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I don't use MS Word so I can't really help, but if you've set up each "page" of the 'zine as a different page in Word, it is probably thinking that you want them printed as individual pages, and the page setup is just assuming it's very small pages, so that when you go to print on regular-sized paper, it just prints one per page.

You may need to "lay them out" onto a single page to get the effect you need.

What I did was use Apple's Pages to create a bunch of small one-zine-page-sized images, and then used a layout program to position and place them into a second document that has them printable.  I imagine many word processors are capable of placing "boxes" of text in a layout so you can edit them in place, but when the pages are not in a very usable order and some of them are rotated 180°, you might find it less painful to just make the images and lay them out when done.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Interesting! I’d love to hear how it goes.

Yeah, I found that. Just wasn't sure whether there was anything else; I expected an end game screen or something.  Anyway, great little game!  Well done.

Excellent game. Very engaging.

Is there an endgame I'm missing, or does it just end when you've upgraded all three parts of your suit all the way?

Great, thanks for your support.  I do have some new stuff in the works!

Glad you enjoy it!

The game was bought by Button Shy so I won’t be releasing new ones in this format. There will be some releases as “AdvanceQuest” that will be available for download later. If you follow me here I will post about them when they become available.

In the mean time there have been some fan-made adventures posted here to itch you can check out, and you might be interested in some of my other games which have some similarities to this game, like Welcome Aboard, Captain, which uses many of the same mechanics for an open-world Sci fi game, or Fable on your Table which is like Dungeon Hero as a tabletop miniatures dungeon crawler.

I used to play a lot of Dwarf Fortress on Mac, and I'm interested in revisiting it.  Are there any plans of releasing this for the Mac platform?

Okay, clearing the stones got me to 303!

Clear the stones, eh? Didn’t know you could do that - I thought they were just walls!

Nice, thanks for saying so.

How does it compute the final score?  I see people with scores of 303, but I cleared the entire board and only got to 288.

Yes, agreed.  I'd love to be able to have a key command to mark, either a modifier key to mark when clicked, or a keystroke that places a mark with the next click after typing it, or some other mechanism that doesn't rely on right click or a scroll wheel or anything like that.  Because right now, I have to play without marks because it's so likely that I'll mistakenly click the cell instead of mark the cell.  That, in turn, makes it really slow going because I keep having to recompute values.

In fact, it would be really nice to be able to play entirely with the keyboard, using the arrow keys to highlight tiles and key bindings to click or mark the tile currently highlighted.

Great game.

Suggestion: Also allow shift-clicking as well as right-clicking to mark tiles.  It's easy to accidentally click when trying to right-click on some trackpads or on one-button mice.  I've died several times when trying to mark, and being able to hold down a modifier key to safely mark a tile would have been really helpful.

Excellent game.  Took me a while to figure it out, but once you get it, it's pretty engrossing.  Well done.

The current version is only playable with the web app but I am almost done with a second edition of the game which does not require it.

Follow me to be notified when that version is released.

I've downloaded it.  I'll check it out

Yeah, as mentioned, supplies appeared to be limited and it's no longer available.  One of the adventures is still available on pnparcade, however: https://www.pnparcade.com/products/advancequest

Sure, send me a link. Would love to check it out.

Sorry, not currently.  That would be a lot of cards to print out – basically, more than two decks, and one of them is a non-standard size that AFAIK you can't get card sleeves for – so it didn't seem like a game people would want to print and build from scratch.  It was kinda designed to work with the GameCrafter's specific strengths.

It's an idea, though.  Follow me here on itch – if I decide to make a PNP-friendly version, I'll post about it here!

If you like Dungeon Hero, you might like Fable on your Table, which uses some similar 2x2 mechanics for a more miniatures skirmish vibe, also with dungeon crawling elements.

Welcome Aboard Captain uses the same 2x2 system for solo sci-fi roleplaying.  The pre-written adventures for that game are a lot like the pre-written adventures of Dungeon Hero, but are more linear and more complicated because you track a crew of multiple bridge officers and your ship.  You can try Charon Wormhole, the tutorial adventure, for free to get a feel for what the game is like.

There have also been a few people who have made some fan expansions for Dungeon Hero, which you can find by searching here on itch.

Not currently, no.  Sorry.

Thanks for your interest.

I am working on a second edition of Fable on your Table which is expanded with some tighter rules, more gameplay options, a magic system, and custom-crafted missions.  It's almost done and is currently in playtesting.  Be sure to follow me here on itch for news about when it's released!

This is great!  Some ideas for more generator elements:

• Tattered sails a'la a ghost ship.
• Flags for different nationalities (and pirates).
• Figureheads.
• Crew members visible on the deck.
  
• KRAKEN ATTACK!
• Sails, flags, banners, and water slightly animated.

Thanks, hope you enjoy the game!

Awesome, glad you're here.  Hope you enjoy the other adventures.

 (Note that "The New Hill" that we made for AdvanceQuest is very similar to the bonus content in the giant beasts volume, so you might want to not pay extra for the bonus content for that one if you decide to pick it up, because you basically already own an improved version of it.)

Just had a run that earned 47 points.  The stars aligned pretty well to get there!

Edit: Just got a 50 point run!

Love it.  After several games, my high score is 37.  Probably play a little too conservatively with the upgrades, but that's the fun of it, I guess!

Edit:  Just got 44 points!

Wow, that was a close finale! Loved it. Thanks for making the video and I hope your throat feels okay after talking like a pirate for so long!

Oh nice I'll check it out tonight.

Fun little deckbuilder game.  Managed to beat the final level!

Thanks for the kind words. I’m really excited to get the second edition into people’s hands - I’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into it.

Needed to figure out the community copy thing anyway, so now's as good a time as any.  I've added some. Enjoy. Hope you like the game.

Nice. This is a solid deckbuilder, quite enjoyable. Took me a bit to get the hang of the UI, but once I did, it was quick to navigate and had a lot of depth considering the restrictions of PICO-8. Well done.

I'm a sucker for a fun and simple math game, so I picked this up, printed it out, cut-and-sleeved the cards, and gave it a go!

It's quick to assemble (just a few sheets of cards to cut out and sleeve), it's super easy to learn, and it provides a quick little brain teaser.

Despite the characters "digging their own graves" in the comic, this doesn't require any deeper math than just simple arithmetic. It would be especially good for playing with kids who need some arithmetic practice (or who just need to feel like math is fun!), but it's also a quick little game adults can play to do some quick number theory puzzles.

Well worth a few bucks and the time it took to put it together! A charming presentation of a fun little brain-twiddling activity.

Thanks for making it, Shenbot Makes!

Just wanted to say that I've been playing a lot of this game. I find it very pleasing and relaxing. Thanks for making it!

Ah, nice.  This change already feels better.  There seems to be some weirdness with the new up/down controls, though - sometimes when you try to select a tower that you just moved vertically to, the finger doesn't point to the top tile and it doesn't select.  Moving left then right clears this, allowing you to select the tower again.

Beautiful work.

FYI there's a bug if you accidentally try to pick up a piece on a tower with no pieces - it throws a multi-line error message. I've screenshotted it and added it below.

Suggestion: If you have multiple rows of towers, let the up/down arrow keys move from the top and bottom rows.

Thanks for letting me know. I've tried to reproduce this and haven't yet, but I'll look into it further.