What Lies Beneath: Connection problems and release

Hey everyone !

What Lies Beneath is still planned to be released today but really I can't promise antything since my internet connection hates me.

My upload bandwith is really slooooooooow for an unknow reason since yesterday and it's really hard to upload anything.

Sorry for that :'(

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Song of the Myrne: Introducing What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath is an action-RPG in which you'll explore the island of Namok and its deadly dungeon in hope to avenge your... hem... your wife.
Fight evil (and less evil) creatures, loot everything you find, pretend you care while villagers tell you everything about their lives, and improve your character as you like in an epic (well... not really actually) quest for revenge! The adventure awaits! And the final boss too...

Main features

• Not class-based : will you be a valiant knight throwing fireballs everywhere? A fearless mage under two tons of armor? Or an archer that doesn't hesitate before transforming his foes into frogs?

• Content (story, quests, levels) crafted by hand for an unique feel

• Fun and original universe with silly characters to speak to

• Part of a serie : Myrne (you don't need to have played the other games to understand what's going on)

• Complete crafting system: create potions, armors, etc... mine some ores, pick up some shrooms,...

• Challenge your friends in the local splitscreen multiplayer mode in deathmatch or in a Score the Cube game (a football match except with swords, arrows, fireballs... trust me, it's way more fun this way)

• Play the campaign with a friend in local co-op

• (Re-)discover the tiny story "The Sorcerer" alone or with a friend

• I made the musics myself for this game, using Magix Music Maker. You get the OST with the game for no extra charge.

Here's a foretaste =)

You convinced me! Where can I buy it?

Some (very outdated) reviews, Let's Play, etc...

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Song of the Myrne: demo update

Here she goes, the new demo version of Song of the Myrne !

Let's see what changed since the last one:

• We now aim with the mouse

• Interactions with items, NPCs, items,... is also done with the mouse

• Rebalance of stats, both for players and creatures (monsters and NPCs)

• Rebalance of the equipment. I also changed the way potions and food works

• Skill trees: new skills and rebalance of old ones

• A lot of little things here and there

As usual you can find this new version here :

=> Yep, just here ! <=

Don't hesitate to post your thoughts (positive like negative) of the game in the comments below.

I'm reading all your feedbacks and always try to answer.

Have fun ;)

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Song of the Myrne: Some news

Hey everyone !

It's been three months since I posted the last demo of the game. So I guess it's time to keep you abreast (not sure about the expression^^) on what I'm doing now.

First of all, I'm planning to release a new demo soon to includes all the gameplay changes that I made during these last months:

• New aiming system

• Which comes with a new way to open doors, open crates, speak to NPC's, etc

Some of the new icons for when we over stuff with the mouse

• Redesign of the interface and a big rebalance of all the game stats (HP of the player, the creatures, etc, mana, stuff,...)

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Of course I worked a lot on the content that isn't in the demos. I made a lot of progress but their still have a lot to do to finish the game.

But it's super secret !

Here's a croped picture of one of the place you'll go in the full game.

As you can see, it's not always grass and trees^^

And it's all for today folks.

See ya !

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Song of the Myrne: new version for the demo

Hello everyone !

I managed to get a new demo for SotM.

Here's the new things you'll find in it:

• New graphics

The main reason for this demo. I redid most of the houses facades, all the roofs, all interior walls and part of the interior floors. I also gave a small rounded effect to certain types of grounds: sand, dirt roads,...

• New starting map for the archer

The map is quite similar to the old one, but it should not cause lags anymore. Plus, it's a little nicer. I also added a little surprise on the island :)

• A lot of sound effects

I added a bunch of game sounds, including different ones for stepping on different types of ground.

• Random stuff and bugfix

New craft items, some changes at the Academy of the Mages, a loading screen, one or two dialogues redone, etc, etc...

That's all. I hope you'll enjoy it. If you've played the last demo or the one before, it will be of little interest to play this one, but if you have not played with the two characters, it's time to do it ;)

As always, you can download the latest version of the demo on this page.

Enjoy, and as always do not hesitate to report any bug or problem that you may possibly come across (especially about the english translation).

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Song of the Myrne: it's been a loooong time

Hey guys !

So, what have I been up to for... let's see... two months.

Well, I worked on Song of the Myrne of course^^. And it improved a lot !

Sound

I added a bunch of sounds into the game. Including footsteps !

Let's listen to those in this little video I took.

Graphics

I also worked on the graphics and I did improve the quality of the game... a lot !

See for yourselves.

Click on the pictures to see them in real size

The interiors

Their still have some minor bugs in this screen but it's fixed now

I also improved the exterior of the houses and some other things too (like the sand and the dirt to smooth them)

Sorry about the night on the upper screen, I don't have much control in the old versions of the game

All of this is possible because I use tilesets now. So it also let me add equipments much more easily and it led me to improve the crafting system a little bit.

Certain craft patterns now give you the choice between two items or give you two items.

Well, that's all for today folks !

I hope you like it. I plan to release a new version of the demo soon to include all of this. I need to get back to all the old levels to add the new graphics and have some consistence into the game. As usual I rather not mention any date but it should be less than a month hopefully.

See you !

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Song of the Myrne: a new demo

Hello everyone !

It's been a long time (I'm most active on the french version of this blog). But it was worth the wait.

A lot of things changed since the first demo of the game. I'll try to list them all but I'll probably forget a lot of things:

• No more classes. Build your character as you want !

• Skills

• Inventory

• Equipment which is apparent on the character

• More and better dialogs and quests

• Collect ressources and craft stuff and items with them

• A better interface

• A lot less bugs (I hope^^)

You can download it here (direct link) or on the presentation page of the game.

I really hope you''l like it. Don't hesitate to report any bug or to make criticism, suggestions in the comment or by mail. I read all your feedbacks.

Enjoy ;)

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