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Wed, 07 May 2025 08:19:59 +0000
Juan Díaz-Bustamante has developed a pencil and paper solo adventure game based on Morkin’s quest to destroy the Ice Crown. It’s available on Kickstarter now and looks great. I worked with him on and advisory level, keeping the lore “correct” … Continue reading
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:32:22 +0000
The Spring equinox release didn’t quite go as smoothly as hoped. It was a big release because the Axmol upgrade but a few issues meant I’ve had to push a hot fix. Actually being truthful, I’ve pushed a few… the … Continue reading
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 01:13:41 +0000
So, this happened tonight… With the move to Axmol I have the opportunity to target more platforms, the particular two that I am interested in are, Apple TV and Web. So I thought I’d play around with Apple TV First. … Continue reading
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:58:12 +0000
As per my last post, the latest versions are ready for release. They are currently in the hands of testers and should be good to go for the Equinox. Windows and the OSX non store versions can be downloaded now … Continue reading
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:43:29 +0000
I know this is a long time coming because as usual I’ve been quiet for the last year. Anyway we are heading for the Spring Equinox release 2.0.9, and although we seem to be dropping in to a habit of … Continue reading
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'The War of the Solstice' is provided as a free download for fans of the Midnight Trilogy, however does utilise a wide variety of paid professional game development assets.

If you enjoy this enhanced version of the game you may wish to show your appreciation by making a small contribution which will go towards supporting the asset costs of the next part of the Trilogy - The Icemark!

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Here you can find my work on the remakes of Mike Singleton's 80's ZX Spectrum classics

Links

Official site for "The Lords of Midnight" and "Doomdarks Revenge"
Chris Wild site for the new mobile versions of the game
Also contains electronic versions of the novella that sets the scene for the game.. definitely worth a read before embarking on your 1st quest
https://www.thelordsofmidnight.com/

Icemark
Chris Wild site of the PC Conversions of The Lords of Midnight and Doomdarks Revenge. Also home to The Midnight Engine. There is loads of useful stuff here, from a detailed description of how the original landscaping routines worked, to lists of characters etc.
https://www.icemark.com/

Midnight/MU Forum
The main forum index for everything related to Midnight/MU and almost anything else Midnight related
https://forum.midnightmu.com/

Midnight/MU Game site
Jean Yves home of the online gaming site for Multi-User Lords of Midnight, where you can pit your strategic skills against other players in the icy realm of Midnight.
https://www.midnightmu.com/

Pocket Fuel
A version in progress for the PalmOS, it uses the same graphics as the original, and slightly different user interface.
http://www.pocketfuel.co.uk/midnight/index.html

The Tipshop
Gerard and Nicks site of tips and POKEs. This site provides hints from victors and also POKEs for those still playing on the old rubber keyed beast
https://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?name=Lords%20of%20Midnight%2c%20The&publisher=Beyond%20Software&alias_string=

Lords of Midnight Review
CRASH 7, Aug 1984 (CRASH Online)
https://www.crashonline.org.uk/07/midnight.htm

Doomdarks Revenge Review
CRASH 13, Feb 1985 (CRASH Online)
https://www.crashonline.org.uk/13/doomdrk.htm

Doomdarks Revenge News Article
C&VG 40, Feb 1985 (Internet Archives)
https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-040/CVG_040_Feb_1985

Computer Magazine Archives
Online archive of hundreds of computer magazines from the 80s and 90s era
https://archive.org/details/computermagazines

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