With nothing really to show, we address a key fan question, the elephant in the room so to speak, of where is the magic in Archmage Rises?!
 

In this update we show how a variety of interactions can grow a relationship.  And new ones become available as you increase or decrease the stages of the relationship.  Repetition doesn't work in relationships, so I had to retool the NPC brain to be able to efficiently store and quickly retrieve everything that happens to them (with timestamps) so they can react correctly to someone spamming the same choices.

In this update I show another way this game allows realistic interactions with NPCs: Jokes and Insults.  And then how you can take those jokes and use your performance skill to put on a comedy routine at the local inn.
 

This week I rewrote and funified a core system that has been broken for a long time: NPC conversation.  In this video I show the new version of the system.  It's not perfect yet, but I now think I'm on the right track with the accumulation, leveling, and discovery of Interests.

We continue to the hard work of making the game release ready.  Archmage is ambitious and our goal is to make something as deep and interesting as Dwarf Fortress or Crusader Kings II, yet accessible to everyone.  In this update we show the beginnings of character creation and customization, life aspirations, and the detailed NPC relationships view, and announce something weird that is happening with Nic.

We continue to refine, polish, and improve the playability of Build 11.  This week we show some of what we've been   This week we show some of the things we've been working on. 

Still don't know the release date, still 29+ outstanding issues before it's ready for the world.

Nic didn't make a video last week (Boo!), but the team is back together again (Yeah!) and we continue to battle bugs as we prepare the release.  And we discuss a fan's suggestion we do a kickstarter.
 

Today is the day we predicted Build 11 would be coming out.  And it almost did (on the beta branch), but further reflection revealed no one is served by a crappy build.  Here's what happened.

In this final update for 2017 we share our progress on build 11.  We were supposed to be feature complete today.  We came close.  And Thomas wears a hat.

In this short update we discuss progress on Build 11 and the addition of the new medieval insult engine thanks to the crowd sourcing of insults this week.  Enjoy the video and don't be a goblin-bedder!