We're excited to announce UPDATE 2: THE MAGE TOWER will be releasing on Aug 10, 2023, which is just under 2 weeks away.
The Mage Tower is a key feature of the game, allowing you to build your own personalized sanctuary and pillar of power (or several) within the world of Archmage Rises. Mage Towers will become your home base, granting you extra perks and actions, some of which are only available in your tower.
For those who played the demo, you may have experienced an early tile-by-tile version of this feature. Our original plan was to fix the bugs, improve the UI/UX for tile and room selection, then re-release it as part of this update.
But all that changed as the Tower Team sat down and started iterating on what we had. It just wasn't as fun as they felt it could be... It took too long, was too confusing, and while tile-by-tile was neat it was really tough to make a tower that looked good (unless you are a decent pixel artist). So we've rewritten it with a whole new UI paradigm. It is faster, more streamlined, and everyone can make a tower that looks good. Power to the people!
How To Build Your Mage Tower:
Mage Towers can be built next to any town. You can acquire the land for your tower by speaking to the Town Mayor of the town you'd like to locate your tower near. Once you have secured a spot for your tower, you can begin constructing your mage tower.
You can have as many towers as you desire.
Mage Towers are built room by room vertically, horizontally, and even underground, using our new Build Mode. Each room you build will increase the storage capacity of your tower.
Once you've built a basic room, you'll have the option to convert it to one of a variety of feature room types (listed below), provided you meet the requirements. Each feature room grants you specific benefits and actions.
Rooms You Can Build:
We're expecting to get 10 room types into this update, including:
Bedroom - gives the option to Sleep and Treat Injuries (injuries make a return in this update)
Study - allows you to “Study a Book” similar to a Conclave Chapter
Blast Chamber - allows you to increase your Magic XP (or blow your leg off, or some other unintended consequence) through experimentation
Library - allows you to increase your Magic XP at a slower, but safer pace through Research
Dining Room - gives you the option to Dine In at your Tower
Storage Room - significantly increases the storage capacity of your tower
Games Room - provides entertainment options (similar to the inn), each of which will add a temporary buff
A lot of work went into this new Mage Tower, we basically did more than expected. This impacts the other features listed on the roadmap for this update. My feeling was we had to get the tower experience right first and foremost.
We'll have more details and a screenshot next week, once final art is complete.