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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Major update | Content Update & Bullet Heaven Fest 🎄⚔️ Bullet Heaven Fest Sale! ⚔️🎄 First of all, you can get Black Dragon Mage at 33% off for Bullet Heaven Fest 3.0! Be sure to check out the bundles too. :) 🎄⚔️ Black Dragon Mage - Content Update ⚔️🎄 Finally, it took far longer than anticipated and you have my sincere apologies (several unexpected circumstances this year have led to significant delays) but now I'm proud to present the first… | 21057607 | |
| Community | Content Patch Preview: Spell Evolutions Well met, adventurers! 🐉🧙🏻♂️ Autumn is upon us and the next content patch is around the corner. Here's a quick preview of what to expect from the next content patch. 🔥 By the way, the game is 23% off for Steam Autumn Sale! 🔥 Preview: Spell Evolutions 📜 All of the Active Spells are getting 3 new, distinct Spell Evolutions each (15 total) to bring them to the next level. A quick look at th… | — | |
| Community | Start of the Roadmap Well met, adventurers, Firstly, I hope you're having a great start to your year (and/or lunar new year soon! By the way, the game is 20% off to celebrate this occasion!) . Thanks for all the support and kind words. You may or may not know that this is my first commercial title and I appreciate your patience while I keep going on the solo indie dev marathon! Seems like a great time to start iter… | — | |
| Game update | Minor Hotfix 🐛 bugfix: temporary move speed debuff (e.g. from walking through fog) had incorrect duration, now back at 4s · 🐛 bugfix: the perk "Molten Golem" undesirably disabled your dash ability, now it works correctly (thanks Ser_Destroyer!) · 🐛 bugfix: when using a gem attraction scroll, there was a small delay and potential unwanted overlap with multiple triggers - now they should be quicker to proc… | 16855723 | |
| Game update | Patch Notes: Merry Christmas Edition! 🐉✨ Hey adventurers, first of all: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I have taken some extra time before the next content update and the upcoming roadmap (more on that soon) to squash some more bugs, and rework some of the systems that were causing frustrating experiences. It's important to get the critical issues out of the way before the new spells, enemies, and characters are added… | 16829243 | |
| Game update | Minor Hotfix Bugfix: Gamepad UI navigation was overriding spell button #3 during gameplay (thanks, GM!) | 16745722 | |
| Game update | 🧙♂️ Early Access - Patch 3 Fellow Adventurers, Another update has landed, focused on squashing bugs. Here’s what’s new: 🔧 Tweaks and Adjustments · Improved environment culling interval to take into account your performance, resulting in less environment pop-in. · Improved cleanup routines when exiting the main game loop. ✨ Improvements · Enhanced Steam Overlay UI support—now the game pauses properly when the overlay is… | 16741802 | |
| Game update | 🧙♂️ Early Access - Patch 2 Fellow Adventurers, Thank you for sticking with me and sharing your feedback, bug reports, and even your frustrations. I hear you, and I’ve been working to make your experience smoother and more rewarding. Here’s what’s new in this update: 💰 Loot and Spell Improvements · Reapers now drop better loot, making them even more worth the fight! · Added new stat upgrades for the Pentagram spell. More… | 16683377 | |
| Game update | 🧙♂️ Early Access - Patch 1 is out! Fellow Adventurers, thank you for your letters filled with feedback, praise, and concerns. I've read every single one of them! 📜 This first Early Access patch brings a collection of fixes and tweaks to make your next dragon ride even smoother. ✨ Improvements Based on Player Feedback · Base walk speed has been significantly increased for all player characters. · Dashing in the Hall of Relics is… | 16668823 | |
| In-game event | Early Access Update 1 - Feedback & Fixes Hi everyone, We’re just over a day into Early Access for Black Dragon Mage, and I’m grateful for all the feedback you’ve shared so far. Thank you for taking the time to play and help shape the game’s future. I know some players have encountered frustrating issues, and I’m working hard to address them. Early Access is about expanding and refining a game together. Your input helps guide these imp… | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix fixes an issue where the Quest and Achievement for unlocking Schmiedrun, the second mage character, would not show up correctly and prevent some progress - you should now be able to unlock her from the quest grid if you have completed the respective task. | 16633702 | |
| Steam news | 🐉 The Dragons are taking flight! 🐉 Now out in Early Access! Are you ready, Adventurers?! 🧙♂️ Black Dragon Mage officially launches on December 4, 2024, for PC and Steam Deck! It’s time to saddle up for an unforgettable ride. Over 13,000 players experienced the chaos and charm of this occult and colorful dark-fantasy world in the demo, now it's time to enter Early Access. Join the community shaping the future of this title. 52 achievements are waiting… | — | |
| Announcement | Release Date Announcement Greetings, adventurers! Long have you awaited this message. It is time to unroll your calendar scrolls and mark a magical date: Black Dragon Mage is launching on... December 4th, 2024 What will be new, compared to the current demo experience? · Spell evolutions: Use your elemental mana points to charge up your spells and bring them to the next level! · A mysterious new character! Her identity i… | — | |
| Game update | Additional Refreshments 💍 New loot: 4 new rings to unlock in the Hall of Relics. · 💀 Improvement: Reaper can now be fully defeated and drops a reward. · 💖 Improvement: Health bars for mobs, elites and mineable rocks. · 🪄 Improvement: Spells are now categorized into: Area / Projectile / Shield / Orbs. · 🔬 Tech: Reworked custom culling solution. · 🐛 Bugfixes: Various small fixes under the hood, including an edge c… | — | |
| Game update | Magical Monday: Roll for Gold 🎲 Improvement: Try your luck and roll for 3 different upgrades (refresh) using your gold! · 🔬 Improvement: Various performance tweaks under the hood. · 🌟 Preparing for Launch: Added steam achievements to the full version (for now, these are not in the demo or playtest). | — | |
| Game update | Magical Monday: Latest bugfixes & improvements Here are some recently fixed bugs and added tweaks in the latest demo update: · 🐛 Bugfix: Luminor, the Boss Pyramid, would sometimes take a vacation in the Bermuda Triangle and disappear indefinitely. · 🐛 Bugfix: Void projectiles from e.g. the Shadow Staff had their visual lurking around after despawn sometimes, now they disappear correctly. Into the void. · 🐛 Bugfix: Reaper would sometimes… | — | |
| Game update | Hotfixes and Tweaks! 👻 Here are some recently fixed bugs and added tweaks in the latest demo update: · 💎 XP Gem absorption scroll is now faster, snappier, and hopefully won't permanently slow down your run or session — even if you absorb thousands of XP at once! · 🏛️ Pyramid Boss Luminor won't stall during final phase, or fly off to vacation in the Bermuda Triangle · 🎮 Improved controller D-pad handling, particula… | — | |
| Major update | Major Demo Update: Happy Halloween! Hey adventurers! How have you been? There have been a lot of updates and changes to the demo to give you a taste of the final game, many of which were inspired by community feedback! You can use the pause menu to submit your thoughts, bug reports and general feedback directly to me while playing the game, by the way! Stay tuned for more updates, thanks for joining me on this journey. <3 ~ datab… | — | |
| In-game event | 🐉 development update & playtest beta v0.5.2 Hey Adventurers, time for a new Black Dragon Mage development update! Time flies when you're a solo indie and hard at work to make your game happen, it feels like it has only been a week or two since I've last posted an update, but it's flips through notes been 1.5 months plus already! I've returned from the depths of my arcane library with a long scroll of update notes for you. A lot has happe… | — | |
| Community | 🐲Development News & 🍞 Baked in Germany 2024 Hey Adventurers, did you know that Black Dragon Mage is a solo indie effort from Germany? The enchanted Black Forest, Spätzle with plenty of cheese, Tannenzäpfle Beer - yup, the South-West of Deutschland, actually. I grew up around this area and spent more than a couple decades here. I’m thrilled to announce that Black Dragon Mage has been selected to participate in the "Games Baked in Germany… | — | |
| Community | 🔥🐲 Black Dragon Mage is part of Endless Replayability Fest! The desert is never quite the same! Endless Replayability Festival Black Dragon Mage is proudly participating in Steam's Endless Replayability Fest from May 13th to May 20th! Check out the demo if you haven't played it yet & make sure to wishlist the game. In Black Dragon Mage , players get to experience varying stage hazards (maps use procedural generation) on every run, as well as randomized… | — | |
| Game update | auto-fire & other improvements there's a new auto-fire toggle for your main staff - which also enables auto-aim! toggle it at any time using: middle mouse or TAB or, on controller, using down on the d-pad or by clicking the right stick Changelist · added auto-fire · override auto-aim direction while auto-firing by tilting the right controller stick, or by regularly aiming and clicking with the mouse - this will keep auto-att… | — | |
| Game update | Demo Bugfixes & Improvements bugfix: music now loops properly, in some instances songs were transitioning too early · bugfix: solved issues with some ultrawide/widerscreen resolutions not displaying properly · bugfix: disabling screenshake did not affect some interactions in the hall of relics · bugfix: fixed some instances of the game becoming unresponsive in the background · improvement: all resolutions supported by the… | — | |
| Community | Black Dragon Mage is participating in the Steam Lunar New Year event! Hello everyone! I'm datablob, an indie game developer from Germany. My game, Black Dragon Mage , is featured in the Steam 2024 Lunar New Year Sale. I've released a free demo for you to enjoy, so feel free to dive in and explore! 🧙♂️ Wishing all Chinese players prosperity and good fortune in the Year of the Dragon! 🐉 | — | |
| In-game event | NextFest Demo Update Dear arcanists, thanks for all the great feedback! The current patch implements some of the recent suggestions, as well as some additional tweaks and fixes: · new spell upgrades · increased walk speed · increased enemy death animation speed · decreased loot drop delay · improved experience gain rate, so that upgrades are not as disruptive to gameplay · updated icons for some upgrades · bugfix:… | — | |
| Esports | 🔥🐉 Blasting Skellies with Fireballs and Flying a Dragon! Come join us, weary traveler! Excited to share that BLACK DRAGON MAGE will be streamed LIVE on February 11th for Steam Next Fest. Thank you for all your support on Steam, Discord, Twitch, YouTube and other corners of the web! I'm just a humble solo developer working on all facets of this project and I'm grateful for all of your kind words and helpful feedback thus far. Hope to catch you on the… | — | |
| Esports | BLACK DRAGON MAGE @ Steam Next Fest - Live Stream (1/2) Come join us, weary traveler! Excited to share that BLACK DRAGON MAGE will be streamed LIVE on February 5th for Steam Next Fest. Thank you for all your support on Steam, Discord, Twitch, YouTube and other corners of the web! I'm just a humble solo developer working on all facets of this project and I'm grateful for all of your kind words and helpful feedback thus far. Hope to catch you on the s… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.