#whowhackedjimmypinata — Public Fediverse posts

Here's a slightly belated write-up of the results to IFComp 2025 and how my games fit into them. Includes shocking revelations about the authorship of not one, but TWO entries in this year's comp!
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #BubbleGumshoe

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/ifcomp-2025-results/

Here's a slightly belated write-up of the results to IFComp 2025 and how my games fit into them. Includes shocking revelations about the authorship of not one, but TWO entries in this year's comp!
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #BubbleGumshoe

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/ifcomp-2025-results/

Here's a slightly belated write-up of the results to IFComp 2025 and how my games fit into them. Includes shocking revelations about the authorship of not one, but TWO entries in this year's comp!
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #BubbleGumshoe

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/ifcomp-2025-results/

Here's a slightly belated write-up of the results to IFComp 2025 and how my games fit into them. Includes shocking revelations about the authorship of not one, but TWO entries in this year's comp!
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #BubbleGumshoe

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/ifcomp-2025-results/

Here's a slightly belated write-up of the results to IFComp 2025 and how my games fit into them. Includes shocking revelations about the authorship of not one, but TWO entries in this year's comp!
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #BubbleGumshoe

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/ifcomp-2025-results/

Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? took 12th place in IFComp - my best result ever!
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=0lovvsnqq4z7na5j
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? took 12th place in IFComp - my best result ever!
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=0lovvsnqq4z7na5j
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? took 12th place in IFComp - my best result ever!
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=0lovvsnqq4z7na5j
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? took 12th place in IFComp - my best result ever!
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=0lovvsnqq4z7na5j
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? took 12th place in IFComp - my best result ever!
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=0lovvsnqq4z7na5j
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

The Interactive Fiction Competition 2025 is on now! Here's a post about my entry - Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? - and the competition in general, plus some handy tips to help UK judges see the full selection of entries despite the Online Safety Act.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/new-game-who-whacked-jimmy-pinata/

The Interactive Fiction Competition 2025 is on now! Here's a post about my entry - Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? - and the competition in general, plus some handy tips to help UK judges see the full selection of entries despite the Online Safety Act.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/new-game-who-whacked-jimmy-pinata/

The Interactive Fiction Competition 2025 is on now! Here's a post about my entry - Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? - and the competition in general, plus some handy tips to help UK judges see the full selection of entries despite the Online Safety Act.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/new-game-who-whacked-jimmy-pinata/

The Interactive Fiction Competition 2025 is on now! Here's a post about my entry - Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? - and the competition in general, plus some handy tips to help UK judges see the full selection of entries despite the Online Safety Act.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/new-game-who-whacked-jimmy-pinata/

The Interactive Fiction Competition 2025 is on now! Here's a post about my entry - Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? - and the competition in general, plus some handy tips to help UK judges see the full selection of entries despite the Online Safety Act.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #InteractiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct

https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/new-game-who-whacked-jimmy-pinata/

Today I submitted my largest ever entry to the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 49,506 words according to the Inform interpreter, and 57,968 if you include all my comments in the code. It's been a truly monstrous amount of work - I'm planning to take at least a couple of days off before getting started on my entry for 2026.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

Today I submitted my largest ever entry to the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 49,506 words according to the Inform interpreter, and 57,968 if you include all my comments in the code. It's been a truly monstrous amount of work - I'm planning to take at least a couple of days off before getting started on my entry for 2026.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

Today I submitted my largest ever entry to the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 49,506 words according to the Inform interpreter, and 57,968 if you include all my comments in the code. It's been a truly monstrous amount of work - I'm planning to take at least a couple of days off before getting started on my entry for 2026.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

Today I submitted my largest ever entry to the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 49,506 words according to the Inform interpreter, and 57,968 if you include all my comments in the code. It's been a truly monstrous amount of work - I'm planning to take at least a couple of days off before getting started on my entry for 2026.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

Today I submitted my largest ever entry to the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 49,506 words according to the Inform interpreter, and 57,968 if you include all my comments in the code. It's been a truly monstrous amount of work - I'm planning to take at least a couple of days off before getting started on my entry for 2026.
#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? #IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

I'm really quite happy with this. Characters now respond to "ask X about themselves" etc., but will distinguish between "himself" and "herself." It's a small detail, but I think it helps conversation feel more natural and avoids situations where a straightforward "ask" command with an existing response simply generates "There is no reply."
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm really quite happy with this. Characters now respond to "ask X about themselves" etc., but will distinguish between "himself" and "herself." It's a small detail, but I think it helps conversation feel more natural and avoids situations where a straightforward "ask" command with an existing response simply generates "There is no reply."
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm really quite happy with this. Characters now respond to "ask X about themselves" etc., but will distinguish between "himself" and "herself." It's a small detail, but I think it helps conversation feel more natural and avoids situations where a straightforward "ask" command with an existing response simply generates "There is no reply."
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm really quite happy with this. Characters now respond to "ask X about themselves" etc., but will distinguish between "himself" and "herself." It's a small detail, but I think it helps conversation feel more natural and avoids situations where a straightforward "ask" command with an existing response simply generates "There is no reply."
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm really quite happy with this. Characters now respond to "ask X about themselves" etc., but will distinguish between "himself" and "herself." It's a small detail, but I think it helps conversation feel more natural and avoids situations where a straightforward "ask" command with an existing response simply generates "There is no reply."
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

More than a year since I first planned to do it, I've finally got my cover image for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?. I had to take it at night, both to get the lighting right, and because the neighbours would probably have had questions otherwise. You'll see why when the competition entries go live.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

More than a year since I first planned to do it, I've finally got my cover image for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?. I had to take it at night, both to get the lighting right, and because the neighbours would probably have had questions otherwise. You'll see why when the competition entries go live.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

More than a year since I first planned to do it, I've finally got my cover image for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?. I had to take it at night, both to get the lighting right, and because the neighbours would probably have had questions otherwise. You'll see why when the competition entries go live.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

More than a year since I first planned to do it, I've finally got my cover image for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?. I had to take it at night, both to get the lighting right, and because the neighbours would probably have had questions otherwise. You'll see why when the competition entries go live.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

More than a year since I first planned to do it, I've finally got my cover image for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?. I had to take it at night, both to get the lighting right, and because the neighbours would probably have had questions otherwise. You'll see why when the competition entries go live.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I'm down to some real fine polishing for Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, my entry for IFComp 2025.
#IFComp #IFComp2025 #Inform #Inform7 #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata?

I forgot to share anything for #ScreenshotSaturday yesterday, but it seems worth mentioning that #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata? has now passed 45,000 words.
#Inform #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction #TextAdventure

I think I've written something like 3,000 words of Inform source code just today. Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? is pretty much a novel-length work at this point.
#Inform #Inform7 #gamedev #InteractiveFiction #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #ScreenshotSaturday

I've made an important addition to Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? today: it's now possible to actually accuse other characters of the murder. If you played my earlier Who Shot Gum E. Bear? then you'll be pleased to hear that the process is a little deeper this time around: you'll have to actually provide evidence to back up the accusation.
#ScreenshotSaturday #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #Inform7 #InteractiveFiction

I've been doing a lot more work on "Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?" lately. It's now possible to confess your sins in the Church of the Immaculate Confection, and you may very well want to: it's hard to investigate a murder in Sugar City without getting one's hands a little dirty.
#ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #InteractiveFiction #Inform

I'd love to have something to share for Screenshot Saturday today, but all my recent progress has been rather spoilery.
#ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Bubble Gumshoe has a beloved mentor who's just two days from retirement. This cannot possibly end badly.
#ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #InteractiveFiction #Inform

Powerthirst references? In MY candy-coated film noir parody car chase? It's more likely than you think. #ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #Powerthirst

One of my favourite things about writing Bubble Gumshoe games is finding opportunities to bung in sweets that I'd completely forgotten existed.
#ScreenshotSaturday #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata #Inform7

I'm gradually expanding the world of Sugar City. The Church of the Immaculate Confection was actually established in "Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?", but I'm not sure anybody ever encountered it. It would only be mentioned if you took long enough completing the game that it got into morning and the church bells started ringing in the distance (shortly before the abandoned taffy factory is scheduled for demolition). #ScreenshotSaturday #Inform7 #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

Possibly my favourite thing about writing these Bubble Gumshoe text adventures is coming up with the confectionery-based characters and little jokes about them.
#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #inform #inform7 #InteractiveFiction #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata

One of the things I'm hoping to do with my latest Bubble Gumshoe mystery is to expand Sugar City and unite the environments from the previous games. Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? will feature the crime scenes from both Who Shot Gum E. Bear? and Who Iced Mayor McFreeze? Also, as with those previous instalments, you'll be able to taste and smell way more of the setting than is probably sensible.
#ScreenshotSaturday #InteractiveFiction #Inform #IFComp #BubbleGumshoe #WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata