#The bards tale trilogy mods update#
#The bards tale trilogy mods series#

The series was not continued for many years and is thus still often referred to as the 'Bard's Tale trilogy'. Īfter the first three games, work on a fourth installment began but it became an unrelated game, Dragon Wars, at a very late point in development due to rights issues when Interplay parted ways with their publisher. Both Cranford and Fargo have refuted the assertion that the original projected titles for the second and third installments were The Archmage's Tale and The Thief's Tale. From then on, the series was known as The Bard's Tale series. The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight dropped the Tales of the Unknown series title, as did all ports of the original game after 1988.

The initial title of the series was Tales of the Unknown. Here is some art from the Amiga version of the game compared to the updated art.The Bard's Tale is a fantasy role-playing video game franchise created by Michael Cranford and developed by Brian Fargo's Interplay Productions (1985 –1992) and inXile Entertainment (2004–present). Add some quality of life improvements, such as the automap, tooltip popups in the UI, etc.Add in various audio throughout the games for attacks, spells, and more.Up-res the original art, but keep the art in theme with the originals.Not only are we updating the games to work natively on modern systems, but we’re also putting on a fresh coat of paint, to give a new generation of role-playing and dungeon-crawling fans an easier opportunity to experience these classic games.Īs a short list, our goals for the Trilogy remaster are: The original Bard’s Tale games hold a special place in our hearts – many of us here at Krome Studios, especially Design Lead James Podesta and myself, played the games back in the 80s and are also backers of Bard’s Tale IV.Īfter some casual conversations with the inXile team, the opportunity came up to put something together that we think will be really great for the Trilogy remaster.

#The bards tale trilogy mods update#

That deliverable has hit some bumps that were addressed in a campaign update on May 17 from Lindsay Parmenter, head of development at Krome Studios, who’s handling the remaster: We picked and chose our fav ones.”Īs part of the original Kickstarter pitch, the original trilogy was also promised to be ported to modern systems.

He wasn’t sure what versions they used, but an InXile rep said over email that “some are from the GS and some from the Amiga. He went on to note that the games (they were on Apple II, Apple II GS, MS-DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64, and other formats) had different MIDI tracks, so the best depended on what platform you played on. “We took the old MIDI tracks and we brought them forward and orchestrated them, had our sound designers pour their love into it,” Rogers said. Jason Wilson at Venturebeat got a demo of an early build of the game, during which he interviewed creative director and lead designer David Rogers, who said: With Brian Fargo of inXile entertainment helming the project, the fourth entry in the RPG series was sure to harken back to its roots.Īlthough the game is still in development, we are already seeing - and hearing - evidence of that history. Three years ago this month, the company that brought us the Wasteland game series took to Kickstarter to revive another classic franchise: The Bard’s Tale.