Comments on: The Empty Kingdom

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Tue, 11 May 2021 14:45:31 +0000

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By: Chloris

Chloris — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:03:59 +0000

I absolutely LOVE empty kingdom. I played it on armour games years ago when I was a child obsessed with that site. I recently found the bookmark on my old computer, and playing it again as an anxious teen is so wonderful and calming! I love the ambient music/sound effects and the art style. My brother criticizes me because it’s ‘not a real game’, but he just doesn’t appreciate how lovely it is. 🙂
I am currently procrastinating and finally had the patience to actually read the credits (but not enough to do my homework apparently) and discovered your middle name is Merlin, which is super cool! So I came to your website and played Duck and Icarus, and they are both really neat. I also read the ghost webcomic thing. I was initially planning just on reading a few pages or whatever but I just kept clicking next!
Congratulations on becoming Doctor Comics. Good bye!

By: FateOrLogic

FateOrLogic — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:36:55 +0000

Hi there~ Somehow I got from Rusty Lake games to your game on Armor Games. I loved it! What other
recommendations do you have for this type of game or genre?

Happy regards.

By: oblivionProphet

oblivionProphet — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:37:35 +0000

Hey. I played your game and I thought it was beautiful. Easy to play and could definitely display the story behind it. Its one of the games we need more of

By: Merlin

Merlin — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:21:20 +0000

Hi Ash,

I consider ‘game comics’ (or the best examples of game comics) to be games where the mechanics of the gameplay make use of the key characteristics of the comics form.

Because I’ve been making these as part of my current doctoral study, I’ve actually been having to think about this stuff probably a bit more than is healthy. There’s a decent summary of my research in this area in the talk I gave about Icarus and Duck, over here: http://bambuser.com/v/5016894

By: Ash pure

Ash pure — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:51:17 +0000

You call this a ‘game comic’.
In your mind is it a game rendered in comic format (as a ‘Choose your way adventure’ was a game rendered in a book format), or more a comic with game functionality.
Or is the distinction meaningless and it simply is what it is? As a long term fan and admirer of your work I ask out of interest in your creative process.
Many thanks,
AP.

By: 85. B.O.R.D.E | E-merl.com ~ New Experiments In Fiction

85. B.O.R.D.E | E-merl.com ~ New Experiments In Fiction — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:01:57 +0000

[…] Invisibility or evasion? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday. And also, have a play of my new game comic, The Empty Kingdom. More details over here. […]