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grumpygamer

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place

Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.

All ideas are my own, but you'd be crazy not to agree.

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Reminder that night-time pillow talk is not end-to-end encrypted.

Pixelkauz, to random German
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@grumpygamer Wait a second, did my absolute hero Ron Gilbert just like my post?! 😮 Just wanting to let you know that it was your games that inspired me to get into the games industry, where I've been working as a game designer for 10 years now. Thank you so much!!
Also, does that mean that I actually have to finish this game now...? Sneaky.

grumpygamer,
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@Pixelkauz You had me at Indiana Jones.

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Happy to announce that @vampiress is joining Team Terrible Toybox as a quest designer on #RPGTBD. This ups the chance by 37% that I'll finish the game before becoming bored and disillusioned.

#indiedev

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I’m always surprised that Apple engraving is free. I mean, not even $10? On one hand, that’s really awesome of them!! On another, far more cynical hand, I wonder, why? Conspiracy theory, but, does it meaningfully reduce resale value? Hmm.

grumpygamer,
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@cabel Nailed it.

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Step 1: Stop reading Mastodon.

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My day. Goal is to make it through all the In Progress tasks.

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@vitadij Notion

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I will throw 100% of my support behind the Microsoft/Blizzard merger if they create a brand new WoW classic zone.

grumpygamer,
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@SirTapTap The next classic expansion is Cataclysm, which is odd because that is where WoW went off the rails, so what is the point.

grumpygamer,
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@ja2ke I hoped the same.

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Some time ago, it was announced on the Interactive Fiction Community Forum (intfiction.org) that there would be a lengthy conversation with the author of one of my favorite lighthearted pirate-themed adventure games. Today I learned that it had finally been published.

Yes, I am of course referring to Amy Briggs of Plundered Hearts fame:

https://cdm16903.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16903coll15/id/11/rec/1

(But just in case you thought I meant someone else, @grumpygamer does gets a few mentions along the way.)

grumpygamer,
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@et_andersson Fun fact. Amy was a few years older then me and after school she would come and watch my sister and I. Odd but true.

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Went to Funko yesterday and got some bitty pops!

grumpygamer,
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@sharknatho Han

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@grumpygamer The “+” in Return to Monkey Island+ for Apple Arcade means there's something more to the game? 🤞🤞

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@cdf1982 No, Apple just needs a different name.

grumpygamer,
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@cdf1982 We did implement iCloud saves... does that count?

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When you first launch a game do you...

grumpygamer,
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@mrkite Or a handheld like a Switch.

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Sorry. I have no context for the quote but in this month's Edge there's a quote from a videogame dude saying they hate achievements and what they've done to games and I don't think I've paid even the vaguest attention to them in years.

Quite enjoyed the novelty when they were invariably challenging the player to try playing in an unusual way but they don't impact the way I play a game even slightly anymore. I don't know how normal this is but I'd guess at "very"

grumpygamer,
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@psychicparrot42 @Bobbins I use achievements as an easy way to do analytics. There is a reason why RtMI as an achievement for each part.

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MY GAME IS OUT! 🥳
It's made with love and for people with not much time but who like to finish a game. Get it now for 30% off!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2657850/Cozy_Space_Survivors/

Meme image "distracted boyfriend". A guy holds hand with his girlfriend but looks toward another woman which his girlfriend does not like. I put the Steam-Logo on top of the head of the girlfriend with the words "steam pile of shame" and my game logo on top of the head of the other women and below the words "finishing my short, cute, rewarding game."

grumpygamer,
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@simonschreibt I wish there was a Mac build.

grumpygamer,
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@simonschreibt I went and bought the Win build, I'll look forward to the Mac build. Been following the dev. Excited to play.

grumpygamer,
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@simonschreibt @someguyjg It is true. Gatekeeper is not run if the app installed via another app. None of my games are notarized. Although they are signed, but you might not even need that with Steam. They don't do anything special, it's a Mac thing.

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@simonschreibt @someguyjg Itch.io build worked fine, no gatekeeper warnings.

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@simonschreibt @someguyjg I have a M2.

grumpygamer,
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@simonschreibt @someguyjg I'll grab it today!

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Three new NPC quest givers.

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