Devlog

• Linux and Mac
  October 06, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  (en Francais a la fin) English The version on the game currently available for download is a native Windows application. It has been validated as running just fine on the Steamdeck device from Valve t...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.3: New Demo!
  August 31, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #update

  (En Francais plus bas) English Last Friday I attended an Oslo Gamedev Meetup and some of the people there tried my game, and it quickly became obvious there were two big issues! The first one was prob...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.2: We have Clafoutis!
  August 17, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #update

  (En Francais plus bas) English This version 1.2.2 was not originally planned, but during the summer holidays, I observed family members playing the game and noted a few minor issues. Not all are resol...Continue reading

  
• Strategy tips for new adventurers
  August 04, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  (Version en Francais en bas de page) English When I presented the game to people who had never played a classic adventure game before, it quickly became clear that they were unsure how to proceed. The...Continue reading

  
• CAAD review
  June 25, 2025 byDefenceForce

  Version Française plus bas English Encounter was reviewed in the issue 68 of the spanish magazine CAAD (“Magazine for adventurers”). This issue dives deep into Encounter, first with an interview...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.1: Final version?
  June 08, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  (Version en Francais en bas de page) English We are reaching the end of the project! Encounter was released in December 2024, and since then, there has been a steady stream of improvements and tweaks...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.0: Minigame!
  May 31, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  English First, I have to point out that when the game was released in December, I totally forgot to change the game status from “In Development” to “Released”… so the last six months the gam...Continue reading

  
• BrewOtaku review
  May 25, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #review

  English Encounter was reviewed in the issue #006 of BrewOtaku (“The Homebrew Gaming Magazine” covering new games for old consoles, handhelds and computers). The game received a 85% “BrewScore”...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.1.2: BASIC!
  April 15, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #update

  English As you can see, the development of the game is not yet finished! I only had a few bytes remaining on disk, so many of the things I wanted to add were unfortunately impossible to do… but then...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.1.1: Ergonomics
  April 02, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  English We are soon reaching the end of the project: Most of the issues have been fixed, and truth be told, there’s not much free room on either the disk on in memory for much improvements! Here is...Continue reading
• Demo updated!
  March 12, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  English Since the game was updated to version 1.1.0 with the new control scheme, I pushed a new version of the demo with these updates as well. French Vu que le jeu a été mis à jour dans sa version...Continue reading
• Version 1.1: Joysticks !
  March 09, 2025 byDefenceForce

  English This is a relatively big update, the game itself has not changed but a new alternative control scheme has been added which should make it easier to play (assuming you have a compatible control...Continue reading
• Version 1.0.6
  February 01, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #update

  English Fix: Added a missing “r” on the credits page with the game URL Fix: Using the small key should now display the proper message instead of “it’s too dark” Fix: Trying to open the safe...Continue reading
• Demo
  January 19, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #demo

  English Tomorrow will mark the one-month anniversary of the launch of Encounter. Most of the rough edges have been fixed, so I thought it was time to make a demo! In the full game, you have access to...Continue reading
• Version 1.0.5
  January 18, 2025 byDefenceForce#update

  English The only significant change in this version is that the parser will no longer accept additional keywords if they are not relevant to the command. For example, instructions like PAUSE or QUIT d...Continue reading
• Version 1.0.4
  January 12, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  English Watching a Twitch streamer last week I realized there were a couple of things that could be improved. I’ve a few more updates to come, but here is a new version with a first batch of improve...Continue reading
• Version 1.0.3
  January 04, 2025 byDefenceForce

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  #update

  English Not many changes in this version 1.0.3, mostly some quality of life improvement to let players have more time to read long texts or examine pixel art details: Fixed an accent error introduced...Continue reading
• Version 1.0.2
  December 31, 2024 byDefenceForce

  It’s been 11 days since the game launched, and the feedback has been great, with quite a few of you actually playing on their real Oric which is quite awesome! On this last day of 2024 I decided to...Continue reading

  
• Merry Christmas!
  December 25, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  If you are celebrating Christmas, then have a very Merry Christmas! And if you are not, have a very non Christmas time! Si vous célébrez Noël, alors passez un très joyeux Noël ! Et si vous ne le...Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.1
  December 23, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  Encounter Version 1.0.1 English Hello everybody, and thank you if you bought the game, much appreciated! I got some feedback regarding some typos, some sentences that could be worded differently, some...Continue reading

  
• Launch day!
  December 20, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #milestone

  English Version 1.0 and what comes after that This is launch day! A day which is both exciting and full of unknowns ! After working on this game for so long, it feels like a scary milestone, but hey,...Continue reading

  
• Vidéo Interview "Génération Micros"
  December 12, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #video, #interview

  Ce soir (Jeudi 12 décembre) à 21:00 une vidéo interview technique a propos de Encounter sur la chaîne YouTube Génération Micros! C’est en mode “première”, donc avec chat disponible, et je...Continue reading

  
• Less than two weeks to go!
  December 08, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  We are now less than two weeks before the game launches, so the current focus is to optimize the performance, fix eventual typos and missed translations, but also to make the launcher easier to use an...Continue reading

  
• October 2024 video
  October 22, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #video

  Too much talk, not enough action. Without any comment, here is what the game looks like as of today, capture on a real 1984 Oric Atmos using the LOCI device and an OSSC video converter. Here is what t...Continue reading

  
• The remaining 80%
  October 20, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #testing

  My team of tester friends have been reporting issues for the last few weeks, and I’ve been busy fixing them. They did not find any game-breaking bug, but they found quite a few issues in these depar...Continue reading

  
• Playtesting has started
  September 28, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #testing

  Play testing has started! The process is simple: I build a new version of the game, I play it through while recording, then the recording is reviewed for glitches, typos, missing information, etc. all...Continue reading

  
• Milestone!
  September 23, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #milestone

  Today was a significant milestone: For the first time the game has been completely playable (without any cheat command or having to bypass anything) from start to finish, including the splash sequence...Continue reading
• Hardware performance testing
  September 15, 2024 byDefenceForce#performance

  My game is designed to run on vintage (1984) systems with some hard constraints in term of memory size and performance. The development is done on a modern PC using an emulator, which is reliable enou...Continue reading
• September project status update
  September 05, 2024 byDefenceForce#update

  A number of people have asked me when the game will be released. Today is September 5th, and my plan is to try to get the game read for Christmas (this year!), which basically leaves me a little bit l...Continue reading

  
• Better item management
  July 19, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #game design

  I updated the way the list of items are handled, instead of one item per line (which can easily overflow the screen)… …now items are comma separated to better use screen space. Also pressing SHIFT...Continue reading

  
• Graphic update
  June 27, 2024 byDefenceForce#graphics, #pixeling, #location

  Just a quick update with some graphics improvements, in this case mostly filling the “white” backgrounds with something more interesting like hills or forest And while I was at it, I also gave som...Continue reading

  
• Iteration times
  June 23, 2024 byDefenceForce#project design, #build system, #asset management

  Nothing impacts more a project than wasted time , and nothing impacts more the quality of the work than the iteration time between when something is changed and when you finally see it in the final ga...Continue reading

  
• The virtues of Simplicity
  June 16, 2024 byDefenceForce#game design, #adventure games

  Text adventure games The earlier text adventure games were very primitive and had a very limited vocabulary, generally limited to moving in various directions (NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, EAST), item manageme...Continue reading

  
• Why building another Adventure Engine?
  June 09, 2024 byDefenceForce

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  #scripting, #game design, #programming, #engine

  When I started playing adventure games back in the 80ies, there were basically two types of game implementations: Games written as actual programs Games using some portable virtual machine or database...Continue reading

  
• Pixel art tutorial
  June 01, 2024 byDefenceForce#graphics, #pixeling

  A couple people asked me what was the process I used to make the images for the game, if it was hand made, AI generated, based on photos, etc… so I guess it’s time to give a few more details about...Continue reading

  
• New location: The Study Room
  May 29, 2024 byDefenceForce#location, #graphics

  When looking at the floor plant of the mansion, it became obvious that a room was missing at the south-east corner of the building, so I added a room accessed through the library, with a comfortable s...Continue reading

  
• Baiting the dog
  May 26, 2024 byDefenceForce

  Since I’m doing everything on the game (excepted the music), I need to switch hat between “programmer”, “designer” and “artist”. Today I’ve put my artist/designer hat and added some gr...Continue reading