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2012

  • Dec 21: Quest for Yrolg, the twisted adventure game, has been translated into Italian in v1.8.
  • Dec 11: Warthogs, the Harry Potter parody, has been translated into Italian in v1.7.
  • Nov 5: Errand, a young urban fantasy adventure, has been released.
  • Apr 23: Quasar now has a voice pack and French and German translation in v1.1.
  • Mar 1: The AGS Bake Sale closes after raising $4198 for charity from 1074 donations.
  • Feb 11: A Let's Play video of Indiana Rodent has been released on YouTube.
  • Feb 10: Indiana Rodent appears on TV, courtesy of Reviews on the Run.
  • Jan 21: A Tale of Two Kingdoms, the epic fairy tale adventure, has been translated into Hungarian in v1.3.
  • Jan 20: Indiana Rodent is released as part of the AGS Bake Sale.
  • Jan 18: Our website is blacked out as part of the Strike Against SOPA.

2011

  • Dec 29: Indiana Rodent, the platform game, is available as a one-level demo of the full game.
  • Dec 13: Quasar, a character-based space adventure, has been released.
  • Nov 29: Dennis Dennis Revolution, a rhythm game in AGS, has been released.
  • Aug 7: Indiana Rodent has a public beta version, called "One Room One Cheese".
  • Jul 27: Quasar releases a public beta version.
  • Jul 13: Warthogs has been translated into Hungarian in v1.6.
  • Jul 1: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Hungarian and into Dutch in v1.7.
  • Jun 12: Our website has been redesigned for our tenth anniversary!
  • Feb 18: a Let's Play video of A Tale of Two Kingdoms has been started on YouTube.

2010

  • Nov 14: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Turkish in v1.6.
  • May 15: Cup-Man, a trial for a pac-man game, has been released.
  • May 13: Vector Vendetta, the frantic shooting game, has been upgraded to v2.3.
  • Mar 20: Heroine's Quest: The Herald Of Ragnarok officially becomes a Crystal Shard game.
  • Feb 23: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into German in v1.5.
  • Feb 15: Infinite Monkeys wins third place for Adventure Treff's Fanadventure of the Year.
  • Jan 10: Leylines, the fantasy turn-based strategy game, has been updated to v2.2.
  • Jan 7: Warthogs has been translated into German in v1.5.

2009

  • Dec 9: Infinite Monkeys, the MAGS anniversary adventure, has been translated into German in v1.1.
  • Oct 12: Warthogs has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese in v1.4.
  • Oct 5: Vector Vendetta has been upgraded to v2.2.
  • Oct 3: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Portuguese in v1.4.
  • Sep 29: Leylines v2.0, the expanded edition, has been released.
  • Sep 26: SubTerra and SubTerra 2, the addictive action/puzzle games, are once again released for Linux.
  • Sep 16: Warthogs has been translated into Spanish in v1.3.
  • Sep 3: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Spanish in v1.3, and now has a Czech voice pack.
  • Aug 2: Vector Vendetta has been upgraded to the Vengeance Version, v2.0.
  • Jun 17: Root of all Evil, the Reality On The Norm adventure game, has been upgraded to v1.1.
  • Jun 5: Quest for Yrolg, has been translated into French and Czech in v1.2.
  • Apr 8: Warthogs has been translated into French in v1.2.
  • Apr 5: SubTerra and SubTerra 2 have been upgraded to v2.6 and v1.4, respectively.

2008

  • Dec 21: Quest for Yrolg is released with a voice pack in v1.1.
  • Dec 16: A Tale of Two Kingdoms now comes with a jukebox application.
  • Nov 16: Vector Vendetta has been upgraded to v1.1.
  • Sep 25: KATA, the surrealistic sequel to META, has been released.
  • Sep 2: Screen 7 awards Quest for Yrolg second place for Game of the Year 2008.
  • Jul 25: Vector Vendetta, a frantic shooting game, has been released.
  • Jun 16: Quest for Yrolg, an adventure game with a twist, has been released.
  • Mar 25: All download the Hypnotoad!
  • Feb 17: A Tale of Two Kingdoms wins the AGS Awards for best animation, sound, puzzles, and manual.
  • Feb 3: SubTerra and SubTerra 2 have been upgraded to v2.5 and v1.3, respectively.
  • Jan 12: Games for Windows magazine has a feature on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 3: GamePro magazine has a feature on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 2: Screen 7 names A Tale of Two Kingdoms the Game of the Year for 2007.

2007

  • Dec 1: SubTerra appears on TV, courtesy of Locomotion Films.
  • Nov 30: Crystal Shard participates in the 2007 Adventure Developers Online Conference.
  • Nov 24: SubTerra 2 has been upgraded to v1.2.
  • Nov 18: Warthogs is released with a voice pack in v1.1.
  • Nov 1: PC Zone magazine names A Tale of Two Kingdoms the Freeware Game of the Month.
  • Sep 24: Leylines expanded edition is available as a beta version.
  • Sep 21: Root of all Evil, an adventure game set in Reality On The Norm, has been released.
  • Sep 1: Pixel Hunt, a short joke game, has been released.
  • Aug 28: A Tale of Two Kingdoms has been upgraded to v1.2.
  • Aug 25: Adventure Europe offers to host A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Aug 12: Our website has been redesigned into a more modern curvy interface.
  • Jul 29: Quest Fighter 2, a celebrity deathmatch of adventure protagonists, has been released.
  • Jul 15: A Tale of Two Kingdoms, an epic fairy tale adventure game, has been released.
  • Jul 10: CGempire offers to host A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 24: SubTerra 2 has been upgraded to v1.1.

2006

  • Dec 31: A Tale of Two Kingdoms shows a public demo of the introduction sequence.
  • Dec 28: SubTerra 2, a devious action/puzzle game, has been released.
  • Nov 28: Crystal Shard participates in the 2006 Adventure Developers Online Conference.
  • Nov 21: Warthogs, a Harry Potter parody, has been released.
  • Aug 29: META, the AGS meta-game, has been upgraded to the "Cuppit shuts the hell up" edition.
  • Jun 30: The MegaVerb GUI, an add-on for AGS, has been released.
  • Jun 30: Infinite Monkeys, a graphic adventure game for the 5-year MAGS anniversary, has been released.
  • Apr 14: Our website on Crystalshard.net has been redesigned.
  • Apr 1: Quest Fighter, a celebrity deathmatch of adventure protagonists, is released by Mortal Wombat.
  • Mar 13: A Tale of Two Kingdoms has a trailer movie available.
  • Mar 1: Heroine's Quest releases its third demo.

2005

  • Dec 8: META, the AGS meta-game, has been released, featuring Cuppit the Mighty Blue Cup!
  • Nov 24: MOTLPAA, an experiment in 3-d mazes, has been released.
  • Jun 8: SubTerra 2 is available as a playable beta version including the level editor.
  • May 12: SubTerra is re-released as promotion for Caravel Games.
  • May 10: Caravel Games offers to host us, on our own domain crystalshard.net.
  • Apr 1: Hero of Infamous Kingdoms, an April Fools joke, has been released.
  • Feb 4: Heroine's Quest releases its second demo.

2004


2003

  • Dec 28: Leylines, a fantasy turn-based strategy game, has been released.
  • Dec 19: Binary People offers to publish SubTerra and Leylines.
  • Dec 1: SubTerra has been upgraded to v2.2.
  • Nov 22: C-Flat, a simple scripting language, has been released.
  • Nov 22: Our website on Liacs has been redesigned.
  • Aug 3: Hollow Earth is officially cancelled.
  • Apr 27: Home of the Underdogs gives a Top Dog award to SubTerra.
  • Apr 1: SubTerra has been upgraded to the Remastered Edition, v2.0.
  • Mar 1: SubTerra is now available for Linux.
  • Feb 2: Home of the Underdogs gives a Top Dog award to Block-O-Mania.

2002

  • Jul 26: Leylines is available as a public alpha version.
  • Jul 16: SubTerra has been upgraded to v1.3.
  • Feb 28: The prototypical Crystal Shard website launches on Liacs.

2001


Previous millennium

  • 2000: Hollow Earth, the predecessor to Leylines, is available as a short playable demo.
  • 2000: PjsGfx, a graphical library for DOS, has been released in November.
  • 2000: Homeland, a role-playing game, has been released by DragonLore on June 15th.
  • 1999: The Creativity Abounds website launches on Liacs.
  • 1999: Spöl, a promotional card game, has been released.
  • 1999: Simplex, our pen-and-paper role playing system, has been released.
  • 1998: ADVance, a text adventure engine, has been released.
  • 1996: ElfQuest, an RPG based on the popular comic, is available as a short demo game.
  • 1995: My original Archmage page launches on Geocities, then called GeoPages.
  • 1989: Block-O-Mania, a complex puzzle game, has been released over BBS.
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