Love of Magic News

It's finally the winter holidays, and Steam's Winter Sale kicks off today. Love of Magic is available at 35% off, in case you want to gift a copy to a romantic pervert you know.



The event theme for today came from this wallpaper set I put together today. You can grab the full high res versions from Imgur, where they're available in 3840x2160 (16:9), 3440x1440 (21:9 aspect) and 5637x2306 (22:9 aspect) resolutions.

Thanks for all the support, and I hope all of you have an amazing holiday season!

After a quick detour to polish Book 1, I'm back working on Book 2. This release extends the main timeline of the game by 22 days, ending on Day 166. You can play it now by enabling the Beta branch on your Book 1 game. If you enjoy it, remember to Wishlist Book 2 on Steam , it really helps the eventual launch.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570980/Love_of_Magic_Book_2_The_War/

The Act's relatively dense, with 15 calendar events, and numerous optional / side events, but without a shadow of a doubt my favorite element is the formal wedding ceremony, on Valentine's Day (Feb 14th).



So what's next? I usually leapfrog these builds, so with Act IX done it's time for IX+. These are events that are not 'auto triggered' by day, but rather exist to flesh out the world and make it feel alive. Act IX+'s content will center on the King's Dragon, telling stories of the various people who live and drink there.

Hope you all enjoy the update, and let me know if there's any issues!

It's Love of Magic's first chance to be nominated for a Steam Award, and while it's hard to think a little one man adult indie game making the cut, it's still fun to try. I originally clicked 'labor of love' (because it is), but the I realized that's more for games that are ten years old and still getting updated. So I went with Story rich games instead; hopefully you guys agree it fits :)



As the theme for this event I picked an image that's actually not in Book 1; the big wedding happens on the 14th February (St Valentine's day), and is part of the upcoming Act IX in Book 2. You can check it out on the Beta Branch now, if you want. It's one of my favorite sequences of Book 2 so far, and hopefully all of you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Act IX is hopefully done in a couple of weeks: I've got 4 more 'real' events to do, and a couple of smaller events to tidy up things and clarify timeline.

But for now... please vote for Love of Magic as a Story Rich game :)

The SteamAPI was disabled on some platforms, causing achievements to only trigger locally (and accidentally showing the game of friends, which should be disabled on Steam builds). This update fixes that. Thanks for letting me know!

It was a pleasant surprise to get asked to participate in the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest, and I'm looking forward to doing a (SFW) live-stream to celebrate it.

I figured a good place to start would be to talk a little about the poker game; how to play, inspirations that went into making the combat system and the paths of Elsewhere, and thoughts on future developments, builds and balancing issues.

I'll be leaving the chat open, and duplicating the voice chat to Discord, if anyone's wanting to ask questions, or let me know their thoughts and problems.



It'll be the first time I live stream, so this'll be interesting. Either in a fun and interactive exchange, or in a complete and utter train-wreck. Either outcome should be entertaining.

Apart from that, Book 2 progresses forward (after a detour to remaster Book 1 and the two first acts of Book 2), we're finally arriving at the biggest event of Act IX. As always the latest update is available on the Beta branch if you want to play-test. Last day of content right now is Day 159 (the Stag Party), next up comes the main event on Day 160.



Hope to see you all at the livestream; if you'd like to check out the Discord, here's an invite:
https://discord.gg/NQrQrht