https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/ Updates from a fan remake of Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/old-or-new-your-choice/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/old-or-new-your-choice/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The Control Panel now lets you choose between Sierra’s untouched CD voices and the restored set, alongside the Menu Style option for the original or new menus. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/return-to-mordavia-goes-live/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/return-to-mordavia-goes-live/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The project has a home on the web: a showcase of the repaints, the Intro, the hero and the road ahead, and a Guild Logbook for your thoughts. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-dark-ones-cave-reborn/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-dark-ones-cave-reborn/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Room 770, where the game begins, gets a complete redesign, a stone iris door and a bone cage that erupts around a thief, plus Puzzle Points and achievements. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/iron-and-motion-capture/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/iron-and-motion-capture/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The hero fights with real motion capture, the Badders get HD frames, and the combat panel, spell window and menus move to a new iron look. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-narrator-speaks-again/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-narrator-speaks-again/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Narrator lines in the Intro that couldn’t be cleaned up are now spoken by an AI clone of the original narrator, reading the original script with Sierra’s own CD recording guiding the delivery, and it now unrolls on a parchment scroll. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/first-blood-the-badders/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/first-blood-the-badders/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Combat arrives, faithful to Sierra’s rules down to the timing: arcade and strategy modes, a combat tutorial, and the first page of Cards in the journal. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/a-hero-worthy-of-the-name/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/a-hero-worthy-of-the-name/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 After several rejected attempts, the 3D hero finally looks like the character-select art. He is now walking through all four Intro rooms. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/into-the-third-dimension/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/into-the-third-dimension/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The painted rooms get real depth: the hero walks through them in 3D while they look exactly like the paintings. Then come Levitate and the first spells. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-chasm-and-the-tentacle/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/the-chasm-and-the-tentacle/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Room 710 comes alive: the rope menu, climbing and tightrope walking, wind in the rope, and a repainted tentacle waiting below. https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/voices-from-the-cave/ https://returntomordavia.com/chronicle/voices-from-the-cave/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The Intro’s 273 narrator lines and Katrina’s voice are restored, her portrait comes to life, and the Mordavia theme is reborn on violin.