In the time since we released War of the Solstice a couple of years ago, development has been focussed on the next part in the Midnight Trilogy - The Icemark - which will be a faithful remake of the classic Doomdark's Revenge.

Progress has been a bit stop/start, but is currently picking up pace again. Here is a summary of where things are at:

Icemark terrain was formed and location types created (except pits which are still to do).

Colour profiling set up for the different times of day in The Icemark.

Tunnel system created allowing characters to move around under The Icemark.

New characters and armies added: Tarithel, Shareth, Dwarves, Giants, Icelords.

Mists added.

Map of Icemark added.

Wayne has already put down many completely new pieces of music for The Icemark, as well as numerous additional audio effects. There are some very special pieces in the mix.

Focus will shift next onto character selection mechanism, and once that's done I think it will be time to move onto the backend gameplay.

Stay tuned for further updates which you can also get on the social channels - see the links.

Pleased to say that my long awaited ZXSpectrum Next arrived in 1st class condition.

After updating the OS distribution to the latest, which included the Lords of Midnight for the Next, booted it up alongside the other generations of the game that I have to hand for a quick photo...

On the left: Original ZXSpectrum version running in Spectaculator
On the right: ZXSpectrum Next version by Matt Davies with completed overhauled graphics by Simon Butler
In the centre: The Unity remake version which I'm about to put into Beta testing phase

Amazing how the game is still going strong after 36 years