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ATiredGoat

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About ATiredGoat

I am currently working on the largest text adventure in Qbasic, hoping to bring back the fun of simple text adventures with that open world feel.

lantern.adventurer@gmail.com

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    Some doors in the Labyrinth are made of stone. Some are made of flesh. And some are made of choice. Whispers of Fate is not about monsters. It is about steps taken, bridges crossed…

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    I wanted to do something special. I remember seeing Christmas screen cards as a kid, shared on those old shareware discs and running on aging systems that somehow felt magical. The…

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    This video is a small love letter to the old computer screen cards of Christmas, the ones that didn’t need sound or spectacle to mean something.

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    Comment #46269271

    Join the text adventure revolution.

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    Comment #46030351

    For the past few years I’ve been building something a little unusual in 2025: a massive, fully hand-written, QBasic-powered text adventure game with over 4,000+ handcrafted rooms, …

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    Comment #45866516

    The Labyrinth Chronicles is a video series chronicling every region of the largest text adventure ever built in QBasic - The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge. Each episode explores the lor…

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    Comment #45806482

    What are you waiting for! Join the cause.

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    Comment #45742245

    Alone, I've spent years weaving The Labyrinth of Time's Edge, a vast QBasic text adventure with over 4,000 interconnected rooms. Its newest chapter, The Ashen Coast, drags you to a…

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    Comment #45714161

    Find out what awaits you.

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    Comment #45604871

    After years of work, The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge has officially reached its 4,000th handcrafted room. Built entirely in QBasic by me, the game is a massive interactive world part …