- New features and bug fixes - 21 January 2026
Hey everyone! Here are the details of this update: Guide of Zarabon I've created a guide to help you navigate the game more easily. Press (F1) to open the guide. Subtitle Generator for Heroes I've created a system that generates subtitles for the hero based on their progress in the game. The Nomad This is the subtitle that heroes begin with. The Village Chief This appears when a hero controls at least one village. The Lone Wolf This appears when a hero hasn't established a village and is allied with werewolves. The Lord / The Queen The hero must have at least one castle built in one of their villages. The Emperor / The Empress This is when a lord dominates a biome by controlling most of the land. The Emperor can assign special quests to other heroes, which must be completed with significant consequences. Mounts are now visible on the world map. I've adjusted the undead difficulty levels…
- Undead mode is now available ! - 23 November 2025
Hey everyone!Undead mode is now available.In this game mode, the world of Zarabon is overrun by thousands of undead, and you must destroy their village to stop their spread.There are 30 undead villages scattered throughout the world. The environment becomes hostile when you are near an undead village.The undead will attack your villages, and you will need to build up your army to repel them. As you destroy their villages, the world will come back to life and become peaceful. You can consult your world map to see in real time where the undead and their villages are located. Here are the 9 types of undead that have invaded the world of Zarabon: Undead A decayed undead foot soldier.Dusk Stalker A ghoul with crimson-stained claws.Mournshade A dark knight bound in cursed armor.Undead Champion A hulking brute animated by dark energy.Fleshspawn A pale mutant risen from necrotic experiments.Gra…
- Hero Creator Trailer - 9 October 2025
Hi everyone, here's the new game trailer I created for the Hero Creator update. I'll be back soon with a new major update. Have a wonderful day and thank you again for your support. :) Blackmyers www.blackmyers.com
- New features and bug fixes - 1 September 2025
Hello everyone! Here are the details of this update:Village CaptureWhen you destroy Alek's or Victor Muller's village, a progress bar is activated to show the progress of the village capture. The more soldiers you have in the village, the faster the capture. Once the village is captured, you can build buildings there.Features and ImprovementsWe can now attack enemies with our weapon while sitting on our mount.When you cut wood or mine resources on occupied land, an alert message will appear to tell you that you will lose reputation with the hero who owns the land.Our mount feeds automatically when it has food in its inventory.When you ask your cave troll or mammoth to patrol your village, they protect it from enemies and automatically feed at the general store.When you ask them to patrol an enemy village, they destroy all the buildings in the village.I worked on the AI pathing system.…
- Full Controller support, optimization... and much more! - 23 June 2025
Welcome, adventurers of Zarabon!The wind blows once again across the lands of the Lost Kingdom, bringing its share of new features. Thank you for your patience, your feedback, and your dedication! Here's the content of this long-awaited update. Full Controller Compatibility- Exploration, combat, and interactions fully playable with a controller- Fully optimized for Steam- Built-in specific features- Smooth navigation and intuitive controls, designed for the game worldPerformance & Optimization- Reduced loading times- Improved overall fluidityNew Additions- Paths now automatically align with others- Ability to run in the General Store- Rope crafting added to the stable- Villagers without tools or with less than 50% health automatically flee—and heal themselves if they are safeBalance Fixes- Mushrooms stored in the village storage are now consumed- Enemies ignore the player in passive mod…
- 🔥 50% off Alek The Lost Kingdom until June 18! - 9 June 2025
👋 Greetings, Adventurers!The magical World of Zarabon awaits…Take advantage of this special Steam offer — 🔥 50% off until June 18 — to discover (or rediscover) Alek The Lost Kingdom, an open-world RPG where every choice shapes the fate of the realm.Here's a quick look at what's already in the game, what's coming next, and what's currently in development.Available Content🛡️ Hero CreationCreate your own champion to defend villages and embark on epic quests!🌍 New BiomesExplore snowy mountains, deep forests, and lush plains — each filled with unique resources and creatures.🧌 Legendary EnemiesCave trolls, yetis, werewolves, mammoths... Will you dare face them?🐴 Tameable Legendary MountsSome of Zarabon’s unique creatures can be tamed…Ride mythical beasts like the Buckdjeuve, and venture forth on the back of a legend!🥕 Farming and CookingPlant, harvest, and process your resources to fee…
- Bug fixes and optimizations - 17 May 2025
Hello Adventurers, A new update has just been released! It fixes several annoying bugs and improves overall performance across the Kingdom, especially loading times. The Main Menu and the World of Zarabon now load in just a few seconds. Bugs Fixed: - Fixed the bug where the horse would detach from the cart - Fixed the issue where villagers floated in the air upon spawning - Enemies are no longer launched into the air when hit by the player Optimizations: - Improved code for better performance - Reduced loading times for the Main Menu and the World of Zarabon Next Step: I’m currently working on controller support for the game. In the meantime, feel free to report any bugs you encounter. Thank you for your support, and enjoy the game! Blackmyers http://www.blackmyers.com
- Hero Creator is now available! - 9 May 2025
Hello everyone! Good news: the "Hero Creator" update is finally here… Prepare to dive into a richer, more epic adventure… full of secrets. After two years of development, this major update is now accessible in the main branch. This update has been a huge technical and creative challenge. I have added many new contents and reworked all the code to improve performance and ensure an optimal gaming experience. I would like to thank my wife and Cdrix for their help with the texts, as well as our community on Discord and Steam for their support with the experimental version. The game is now available in ten languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, German, and Hindi. Note: some translations have been fully completed using automated translation tools (translations in English and French are not affected). Some texts may require adjustments… or…
- Hero Creator Experimental Update 1.32 Final Part - 20 April 2025
Hello everyone, here is the final part of the experimental version of the 1.32 update. Detail to access the Hero Creator Experimental update Visit our website for details on how to download this update: Website The game is now available in several languages The game is now translated into Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), German and Russian. Other languages will be translated soon. Let us know which languages you would like to see. We used Google Translate to do the translation. There may be some errors in the translation. Here are the updates in this version: Rabbit Traps You can now create and set rabbit traps. Rabbit Shelter You can place captured rabbits in a shelter. After a while, they will evolve into Buckdjeuves. Once evolved, you can ride the Buckdjeuve. Caribou Traps You can now create and set caribou traps to capture and tame them. Once tamed,…
- New Content Added / Hero Creator Update 1.32 - 24 October 2024
Hi everyone, here is the list of additions that I implemented in the Hero Creator 1.32 Experimental update. Detail to access the Hero Creator update Visit our website for details on how to download this update: Website NEW FEATURES Training Camp Soldiers will now train when they have nothing to do. Snow on Building There is now snow on all buildings in the snowy mountain biome. House Confort Houses use wood for heating in winter. Workbench Level 2 I added the workbench level 2 which will allow us to make more advanced things. Wood Cabin You can build a small wooden cabin that will allow you to warm up and protect you from bad weather. New Pickaxe You can now obtain the Steel Pickaxe recipe by defeating the Spider Boss and the Silver Pickaxe recipe by defeating the Elemental in the caves. Road System You can build roads in your village that will allow you to have smoother traffic. You ca…
- Additions and bug fixes - 30 September 2024
Hello everyone ! Here are the additions and fixes I made in this update: Visit our website for details on how to download this update: Website - When you receive a quest to capture a specific horse for the village and you are asked to have a horse at level 2. The villages will accept a horse at level 2 and above. - When you level up, you now receive 5 attribute points per level. - The Dexterity attribute will have an influence on your accuracy in archery. The more dexterity you have, the slower the bar to tame the horse will be. - The Strength attribute will have an influence on the number of points you will inflict when you tame a horse. - Heroes like Victor and Alek will equip themselves with better armor and equipment over time. - I added a new Storage attribute that will allow us to have more slots in our inventory. - We can now carry the little chick in our hands. - We can now find…
- Hero Creator Experimental Update is Now Available - 13 September 2024
Hello everyone ! The Hero Creator experimental update is now available. *IMPORTANT* - You need to start a new game with this update. The old save game is incompatible with this version. - Visit our website for details on how to download this update: Website Here are the details of the update: - I reworked the main character of Alek - Alek will become a young adult at level 10 - I reworked all the animations of the character - I optimized the game performance / FPS Increased - We will be able to craft a torch to light our way through the cave. - I added new ambient music in the game. - I added new passive and hostile animals and creatures like rabbit, buckdjeuve, caribou, mammoth, sabertooth, Yeti, Werewolf, polar bear, spiders, Shroom Guardian, Crystal Elemental and treants. Create your own heroes You can create your own heroes and join Alek and Victor Muller in the world of Zarabon. 10…
- Hero Creator Update 1.32 / New Contents Added - 21 June 2024
Hello everyone ! I just finished enlarging the world map so we can have a better gaming experience with this update. Here are some images and details of what I added to the update. I expanded the forest biome and added the snowy mountains biome with 12 new lands that we can buy and build our village. I added new passive and hostile animals and creatures like rabbit, buckdjev, carribou, mammoth, sabertooth, Yeti, Werewolf, polar bear, spiders, Shroom Guardian, Crystal Elemental and treants. Werewolves will appear at the full moon. There will be Yeti villages in the Snowy Mountains biome. We can become allies or enemies with them. I still have to finalize a few details and then I will come back to you with the code to access the experimental version of this update. Thank you very much for your support :) Blackmyers Visit: www.blackmyers.com
- New content added in Hero Creator Update 1.32 - 25 February 2024
Hello everyone, I wanted to apologize for the delay. I decided to add other contents in the update to finalize everything. Here are the details of the additions I implemented. Caves You can explore the cave and mine resources like coal, iron, gold and silver. Troll Trolls live deep in the caves. He can come out of the cave during the night. Skeleton I added skeletons that will appear in foggy forests at night and in the caves. New Weapon & Shield New Armor Parts - We will also be able to craft a torch to light us in the cave. - I added new ambiant music in the game. - I enlarged the map in certain regions Let me know if you would like to be able to build your survival camp in the cave? Thank you for your support and patience and I will come back to you soon with an update. Blackmyers Visit: www.blackmyers.com
- Hero Creator Update 1.32 Details - 20 November 2023
Hello everyone, here are the details of the upcoming update 1.32. I still have a few details to work on and I will publish an update in experimental version within a few weeks if all goes well. Create your own hero You can create your own heroes and join Alek and Victor Muller in the world of zarabon. 10 Differents Hair style 9 Differents Beard 5 Differents Hair Color 6 Differents Eyes Color 5 Differents face of Male Worker 5 Differents face of Male Hero 5 Differents face of Female Worker 5 Differents face of Female Hero Villager Generator The villagers are now all different visually and physically I reworked the character of Alek Alek become adult at level 10. Armor Parts Villagers and heroes can now equip themselves with different pieces of armor such as helmet, chest armor, pants, gloves and boots. You can also assign an amulet and a ring to your hero and your soldiers to increase th…
- Details of the next update 1.312 - 4 September 2023
Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. Here are the details for the upcoming 1.312 update. I will try to release this update in a few weeks. - I redid the main character of Alek - Alek will become a young adult at level 10 - I redid all the animations of the character - We are going to have the possibility of placing pieces of armor on our character. Helmet, Chest, Pants, Glove and Boots - I fixed some bug Here's the new and the old character of Alek Alek with armor pieces After this update I would like to implement the 2 players coop mode. We will have the possibility to choose Alek or Victor as hero. This will allow us to test the replication for multiplayer mode. Thank you all for your support :) Blackmyers
- Small additions and bug fix - 9 July 2023
- I added 2 slots in our action bar - You will receive an alert message when an enemy enters into the village - I have fixed the quest which asks to craft equipments. Good game :)
- I adjusted the goblin attacks - 6 July 2023
The number of goblins attacking villages will increase day by day. Keep me posted how you find the intensity of the attacks. Thanks :)
- Cooking & Farming Update is now available ! - 3 July 2023
Hello everyone, The Cooking & Farming Update is now available. Here are the details of what I did in this major update. --------------------------------------------------------- Cooking System - Possibility to cook food with different ingredient. - 19 cooking recipes that we will have to discover Gardien Field Possibility to create gardien field around the survival camp with the garden hoe tool and you can build the garden field in your village which will allow you to grow different vegetables. We will be able to grow potatoes, onion, carrot, corn, tomato, lettuce, cabbage, buckwheat, wheat, sunflower and hop. Added 10 Resources Some resources will only be available in future biomes Rework the visual of the goblins I reworked the visual of the chief goblin and the little goblins Horse leveling and attributes - Horses can level up and you can assign different attributes to your horse - Y…
- New Update - Experimental Version 1.31 Part 4 - 24 April 2023
Hello everyone, I finalized another part of the Update 1.31 Experimental version. I recommend you to start a new game. Here are the details of what I did in this update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experimental Version Code: Alpha1Dot31Test Use this code to play this experimental version. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIMALS FARM ADDED SMALL CHICKEN COOP You can build a small chicken coop around your survival camp and you can raise chickens. PIG SHELTER You can build a pig shelter around your survival camp and you can raise pig. COW You can build a Post with a Rope and Feeder around your survival camp and you can attach the cows and feed it with Hay Bale and the cow will give you milk. NEW PLANTS AND SEEDS Can now plant sunf…
