Marcato

Did I tell you guys about the time I ate magic icecream? It had wings and a horn, kind of hurt. Also brought me a lot of rage.

I take pride in showing up at awkward moments. Most commonly when my name is said or when some other event happens. Watch the skies. I descend from above. On a silver cloud. At breakneck speed. Waiting to eat all of your faces. All of them.

Hey, I heard there was a party going on here and I- Why are you guys looking so scared.

Nightmares. They're awful things. They strike you in the night without a single bit of consideration for your mental state, and leave you terrified for what seems like an eternity after you wake up. You dare not to move. Not to breath. They make you fear your own room. That coat hanging from your closet becomes a monster, or some other being waiting to lash out at you. The first words that escape you are it was only a dream... it was only a dream... and it makes you wonder, how did I not realize it was a dream? The mind perceives everything in your dream as normal. No matter how out of the ordinary it may appear, you continue to think it's your reality. Dreams can last for as long as they like, no matter how long the night truly is, a dream can extend that time and leave you wishing everything would end. Nightmares captivate us. They refuse to let us go, and finally release us at the best or worst possible part. The nightmare never ends when you want it to. It ends when youve all but given up hope on ever escaping the living hell within your own mind. It ends right before death, right before you hit the ground after a long fall. Your heart beats like mad, and every bit of pain, emotional or physical is as strong as you expect it to be. This is why nightmares keep people, both young and old, awake at night, fearing what may happen should they dare to shut their eyes and return to sleep. Even after the night is over, the nightmare continues. It lives on in memory, and it scars you. It returns in moment of fear, it returns in moments of similar nature. However it most often returns to puzzle us. It leaves us trying to determine what it means, trying to unravel the riddle of our own human mind. The mind is a terrifying thing, and this is why its one of the most powerful things in the world. Fear, sadness, anger, all sorts of things. They are all processed by the mind, and whatever your mind thinks is real, is ultimately what you know is real.

So, as some of you may know (and by some I mean probably 1 or 2 people) I am making a game/mod. This is basically a heavily modded version of a game that Notch (creator of Minecraft) made for the 22nd Ludum Dare competition, titled "Minicraft." As the name suggests, it's similar to Minecraft, however this game is a top-down RPG-Style game, that's comparable to the Zelda games, only featuring survival and crafting implementations. Play it here! As I mentioned earlier, I am making a heavily modded version of Minicraft, titled MiniRPG. As the name suggests, I am intending on expanding on the RPG elements that Minicraft already has, and making it a little more comparable to the Elder Scroll's series or the old Final Fantasy games. I'll write more details on this project later... but for now, I must tell you about the music! Yes, MiniRPG will add music to the game Minicraft, and this music is NES-style, also known as 8-bit. This music has just been completed (at least for the four main purposes) today. A song for the title menu, a song for the overworld, a song for the underground and a song for the sky level where you fight the final boss. And here, is the music, neatly compiled into a ZIP since I probably can't have 4 soundcloud embeds in one post. MiniRPG Music.zip Hopefully the attachment worked... Anyways, hope you guys find the music entertaining. Once I can fix a VERY serious bug I might get ready to release my first Alpha version. Otherwise, stay tuned for a full blog post about MiniRPG.