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Games: Making Games, HoloISO, Jingle Jam 2022, and More

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 02, 2022

Try this Java file manager on Linux

Old/Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and Old Acorn RiscPC

↺ Jingle Jam 2022

Make a Monkey Island-style adventure game | Wireframe #69

↺ Make a Monkey Island-style adventure game | Wireframe #69

> Our scripting system is straightforward in concept, but it’s flexible enough to allow us to add extra options as we go along. The script is held in a text file, data.txt. In it, we’ll have commands such as Background:clifftop, which we’ll interpret as meaning, “set the scene background to be the image called clifftop”. We’ll have one command per line, each separated from its action with a colon. We may need to vary the format depending on what the command is.

> To start our scene, we load in our data file, set our default background image to be a title screen, and then start reading lines from the script list. Our processScriptLine() function breaks up each line of the script into commands and action data. For example, our first line of script is Pause:8 – Pause is a command and 8 is the data. This sets a countdown lasting eight seconds before the next line of script is read. Then we can set the background image with a Background command, and in this scene, we’ve set a foreground image of a wall so that our characters can move behind it.

HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC

↺ HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC

> Although I’ve thought about buying a Steam Deck myself for tinkering and testing purposes, I could not justify that purchase. But thanks to videos from the ETAPRIME YouTube channel I learned about the existence of HoloISO, an unofficial SteamOS 3 installer.

The Jingle Jam 2022 Games Collection is live and another awesome deal

↺ The Jingle Jam 2022 Games Collection is live and another awesome deal

> Help spread a little cheer this holiday season, with The Jingle Jam 2022 Games Collection live now.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023

↺ The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023

> Back in 2020 I pointed out what were the best Linux distributions for gaming, so here's the current state and what you should go for in 2023.

Victoria 3 is another clear hit for Paradox hitting half a million sales

↺ Victoria 3 is another clear hit for Paradox hitting half a million sales

> Paradox Interactive sure know their strategy games and their audience, as Victoria 3 has already sold over half a million in the space of a month. Victoria 3 is a sandbox simulation of the world between 1836 and 1936, a century of rapid technological innovation, social transformation and political revolution ICYMI: read our review.

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