Announcing Version 1.5 of "The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" for Windows/Steam, Mac and iOS, available immediately. This is a minor release of the classic-style single player CRPG. Updates:
- I added demons to the list of monsters. Taken (more or less) from the previous game "Temple of the Abyssal…
Announcing Version 1.4 of "The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" for Windows/Steam, Mac and iOS, available immediately. This is a minor release of the classic-style single player CRPG. Updates:
- New item, spell, and monster icons.
- Various minor game file bugfixes.
For more information on ACotGK see: ht…
Announcing Version 1.3 of "The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" for Windows/Steam, available immediately. This is a minor release of the classic-style single player CRPG. Included are a handful of bugfixes.
For more information on ACotGK see: http://prankster.com/acotgk
Just a quick update on The Accursed Crown of the Giant King. It’s out and available; Windows, Mac, iOS. Go get it, it’s great! (Opinions may vary).
I’m working on a minor update. The biggest thing is to add Mac support on Steam. Currently it’s only on the Mac app store. …
The classic-Style Role Playing Game "The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" is now available, for Windows, Mac, and iOS! Try the first chapter "Danger in Greenvale" for free, which includes a full adventure and conclusion. Continue your adventure by purchasing chapters 2-4. See the website for downl…
"The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" (ACotGK) will release on Monday, August 8, 2022. ACotGK is a classic-style, single-player role-playing game, Windows, Mac, and iOS.
Hi Accursed Crown of the Giant King fans!
I was hoping to release in July but I hit a bit of a glitch with my Mac build. I think I’ve got it straightened out, and now looking at mid-August once I can get everything updated and tested. Soon!
“The Accursed Crown of the Giant King” is a classic style RP…
In the Apple App Store, app previews are 15-30 second video trailers. Here’s the preview (Mac version) of ACotGK!
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old-school role-playing game: https://prankster.com/acotgk
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King store page is ready in Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1970780
I’m still waiting on some Apple store stuff, but once that is set I’ll release the game all at once on Windows (Steam), Mac (Apple store), iOS (Apple store). Soon!
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King beta continues. I recently released version 0.9. Updates:
See the Beta Test page if you’d like to try it out!
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King beta continues. I recently released version 0.8. Updates:
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King beta continues. I recently released version 0.7. Updates:
See the Beta Test page if you’d like to try it out!
The Beta test for The Accursed Crown of the Giant King continues! I’ve updated the Windows version (to 0.6), and added a Mac build. Bugfixes, and some Journal improvements, are the main changes.
Visit the Beta Test page if you’d like to give it a shot! For Windows you can download straight away. For…
Merry Prankster Games need beta testers! My game "The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" is just about ready to go. I just need some folks to play though it and make sure everything is working OK.
"The Accursed Crown of the Giant King" is an old-school single-player RPG. In it you control a party of …
I’m currently playing through Accursed Crown of the Giant King as part of final testing. It’s pretty fun!
However, today I ran into an interesting bug. Check out this level:
Inaccessible stairs.There’s no way to get to the stairs up!
It turns out in certain levels, it is possible for the random number…
Check it out! It’s the map for chapter 4 of Accursed Crown of the Giant King!
ACotGK Chapter 4 MapThat’s the last major piece of content for the game. On to testing and getting the installers going etc.
Guild quests are done (Accursed Crown of the Giant King)! I just wrapped up the Natural Philosopher's quest. Here's a screenshot after you join the Philosopher's guild, skipping right to the highest rank by doing the advanced quest:
Philosopher's guild info.I ran into a few bugs while testing but I …
Working on the last chapter of Accursed Crown of the Giant King. One of the last things for me to work on are the guild quests. If you want to join or advance in guild ranks at a high level, there is a quest for you to do. The four “in-game” guilds (factions, whatever) all need this.
I just wrapped …
Check out this interesting bug in Accursed Crown of the Giant King. As part of generating some levels, I create a structure with some stairs in the middle. Working on something else, I noticed that in some circumstances, the stairs would get a wall created right in front of them! See this screensho…
So, progress on Accursed Crown of the Giant King has been slow. Vacations, some personal issues, etc, etc. But I’m trying to get back on that horse.
I’ve just been wrapping up the companions and their quests for Chapter 4. Here’s a screenshot:
The party battles a Mountain Tr…
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2021 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.
The game is now winnable! There is still …
I’m working on the final dungeon for The Accursed Crown of the Giant King (https://prankster.com/acotgk). “The Hall of the Ancestors”, where the final boss has established his dark realm.
The dungeon has a tomb layout, but with some new creepy statues and arcane writings on the wall. Here’s a screen…
I'm resuming publishing my blog here as well as the main MPG website. Enjoy!
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2021 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more informatio…
I finished my run-through of Accursed Crown of the Giant King: Chapter 2 “The Duchy of Despair”. Things went pretty smoothly; found a couple of minor bugs, and more than a couple of typos, but nothing major. I’ve got to say, chapter 2 is pretty fun!
On to chapter 3!In paral…
Found a “neat” bug today, replaying Chapter 1 for testing purposes. Here’s what happens. The party enters the final fortress for Chapter 1, and is presented with a locked door in front of them:
Fortress entrance.On clicking on the locked door, “You need the Bagduul ke…
I haven’t done this in a while. In fact, I’ve switched blog platforms since the last one I did! You can read about my project to play all of the Infocom games back here on GameDev: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/717/entry-2259971-the-infocom-project/
Up this time, “Th…
Starting to work on Chapter 3. Here’s my temporary map to work from:
ACotGK chapter 3 temporary mapStill testing chapter 2, using my iPhone build. Fixed a number of minor issues.
The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.
Here is the first video of ACotGK runn…
