Magical Diary: Horse Hall News

As previously announced, we have now updated this game to run on a newer version of the Ren'Py engine. This was a big overhaul, and while we believe we have sorted out most problems by now, please do report any strange behavior that you encounter!

Old savegames should load and play without difficulties in the new build. However, you may need to reset your visual preferences (widescreen, etc) as some of the way this works was changed too drastically to carry over the old settings.

More information available in this discussion topic. Please post any bugs and questions there, so that we can more easily find and resolve them!

Now that this is hopefully working smoothly we can get back to planning the next update for Wolf Hall!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

A major update is currently available for testing on the beta branch (to access it, right click the game in your steam library and select Properties, then tab over to Betas, then select the 'beta' option. No password is needed.)

This is a big update involving changing the underlying code engine, which affects the way the game behaves in many many little ways. We've fixed a lot of bugs already, but if you have the time and inclination to test, please have a look and let us know if you run into any weird behavior.

More information about the update in this discussion thread - please post bugs THERE and not HERE so we don't miss your feedback!

The update does not add new story content, just a lot of bug fixes and a link to because many players haven't yet noticed there's a second game out!

After many long years, the second game in the Magical Diary series is finally available!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

As it is set in Wolf Hall, you will be playing as a male protagonist this time around, with a very different background to the original Horse Hall protagonist. You will meet a lot of familiar faces (with new storylines) plus some new characters as well. Five "main" character routes, seven "side" character routes, new spells, new dungeons, new clubs... there's an awful lot to see!

While it is not required to play Horse Hall in order to play Wolf Hall, it does add more depth to the experience (you'll recognise little references, and you'll get a bonus Wiggle Wand in Wolf Hall if you have a Horse Hall gallery on the same computer) so we're celebrating by setting the original game 75% off this week.

After years of waiting, the next Magical Diary game is almost ready for release!

If you don't already have it wishlisted, you can do so now:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

There will be a little in-game bonus in Wolf Hall for players who've previously played through Horse Hall. This is tracked by checking your computer for the unlocked gallery images (kiss/dance photos) so if it's been a while or you played the first game on a different computer, now is a good time to refresh your memory.

Get ready for a new, even bigger adventure!

(Grinchy Grabiner courtesy of coffeejelly)

All Hanako Games titles are currently 60-90% off in the end-of-year sale. Discounts will run until January 2nd.

We are also planning to have the next game in the Magical Diary series out on Steam in early 2020. Magical Diary: Wolf Hall will feature a design-your-own male protagonist, even more dungeon crawling, more than 75 magic spells, and twelve possible characters to pursue (both male and female).

For now, you can wishlist the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/