26 - Julia Minamata of The Crimson Diamond

Julia Minamata is an artist and solo indie dev. She’s best known for The Crimson Diamond, an EGA text parser mystery adventure game where you play as mineralogist/reluctant detective Nancy Maple as she investigates increasingly mysterious happenings at The Crimson Lodge, a stately old house in the middle of a ghost town. EGA, for folks who don’t know, stands for Enhanced Graphics Adapter, which was a standard for PC displays introduced in 1984 that allowed for up to 16 colors on screen simultaneously. It was a major leap over the older 4-color CGA displays, bringing classic adventure games like King's Quest to life. These are the games that Julia was raised on. It’s an honor to hear more about her journey in this episode! 

Go play The Crimson Diamond! It's not to be missed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/

Follow and subscribe to Julia on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
And subscribe to Julia on YouTube for VODs and more: https://www.youtube.com/@JuliaMinamata
Check out The Round About Orchard (Over the Garden Wall Mini-Adventure): https://juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw

Earthrise: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/earthrise-vz/play-vz
Omnicron Conspiracy: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/omnicron-conspiracy-q1
The Colonel's Bequest: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_colonels_bequest
The Aching: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295210/The_Aching/
Yuji Horii Mystery Trilogy! https://giantbomb.com/wiki/Franchises/Yuji_Horii_Mysteries