We’re growing the team again and dealing with the player’s lifetime.

We talk design as we think about the map from a region perspective.

What we’re working on this week including another studio hire.

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.