The Republic of Thoronia

Mojiferous Industries has officially released the excellent Atomic Combat 2.0. It’s Macintosh only, but offers an excellent variation on Battleship. Download it today and keep up with us on the leaderboards (some snob calling themselves “blah” has already beaten the high score, but you’ll notice that I have the highest remaining population still). I am dedicating myself to being number one on that list, dammit. Download it here. While you’re there, don’t forget to snag a copy of Zoltan and hear the magical sounds of the Republic of Thoronia Band. As always, the programs are free.

A collaboration between The Republic of Thoronia and Mojiferous Industries is being announced right now (legally we’re required to announce these things, you know, for copyright reason and such). The two entities are going to be working together to create a point-and-click adventure game (an ode, you might say to the likes of Tex Murphy, Myst, Sam & Max) based on King Thor’s adventures. Although story details are limited at this point — the basic plot line has been released: The player will take control of a Prophet of Thoronia. Tasked with finding the Good King Thor (as we all know he has a penchant for being lost), the player will be forced to solve a variety of puzzles, converse with a variety of NPC’s to keep the story moving and will likely be utterly surprised when they find the GKT. Here is an exerpt from the story:   

As the car starts the girl appears at the door of Jerusalem’s. The backlighting makes her look like a bit of an angel, but I’m sure that neon could make a bridge-troll look like Dolly Parton at the right angle. 

 Other details that are being released are as follows: GUI is based on construction paper cutouts and felt. Game slated for initial release to iPhone/iPod Touch, with ports to PC and Mac later in the year. The two companies think it would work swell on the Wii, if anyone has any information for developing on that. The cost likely will be free, but may be upwards of $5 if the duo gets greedy.   If anyone has suggestion for puzzles, conundrums or trivials or wants to help, assist, lend in anyway, we would be much appreciative. After we get the text mapped out and the locations solidified there is going to be a lot of cutting and pasting and cutting of construction paper and felt, and oh heavens, the music, yes there will be music… hell, maybe we’ll get Matthew Mcconaughey to do some voice acting, I don’t think he’s doing anything worthwhile with his life right now.  We will also need beta testers on all platforms (so if anyone has a jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch and wants to win the heart of a God, get in touch).

Take that you naysayers who thought that a bit of class couldn’t be brought to a program called “Lobster Petting.” Also, come to Thoronia, it’s all open grassland and farms now (this has got to be the weirdest proof of internet popularity I’ve ever seen – Thoronia has a population of 6, so apperently nobody really wants to live here)!