Nox Archaist - Fall Update (Denis Loubet art tease and more!)

A fragment from the lost manual of the Order of Nox Archaist

Ages ago a group of philosopher adventurers discovered a powerful energy emanating from deep underground. They learned to harness this energy with their minds and project it to kinetic and psychological effect, which we now call magic. They called themselves the Order of Nox Archaist, and members were granted the use of the title “Nox”.

Initially, the power was very weak on the Overworld and could only be harnessed in the realm of the Underworld. The Overworld races of humans, elves, and dwarves had long suffered from the raids of orcs, kobolds, and gnomes from the Underworld. Seeing the magical energy as a way to tip the balance of power, the Overworld races invaded. The orcs, kobolds, and gnomes put aside their old feuds to resist the intruders. Eventually, the Overworld races, united under King Silus, conquered the Underworld army. When the King returned to the surface in triumph, he bore with him several magic crystals. By placing these crystals around the realm of Vali, the magical energy of the Underworld was amplified throughout the Realm...

To be continued...


What's Happening in the Realm Today

Progress continues at a steady pace. For those of you wanting to go for a nice swim in the Isles of Wynmar, we've now added ship combat, just watch out for pirates and sharks!

And, if you're tired of fending off hordes of goblins, you can now opt for "Quick Combat" mode to get those battles over with, or to die faster:

However, Denis Loubet doesn't recommend Quick Combat on high-level mobs like the one he has haunting the manual cover:

Nox Archaist in the News

Mark Lemmert sat down with Josh Bycer of the Game Wisdom podcast to chat about designing a retro game in the modern era, what makes Nox Archaist unique, and how to avoid feature creep on a 128k 8-bit game. Listen here: http://game-wisdom.com/podcast/nox-archaist.


Pre-Order Your Boxed-Set

It's not too late to reserve your boxed set or digital copy of Nox Archaist. Pre-order discounts are still available on several bundles. 

If there's anything specific you'd like to know about the game development, feelies, or anything else, be sure to leave a comment below!

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Game Wisdom Podcast Interviews Mark Lemmert (Nox Archaist Dev)

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Josh Bycer of the Game Wisdom Podcast about Nox Archaist.

Click here for a direct link to the interview.





Josh's podcast is known for taking a deep dive into game development processes and I had the opportunity to discuss several topics in more detail, including:

• Influence of modern games
• Nox Archaist classless system
• What it’s like creating a game engine from scratch in assembly language
• Discussion on Nox Archaist's development build process

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Nox Archaist Game Boxes, Cloth Maps and Floppy Disks Oh My!

The materials for fulfilling the rewards for our Nox Archaist Kickstarter Campaign are starting to roll in!


Chris Torrence is not just the host of the Assembly Lines Podcast, he is heading up the 6502 Workshop assembly line!

When the cartons of game boxes and cloth maps arrived, he had fun making a pyramid and might build a castle later, just so somebody can storm it 🙂











And, we managed to rustle up thousands of 5.25" floppy disks!





We're totally retro here. Even our USB sticks look like floppy disks!









More materials are still in process as we work toward the culmination of this exciting 4+ year project.

Thanks for your interest in Nox Archaist!

If you haven't yet reserved your copy, we still have pre-order discounts available! Click here to check out our pre-order bundles.



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Nox Archaist Presentation At KansasFest

If you like to talk tech, you might enjoy the YouTube replay of our presentation last month at KansasFest 2019.

I demonstrated techniques for solving intermittent bugs in 6502 assembly programs with the MicroM8 emulator's time travel feature. An intermitted bug in the Nox Archaist game engine (now solved) was used for the demonstration.

Additionally, I also talk about some of the highlights of 2019 for the Nox Archaist project and several announcements were shared. Click below if you'd like to skip directly to the highlights/announcements portion of the presentation .


Nox Archaist 2019: Highlights and Announcements


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Nox Archaist Apple IIgs Enhanced Version

We are pleased to announce that 6502 Workshop now has plans to produce an Apple IIgs enhanced version of Nox Archaist!






While the 8-bit version of Nox Archaist currently in development will run on an Apple IIgs, the enhanced version we've added to our product road map will take advantage of the IIgs system's 16-bit graphics and sound capabilities.


And, the project will be led by none other than Apple IIgs expert Burger Becky!







(Nox Archaist Developer Mark Lemmert and Burger Becky at KansasFest 2019)



To be clear, work on the Apple IIgs version of Nox Archaist is a separate project from the 8-bit version and the associated Kickstarter 2019 campaign. Work will begin on the IIgs version after the 8-bit version is released.

Thank you for your ongoing interest and support!


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