Maelstrom ran on my Mac in my dorm for months, open for anyone who wanted to sit down and play a game. Friends in the dorm would just come by, chat for a few minutes, play a game. Good times.
A few years later, I really got into the online tank game, Bolo. Andrew Welch, the owner of Ambrosia, became a Boloer of some skill. Before a Bolo game gets going, there was often some down time when players would text chat, plus there was an IRC channel that had good traffic. I got to know Andrew a bit through that. He was a good guy. He had started Ambrosia with Maelstrom and grown it in bits and pieces with new titles. He never struck me as being hugely ambitious, but he definitely liked owning a little software shop that allowed him to make a decent living.
It's really sad to see that Ambrosia isn't doing well, to say the least. Makes me nostalgic.
Bolo makes me nostalgic. There was a small but active winbolo community for a while more recently. No idea if they're still around. I'd love to see a modern port of bolo for Mac with modern networking and such.
Maelstrom ran on my Mac in my dorm for months, open for anyone who wanted to sit down and play a game. Friends in the dorm would just come by, chat for a few minutes, play a game. Good times.
A few years later, I really got into the online tank game, Bolo. Andrew Welch, the owner of Ambrosia, became a Boloer of some skill. Before a Bolo game gets going, there was often some down time when players would text chat, plus there was an IRC channel that had good traffic. I got to know Andrew a bit through that. He was a good guy. He had started Ambrosia with Maelstrom and grown it in bits and pieces with new titles. He never struck me as being hugely ambitious, but he definitely liked owning a little software shop that allowed him to make a decent living.
It's really sad to see that Ambrosia isn't doing well, to say the least. Makes me nostalgic.