This blog covers info on; new sprites finished, game dynamic progress, Merlin's mini game adventure, possibility for a behind the scenes on how the game is being made.
New Sprites
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bayard King of Mercia, Gregory the Knight, and Tom the Blacksmith are finished and visible on the characters section of the official site.
Game Dynamics
Arthur's Expeditions, which will be a set of solo quests that only arthur may undertake is about half way finished in design. It will
This blog covers information regarding, Project/Game and Kit progress, Russian fans, Contests, A Spin Off Game/Example of Kit Use, game trailer.
Fans
The Merlin The RPG fan base is growing steadily, some are starting to follow us on twitter and facebook, and we have even spread to a russian merlin fan site. The russians fans expressed interest in the game, and because of this we are looking into possible translating the game after it is released. Updates to the Fan A-Listing have also been
This blog talks about the final contest for June, fan appreciation/contribution, recent work completed, and future work planned.
At present there are 3 contests going on for the game. The most recent and last planned, is intended for anyone who wants to be able to create content for the game, now can, in the form of sprites(avatars). The contest offers rewards and is extremely easy to enter, no talent or skill needed at all! Details are outlined more in the link provided above.
Fan appre
This blog talks about the game fanbase, contest progress, and game project progress.
Merlin The RPG has had a steady growing fanbase over the past few weeks, with the unique visitor count on the official site rising on average by week and weekend.
Fanpop.com has an excellent social website service that allows people to become fans of things and of each other. All fans on fanpop for the game are considered official fans, the game currently has 6.
A reward system of some kinds is in the work
The following blog talks about the map item(s), the run/sprinting, enemy encounter items, and escaping dungeon items.
Over the weekend we were able to finalize how multiple game features work. The following features are completed in their entirety and have been on hold until now. They will be added to the website once a write up for each one is completed.
Maps
All dungeons will have a map that can be found inside the dungeon itself. After acquiring the map the player may press the assig
Today marks the launch of our first two contests for user submitted content to be added to the game.
First is the title screen art contest, launched through DeviantArt(DA) with a 400 DA point reward.
Second is the writing contest, to create a character and home town in the style of the Arthurian legend.
Both contests can be found here though this link Contests.
If you wish you may also check us out at DeviantArt and post your drawn submissions there, as well as the many other fan sites we
This blog includes information on contests, website activity, fan base.
So we got a great result in the number of people to visit the Merlin The RPG website. The weekend ended with 141 unique visits combined between Saturday and Sunday with 17 people filling out the interest Survey.This is an excellent start to show future interest, as well as excellent motivation for progress progression.
A method is in the works to allow people to show that they support the game.
We are also in th
I officially launched Merlin The RPG as a live project today. I advertised on many Merlin fan sites, and posted the official game description and recruitment page on RMXPU.
With all the advertising and networking out of the way for the most part I look forward to resuming production as usual next week.
For a better idea on exactly what is left to be created for all resources to be done for Book/Game 1 you may visit this link for a series of checklists, which better detail progression.
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As I was looking around RMXP Unlimited I found a link to someones game page that was created on a free website making site and I loved the design. I checked free site out and decided to use it as well for the Merlin The RPGs official website. So that is now created link here and 90% of the site itself is complete (based on currently available information).
While working on the site I gained a better idea on what I was able to create myself and gave an attempt to and successfully created quit
Since registering with RMXP Unlimited I and our Creative Director Steph, have been working hard on a forum post for both the Projects and Teams section and the Project Recruitment section.
We are currently finished the Projects and Teams post, and only need a few more reference picture for sprites we need help creating and both posts will go up at the same time.
There is also a project checklist on the Bon Ink Creation forums for merlin, which will be updated weekly to bi-weekly with pro
After registering to this site I was given a boost of inspiration. I finally finished the Camelot castle hallways, and am in the process of joining them via event doors. I also finished all the insides of the houses in Ealdor including event doors. With only a few rooms in camelot castle left to finish I think I can reach my goal.
My goal is to have the entire Merlin Kit evented for travel before the end of may. when that is finished I can then move on to the last half of my spriting, and fr
Merlin The RPG is a 16 bit style role-playing game based around the British Broadcasting Channel(BBC) television series Merlin aka The Adventures of Merlin.
With a side view, turn based battle system Merlin The RPG has a classic Final Fantasy feel to it.
The game is being made into 'Books' which will each represent the different seasons of the show. It will be released in 'Chapters' which will each represent the different episodes of the seasons.
This being the first blog for Merl