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October'24 Post
LINK.DUMP #022 - cool tools and cyber scarves, blood books and good books, and men who believe they are pregnant with dogs. we've got it all in this century's installment of linkdump.
Decker // Hypercard
I'm here to share another fun tool I've discovered, along with its ancient predecessor. In true tooth fashion, I'm inclined to share the path I took to get here. So without further adieus...
Decker
Ok so im on my computato all dang day, and rarely am I willing to pause youtube to give something the full attention it deserves. But today I had some down time and decided to give some of the play-in-browser games I've been link hoarding on itch and started with GUS IS SAD, a mini game about depression, made by one of favorite people to follow on the platform, OXY. This led me to check what other in-browser gems they might have, and noticed a lot employed this sweet sweet dithering effect over relatively simple click through design. Every now and then I think I want to try my hand at making a game, but put those thoughts aside when I realize the effort it will take. I scrolled down to their first game, arguably one of their best, Collage Advertisement (right). After playing a round I scrolled down to the product page and see that its made using "Decker". A comment reading in part "inspiring use of decker!" caught my eye.
Ive heard of other visual novel makers like Ren'py and Twine and those went over my head before I could get into them since my brain falls out of my butt as soon as i see a github link but Decker immediately hit different. Namely it had an itch page and didn't suggest I learn Python. In the description, the maker (Internet Janitor) states it's inspired by "Hypercard" with a link to the wiki.
Hypercard, 1987
Hypercard borrows its name from the Hyper family of the early internet, Hypertext, Hypermedia, Hyperdrive? Anyhoo, there's a link to a video on the wiki, which is nothing short of a delight. It's part product demonstration, part interview with the creators on an old tv program called Computer Chronicles. I am immediately smitten, as it would fit right in on an episode of Sleepcore (a go to bedtime media choice).
From here I see that Hypercard is an archive hashtag and name of a dedicated collection. I'm browsing creations from the late 80s and 90s that look like a cyber-xerox edition of everything neocities wishes it was. Old web af and clip art aesthetics at peak perfection. I find a digital magazine that was published via Hypercard and read an essay on vaporware by the folks who coined the term (above). Soon Im somersaulting down the rabbithole, flicking back and forth between the Decker community forum and Hypercard stack emulations on the internet archive and idk which im more excited to discover the old quirky, cyber dusty collection or the indie project iteration.
pick both.
I downloaded the Decker zip file and I urge y'all to do the same and let me know if you make something because I know if i can, then you dear reader most certainly can too! I would also urge you to browse some time away on the Hypercard archive, you're bound to find something that inspires you.
To open a Hypercard:
Once the emulator is running, click on 'disk' below the program icon (está aquí) and above the trashcan. Click the associated files in the window until the program opens.
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