This week we wrap up on Rivals and dive full into the new UI and Exploration update.

We’re almost ready to launch Rival Mages and we address some concerns about Combat.

We read every forum post and every review. Game dev is hard partly because it involves a series of guesses, like taking shots in the dark. Feedback helps improve our aim. In this post we analyze commonalities in the negative reviews.

Progress on Mage Rivals and first look at WIP new UI.

I’ve spent the last 2 days in meetings figuring out what we focus on next.

This week’s focus is fixing priority combat issues and letting the dust settle.

Notes for the upcoming combat update on Friday Jan 19.

This week we show some new footage of the new combat and discuss how player progress will be migrated to the new version of the game.

We’re back for a fresh new year of magic, mayhem, and machinations in Archmage Rises. The team enjoyed the week break and we’re back at it to finish combat Jan 19.

Last update of the year, we cover some design discussion, NPCs, and NEW combat.