As a mage growing in power you should be able to customize the spells, right?  Well we agree so in this design update we show how the spell customization process works and all the cool things you can find or discover in the world.

In this historic update we reveal land management, slaves, apprentices, workers, constructs, and hirlings.  Truly Archmage Rises is the RPG with more to do than combat!

This week we dive into the design of the Player Wealth screen and NPC's with all their various relationships.  These are mockups we are showing before the real artwork is finished.

This week we dive into the newly designed character sheet (mock up), core skills, stats, and equipment.

After weeks of trying, we are finally ready to show the new data driven town view.  The data is driven by the simulator so every town is different.  As towns grow buildings will be built, and as it shrinks they will be abandoned.  Every building displayed means something: it's an inn, or a specific person's house you can visit with cookies (or rob).  This is all part of our initiative to show the living breathing nature of the simulated world.

This special episode is dedicated to the Fans!  We answer frequently asked questions, present a bit of a road map, and show how some fan ideas are making it into the game.  Join the conversation!

For our 25th episode we are not only showing some new features in the works, but also how we do it.  Like really, how do you go from idea to coding?  It's actually a long and possibly even scientific process.  We show you the steps and tools involved in indie game dev.

Thomas is on the road again, but we still manage to show a glimpse of what visiting map hexes will really look like.  And how that forms the basis for the new Town view.

In this update we dive into the core core feature of Archmage Rises: the simulated world.  We give a highlight video of how the game world's history is generated, and then detail in the article some of the thinking/mechanics going on behind the scenes.

This week Thomas travels down to Toronto to get an update on the software company currently financing the game.