Dan Cogliano

About this episode

Dan Cogliano discusses his work with the Z Machine and the challenges of creating text adventure games.

Dan Cogliano joins Paul and they discuss Dan’s work with the Z Machine, which allows you to play Zork and other text adventure games. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:30 Dan’s start with computers 3:05 The EZ Make Oven 4:53 The Z-Machine 7:59 Challenges in creating the CP Z Machine 9:08 The game of Zork 11:00 CP Z Machine Learn Guide 11:15 Dan’s next game 12:29 Challenges working with graphics 13:37 Where to learn more about Dan BlueSky Dan’s Learn Guides Danthegeek.com Cleveland Museum of Art 14:27 Which board? 15:13 Wrap-up Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com . Thank you for your support!

People in this episode

Host: Paul Cutler

Guest: Dan Cogliano

Topics covered

• Z Machine
• text adventure games
• Zork
• game development
• graphics challenges

Keywords

• Z Machine
• Zork
• text adventure games
• game development
• graphics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Danthegeek.com

Products: Z Machine

Books & works: Zork

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