mcpalmer1980

Welcome to my itch.IO page!

I’m an amateur writer and solo game designer. Here you will find my computer games, board games, short stories, and a 1,200 page fantasy trilogy. All of my content is available free of charge, but if you enjoy it, I ask that you pay whatever you feel it’s worth.

Everything here was designed and developed using nothing but free and open source software that you too may freely use. Here are some of the tools that I used most.

• Inkscape – all my graphics and illustrations were designed in this great free vector graphics program
• Python – my video games were written in my favorite computer language, which itself is open source
• pygame – although dismissed by serious game developers, I love this game design framework
• Ninja – not just another IDE, this is a great tool for beginning python hobbyists
• VS Code – I switched to this free Microsoft code editor when I outgrew Ninja
• SFXR – this tool makes it easy to add retro and placeholder sound effects to you games
• Audacity – all sound post processing was done in this program
• RFO Basic – my older Android games were written in this language
• Libre Office – a powerful office suite I used for my manuscripts and manuals
• GNU/Linux – I have used several Linux distributions and command line tools on my computer
• KDENLIVE - my game Teasers and other Youtube videos were edited with this great video editor