The Crimson Diamond Gazette #35
Welcome to the latest issue! News and fun facts inside!
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MEDIA
Interviews from the Multiverse: Julia Minamata
Lockdown Con II "The Indie Games Revolution" Panel (first panel of the day)
WIRED.com's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy
Pixelles BIPOC Creator Program grant recipient
usesthis interview (interview about my hardware and software set-up)
8-bit Ninja interview about The Crimson Diamond (in German)
CAAD52 magazine article about The Crimson Diamond (in Spanish)
Cabel Sasser's Photoshop Revelation clip
HomeTeam GameDev Podcast -- Guest Julia Minamata
CityNews - Canada Showcased Through Video Games
CBC Thunder Bay - Superior Morning Radio Interview
PAX East 2020 "What's Next for Adventure Games" Panel
Adventure Games Podcast episode
Classic Adventurer, Issue 07 -- Featured
Adventure Gamers AdventureX Round-up, part II
Adventure Gamers Announcement Article
Adventure Corner Article (German)
The CGG Podcast: # 44 Third appearance, updates since April 2019!
The CGG Podcast: #20 The Crimson Diamond updates & The Colonel's Bequest
The CGG Podcast: #1 Episode featuring me discussing The Crimson Diamond
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I help admin a thriving classic gaming community called the Classic Gamers Guild on Facebook. We host plenty of events during the week, as well as contests and a bunch of other great stuff. We even have a podcast and I was the first guest!
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Editor: Julia Minamata - julia@thecrimsondiamond.com
September 2021
Hello, dear readers! Happy September! The weather is cooling here in Ontario, but still quite warm most of the time. I love this time of year!
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I was interviewed by Damiano Gerli for The Genesis Temple Podcast. Damiano is a podcaster, journalist, and gaming historian. We had a lovely conversation about The Crimson Diamond and games of the past and present!
I was also on a livestream with Robert "Staredcraft" Willing for his "Interviews from the Multiverse" series! Robert's interviewed lots of game devs, including fellow Adventure Game Studio developers Francisco González of Grundislav Games and Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye!
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I had my third guest on stream! Jim Maxwell is an Emmy award-winning matte painter and lover of adventure games. We talked about some of his favourite games and game art, The Crimson Diamond, his work on Vikings, and his book project! He also tried his hand at low-res EGA pixel art! Check out the video here!
Art streams continue! I'm still working on the nighttime scene with the fisherman and the campfire. I'm making lots of progress -- I think it'll be done soon! Here's the latest art stream video.
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Music streams also continue! Dan composed a tense waltz for one of the later chapters in The Crimson Diamond. He built it from scratch in this video!
Game art and game music streams generally alternate on Tuesdays at 8pm Eastern. Art streams are on a_maplemystery and music streams are on danthebandmusic! When streams go live I announce it on Twitter, so follow me there to be notified (or follow my channel on Twitch!).
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CRAFT CORNER
I've returned to cross-stitching! I'm still testing out a few embroidery floss colours (the cyans and magentas are proving the trickiest), but I think I've nearly chosen my EGA cross-stitching palette!
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MINERAL TRIVIA SECTION
DID YOU KNOW: Herkimer diamonds aren't diamonds at all! They are double-terminated (pointy on both ends) quartz crystals with 18 faces. They are gorgeous in jewellry, where their bold, naturally "faceted" structure and stunning clarity can be enjoyed every day!
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Check the sidebar for links to my Patreon and PayPal! Or visit The Crimson Diamond's Steam page follow the game, and add it to your wishlist! There's a FREE playable demo too, for Windows PC and Mac! <3
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Thanks for reading! Happy September!
-- JM