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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by MurrayL@lemmy.world to c/gamedev@programming.dev

Pretty interesting deep-dive from Zach Barth (of Zachtronics) into how this mostly-forgotten randomised adventure from 1997 works under the hood.

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[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I enjoyed that game and the Indiana Jones one too.

[-] MurrayL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, they’re practically the same game and - frankly - they’re not very good in retrospect, but there’s something very appealing to me about ‘desktop games’ as a format.

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