#BarrenPlanet didn't have a straightforward development journey. Conceived as a port of an old project, an easy 1-month game jam entry, it ended up taking two and half years to finish to my satisfaction. Shortly after development in 2023, I posted the story of how the game came to be. You can read the first article at http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/180/barren-planet-from-the-dev-diary. #gamedev #ibmpc #msdos #cga