This isn't about today, but it seemed the most appropriate topic to tell you guys about my weekend
I was at Retro Reunited in Huddersfield, a gaming convention for fans of the BBC Micro and games of that era. Recently I'd been asked to make some levels for Mole Miner, a new game coming out inspired by the Repton series, and even though I built 15 levels this was not just the first time I met the game's creators, it was the first time I'd had a chance to play it! And it was great to see it in action at last -- viewing the levels in the editor just isn't the same experience, especially on the crappy monitor I'm cursed with.
As well as that, I got to meet Matthew Atkinson, the programmer of Repton 3 and hence one of the gods I've worshipped ever since I was tiny
He'd come to give a talk and question-and-answer session, and I spoke to him briefly after that, but he wasn't staying so I couldn't show him my YouTube videos of the fastest possible completion of his levels
And of course, I played a variety of games, from old favourites like Space Pilot and Galaforce to a few games I'd never heard of -- particularly in the second room, where they had a huge variety of platforms, some not
quite as ancient as the BBC Micro. Perhaps the highlight of the day was an interesting match at Chu Chu Rocket with my friend Jonathan, which I won by 846-3!
