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TheEnkian
Game developer known for my RPG Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage and my horror series Azurael's Circle.

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Posted by TheEnkian - September 15th, 2020


Hi all,


It's been a while since my last post, but I've got a brand new game out on both Newgrounds and itch.io. It's a GameBoy styled adventure-puzzle game called Wrath of Nightmare. Not only is it GameBoy styled, but it's actually compatible with GameBoy emulators and can even be put on a cartridge and played on the GameBoy itself. Pretty cool, right?


The whole game is up for free and you can find it here:

and

https://enkiangames.itch.io/wrath-of-nightmare


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Go give it a vote and review on Newgrounds. Let me know what you think!


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Posted by TheEnkian - April 30th, 2020


Hi folks,


I've just posted a competition in the art forum with cash prizes to mark the completion of my video game series, Azurael's Circle. I've released all five chapters of the game and wanted something to round the whole process off nicely. Go take a look at the thread here for full details: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1451555


All the best!


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Posted by TheEnkian - December 29th, 2019


Hi folks,


I haven't posted much lately outside of announcing sales of my games so here's a proper update for all you fine Newgrounds people. To start with, I just released a demo of Azurael's Circle: Chapter 5 here on Newgrounds and the full game on itch.io. You can find it here. I'm very proud of the series as a whole and I think you'll find it a satisfying conclusion to the story. On a side note, it's my first complete "series" that was planned as a series from the start so I'm getting better at that!


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Next big bit of news is that once the Steam release of Chapter 5 gets close, I'll be running my second art contest here on Newgrounds. My first one for Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage had some amazing submissions so if it can even come close to that then I'll be very happy! I haven't finalised the details yet, but I've spoken with Tom Fulp who said he'd give it a plug and add it to the NG calendar once I launch it. What a guy. He's always very helpful and supportive of the community here. There will be cash prizes once again for the top 5 and runners up will get Steam keys for the entire Azurael's Circle series.


I'll give a short summary of some projects I've been working on lately too so you can get an idea of what I've been up to. Don't expect all of these to get finished and, for ones that will, some will take longer than others.


Tale of Enki: The 57th Battleground


My biggest focus at the minute is getting this expansion to Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage finished. I've been working super hard with Howard (programmer) on it and Lloyde (musician) has finished all of the excellent music. We wanted it to be finished before the end of 2019, but I'd say it's more likely to be finished in early-ish spring.


Tale of Enki: Tabletop RPG


Another project that I've been working at on and off has been a tabletop ruleset for my Tale of Enki universe as well as expanding the lore to go along with it. I've ran a couple of sessions with friends and I'm really proud of how it's turning out. I've even 3D modelled a bunch of miniatures and my friend has 3D printed them. It's crazy seeing creatures that started out as sprites in a video game be brought into reality as miniatures for a game. I'll post more on this in the future hopefully once I've got more to it. This will be one of the slow burner projects, however.


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Virus Sphere


Virus Sphere is the working title for a survival horror game I've been planning out. I'd love for it to be in 3D and from a fixed camera perspective like the old RE games, but I need to continue working on my modelling for that all to come to fruition. I'm very excited for the project and I've already lined up an excellent musician to work on the project once it starts to get off the ground.


Tale of Enki: The Necromancer King


This is another Tale of Enki video game I'd love to make in the RPG genre once again. I've got a lot of sample art made up for it and some sprites and tilesets to use for if it starts going ahead. It may be done in the RPG Maker engine to speed things along, but we'll see. It'll be a sequel to Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage in spirit, but it won't be a direct continuation of the storyline or characters even though they may crop up at some point.


Untitled Platformer


Me and my brother are going to work on a short platformer titled to see how we gel together from a workflow standpoint. He's currently learning C++ as part of his university course so it'll be a good thing to throw into his portfolio as well as to get him some experience.


Untitled Tale of Enki Zelda-like


A dream project of mine is to work on a Zelda-like game. Some of you may remember some old posts I made about a game called Enki Adventures that was a Zelda-like sequel to my old Land of Enki platformers. It all served as a prototype for the characters and setting of my Tale of Enki world. Once me and my brother make the platformer, this is likely what we'd move onto. It wouldn't be a roguelike like Enki Adventures was, it would be a handcrafted overworld and dungeons to go along with it. Every time I see Daniel Muller working on The Waking Cloak, I get more excited about this project. I loved Oracle of Seasons to death as a kid so I'd want it to be in that sort of style.


Anyway, that's it for this update. Stay tuned for more news about the art contest as well as possible updates on The 57th Battleground expansion.


All the best, everybody!


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Posted by TheEnkian - November 28th, 2019


Hi folks,


Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage has recently had a price reduction on Steam from $9.99 to $6.99. On top of that, there's a 50% discount during the Steam Autumn Sale. It's a great RPG focused on a young ogre who gets kicked out of home and sets out on a journey to prove his worth. It doesn't take itself too seriously and there's a lot of heart in it, not to mention a few interesting gameplay twists. Go give it a play!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/684590/Tale_of_Enki_Pilgrimage/


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Thanks all!

Jordan


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Posted by TheEnkian - May 12th, 2019


This is mostly a repost of my Steam patch notes, but thought it would be a good shout to promote it here too!


Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage has been updated to v1.1 and we've included new additions to the game, bug fixes and rebalances.


Here's a list of some of our key changes:

  • Four new stat-boosting items added: Secrets of Power, Secrets of Agility, Secrets of Magic and Secrets of Movement.
  • Additional item drops for key storyline bosses.
  • New chests added to the overworld.
  • Titanium Armour, Enkite Armour and each party member's respective ultimate armour have all received physical damage reduction stats.
  • Peachy's two strongest armour now give him additional stamina regeneration.
  • The final boss track has been added.
  • Player characters have had their Move stat boosted to give them a much higher chance of striking before enemies.
  • Enemies shouldn't spam the same buffs and debuffs repeatedly.
  • Certain enemy formations modified to have less enemies.
  • Heavy enemy stat revisions for the mid to late game to reduce difficulty in those sections.
  • Grammatical and punctuation fixes in lorebooks and for certain characters.
  • Removed a few empty spaces that were obstructed in the Castle Proudwind maps.


This is a fairly heavy overhaul of the difficulty of the game which a number of people reported featured a steep curve upwards from the middle of the game onwards. We believe this should fix those issues, but please feel free to report further issues to us if it still feels too punishing.


The additional content to the game should automatically update if you've reached the end of the game except for the new boss drops. Unfortunately these are tricky to add to a save file in retrospect, but the new chests are all available to go loot so have fun exploring and searching for them.


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Happy playing everybody!


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Posted by TheEnkian - April 19th, 2019


Hi all,


I've currently got my Azurael's Circle horror-adventure series on discount over at itch.io. It's 90% off and lasts for another 3 days so grab it quick! That's $6 worth of games for $0.50. The first chapter is already entirely free both over there, on Steam and right here on Newgrounds! Chapter 2-4 all have demos on Newgrounds too so you can check out the reviews right here.


Why? Steam copies sell themselves as Chapter 1 currently sits at 87% positive across 72 reviews, but I'd like to expand my follower base on itch.io because it's a great community for indie developers and indie game fans.


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Posted by TheEnkian - April 2nd, 2019


My latest release, Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage is on sale right now. 30% off! You'd be crazy to not pick up a copy of it if you're a fan of RPGs, a colourful world or just want to play a game where the hero is a bit of an asshole.


Be sure to let me know what you think of it when you play it. We worked very hard on it during the 2.5 years of development.


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Posted by TheEnkian - February 16th, 2019


Just a reminder that the Tale of Enki Art Contest deadline is on the 28th of February! You can find the full details on the contest and the CA$H PRIZE$ (just to emphasize things) right here. We've had a few brilliant entries already so far and I'm very excited to see what else is still to come.


I strongly recommend that all artists and non-artists here pick up a copy of the game on Steam. You can find it here.


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Posted by TheEnkian - January 30th, 2019


My new game, Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage, has hit Steam as of today so I'm running a competition here on Newgrounds to support it. First things first, go give the game a look HERE and be sure to buy if you like what you see!

Now onto the competition details that I've shamelessly copy and pasted from my announcement thread.


Fan of RPGs? Ready to earn some money by putting your art skills to the test? Then do I have the competition for you. This might be a particularly good opportunity now with such a massive influx of artists seeking refuge from the Tumblapocalypse.

If you’ve been around Newgrounds for a while you might know me from a few of my old games that have done well (JUGGERNAUT, Ender Story, etc). I’ve now got a game that has just released today on Steam, Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage! It’s a fantasy RPG taking elements from Western games like Baldur’s Gate and the Elder Scrolls, as well as Eastern games like Dragon Quest and Zelda. To celebrate the release, I’m hosting an art contest with CASH PRIZES!

The prizes are as follows:

  • 1st place: $100
  • 2nd place: $60
  • 3rd place: $30
  • 4th place: $20
  • 5th place: $10
  • Runners Up: Free Steam codes for Tale of Enki: Pilgrimage.

To enter you simply need to draw a character, race, scene or basically anything related to Tale of Enki that you desire. Go wild! I encourage you to buy the game here to get some ideas, but I've done numerous posts about it and there are Let's Plays on YouTube for reference. Upload your piece to the art portal and make sure to tag it with "taleofenki" (without the quotation marks) so we can find it to judge.

The deadline for the competition is the 28th of February 2019. Any submissions, no matter how high quality they may, will be accepted after that date just to be fair to the other contestants. I’ll be checking my PMs here, on Twitter, my emails and this thread so if you’ve got any questions then just let me know one way or another and I’ll get back to you ASAP.


You'd be crazy not to enter, right? RIGHT?! In all seriousness, I'm very much looking forward to seeing the entries that people come up with and I'll be trying to draw attention to this competition as best as possible so if you've recently been featured on the front page or art portal you may receive a PM from me.

All the best, folks!


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Posted by TheEnkian - December 23rd, 2018


Hi all,

I'm feeling very festive this year and with Christmas in only a couple of days I'm going to give away free Steam keys for my horror games Azurael's Circle: Chapter 2 and Azurael's Circle: Chapter 3 to the first ten people to comment here. If you haven't done so, you can check out the free demos of them here on Newgrounds. The full first Chapter is available both here and for free on Steam.

Merry Christmas and God bless!

UPDATE: All gone now. I think I'll do another one of these in the New Year. Give me a follow so you get a notification.


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