The Ventureweaver

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  • ventureweaver.itch.io/Checkout my Itch.IO page for my older games.
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  • July 12, 2025

    A Glimpse Behind the Lantern???

    Something’s been stirring lately. Not just in the world of The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge, but beyond it too. The site’s been breaking records. Downloads are flying, GitHub is alive, and for the first time in a long time, it feels like people are really starting to notice what’s going on here. All these years…

    Updates
    Adventure, blog, Fantasy, Gaming, Interactive Fiction, labyrinth, life, Open Source, Programming, Retro, short-stories, Text Adventure, travel, writing
  • July 9, 2025

    A Deeper Descent: New Realms and Relics Unveiled in The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge

    The world of The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge continues to expand with the unveiling of a hauntingly beautiful new region, The Guardian’s Landing, and the ancient arcane sanctums that lie beyond it. This chapter of the labyrinth invites adventurers into a space where time, memory, and mysticism blur into one. With handcrafted detail in every…

    Musings, Release
    Adventure, Edmonton Alberta, Fantasy, fiction, Gaming, gaming news, horror, indie spotlight, Interactive Fiction, must play, new game content, Open Source, Programming, Retro, short-story, Text Adventure, travel, update drop, writing, you have to see this
  • July 6, 2025

    The Vital Importance of Core Values in my Game Development

    In an industry increasingly consumed by hollow trends and corporate greed, there remains a quiet but unyielding truth: that our creations, when forged from conviction, can stand as eternal monuments to the best of who we are. For me, The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge is more than just a game. It is the result of…

    Musings
    Adventure, adventure games, books, classic games, download now, Fantasy, free game, gamer community, gamers unite, Gaming, indie game, Indie Games, Interactive Fiction, life, mental-health, old school gaming, Open Source, play free, Programming, Retro, retro gaming, Text Adventure, travel, writing
  • July 2, 2025

    Local Developer Unleashes Mind-Bending Adventure—Free Game Turns Players into Fanatics!

    In a world where flashy graphics and pay-to-win mechanics dominate, The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge stands tall as a rare reminder of what gaming can be: immersive, challenging, and unforgettable. This isn’t just another game to breeze through and forget. It’s a decades-long labor of love, crafted line by painstaking line in QBasic, echoing the…

    Musings
    Adventure, Fantasy, fiction, free download, free games, Gaming, Interactive Fiction, labyrinth, LanternGuideYourWay, Open Source, PassionProject, Programming, Qbasic, Retro, short-story, Text Adventure, travel, writing
  • June 28, 2025

    Embracing Creativity: A Game Developer’s Journey

    With my surgery date approaching and Canada Day on the horizon, there will be a short pause between this post and the next-just a few days, I hope. With six weeks off work and some time to myself, I thought I’d share a few thoughts with you all. Despite everything happening in the world, I…

    Shower Thoughts
    Adventure, blog, Fantasy, Gaming, Interactive Fiction, life, love, mental-health, Open Source, Programming, Retro, Text Adventure, travel, writing
  • June 22, 2025

    TXTCORE: A Lantern in the Dark – Building The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge

    There are easier ways to make a game than writing thousands of lines in QBasic. There are engines with drag-and-drop interfaces, AI-assisted code, glossy textures, and prefab terrain. There are tools designed to churn out content, to follow formulas, to satisfy trends. I could’ve taken that path, but I didn’t. Not because I’m nostalgic for…

    Updates
    #ExploreNewWorlds, Adventure, AdventureGame, Affordable Gaming, CanadianGameDev, ClassicGamingRevival, creativity, ExploreNewWorlds, Fantasy, FantasyAdventure, FreeGames, Gaming, InspiredByEdmonton, Interactive Fiction, labyrinth, LanternGuideYourWay, life, mental-health, Open Source, poetry, Programming, reading, Retro, retro gaming, RetroGaming, review, Text Adventure, TextAdventure, travel, Ventureweaver, writing
  • June 14, 2025

    My manifesto : The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge – A Decades-Long Odyssey in Text Adventures

    Step into a world built not by corporations or algorithms, but by the hands of a single dreamer over decades. The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge is more than a game—it’s a living world crafted with passion, persistence, and purpose. Every room, every eerie whisper in the dark, every path that forks into mystery, was written…

    Memoir
    Adventure, Affordable Gaming, ClassicGamingRevival, Fantasy, FreeGames, GamersUnite, games, Gaming, GamingCommunity, GamingManifesto, GamingWithHeart, Indie Games, IndieGameDev, InspiredByEdmonton, Interactive Fiction, JourneyBegins, labyrinth, LabyrinthOfTimesEdge, MadeWithLove, OldSchoolGaming, Open Source, PassionProject, Programming, reading, Retro, retro gaming, RetroGaming, SoloDev, SupportIndieGames, Text Adventure, travel, video-games, writing
  • June 8, 2025

    The Withered Orchard and the Weight of What Matters

    A personal reflection by Kenneth Hawkins, creator of The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge Lately, I’ve been battling through a rough stretch with my health. There are moments when even standing upright feels like defiance. Moments when my hands tremble at the keyboard. And yet… I keep going. Not because I’m stubborn. Not because I’m chasing…

    Shower Thoughts
    Adventure, blog, Fantasy, Interactive Fiction, life, Open Source, Programming, Retro, Text Adventure, travel, writing
  • June 7, 2025

    This Game Is My Magnum Opus

    You know, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. About why I keep doing this. About why I’ve spent so many years building this massive, strange, personal thing called The Labyrinth of Time’s Edge. The truth is, this isn’t just some game I put together for fun. This isn’t just a side project or…

    Musings
    Adventure, ExploreNewWorlds, Fantasy, Gaming, Interactive Fiction, life, Open Source, Programming, Qbasic, QBasicGames, reading, Retro, Text Adventure, travel, video-games, writing
  • June 1, 2025

    From Alberta with Shadows

    It is I, the Ventureweaver, returning once more to share tales from the wild edges of imagination, stories that I hope will forever shift the way you see the world around you. Lately, I’ve been wandering the outer reaches of a world not many dare to explore. Creatures not born of myth or memory have…

    Musings, Upcoming Additions
    Adventure, AdventureGame, CanadianGameDev, Fantasy, FantasyAdventure, fiction, Gaming, Interactive Fiction, LanternGuideYourWay, life, love, OldSchoolGaming, Open Source, poetry, Programming, Retro, Text Adventure, TextAdventure, travel, writing
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