Magrathea

2015 -2016  Giant Space Owl (incomplete)   comic

2018            Clicky Clicks Dungeon (complete)  interactive fiction

2019            5 rings                          (complete)  interactive fiction

2019 -2020 UFO a Dracula             (incomplete)   interactive fiction

2021            The High Fortress          (complete)  game zx spectrum

2021            Last Christmas Ever      (complete)  interactive fiction

 

 Hi there. Most of 2020 I spent trying to work out a new plan. 2021 I spent finishing projects I already had underway.
 I've got no projects planed for 2022 and beyond. Nothing that I would share on this site or my twitter. Anything else I was planing or said I was doing is canceled. With the exception of Giant Space Owl, which I would like to complete at some point. And still hope to work on a few hours a week. It sounds a bit dramatic but this is just tidying up and being clear about where I'm at. So no surprises if its a bit quite around here. But this is not the end for chip-fork. I think of it like Magrathia. I'm simply hibernating, and suspending production awaiting the moment conditions are right. See you then.

Woot! 2021 Vaguely interactive fiction for christmas zx version out now

the Woot! 2021 Christmas compilation is out now! You can read about the full contents and download it all from here.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6017

It includes the ZX spectrum version of my Vaguely interactive fiction for Christmas. Your work as a music video director takes you to Old Codgers Shed of Videomancy. Will this be your....... Last Christmas Ever?
Not really a Christmas ghost story but you know where I'm coming from. Go from location to location choosing the occasional option.

 

Vaguely interactive fiction for christmas 2021 online edition

Your work as a music video director takes you to Old Codgers Shed of Videomancy. Will this be your....... Last Christmas Ever?
Not really a Christmas ghost story but you know where I'm coming from. Go from location to location choosing the occasional option. Play in browser free right now. 

https://chip-fork.itch.io/last-ever

 

I've just released my new interactive fiction for Christmas. Although just the browser version is out now, the ZX Spectrum version will be out in a couple of weeks. This is the project I didn't finish in time for last Christmas. But I picked it up again after completing the high fortress and did all the pencil crayon stuff for the artwork. My intention was that it be a little project produced between when the call went out on the spectrum computing forum in October and finished by the start of December 2020. Still here it is now.

The High Fortress

 

 

I completed my new project for the ZX Spectrum. In it you use the rockets on your castle to fight dragons. You can read about it more and download it from here.

https://chip-fork.itch.io/the-high-fortress

 

JULY UPDATE

Chunky Fringe and Digitiser live 4th September

It's still to be definitively finalised. In theory the events will be going ahead because all restrictions will be lifted. but I'm not confident that they will be going ahead. Given rising cases things may need to be shut down again. So we will have to see what happens there.

I have been working away on a project to show should chunky fringe happen. I have most of the coding done. But none of the presentation. I had big ideas for how it could be. But I might need to keep it simple. I want it to be a surprise on the day should it go ahead. So I won't say more. But i have been putting in the time to have something fun.

Giant Space Owl

Mostly I've been focused on the above. But I have printed out a pencil version of book two. The idea being that it would aid with proof reading as any changes can be drawn on. It's nice to hold it in my hands like that. But it is lacking colours. I'm wondering if I should colour book two and release it. Or maybe plow on with drawing the rest? I would really like to complete it one day.

Interactive fiction for Christmas.

After finishing the chunky fringe project for September. I plan to return to this to finish it up in time for December

MAY update

 It would be nice to have a new website. But that's not on the cards right now. If I can't update here I'll tweet about stuff instead. And the big dates to look out for are.
Early September when Chunky Fringe happens, hopefully I'll have a little something to show off.
Check here for info on Chunky Fringe
Early December. I'll be putting out my vaguely interactive fiction for Christmas.
Check  the spectrum computing forums for news of the Woot compilation.   

March Update

 

 Here is a handy chart of projects that are 100% not finished. I guess I might be able to use the same graphic next month too. I've written some words too but perhaps the image is enough.