+-----------------------------------------------------+ | robotfindskitten.org v1600005.334b | | Just the robotown evening news. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | 09.02.14 -- ALTERNATIVE PHP EDITION | .[rfk) | |:-[home) | Coming to us all the way from France, Xavier |:-[rfk news) | Darmon has created a new PHP implementation! |:-[software) | Thanks, Xavier! |:-[submit a port) | |:-[screenshots) | |:-[download) | 01.02.13 -- MAYAN APOCALYPSE EDITION |:-[the source) | |:-[lists) | Thanks to an injection of significant work, |:-[devteam) | inspiration and enthusiasm by Eric S. Raymond, the |:-[sponsors) | long-lost source code rewrite by Alexey Toptygin, |:-[contact info) | an NKI unification and purification project |`-[afterword) | spearheaded by none other than Leonard Richardson |`-[PLAY) | (and nearly doubling the number of "official" NKI | | primarily due to David Griffith's contributions), | | as well as lots of work by other members of the | | consortium, we are proud to announce that | | robotfindskitten has a new release, namely: | | | | The Mayan Apocalypse Edition | | | | ... which was released on 12.21.2012 -- the end | | of the Mayan calendar. | | | | Much thanks to everyone involved. | | | | While we are normally humble and extremely | | self-effacing, preferring to let others have the | | credit for finding kitten, saving the world, etc., | | the consortium would like to point out that while | | "correlation is not causation," we released a new | | version of robotfindskitten -- and the world did | | not end on as "predicted" by the Mayans. | | | | So you owe us. | | | | Now go! Find kitten! | | | | 11.01.12 -- HTML5 | | | | And now, as though robot stepped into a time | | portal to the FUTURE, we have been presented with | | Michael Wooten's HTML5 robotfindskitten! | | | | You've come a long way, robot! | | | | 10.25.12 -- Web 2.0 | | | | You knew it would happen! The 2012 rfk | | extravaganza took an unscheduled (that's | | pronounced un-shed-jeweled) hiatus (pronounce that | | however you like) for the last... oh, 8 months. | | | | Whoops! | | | | In the meantime robotfindskitten HQ has moved | | approximately six hours up the Pacific coast so | | that we can be closer to Silicon Valley. We're | | trying to prepare for one of two possibilities -- | | either we get VC and IPO for some mad ROI, or we | | prepare our teams of lawyers to go after Zynga for | | their new social game "robotfindskittenVille". | | Time will tell. | | | | However, while you wait for the news to break, we | | suggest you spend some time with Star Simpson's | | fabulous Web 2.0 version of robotfindskitten! | | | | It's so fabulous, in fact, that we've decided to | | host it. (We apologize to our friends using lynx | | -- this version requires JavaScript to play.) | | | | Thanks, Star! | | | | 02.1.12 -- Sega Master System | | | | Well, the NES may have beaten the SMS for market | | share in Japan and North America, but the Sega | | Master System found kitten first -- thanks to | | Ben "Greasemonkey" Russell. | | | | 01.31.12 -- Lego NXT Mindstorm | | | | Aapo Rantalainen's master gave him an rfk koan to | | meditate upon: "What is robot inside Robot?" Aapo | | said nothing, but immediately left for the | | mountains. Seven years later, he returned with | | robotfindskitten ported to the Lego NXT Mindstorm | | controller! Thanks, Aapo! | | | | 01.30.12 -- Nintendo Wii | | | | rfk extravaganza 2012 continues! | | | | Your new years resolution was to get more | | exercise, but exercise just seems so goal-oriented | | and only reminds you of the ubiquity of suffering | | and the futility of chasing after airs. That is, | | it did, until today. For robotfindskitten has | | been ported to the Nintendo Wii. And now, you can | | not only "play" robotfindskitten, you can "be" | | robot using the Wii Balance Board [Balance Board | | not included]! Imagine the scores of kilocalories | | you could burn, all the while fulfilling your | | destiny to find kitten. See our software page for | | more information. | | | | Thanks, Chris! | | | | 01.28.12 -- TI-86 | | | | Dateline Finland! | | | | Ever since Ander D'Nar ported rfk to the TI-83+ | | line of graphing calculators, those math whizzes | | using the more advanced TI-86 have been | | discontinuous with envy! Well, thanks to the | | efforts of plucky super-genius and calculator | | artist Heikki Kallasjoki, now even users of the | | TI-86 can "solve for kitten!" | | | | Stay tuned for more new ports coming this week! | | | | 01.28.12 -- *reboot* | | | | Hello kitten fans! | | | | I have some exciting news. | | | | While I was on my own lengthy personal journey | | of kitten finding, no less than 8 new ports have | | been submitted. Rather than putting them all in | | one announcement, I'm going to post them one at | | a time over the next several days. | | | | Stay tuned! | | | | 09.12.09 -- New Ports! | | | | We've got a mess of new ports for y'all. First, | | Steve Pomeroy has provided a port for Android. | | Now you can play rfk on your phone. But as if | | that weren't enough, Jonathan Moscardini | | thought it was necessary for you to be able to | | play rfk on your Zune -- say, when you were | | playing on your phone but then you got a call. | | Oh! But then, you needed to play some different | | music, what now? Fortunately, Ander D'Nar wrote | | an rfk for the TI-8x series of calculators! Now | | you can keep finding for kitten no matter what! | | | | 06.08.09 -- Maemo | | | | Thomas Thurman has brought robotfindskitten to the | | Nokia Internet Tablet world! Now robot will have | | no trouble finding kitten anywhere he goes. (Also, | | I imagine robot playing the Nokia tune as he | | powers up.) Way to go, Thomas! | | | | 12.02.08 -- Second Life | | | | Argent Stonecutter has brought Zen | | simulation to the world of Second Life. We | | have some source files here to download, | | but of course the best way to see it is | | "in person". Thanks, Argent! | | | | 11.18.08 -- MIT Scratch | | | | Derek Graham has brought us one of the most | | unique ports to date -- a version of rfk for | | the MIT Scratch visual programming | | environment. I'll let Derek's blurb for his | | version speak for itself. Make sure that you | | check out the visual source code. | | | | Thanks, Derek! I hope kitten didn't "scratch" | | you too much during the making of this port! | | | | 10.02.08 -- DEC Rainbow 100 | | | | Jeff Armstrong has modified the original DOS | | sourcecode for use with the exotic DEC | | Rainbow 100 BIOS and IO routines! | | | | Way to go, Jeff! | | | | 08.14.08 -- PDCurses | | | | Joseph Larson has updated the original DOS source | | with the PDCurses library and added an external | | NKI file! Thanks, Joe! | | | | 07.29.08 -- two more | | | | Two more to add to the compendium! One is | | retro, and the other cutting edge! | | | | We've got a Mac 68k port and a mini game | | of RFK inside Secret Agent Clank for the | | PSP! | | | | See our software page for more info. | | | | Please also check out our updated submission | | guidelines here. | | | | 03.25.08 -- mobygames | | | | Thanks to Franz "Yobu" Dumrath, robotfindskitten | | is now part of the mobygames compendium! | | | | http://www.mobygames.com/game/robotfindskitten | | | | I like this description: | | | | "The game is a mindless yet meditative and (due | | to its idiosyncratic humour) quite fun lo-fi | | adventure-oid with some similarities to | | roguelikes (all-ASCII, single player, top-down | | randomized dungeon) and others [like] Progress | | Quest." | | | | Thanks, Franz! | | | | 03.25.08 -- nintendo ds | | | | Not even the Nintendo DS, with its TWO | | SCREENS is safe from robot. See the | | software page for more info. | | | | new submission guidelines | | | | In an effort to streamline the | | addition of ports to the rfk pantheon, | | please see our new submission | | guidelines here. | | | | 03.25.08 -- two new ports | | | | It just wouldn't be robotfindskitten if news | | posts happened on any kind of regular basis. | | But fear not, we are still looking for | | kitten. | | | | robot has found two new versions in the | | intervening two years: | | * TI 99/4A | | * Rockbox iPod software | | | | ... and a new POSIX implementation to coincide | | with rfk finally getting a new Debian | | maintainer. It is is with great fanfare that | | we welcome Ryan Finnie as our new Debian | | maintainer, and thank the outgoing Neale | | Pickett for his years of service. | | | | 01.22.06 -- two new ports | | | | We have two new implementations of rfk to | | serve you, the rfk-consuming public! | | | | * A new CGI | | * PlayStation Portable! | | | | Our devteam page will be updated soon. | | | | 10.18.05 -- lots of news | | | | There's a lot of news around here -- first of | | all, we have a new POSIX code base that will | | be released soon as a tarball and a debian | | package. The new POSIX code allows for NKI | | to be in external flat files, rather than | | compiled in statically. The new is a rewrite | | by Alexey Toptygin, and the developers just | | voted to accept it yesterday. | | | | I've also been lax at keeping the news page | | updated -- since last year we also added | | Inform-C64, Javascript, and Atari 7800. See | | our software page for more info. | | | | 11.30.04 -- fanfic | | | | rfk fan fiction | | | | 10.17.04 -- python! | | | | Wow! leonardr, long rumoured to be the author | | of the book of lost kittens, has blessed us | | with two new things: | | | | python robotfindskitten and, | | The Ultimate robotfindskitten fan site! | | | | 10.17.04 -- big updates | | | | Many new updates in the software section, | | including: | | rfk for the AmtelAVR, Flash, and PHP, and new | | rfkiana such as 'jasonfindsfleece' and | | 'rfk-megahyperdeath'! Wow! Also, rfk is now | | in ports! Just use ports! | | | | 4.01.03 -- rfk for Z-80 Spectrum | | | | Finally the day has come that you've long | | awaited -- robotfindskitten for your | | Spectrum Personal Computer! And this is | | not an April Fools joke, either! Click | | here for more info. | | | | 2.08.03 -- robotfindskitten QNX | | | | robotfindskitten has been ported to QNX by the | | indomitable Jeremy Penner! | | | | 1.30.03 -- robotfindskitten3d | | | | robotfindskitten has morphed into three | | mind-bending dimensions! Check out Peter | | Gordon's robotfindskitten3d. | | | | 1.28.03 -- many, many new versions | | | | Yep, leonardr was right... well, actually it was | | the talk about a robotfindskitten port for QNX | | that really broke the camels back. But the | | point is, there are a LOT of new versions of | | rfk that have not been getting the press they | | deserve. These include: Java, Commodore 64, | | Apple ][, AmigaOS, Inform as well as the | | usual suspects, POSIX, PalmOS, Dreamcast, and | | the CGI implementation. Work has begun on the | | Atari 2600 version, and shady voices speak of | | a TRS-80 edition. See most of this and more | | at our software page. | | | | 1.27.03 -- robotfindskitten.org overhaul | | | | We're doing an overhaul of the site to include | | all the many ports that have come out in the | | past... ahem... two years. Sorry folks. | | | | Hopefully this will also engender a new POSIX | | release to coincide with the freshening of rfk, | | and a few new ports on the horizon. | | | | Possible plans include an inclusive | | robotfindskitten .iso image. | | | | Stay tuned! | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ r o b o t f i n d s k i t t e n . o r g +-----------------------------------------------------+ | [-] .::. .::. |\_/| | | (+)=C ::::::::: |o o|__ | | | | ':::::::' =-*-=__\ | | OOO ':::' c_c__(___) | +-----------------------------------------------------+ -- finding kitten since 1997 --