Game link: https://ap-in-indy.github.io/barren-web/
Playtime: Hours. Maybe days if you're really curious.
Author: Lachie Dazdarian
Legal Status: Explicit permission from the author (who is a friend of mine)
History:
The game is called Barren (codenamed "Long" during development).
Barren fascinated me as a teen. I learned game development and programming in QBASIC thanks to Lachie and others in the "Qmunity". (We even had our own e-zine!)
I might not be a professional software developer if it weren't for him. We're still friends to this day.
This port is in homage to him, his game, and the impact of our friendship on my life. I have been working on a Barren JavaScript port off and on for roughly 10 years. I only recently made enough progress to be able to publish it. There are still likely many bugs, and I've had to deviate slightly from the original game in order to make the web port possible.
I recently took time off work to squash as many of those out as possible, but you have been warned.
Future:
I really hope people like this game as much as I did and still do and can tolerate some bugs / differences from the original for now. With enough support, I would love to expand upon it, make a mobile port, and convince Lachie (who goes by "Dean" now, what a weird name!) to collaborate with me on an expansion pack.
Please let me know your thoughts.
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(I'm going to be honest, I love Barren, and Lachie has a great creative mind. I'll probably work on the expansion pack whether there's interest in it or not although I would love his help on it. The feedback from others just serves as motivation!)