Goodbye AVI - Part 2

Continuing on from the 1st part [https://www.quarkrobot.com/goodbye-avi-hello-presage/] in this three part series, this post covers the basics on how I converted the original Astral World AVI cut-scene into the original, propriety Presage cut-scene format. Astral World took a little longer than I would have liked to…

Thanks for 2015!

I'm working on a 2015 round-up post at the moment which I'll upload later this month, but in the meantime, I'd like to say thanks to all the people who took the time to download and try out this Lode Runner Online: The Mad…

Goodbye AVI, hello Presage videos!

I've talked about my 100% .NET AVI player [https://www.quarkrobot.com/crossplatform-avi-player/] on this blog before and mentioned the issue with audio getting out of sync from the image frames. I believe I'm following the AVI specification to the letter but for the life of…

November update now ready!

The November build is up and ready to download [https://www.quarkrobot.com/downloads/]. Over 90 bug fixes, updates and improvements were made to Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge rewrite. This month saw a combination of 22 bugs fixes and improvements reported by testers. If you find…

Combining puzzle sets

The original Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge has always allowed you to add a single blank puzzle to a puzzle set. If you want to copy puzzles from an existing set, you'd have to select all, copy, then open your new set, add a blank…

October update now ready!

The October build is up and ready to download [https://www.quarkrobot.com/downloads/]. I've had a couple more people contact me and report some bugs which I'm really chuffed with. Over 100 bug fixes, updates and improvements where made to Lode Runner Online: The Mad…

Monk only teleports

A few months back Lavi, a build tester, suggested the idea of a monk only teleport. Monks can of course use any teleport - including those of Jake and Wes - but before now, didn't have their own. The idea behind the teleport is to allow you to…

Windows 10 support

UPDATE: changes in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update [https://www.quarkrobot.com/windows-10-anniversary-update/] Many would know that loading and/or saving puzzles and games with Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge under Windows 7 and 8 was problematic. A fellow Presage Lode Runner fan has instructions on how…