What Lies Beneath: soon...

Hey everyone !

I'm sure you're getting sick of reading that over and over again but the game will be released very soon, I promise.

I uploaded everything, I set a price and, well... everything is okay on my side I think. We'll just have to wait for Desura to make it available (a big thanks to them by the way, they really helped me a lot with the process of putting the game online).

Well... I'm happy for you and I'll let you finish... but, you said you set a price ?!

Yeah, unfortunately that's one thing that didn't go as intended, at all. The Pay What You Want formula isn't supported by Desura (someone on Reddit told me it was but apparently he was mistaken). PYW is not so perfect because of all the fees that come with payment (Paypal, credit cards,...). I guess the world isn't totally ready to use that awesome system for everything...

So I set the price at the minimum possible (1.99 euros) and it should be 2.49 dollars, more or less depending on where you live.

For the price of two beers you''l get the game and its OST ;)

I'm planning to make What Lies Beneath available in bundles to make the game affordable by as many people as possible.

And that's all for today, I'm heading to bed now, good day/night !

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What Lies Beneath: Quick update on the situation and the trailer

Hey everyone !

I kinda fixed my connection issues (actually not at all, I made my uploads from another one :S) and could update the game. And.... surprise ! I even made a trailer for it.


With a working build and a video showing the game put online I was finally able to engage the discussion with Desura (I should probably have done that sooner, will keep that in mind for my next game release^^').

So the only thing to do now is to wait. You'll be able to play the game pretty soon I hope.

Oh ! As you can see I also made myself a logo. For those who are not familiar with Song of the Myrne (the big one, not WLB) this animal is called a boarlion.

Let me know what you think of that trailer and, if you like it, don't hesitate to share. It helps a lot.

Bye !

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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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