CashApp:
https://cash.app/$mk2022akmar/

#Slartboz

#Itch
#ItchIo
#ItchIoGames
#itchgames

#Patreon
#CashApp
#donations
#tips

#indiegames

Slartboz

if I recorded a video today using current build of my game I'm confident people will see its pretty exciting and MUCH further along than the prior video

however, I'm fairly "traumatized" by the super-underwhelming overall reaction to that last one :-(

so I'll err more on side of "overdoing it" in this next video :-P

will grind away adding more Fun & Polish for a few more dev sessions. then maybe cut the 3rd vid by... early next week?

#Slartboz

#gamedemos
#gamevideos
#playvideos

Slartboz

new DevLog up

"Sandbox PLUS Plots, Challenges & Events"

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/573557/slartboz-sandbox-plus-plots-challenges-events

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

#games
#indiegames
#retrogames

#gameplots
#gamechallenges
#gameevents
#plottedgames
#gamesonrails

#sandboxgames

#TUI
#curses
#ncurses
#ASCIIArt

#Idiocracy
#HHGG
#HHGTTG
#HGTG
#PrincessBride
#ThePrincessBride

#FF7
#GTA
#Fallout

#Slartboz

"Witness me!!!"

hint about one of the many fun/cool features planned to be shown in the next screencast video of my under-dev game Slartboz

coded, tested and ready to go

working on 3 more cool things to debut in the same video too

if curious, heres a link to the Itch.io devlog of our last video (which was the 2nd overall):

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/570983/slartboz-2nd-screencast-video-avail-lasers-monsters-mindless-obedience-accidental-deaths-grim-humor-cute-animals

#Slartboz

#Roguelikes
#indiegames
#retrogames
#demos
#screencasts

Slartboz, vim & Bram Moolenaar

a new post on my Substack blog, let me show u it:

https://synystron.substack.com/p/slartboz-vim-bram-moolenaar

#vi
#vim
#Moolenaar
#BramMoolenaar 

#Linux
#UNIX
#macOS
#FOSS

#terminals
#shells

#curses
#ncurses
#tui

#plaintext
#editors
#texteditors

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev

#Slartboz
#Fallout
#Wasteland
#idiocracy
#HHGG
#HHGTTG
#HGTTG

#Slartboz

new DevLog Up

3rd Video Plans & Call For Donations

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/571483/slartboz-3rd-video-plans-call-for-donations

#vi
#vim
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#indiegames
#indiedev
#solodev
#indiegamedev
#TUI
#Terminals
#shells
#curses
#ncurses
#retrogames

#Fallout
#Idiocracy
#HHGG
#HHGTTG
#PrincessBride
#ThePrincessBride

#comedy
#adventures
#80s
#lazers
#games
#gamedev

#Slartboz uses ncurses for its UI. even though its a real-time engine (w/ animations & sounds)

& written 100% in vim

I'll add a tribute dedicated to Bram Moolenaar (& vi/vim) in the next rev of my code

I'm trying hard to make the MOST fun game I can think of that involves purely vim, ncurses & terminals

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/570983/slartboz-2nd-screencast-video-avail-lasers-monsters-mindless-obedience-accidental-deaths-grim-humor-cute-animals

#vi
#vim
#BramMoolenaar
#Moolenaar

#curses
#ncurses

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames

#TUI

#games
#retrogames
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#indiedev
#solodev

Slartboz

been lazer shootin

SO MUCH LAZER PISTOL SHOOTIN

that is all

carry on

#Slartboz

#games
#indiegames
#indiedevs
#solodevs
#retrogames
#gamedev

#lasers
#lazers
#shooting
#guns
#gunfun

ps. a 2nd demo video is COMING SOON

Slartboz

treason, serial lying and gaslighting all happen to be among the set of lesson topics in the edu-game I've been building in my free time: Slartboz

if any Americans happen to be interested in those things today

on this particular day of days

#Slartboz

#treason
#traitors
#criminals
#mobsters
#seriallying
#serialliar
#lies
#liars
#gaslighting
#propaganda
#populists
#fascists
#sedition
#insurrection
#sabotage

Slartboz

VIDEO IS UP!

* screencast of The Encyclopedia screen
* narrated by me (the game's designer, writer & programmer. oh and Le Artiste)
* not a FULL gameplay walkthru
* very rough. lots of placeholders can still be seen & heard

54 seconds

https://youtu.be/iAt1K29TzHM

#Slartboz

#demos
#screencasts
#demovids
#gamevids

#indiedev
#indiegamedev
#gamedev
#games

#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeDev
#TUi

Slartboz

I've had to spell "ouroboros" like a dozen times in the last week. because of my computer game, Slartboz. all related to one of the game's features I added and brought to life recently, across several dev sessions

folks will see it in action in our 1st demo video!

#Slartboz

#gamedemos
#demovideos