<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Thalion	O
Software	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
unfinished	O
trilogy	O
(	O
Amberstar	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
plays	O
as	O
the	O
grandson	O
of	O
the	O
hero	O
of	O
Amberstar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
from	O
Lionheart	B-Application
makes	O
an	O
appearance	O
,	O
as	O
does	O
the	O
main	O
enemy	O
from	O
Amberstar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
were	O
rare	O
,	O
most	O
players	O
had	O
to	O
put	O
up	O
with	O
frequent	O
disk	O
changes	O
(	O
and	O
corresponding	O
long	O
load	O
times	O
)	O
,	O
particularly	O
before	O
battle	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
April	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
around	O
Easter	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
was	O
only	O
ever	O
released	O
in	O
German	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
One	O
,	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
lacks	O
sound	O
effects	O
due	O
to	O
"[concentrating]	O
more	O
on	O
implementing	O
atmospheric	O
tunes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
's	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Berlin	O
music	O
student	O
Matthias	O
Steinwachs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
maps	O
are	O
four	O
times	O
larger	O
than	O
those	O
in	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Amberstar	B-Application
,	O
with	O
each	O
world	O
having	O
a	O
total	O
surface	O
area	O
of	O
800x800	O
squares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
The	O
One	O
interviewed	O
Erik	O
Simon	O
,	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
's	O
producer	O
,	O
for	O
information	O
regarding	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
's	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
features	O
first	O
person	O
3D	O
movement	O
in	O
dungeons	O
,	O
and	O
Simon	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
we	O
have	O
had	O
a	O
bitmap-polygon	B-Algorithm
routine	I-Algorithm
at	O
Thalion	O
for	O
over	O
two	O
years	O
now	O
...	O
we	O
've	O
not	O
had	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
implement	O
this	O
technique	O
but	O
now	O
the	O
chance	O
has	O
finally	O
arisen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
express	O
that	O
this	O
feature	O
is	O
"	O
normally	O
impossible	O
"	O
to	O
do	O
on	O
16-bit	O
machines	O
,	O
and	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
development	O
has	O
gone	O
from	O
wireframe	B-Algorithm
to	O
solid	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
and	O
now	O
on	O
to	O
texture	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Texture	O
mapping	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
simple	O
calculations	O
that	O
most	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
games	O
use	O
but	O
instead	O
of	O
taking	O
a	O
simple	O
one-colour	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
,	O
we	O
take	O
a	O
bitmap	B-Algorithm
graphic	I-Algorithm
and	O
distort	O
it	O
spatially	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
fits	O
on	O
the	O
polygon.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
explains	O
that	O
"	O
Many	O
painting	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
DPaint	B-Application
have	O
been	O
doing	O
this	O
sort	O
of	O
thing	O
for	O
years	O
but	O
the	O
real	O
problem	O
lies	O
with	O
performing	O
it	O
in	O
realtime	O
with	O
dozens	O
of	O
bitplane	B-Device
polygons	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
quite	O
a	O
task	O
because	O
you	O
have	O
to	O
handle	O
every	O
single	O
pixel	O
of	O
the	O
object	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
fast	O
one-colour	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
routine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
easier	O
to	O
do	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
cards	I-Protocol
[	O
the	O
byte-per-pixel	O
mode ]	O
,	O
not	O
to	O
speak	O
of	O
the	O
faster	O
CPUs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Dungeons	O
in	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
are	O
drawn	O
using	O
four	O
bit-planes	O
,	O
giving	O
sixteen	O
colours	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
runs	O
in	O
five	O
planes	O
in	O
32	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
optional	O
feature	O
for	O
textured	O
ceilings	O
and	O
floors	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Application
A1200s	I-Application
or	O
better	O
was	O
considered	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
fireballs	O
were	O
used	O
for	O
testing	O
having	O
many	O
objects	O
on-screen	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
and	O
larger	O
fires	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
test	O
how	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
handles	O
large	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
regards	O
to	O
limitations	O
during	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
's	O
development	O
,	O
Simon	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
always	O
have	O
many	O
more	O
ideas	O
than	O
we	O
can	O
program	O
or	O
paint	O
but	O
are	O
unable	O
to	O
for	O
one	O
reason	O
or	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
not	O
a	O
question	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
's	O
limitations	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
question	O
of	O
time	O
[	O
and	O
money ]	O
...	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
with	O
which	O
we	O
are	O
testing	O
to	O
see	O
whether	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
share	O
is	O
still	O
strong	O
enough	O
to	O
afford	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
high-standard	O
software.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
states	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
points	O
of	O
the	O
philosophy	O
of	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
's	O
design	O
is	O
"	O
to	O
use	O
both	O
a	O
complete	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
state	O
that	O
he	O
feels	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
Thalion	O
are	O
"	O
the	O
only	O
software	O
house	O
capable	O
of	O
doing	O
this	O
because	O
we	O
have	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
Amberstar	B-Application
and	O
some	O
new	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
think	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
will	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
RPG	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
16-bit	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legends	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valour	I-Application
was	O
anticipated	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Simon	O
stated	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
Legends	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
failed	O
to	O
impress	O
us	O
here	O
at	O
Thalion	O
...	O
our	O
screen	O
window	O
is	O
approximately	O
three	O
times	O
bigger	O
and	O
still	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
're	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
size	O
screen	O
for	O
the	O
texture	O
mapped	O
dungeon	O
in	O
Amberstar	B-Application
which	O
is	O
why	O
our	O
system	O
does	O
n't	O
tend	O
to	O
'	B-General_Concept
crumble	I-General_Concept
 '	I-General_Concept
distant	O
objects	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
Legends	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valour	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
refers	O
to	O
Legends	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valour	I-Application
as	O
"	O
pioneering	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ambermoon	B-Application
was	O
a	O
major	O
success	O
for	O
Thalion	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
ultimately	O
failed	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
collapse	O
,	O
which	O
occurred	O
before	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
begin	O
the	O
final	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
planned	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
Thalion	O
team	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
Blue	O
Byte	O
,	O
which	O
produced	O
the	O
graphically-similar	O
game	O
Albion	B-Application
,	O
a	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
to	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
fan	B-Application
expansion	O
,	O
Ambermoon	B-Application
Advanced	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
