Merdor

Over the past few months I've been working on a game called Merdor. It's a project I started five years ago, back in 2009 when I first started programming. Things have been pretty hectic with Architecture over the last 6 months, and I haven't had much time to work on side projects. So I made time. I have a number of things I'm working on; which I'll reveal later.

Merdor is built in a game engine called Game Maker.
Over the past few months I've rebuilt the game [the previous mechanics were horrible due to a lack of programming knowledge].
Personally of the various game projects I've been working on this has the greatest appeal to me.
As it is currently a playable build, I've decided to release it as an Alpha to see what everyone thinks, and gain some feedback as to what I can prove/what works well. I'll release updates to build on the existing game and add more features/levels.

http://www.indiedb.com/games/merdor

So I return...

Arkansang here.

 I tried out Wordpress. While it was a great site I felt Blogspot better suited Link Aurora. So now we're here. There's irony to be felt here somewhere.

Anyway. I will continue to use Aoror as more of a standard blog rather than a site like Link Aurora. So really I'm writing on both now.

If you want to feature a site, project or topic or generally to chat, email me at arkansang@gmail.com.

Climactically, here is Grieg's 'I Dovregubbens Hall' (In the hall of the Mountain King).

This is the song that you've probably heard but may or not know the name of. Most likely from a movie, as around 72% of movies feature at least part of this song. Okay, that wasn't a real statistic.

Movies/Games/Pop Culture references here.

 

Slender: The Arrival Trailer

http://www.slenderarrival.com/

Minecraft 1.4 (Halloween Update)

Minecraft's new update introduces an all new enemy, the Wither, a combination of Skeleton and Blaze.

Slimes now spawn in swamps as well as huts containing witches who attack with splash potions. Zombies are now able to infect villagers, though infected villagers can be cured. Enemy mobs can now pick up armour and weapons and use them. Bats spawn in dark caves. Anvils can be built to repair damaged weapons and tools.