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Tom Granger

@tomgranger.bsky.social

Maker of random things, co-maker of one person, Google Arts & Culture engineer. I like pixels. he/him.

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Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reminder: follow @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social for pithy game recs (or browse the archive at t0mg.github.io/copyofnewfol...)

Copyofnewfolder1 game recs archive

An archive of indie game recommendations

t0mg.github.io

CopyOfNewFolder (1)@copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 2d ago

TR-49 is a deduction puzzle game about rebuilding a library index from the curator notes of its entries. Along the way you get to learn about the lives and relationships of the authors contained in the corpus, as well as its curators. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3838370/TR49/ [1/2]

Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · 2d ago

Interactive fiction ereader update! Eenk now supports images (both inlined in the story, and as cover/thumbnail). All from a standard ink file that the IDE compiles in one click and can transfer to the device via USB :)

E-reader in sleep mode, showing a fullscreen cover I made for inkle's The Intercept interactive story.E-reader showing the beginning of inkle's The Intercept interactive story showcasing new features: a custom header image is inlined and the same font as in the original Unity version of the game is used.The Xteink X4 e-reader showing library/menu page of the eenk firmware. We can see a single item in the list, which is The Intercept story. The item contains some metadata (title, author, file size) as well as a custom thumbnail image.A close up of my computer's display, showing a window of eenky, the custom IDE for eenk, opened on the ink file for The Intercept. At the top we can see the special metadata header used to define these custom images and fonts while keeping the source file 100% valid ink. Images inlined within the story flow rely on the #IMAGE tag exactly like the js web export from Inky, meaning that a single ink file can be exported to either web or eenk binary.
Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · last wk.

It's settled, I'm going brutalist. I'm glad I built a simulator (for the IDE) because that sort of layout work would be way more tedious if I had to flash and boot the device every 5 minutes. This will hopefully give some character and consistency to eenk :)

A photo of the Xteink X4 e-reader running the eenk firmware. A story is being interrupted by a dialogue asking for confirmation before quitting. It's now redesigned with bold uppercase type, thick borders and flat shadows.
Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · 2w ago

eenk, my interactive fiction firmware for Xteink e-reader, is making progress🙂 I've added custom font support (at device level and story level). The IDE is shaping up. I'm working on documentation, update process, polish. It's getting there! Does anyone have a cool ink story it could ship with?

A screenshot of the eenky IDE specially designed to create (and compile) stories for the eenk firmware. It's a fork of inkle's Inky editor with complete frontend rewrite.A picture showing the xteink eenk reader playing an ink story with a futuristic looking custom font. It's the same story as in the IDE screenshot.
Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · last mo.

Ok progress - a skeleton UI (menus, dialogs, battery indicator, file browser, etc) - a desktop IDE (forked from Inky) with built in ePaper simulator to write and compile stories - improvements to the story player itself (metadata, save/resume, handling large stories up to ~5Mb) I'm calling it eenk!

Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After his opera singing blobs and his cello playing bird, the amazing David Li has returned. Meet Splosh, Splish, Splat, Smudge & Scrape in his new art experiment. It's weird. It's squishy. It's soothing. It's beautiful. (also it's technically bonkers) artsandculture.google.com/experiment/s...

Splash Canvas - Google Arts & Culture

A fluid virtual painting experience by David Li. AI-powered sea creatures act as your brushes and guides, giving playful critiques as you paint

artsandculture.google.com

inkle@inkle.co · 2mo ago

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

The Complete Inkle Library

Adventure awaits in these beloved classics and new favorite games from Inkle! Get them at the price of your choice and support Breakthrough T1D!

humblebundle.com

CopyOfNewFolder (1)@copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After a 10 minute introduction, you spend the next 10-ish hours eating fish, humans, sharks and whales, growing in mass, spontaneously evolving electricity powers and being a public menace, just as Spielberg intended. https://store.steampowered.com/app/629820/Maneater/ [2/5]

Maneater on Steam

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

store.steampowered.com

Tom Granger@tomgranger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How For All Mankind Season 5 scores 90% on tomatometer is a mystery to me. It starts OK, then rapidly turns into a total drag of a soap with archetypical characters making nonsensical decisions and a direction that misses beats and oozes budget cuts. It has turned into a cheap spin-off of itself.