Category Archives: Design

Hardware Hassles

Posted on November 28, 2017 by adamantyr

Been a busy holiday weekend… My company, while in software, is also in retail so they wanted coverage during the entire five-day holiday shopping period to make sure nothing went wrong. I ended up doing a couple of very early … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on November 7, 2017 by adamantyr

The work continues… I absolutely intend for this game to be finished and complete in 2018. It’s amazing how many different pieces and parts need to be completed though to make that happen. Right now, I’m working on something I’ve … Continue reading →

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Data Dump

Posted on October 10, 2017 by adamantyr

Been quiet for a couple weeks… I’ve been heads-down on writing up all the transactions for the first disk. Here is a breakdown on the first disk’s contents: Dialogue is in game text, stored in four sizes. (16, 32, 64, … Continue reading →

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More Ingredients

Posted on September 13, 2017 by adamantyr

First of all, congratulations to Sinphaltimus for being the first player to win Wizard’s Doom! Along the way to a 93 rating, he also discovered several bugs I had to fix with the final encounter… Well done! As I’m working … Continue reading →

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Putting it Together

Posted on August 25, 2017 by adamantyr

Hello everyone… Or like, both of you. Or one of you. Maybe. 🙂 I’ve actually been hard at work on the CRPG for several months now… After the TI faire I got myself an AMS card, which gives the TI … Continue reading →

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Running the Gauntlet

Posted on May 10, 2017 by adamantyr

Hi all! So I went to Fest West 2017 this year, down in Woodland, WA. It was a 3+ hour drive for me to get there, but well worth it. I met a lot of great guys and saw some … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Crawling

Posted on December 21, 2016 by adamantyr

So… In the last post I mentioned working on some TI-99/4a side projects. Well, I have finished one! 🙂 It is a 3D dungeon game called “Wizard’s Doom”, a spiritual sequel to the “Wizard’s Lair” and “Wizard’s Revenge” games developed … Continue reading →

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Autumn Update

Posted on September 30, 2016 by adamantyr

Hey all… if there’s anyone still out there! 🙂 It’s been a busy year for me… I migrated from an SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to an SDE (Software Development Engineer) role in my work, which seriously cut into … Continue reading →

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Piecing it Together

Posted on January 5, 2016 by adamantyr

Happy 2016 everyone! I’m currently working on the world maps for the game. I realized that I needed to sit down and start generating the content… all of it. Towns, people, quests, items sold, locations… everything! The main reason why … Continue reading →

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Review – Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress

Posted on December 8, 2015 by adamantyr

I’ve decided to start reviewing some classic CRPG’s I’ve played here on the blog recently. Why? Well, there are things I’ve always wanted to say about some games, and it also gives some insight into where I’m going with my … Continue reading →

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