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Developer(s) Napoleon Games Programmer(s) Ondřej Novák Series Gates of Skeldal Initial release date 1 November 1998 Mode Single-player video game | 5/5 SourceForge Publisher(s) JRC Interactive Writer(s) Jindřich Rohlík Engine own Genre Role-playing video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, DOS Similar Gates of Skeldal: 7 Mages, The Magic Candle II: The Four, The Last Eichhof, Tegel's Mercenaries, The Magic Candle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 mages official launch trailer
Gates of Skeldal (Czech: Brány Skeldalu) is a Dungeon crawler role-playing video game. The 2D and 3D graphics combining game was developed by Czech studio Napoleon Games and published by JRC Interactive in 1998. In 2007 the game was made freeware, followed by the opening of the source code in 2008. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, a port for mobile phones was released in 2014.
Contents
- 7 mages official launch trailer
- Retro snack br ny skeldalu gates of skeldal
- Plot
- History
- Sequel
- Re releases
- References
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Plot
The game is set on an ancient island named Rovenland. It is said that Rovenland is a land full of magic as the elder gods rested here when they created the world. But, the world's balance is threatened by five evil mages who try to open a gate into the forbidden dimension of Zohar. Therefore, the mages built in the south of the island Skeldal tower, filled with monsters to keep everyone in distance. An old scholar named Freghar intents to stop them. He uses a rite to summon three heroes but dies in process. The heroes are then set up to stop the mages and are joined later by another three people - a thief Roland, a mage Gralt and a brave son of a librarian, Erik. They seek help at Nimeth who is revealed to the person who trained the five evil mages. The mages betrayed Nimeth when they came across the Scroll of Nogran, which promises wealth and power for committing the described rite and opening a gate to forbidden dimensions. Nimeth sends the heroes out to gain five artifacts as these are a source of power for the mages. After capturing these artifacts the group forges them into a Sword of Revenge. The group is then send to Skeldal tower to stop the mage's ritual. Arriving in the last minute, the heroes are able stop the rite and kill the evil mages. The summoned heroes then returns to their homeland, while Gralt sets up for new adventure, Roland becomes an honorable merchant and Erik returns home.
The core characters and protagonists of the game are:
History
Gates of Skeldal was developed by Czech studio Napoleon Games for MS-DOS and published by JRC Interactive in 1998.
Sequel
In 2002 the sequel The Fifth Disciple (Czech:Brány Skeldalu 2: Pátý Učedník, literally: Gates of Skeldal 2: The Fifth Disciple) was released. The story follow the young student of magic Engeor, who has to face Wahargem, one of the main character in original game.
Re-releases
In 2005 Gates of Skeldal was ported by one of the main developers to Windows. On 19 November 2007 the game was made freeware. In 2008 the source code was released under GPLv3 on a sourceforge repository. As the game has never been officially released in English, it was translated by fans later.
In 2014 Gates of Skeldal was released commercially for IOS and Android. The port was funded on Czech crowdfunding site Startovač. During the crowdfunding campaign, Napoleon Games released an advertising game Skeldal Pexeso. Jindřich Rohlík also worked on a novel retelling the story of the game. He also released a novel, Lawless Country, that follows the character of Wahargem.
Sequel
Napoleon Games announced in April 2015 that another installment in the Gates of Skeldal series was in development, titled 7 Mages. It was scheduled for a late 2015 release for mobile devices and Microsoft Windows. "7 Mages" was released on 15th of March 2016.