Tag Archives: cryptozookeeper

PODCASTING

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Flack and I did an episode of You Don’t Know Flack about text adventures, which you can listen to by going to this link. When Cryptozookeeper came out, I sent a link to its page on the Internet Archive to … Continue reading →

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Humbled.

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Ice Cream Jonsey

My game Cryptozookeeper won some awards last weekend. There were many categories — you can see the list of winners here, the transcript of the on-line ceremony here, and the list of nominees here. With the XYZZY Awards, I closed … Continue reading →

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Interview at FWONK*

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

There’s an interview with me over at FWONK*, the Creative Commons-based music site that helped me get the majority of music for Cryptozookeeper in place. You can download lots of free ambient and electronica tracks from FWONK*. For instance, I … Continue reading →

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Cryptozookeeper: For Sale

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Please buy my wares. I know that many people who get the Planet IF feed are probably already aware that I am selling the two-disc Cryptozookeeper pack on my webpage. You can buy it by clicking here, then clicking the … Continue reading →

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This Post Does Nothing But Get You An Icon File.

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Jon Blask, who was wonderful playing the part of Grimloft in Cryptozookeeper, very nicely provided me with an icon file for the game. You can download it here, (please right-click and download) and then use your favorite Internet Search Engine … Continue reading →

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The 2011 IntroComp is on!

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Last year, I entered the IntroComp, which is a yearly competition that encourages authors to submit the intro of their in-progress text adventure. I took second place, but I also finished Cryptozookeeper before the year was up, so I won … Continue reading →

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Cryptozookeeper at the OVGE

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I had a chance to demo Cryptozookeeper at the Oklahoma Video Game Expo over the weekend. It was really inspiring to see person after person, and kid after kid walk up to the six computers Rob O’Hara, Jeff Martin and … Continue reading →

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[New Game] Cryptozookeeper

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Cryptozookeeper is finished. Download it through the Internet Archive here. All of the other info I have on the game is at http://www.cryptozookeeper.com, which actually re-directs back to this blog. It’s been a long time in the making, and there’s … Continue reading →

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Haunted Houses, Haunted Dreams

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

The setting I usually write is most easily described as the near future. In 1999, when I wrote Chicks Dig Jerks, I set it in 2014 – a decade and a half away. Cryptozookeeper is set in 2015, which is … Continue reading →

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The Last Cryptid

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Ice Cream Jonsey

The first cryptid was a Big Foot costume. My good friends Randy, Dusty and I shot a black and white video of Big Foot wandering, as he is wont to do, across the suburbs south of Denver. It was hot, … Continue reading →

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