Notices by Cyningstan (cyningstan@mastodon.social)

An updated collage of my four latest games for #msdos on the #ibmpc. That's quite a range of colour for humble #cga!

All these games are available from my web site, http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/ and from my Itch page https://cyningstan.itch.io/

If you want to support further development, then the easiest ways are to follow the Ko-fi links on my web site or to make a donation when downloading from Itch.

Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle is released for MS-DOS today! Each day a new word square puzzle is revealed, and you must fill in the missing words. Find out more, and download the game, from http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/295/pyms-daily-word-square-puzzle #pym #ibmpc #msdos #cga

Barren Planet source code has been released! It's available as a Github repository; visit https://github.com/cyningstan/barren to examine the source code, and clone or download it. All required libraries are included. #barrenplanet #ibmpc #msdos #cga

DOS ain't dead: an article in the MagPi magazine, featuring various games including #barrenplanet https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/dos-aint-dead #msdos

Ossuary continues to be popular, according to my download stats. So here's a tutorial to get you started in the game. Ossuary: Your First Descent. http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/37/ossuary-your-first-descent #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga

CGALIB has had an update! Not to the library itself, but the supplied utilities for creating assets are much improved.

Full projects will still go beyond what the new utils can do, but simple projects will be easier to get started. Good for jam games, maybe.

http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/204/a-cgalib-update-some-new-utilities

#ibmpc #msdos #cga #gamedev

I'm slowly moving these old articles about #cga from my personal web site to the DOS games one. They focus on what #cga graphics are capable of. http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/190/my-journey-into-cga-graphics #msdos #ibmpc

#BarrenPlanet is released today! This turn-based strategy game runs in #msdos on the original #ibmpc with #cga graphics. Two mining corporations fight a series of battles to gain control of a mineral-rich but lifeless planet. Also runs in DOSBox on just about any computer or mobile device! Get it at http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/7/barren-planet

@dosnostalgic This amazed me when I had a machine with an MDA display. I can't remember now whether it actually ran without colour or at least CGA emulation - quite a few text mode games didn't.

I'm not sure if my contribution to this #ScreenshotSaturday is technically a screenshot. Here is #barrenplanet beta version 2. In front it's running on an HP #100lx, a 1993 pocket computer running MS-DOS. Behind is a Gemini PDA, an Android clamshell computer from 2016, running the game in the Magic DOSBox emulator. #msdos #cga #gamedev

The Anarchic Kingdom is a game I released for a game jam back in 2021. For #msdos on the #ibmpc with #cga graphics (like just about everything I've done recently). Graphically inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, it uses a nice but unusual palette (red, green, brown, with a white background instead of the usual black). I intend to do a play through and post the results on here over the coming weeks.

I've made a bit of #gamedev progress on my game Barren Planet for #msdos on the #cga #ibmpc this weekend. I've streamlined the AI's unit repair routines. And I've tidied up a couple more scenarios and added them to the campaign, so the campaign is now 50% complete!

Work on Barren Planet for #ibmpc #msdos #cga is ongoing. Today I worked on the AI player, which now identifies targets and ranks them in importance. Next task is: to allocate units to deal with those targets.

@dosnostalgic Oh dear, you seem to have got yourself into a tight spot there!

Here's a collection of screenshots for four of my games available for #msdos. All of them run on the original #ibmpc with an 8088 processor and #cga graphics. See the links in my profile for details and downloads.