The Crimson Diamond Gazette #64
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MEDIA
YakWaxLips video: Most Anticipated Adventure Games of 2024!
Adventure Game Hotspot's PIXEL ART Adventure Games you MUST PLAY in 2024
Adventure Game Geek's Upcoming Adventure Games 2024...And Beyond!
vicek83's "Plans for Adventure Game Developers for 2024" (guest spot)
Rock Paper Shotgun Screenshot Saturday Monday
Adventure Game Hotspot interview
FireFlower Games interview article
Hello Playdate Podcast interview
FMM Live: Discussion with Julia Minamata Dev of The Crimson Diamond
2D Game Art Tips for Solo or Small Teams -- Pre-recorded panel
Scene World Podcast #160 - The Crimson Diamond with Julia Minamata
vicek83's "Plans for Adventure Game Developers for 2023" (guest spot)
Exposing Decades-old Secrets of The Colonel's Bequest (guest spot)
Adventure Game Hotspot Streaming Event Guest Spot #1
Adventure Game Hotspot Streaming Event Guest Spot #2
Current "The Crimson Diamond Demo" Speedrun World Records
The Crimson Diamond on Speedruns.com
Disaster SquadCast episode
"Talking To Women About Videogames" podcast episode part 2 of 2
"Talking To Women About Videogames" podcast episode part 1 of 2
Joystick interview (in English)
Joystick interview (in Greek)
Plans of Adventure Game Devs in 2022 (timestamped link)
IGDA Twin Cities Talk: "The Practical Magic of Pixel Art"
Steam Next Fest (Oct 2021) Developer's Let's Play of The Crimson Diamond Demo
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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Editor: Julia Minamata - julia@thecrimsondiamond.com
January 2024
Hello, dear readers! Happy January! Happy New Year! It's the Year of the Dragon, AND the Year of The Crimson Diamond! At long last, I'll be launching my game in 2024. Exciting!
I finally mailed out my holiday cards to my $5+ tier Patreon patrons! I'll be sure to share the 2023 holiday card art in the next issue of the Crimson Gazette.
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Developer update: ALL of the music tracks that Dan's composed are now implemented in the game! And now that the holiday cards have been sent off, after this issue of the gazette is complete I will be back working on the alpha build. I feel like I haven't touched the game in weeks and I'm getting a bit antsy!
Please wishlist The Crimson Diamond on Steam, it really helps me out!
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As has become an annual tradition, Youtuber vicek83 asked me to contribute to his video "Plans of adventure games developers for 2024"! This is the third (fourth?) time I've promised The Crimson Diamond in the following year... But I really mean it this time!!
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The year is off to a great start! A few adventure game Youtubers have made 2024 game launch announcement videos and were excited enough about The Crimson Diamond to include it in their lists!
Adventure Game Hotspot gives TCD a mention in their video "PIXEL ART Adventure Games you MUST PLAY in 2024"! Hooray!
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Adventure Game Geek made a very funny video called "Upcoming Adventure Games 2024...And Beyond!" in which he slaps some creative adventure game launch dates onto a colourful 2024 calendar! Check it out to see where TCD lands! xD
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YakWaxLips posted his video "Most Anticipated Adventure Games of 2024! Top 15 Upcoming Point & Click Games for PC", and it's got a fantastic selection (TCD included)! So much to look forward to!
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Over on Twitch, streamer IamFastWolf streamed The Crimson Diamond demo recently! I wasn't able to watch live, but I will definitely be checking out the VOD. I love when streamers take the time to stream the TCD demo, please let me know when you do and I'll do my best to be there!
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The Level 0 NPCs are back, and we've started playing Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra (fantastic thumbnail art by NPC Matthew Goodmanson, as usual!). Laura has a lot more to say in this one, so expect more half-baked Southern accent from me! We're sorta planning to play The Crimson Diamond after we finish Dagger, so expect me to delay this Let's Play at every turn! :P
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If you'd like some awesome The Crimson Diamond stickers, hats, t-shirts and more, I have some fun stuff on my Fourthwall store!
And if you're interested in setting up a Fourthwall store of your own, here's my referral link (I'd get $15 credit :D).
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I'm back, streaming more pixel art! This museum close-up shot is nearly complete, though I still have to make a close-up version of Professor Plummer (whose name is a combination of Professor Plum from Clue and late, distinguished Canadian actor Christopher Plummer).
Livestream VOD round-up! All the streams since last gazette are here!
Dec 19th art stream, Jan 9th art stream (I took two weeks off for the holidays).
Crimson C'Tuesday happens every Tuesday at 8pm Eastern on Twitch! Come and hang out!
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New year, new Let's Play! I've started High Seas Homicide (1993) by Sherwood Forest Software. It hits all five of my favourite things:
1. EGA
2. Text parser
3. Mystery
4. Adventure game
5. Set primarily in a house or some other circumscribed location
I'm really enjoying it so far!
My completed Let's Plays:
Personal Nightmare (Horrorsoft 1989)
Last Half of Darkness (Softlab Software Laboratories 1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (LucasArts 1989)
Rise of the Dragon Let's Play (Dynamix, 1990)
The Sorceror's Appraisal (Yahtzee Croshaw, 2002)
Mortville Manor (Lankhor, 1987)
Legend of the Sword (Silicon Software, 1988)
Altered Destiny (Accolade, 1990)
The Dark Convergence (Jeffrey Kintz, 1993)
The Dark Convergence 2 (Jeffrey Kintz, 1994)
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CRAFT CORNER
I've made some really good progress on my EGA Rise of the Dragon cross-stitch! I wonder what I'll be tackling next..
Here's what he'll look like when he's finished!
Here are the DMC embroidery floss colours I used for my EGA palette:
It's a double Crafts Corner this month! My amazing mom sewed a lovely double border for my The Crimson Diamond parlour cross-stitch. I love the "dithered" white and green!
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Aerial view of the Ekati diamond mine. Photo: Dominion Diamond Mines
MINERAL TRIVIA SECTION
DID YOU KNOW: There really ARE diamond mines in northern Canada, and they're currently active! This recent article, by Ollie Williams at Cabin Radio, reports that the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories may remain active until well into the 2030s, thanks to new technology and extraction methods. The impact on the enviroment is evident from the above photo. Will Crimson, Ontario look like this in the future?
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INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE CRIMSON DIAMOND?
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 January! 2024 is the year of The Crimson Diamond!
-- JM