Mage's Initiation - To Be Released January 30th, 2019

Monsieur OUXX · Thu 21/02/2013 10:38:07

Reminds me of King's Quest VI : Sierra-style + good-taste hi-res. Looks gorgeous.

AGD2 · Wed 06/03/2013 15:02:28

So, we hit our funding goal a few days back and now have a list of really nice stretch goals posted up (which include extra resin character figures as rewards for existing backers at certain tiers)!

Thanks very much to all who have supported the game thus far, and feel free to check out the page and take a look at our new stretch goals list up the top!

http://kck.st/mages

dactylopus · Thu 07/03/2013 06:29:16

That's very exciting!

Congratulations, and I wish you the best of luck in hitting your stretch goals!

AGD2 · Fri 15/03/2013 10:22:38

Alright, demo time!

We've released a playable demo for Mage's Initiation;

Download the Mage's Initiation Demo here

Be sure to read our latest Kickstarter update as well!

arj0n · Fri 15/03/2013 13:23:12

Just played around with the demo, very nice and impressive!

selmiak · Fri 15/03/2013 13:47:40

yep, I totally want more

But the link from the demo to kickstarter didn't quite work. Kickstarter was opened in a new tab but then win7 switched back to the demo which didn't react to clicks. After some alt+tabbing i finally worked again.

AGD2 · Fri 22/03/2013 19:29:14

Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it!

We're counting down the final hours of our Kickstarter now. Thanks a TON to everyone who has pledged! We've knocked six stretch goals out of the way and still have 8 hours remaining on the clock as I type this.

If anyone wants to throw in an 11th hour pledge and get their hands on the resin character figures or other neat swag, now's the time. Thanks again.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2112639455/mages-initiation-a-classic-sierra-style-adventure

AGD2 · Sat 23/03/2013 11:07:31

And it's all over! Finished up with a grand total of $127,765 including PayPal pledges. And we still have the PayPal option open for "slacker backers".

Thanks again to all you pledgers out there.

dactylopus · Sat 23/03/2013 12:27:36

Congratulations!

It's great to hear that you got your funding, and even better to see all of the extras that will go into the game with the stretch rewards.

Good job! I'm really looking forward to playing the game when its done!

Daniel Thomas · Sat 23/03/2013 12:46:21

Congratulations, it's pleasure to help such a ambitious project and a team with so many familiar faces in it!

arj0n · Sat 23/03/2013 13:56:47

Congrats, it's already an amazing project.

Sslaxx · Sat 23/03/2013 14:01:20

Quote from: AGD2 on Sat 23/03/2013 11:07:31
And it's all over! Finished up with a grand total of $127,765 including PayPal pledges. And we still have the PayPal option open for "slacker backers".

Thanks again to all you pledgers out there.

How long is PayPal going to stay an option for? I'd like to contribute, but the money situation hasn't exactly been in my favour lately... hopefully I'll be able to contribute in about a week or so.

AGD2 · Sat 23/03/2013 20:09:29

No worries.

The PayPal option will probably be up for quite a while yet. We're actually considering leaving it up until just before the game launches. That way, any new pledges can contribute towards the additional stretch goals that didn't get reached during the Kickstarter.

AGD2 · Tue 04/06/2013 12:52:12

We're running a giveaway to help promote Mage's Initiation on Steam Greenlight.

For the chance to win a huge bundle of collectible items valued at over $450 USD, just follow these simple steps:

1) Visit the Mage's Initiation Greenlight page and click the "Yes" button to upvote the game.

2) Click the "Favorite" and "Follow" buttons (under the screenshots).

3) Leave a comment (This step is necessary so that we can choose winners from the list of usernames assigned to the comments).

And that's it! Three entries will be randomly chosen when Mage's Initiation gets greenlit and this contest will remain open until that time. Comments/votes that existed before the contest was announced will also be eligible to win.

Second Prize: Two runners-up will each be gifted one game of their choice (of any value) to their Steam account.

First Prize: One lucky winner will receive all if the items below:

Thanks!

Frodo · Wed 05/06/2013 17:46:28

Is it gonna be on GOG?

Mati256 · Wed 05/06/2013 20:31:18

A bit of a strange move. I don't remember something similar for other greenlights.

AGD2 · Fri 07/06/2013 20:27:35

Frodo: We've been talking to GOG about accepting the game, and they'd like to see a working demo once it's further along. Chances are pretty high that they'll accept it when the time comes, though.

Mati256: Greenlight is a strange process (not to mention an atrocious mess of a system). Sometimes you've got to fight strange with strange.

Babar · Sat 08/06/2013 03:53:02

I did my part in helping it get greenlit (and also maybe winning something

).
Also, don't you already have a working demo that showcases most of what your game will have? Shouldn't that be enough for GoG? Because I would also prefer to buy it there.

Not sure if this is the right place to mention this, but maybe the combat magic system could do with a little fine-tuning. It all seemed very hectic and haphazard. The rest of the demo was pretty awesome, though!

AGD2 · Thu 29/11/2018 11:42:57

After a decade of hard work, Mage's Initiation finally has a release date!
Set your calendars for January 30th, 2019.

We also have a new preview teaser video to whet your appetite for what's to come.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKW-32Qki_k

The game now has a page on Steam and you can start wish-listing it. So be sure to do that and help us spread the word!
We're also (still) in talks with GOG.com about releasing on their platform.

Last but not least, we are currently working on native Mac OSX and Linux ports and hope to have them ready for release day. Fingers crossed.

Here are a few up-to-date screenshots:

Andail · Thu 29/11/2018 12:29:05

Wow, hehe, that's a nice recovery

Well done on keeping this project alive all this time! The trailer looks great!

You might want to edit your first post, though:

QuoteEstimated Release Date:
It is currently anticipated that the game will be released in late 2013.