When I browsed the Github repository, I learned that Jason Lautzenheiser sadly passed away:
I didn’t know Jason personally, but I liked to use Trizbort and am grateful for his work on it. May he rest in peace.
I had no idea about Jason!
Trizbort.io is really good, and includes a mode where you can “install it” as a Progressive Web App. I recommend that.
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Likewise. I had no idea that Jason had passed away. I’m really sorry to hear that, as he had been providing a valuable service to the community and had also authored at least one game himself. I guess that explains why there hasn’t been any Trizbort activity in recent years.
Rest in peace, Jason.
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Sorry to hear about Jason’s death. Here’s his IFWiki page. I’ve added it to the “in memoriam” category. Jason Lautzenheiser - IFWiki
The “What’s your setup” topic prompted me to re-download Trizbort yesterday. I’d downloaded it ages ago but never used it. It was a bit of a rigmarole working out where to go. The old website stops in 2015 and the “new” one’s a poker website. I made some minor changes to IFWiki to help others, though – https://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Trizbort&action=history.
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Thanks for letting us all know. This is a definite loss to me. From the obituatry it’s clear text adventures etc. were far from the only thing in his life. I remember some of his tweets being the sort of thing it should have been used for.
He helped me understand things about source control and C++ that I thought I couldn’t and feel silly not understanding now, and I’m pretty sure if he helped me, he helped his real-life colleagues with the same thing. We were very different people but I was very glad to make his acquaintance and be able to spend time over the internet with him.
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