PunyInform v5.13.3 by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson is a library written in Inform 6 to create adventure game (pure text, no graphic support contrary to DAAD) using the Z-machine virtual machine which will run on 8bit computers (or more recent computers too). PunyInform has a parser, knowing of common verbs and a framework to write adventure games.

PunyInform is based on the Inform 6 library written by Graham Nelson. Its goal is to make easily adventure games in Inform 6, with a manual describing the differences between the official library and PunyInform..

Games using PunyInform can be compiled in z3, z5 and z8 format (z3 being the best format for 8bit computers, other formats have more features). Compared to the Inform 6 library, it means that there is no support for the Glulx virtual machine but z3 format is important as Inform 6 doesnt support it.

To compile games written with PunyInform, you should use the Inform 6 compiler maintained by David Kinder. Binaries are available on if-archive. PunyInform needs Inform v6.35 (or more).

They are tutorials to write adventure game with PunyInform (end of the page) and all the documentation including a 8 page cheat sheet (quick reference)..

To try your game after compilation, you can use WinFrotz by David Kinder, to create map easily you can use Trizbort.

And finally, to create an Amstrad CPC and PCW disk image, you will have to use the Puddle BuildTools which works under linux, windows 1x with WSL2 or MacOS with Intel processor and OrbStack.

AmstradGGP is working on a new project for Amstrad CPC : Mighty Renegades, of course a remake of Renegades, and here comes a screenshot and a video to make you hungry for more :

Turrican est un jeu de plate-forme pour Amstrad CPC sorti en 1990, édité by Rainbow Arts.

Jean-marie has modified Turrican to use 128 Kb, which permits to add music form the Atari ST game.

The link of the download is on CPCWiki.

The Secret of Darren Blake for Amstrad CPC by Atanerus Dog is released today. It's a spanish graphical novel in several parts (video below by XeNoMoRPH). For each screen, you have a picture and some text and you must write a sentence for the aventure to continue. Originally the game is a book written by a friend of Antero MARTINEZ : Jonathan Carrers.

The prelude to this story is as follows : in Rawlins (Wyoming), two brothers who have lived far from their parents make crime their way of life. By chance, they discover that their father, a prestigious scientist, has appeared hanged on his own property. Without hesitation, they decide to go to Arthur (Nebraska) to claim the inheritance that rightfully belongs to them. Due to complicated circumstances discovered there, they decide to investigate their father's death, as they do not believe it was a suicide. Something else must have happened that will endanger the lives of the two brothers.

Batman is a great classic for Amstrad CPC written in 1986 by Jon RITMAN (programmation), Bernie DRUMMOND (graphics) and Mark SERLIN (music). It was edited by Ocean Software.

Enrique G. Gálvez jus released yesterday Batman for Amstrad PCW and PCW+ in 4 and 16 colors modes which are available with the two following emulators : CP/M Box and ZEsarUX.

Grazia Pizzuto has many videos of music of videos games played on piano, this time it's a video of Thanatos on piano.

The last version of multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC RASM (v2.3.6) is released today on Github.

This multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC (for linux, windows, and also for MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC. It's recommended to use it with the new emulator also by Roudoudou : ACE-DL released today, to get symbols and breakpoints importation and much more.

Inufuto is a japanese who write many games, each time for several platforms including Amstrad CPC. He wrote initally Battlot in 2022, this year he is releasing a new version of Battlot for Amstrad CPC+ with hardware sprites. You will find there the Youtube channel of Inufuto.

Arkos Tracker v3.2.6 by Targhan is available on his web site. This is no longer a beta version, the site has many tutorials. This version is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Intel and ARM).

After CPCBasic unchained and CPCBasicTS unchained, Marco Vieth (author of the first Amstrad CPC emulator CPCEmu) has released LocoBasic five months ago.

LocoBasic is a streamlined adaptation of Locomotive BASIC, designed primarily for calculations. It is lightweight and can run either in a browser or on the command line using Node.js. It has NO GOTO but supports a subroutine style with GOSUB. Line numbers are optional and only needed to start a subroutine or a DATA line for RESTORE.

You can try LocoBasic here.

This new version brings the following features :

• SVG Output
• Examples to check out: Sierpiński triangle, Mandelbrot set, "Little Architect" demo
• Real-Time Clock RSX commandsexample=drawclk
• Also included : syntax highlighting editor for BASIC