FLYINGJESTER'S PROFILE

I am the Jester.

I make games using JavaScript, C, C++, Mercury, Java, Assembly (amd64 and UltraSparc) and Python. I used to use Sphere a lot, but I'm more into C/C++ and Mercury nowadays. I still use JavaScript and embed it sometimes, and I usually use Python for build systems and system management.

I wrote TurboSphere, which is a recreation of the Sphere Game Engine with a number of major improvements. I'm not really working on it anymore.

I'm surely going to finish making a game someday. I mean, sooner or later, it's bound to happen. Right?
Athena
turn-based strategy game of war and city building

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Last night I had a dream of a world so forgiving, it might show some fortune on a fool like me. I awoke to the alarm clock, alone and so lonesome. Twenty years in Alaska...

Twenty years will get one acclimated, I guess. But I always feel more sleepy and unmotivated when it's sunny, and much more focused when it's cold.

I left that silver Volvo on the side of the Road. I left it for somebody. Because surely there's somebody who needs it more than me.

I will say that line is modified from the song 'Sunken Treasure'. But it is true.

How can I improve my maps ?

Or move them to the bottom left. It looks a little lonely there.

Last night I had a dream of a world so forgiving, it might show some fortune on a fool like me. I awoke to the alarm clock, alone and so lonesome. Twenty years in Alaska...

No, you got it right. It's definitely an adventure.

Last night I had a dream of a world so forgiving, it might show some fortune on a fool like me. I awoke to the alarm clock, alone and so lonesome. Twenty years in Alaska...

Well, the darkness gets to people. Some folks (like me) can't sleep. We spend hours lost in some menial task, and we get ridiculous ideas...it was in just such a stupor that I started TurboSphere (which turned out to be less ridiculous than I first though).
Other people can't handle it and melt down. They loose all motivation, they become emotional wrecks, and sink into a strange depression.

Plus, year round we all can get kind of antsy. You can spend days without seeing another person, and you begin talking to yourself (a lot). I know of a few people who have 'friends' just for the sake of keeping the silence out (which works, though). It's important to keep your mind busy.

It's not like all that all the time, but you see it enough to know it happens. The good part is that you are forced to be somewhat nice to people, and you can get a lot done without any distractions.

Plus, it lets there be times when you can be alone in a way no where else allows. You can sit and hear absolutely nothing. Not a single soul around. There can be pure and utter silence, where the ringing in your ears becomes deafening. Those are powerful experiences.

But then there are times you wake up alone, cold and so lonesome. Both cold and lonesome in ways that you can't get many other places.

How can I improve my maps ?

If you can, it would be cool if the could walk over the chairs from the sides but not the back. Like Pokemon!

The Unwelcome Guest

Yes, I'm drawing quite a bit of my inspiration from Uninvited (and yes, on Amiga). That might have even influenced my choice of titles. I'm also drawing from Scratches, which bears a striking resemblance to Uninvited...like a lot.

Last night I had a dream of a world so forgiving, it might show some fortune on a fool like me. I awoke to the alarm clock, alone and so lonesome. Twenty years in Alaska...

I've been around. I prefer it here. It's quiet and private.

It does wear on some people, though. In the winter you get very little sunlight, and some people just sit in their chair and stare. But it's a good kind of madness.

The Screenshot Topic Returns

It is based a bit on Shadowgate. Also Scratches and a tiny bit The Seventh Guest, but mostly Uninvited. I love Uninvited.

Last night I had a dream of a world so forgiving, it might show some fortune on a fool like me. I awoke to the alarm clock, alone and so lonesome. Twenty years in Alaska...

Yes, for many years. The last frontier, north to the future, all that. And it's cold out.

But I can't stand spiders, snakes, or when it's more than about 80 F out. Or population densities above about 1 person per hectare. So I like it here.