We are pleased to announce the release date for the full version of The Forbidden Arts: August 7, 2019. In 3 weeks, all content will be unlocked, and you can finally complete Phoenix’s journey to mastering the element of fire. The full version of the game also has several areas of polish, improvements and bug fixes not seen in Early Access. There are new screenshots from the full release availa…
Version 0.9.8.0 of The Forbidden Arts is live. You can now play The Forbidden Arts on your Mac! We added platform support for MacOSX 10.12 + later. Please keep in mind the hardware requirements. If you do not have the recommended requirements, you should proceed to lower graphics quality until smooth performance is achieved. This can be adjusted in the Video Options menu. Screen tearing is quit…
Version 0.9.7.0 of The Forbidden Arts is live in Early Access. We call this build the "Massive Bug Fix Build" because, well, we squashed dozens and dozens of bugs. We are now done with Beta testing and are making preparations to transition to full release. Does this mean 0.9.7.0 is the full game? No, not in the least. There are several different versions of the game that are being worked on, an…
Pleased to announce a new version of The Forbidden Arts (0.9.6.0) is live! Lots of improvements and polish as we continue development and porting the game to other platforms. We are nearly complete with our Xbox One port, and are about to begin the Windows 10 UWP port. The Nintendo Switch port of the game is nearly complete as well, however we have been spending massive amounts of time modifyin…
Version 0.9.5.0 is live and the game has had some major improvements, from massive performance boosts, to graphics enhancements, dozens of bug fixes, more localization and, most importantly, our exit out of alpha. Early Access is tricky because technically by standard definition: Early Access is a type of Beta, as testing exists beyond the internal development team. However, we never really con…
A new version of The Forbidden Arts is live, and has a ton of improvements, bug fixes, and optimizations. All of the dungeons have been given a massive performance boost, and you can expect more in the future as well as we are simultaneously working on the console versions of the game, so optimization is one of the main things we are working on right now, and translates to all platforms. Here's…
The Forbidden Arts continues to improve! This new build exhibits a lot more polish in various areas of the game. The most important thing in version 0.9.3.0 of the game is the new save/load system. It's lightning fast compared to the previous version. It's been rewritten from scratched and heavily optimized. Everything is now stored in single save files. The old system was always temporary, but…
First thing's first: Happy New Year! We sincerely hope the best for each and every one of you in 2019. And guess what is coming in 2019... The full release of The Forbidden Arts! More news on that to come in a bit. Version 0.9.2.0 is live! Experience the latest and greatest version of The Forbidden Arts, which adds a bit of polish and enhancement to various parts of the game. Here's a list of w…
Version 0.9.1.0 of The Forbidden Arts is the biggest update that we have pushed out since the game was first made available on Early Access nearly a year ago. We’re going to split the update notes into sections, as A LOT has been changed or improved on. We felt it would be helpful to create a video to highlight a lot of the more important changes and updates, as well as discuss what we have pla…
A big update to The Forbidden Arts just went live! We've been hard at work and have made tons of improvements and additions to the game. Here's a summary of what's new: - We added localizations for Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian and Korean. You can change the language in the Options menu at any time. If you notice any translations that don't look right please inform us so we can correc…
Version 0.8.2 is live and concludes line 0.8. We have come a long ways and the game continues to improve and tighten up. Version 0.9+ will include a lot of final polish and we will integrate localizations into the game. We have currently translated the text into Russian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean and Hungarian. We may translate into more languages prior to the full launch. If you wan…
We've been very busy these past couple weeks, from revising the animation system, to working with voice actors to finish the remaining voice work for the game. We've completed a much needed overhaul of the player's animation system, improved some AI, fixed a ton of bugs, and made various other improvements. We've made another video, highlighting the new changes and state of the game. Check it o…
We've reached a very important milestone for The Forbidden Arts. Version 0.8 marks the completion of features to be added in the game. Dungeon mini maps are now live in the game, and there is so much more that's been improved upon. We are revising the early access timeline to update what is left to do, but things are coming along nicely. First, check out the new video on YouTube showing some of…
Version 0.7.4.0 is live and this concludes the end of version 0.7.x! We have finished making major tweaks and are ready to integrate dungeon maps. We expect version 0.8.x to be live by October, hopefully sooner. Things are really shaping up and we have tons of things in the works, including new, higher quality promotional art to prepare for the final release, new screenshots to come of the Unde…
We've received more great feedback we've released a new version of The Forbidden Arts. Before we get into what's been changed/improved in this version, here's a bit of what's coming: 1. We've begun work on dungeon maps 2. We have finalized text for localization, so that will begin next month. 3. Our animator is working on creating animations for the final cutscenes of the game 4. The final boss…
Hey all, Another big update for The Forbidden Arts has arrived! The game just keeps getting more and more polished and we're right on track for our Early 2019 full release! Lots of work has gone into this update and I want to thank user Darkmikasonfire for all the amazing feedback as well as Green Man Gaming for the video they broadcast last week, in which they played 3 hours of the game. It's…
Very pleased to announce a new version of The Forbidden Arts has just gone live. The highlight of this update is a new version of The Green Vale world map as it's been revamped once again, and it feels really smooth and fluid and we believe the design is much better now. There is new animated grass that can be quite taxing on lower end hardware. With this new grass we run 160fps on a GTX 1080 a…
There was an issue with version 0.7.0.0 but it's now fixed. Let us know if you encounter any issues, but it should be good. We hope you enjoy all that's new!
Let's kick it up a notch! You can now play through all of the game's content except for the final boss fight and ending cutscene. We will not be releasing this until the full release of the game simply because we don't want to spoil it. With that said: Version 0.7.0.0 is now available and includes tons of new content to play through, new environments to explore, puzzles to solve, enemies to def…
We are less than a week away from releasing the next major content update into The Forbidden Arts. Version 0.7.0.0 will put the total game content up to 95%. That's right, the only thing missing from the game will be the final boss fight and ending cutscene! This next update is massive. There's a new world to explore, a new dungeon, a new challenge level, and another side quest to collect the t…
We are very excited to announce a new build of The Forbidden Arts has just been published. Version 0.6.6.0 adds more polish as we prepare for the next major content update which will be coming later this summer. Besides finishing the new content we have artists working on revising existing content to improve the texture quality of all scenes. We will add in the updated graphics as our artists c…
We made a video highlighting some of the big changes we've made recently, as well as what's to come in the coming months. Check it out on Youtube: Sometime within the next week you can expect another build that adds a few more features and bug fixes to the existing content. We're working hard on improving everything as we get closer to releasing the next big content update later this summer, wh…
Hey all, Sterling here from Stingbot with another exciting bit of news. Version 0.6.5.0 is live on Steam and it includes tons of improvements and some big changes graphically. We have modified the beginning of the game, including many of the textures and graphical assets, and in the process we have also improved performance! This is still a WIP for the entire game and we'll be polishing everyth…
Version 0.6.2.0 is live and includes some more big changes and improvements, but before we get to that, I'd like to quickly discuss the state of the game and where it's headed. We have begun the first steps towards a final graphical version of the game, which includes a major texture overhaul and loads of 3d and 2d graphic re-design. We really want the game to shine in every aspect, and this de…
It's been a very busy few weeks and I'm excited to announce the release of version 0.6.1.0, which is now live on Steam Early Access. Version 0.6.1.0 includes tons of changes and improvements to the game, as well as some major design overhauls. Please have a look at the list below to see what's changed. If you use keyboard controls you will 100% want to read what is below as we've revamped the e…
I'm excited to announce the release of The Swamp of Green Mist in The Forbidden Arts. This area takes the game to the next level and the latest build also includes loads of changes and improvements, so read on to see all that's been done, and be sure to check out the new video trailer and screenshots on the Steam store page. After completing the Northern Wastes you learn that the Hydromancer is…
It's been a busy few weeks and I'm pleased to say the next content update is now complete minus a few small things. I personally believe the next content update offers the most interesting content of the game yet, from the enemies/AI you will encounter, to the environments, graphics, sound fx, music etc etc. I have spent a lot of time in this area to really strengthen it as much as possible. So…
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