Valentine’s Day Gaming

Custom game map, with a heart-shaped lava pool

This is a custom map I made as a surprise for my boyfriend on Valentine’s day. Click to see it full size, in all its glory!

The game itself is called The Battle for Wesnoth, a turn based strategy game. It’s free and has such beautifully pixeled units. On my map, each player starts out with a castle, and must recruit soldiers to attach the enemy king. You are blocked by a massive heart-shaped lava lake, and must either trek around the edges of it, or risk the narrow stone bridge to cut across it. Much blood-thirsty fun was had that day. đŸ™‚

Valentine’s Day Gaming

Custom game map, with a heart-shaped lava pool

This is a custom map I made as a surprise for my boyfriend on Valentine’s day. Click to see it full size, in all its glory!

The game itself is called The Battle for Wesnoth, a turn based strategy game. It’s free and has such beautifully pixeled units. On my map, each player starts out with a castle, and must recruit soldiers to attach the enemy king. You are blocked by a massive heart-shaped lava lake, and must either trek around the edges of it, or risk the narrow stone bridge to cut across it. Much blood-thirsty fun was had that day. đŸ™‚

Akarrian Expansion

akarrian expansion, also known as apocs akarra, born of whispers in akarra

This site is for a 2d mmorpg, called Akarrian Expansion. Akarra has charming pixel art, quite complex game mechanics, and a nice community. I tried to capture the spirit of the game by using screenshots of some of the different landscapes and creatures in the header, and snippets of player chat. I think it’s probably the most appealing website I’ve ever made. The design and the content are very intertwined and support each other. Also it was really fun to do!

Update: Akarrian Expansion has come to an end. Visit akarra.com for more information.