Perhaps
the title may sound familiar as being not other than the name
of that fantasy kingdom serving as the main scene and a background
for the plot of The Galleon (A gálya) as a small island
empire. While planning some sequel to the game by the name of
Horsekiller, I was in addition thinking about this funny
little world to be much more opened and completed, and rather
grown into a far bigger, more extensive, intricated, differentiated,
mysterious waterland. Because there had already been a lot of
other games from the preceding years that happened in an environment
such alike (for example Pirates, or King’s Bounty,
or Seven Cities of Gold etc.), and so as been among my
favourite games, too, I was always longing to write some similar
piece some day by myself.
No
doubt finally that never became true, nevertheless I usually planned
something similar for years, yet never was able to shape my thoughts
into an explicit form… I should have liked to cram too many things
into it (let it be an adventure, a role-playing, a strategy, an
action game, and everything else at once), but somehow the conception
was never cleared that how to do so, as a matter of fact, in real.
When I should have started this at least, then it was a bit too
late (around 1993-94), and unsure if ever been finished. Then
finally this all question was cut away by that I began into other
developments instead. I had made several less or more worked out
picture plans, sketches, maps etc. but – unfortunately – the very
most of them by now is lost. (I regret them very much, namely
there were some detailed and nicely worked out pieces among them,
moreover, some nearly artistic… It seems I didn’t take care about
my floppy disks enough.) I have made a little selection of them.
As
a matter of some extra curiosity, on the uppermost drawing, namely
on the sea map zoomable by clicking onto twice, yonder certain
relatively larger island lying at the left upper corner surrounded
by few smaller islets is the scene for the plot of The
Galleon. (There recognizable are the hills and mountains
and the towns, the river and the southern port of gulf, so the
lake in the middle, and so even the ghost castle by its western
shore… Furthermore the southwest corner of the island that hadn’t
occurred in the story yet – in that little area the plot could
also have been extended with some unknown, new events and scenes.)
Robert
Olessak (2011)
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Chapter
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My
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Game(s)
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A
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Athar |
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