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We've been continuing to polish the MAGICKNESS Open Demo, focusing on gameplay responsiveness, interface improvements, and a smoother multiplayer experience across PC and Android.
This update brings several quality-of-life improvements, important movement synchronization fixes, and continued cross-platform testing.
We've addressed issues affecting hotbar functionality, improving ability management and overall usability during gameplay.
Continued refinements to the user interface for a cleaner, more consistent experience. We're steadily improving the smaller details that make gameplay feel more intuitive and responsive.
Collecting items now displays floating text, providing immediate visual feedback whenever players gather resources, loot, or other items.
This improvement helps make collecting items more satisfying while keeping players informed without constantly checking their inventory.
One of the more important fixes in this update addresses movement synchronization between the game client and server.
Previously, when a player's client movement advanced faster than the server could keep up, players could experience:
Sudden movement snap-backs (rubber-banding).
Unexpected kicks or disconnections.
Disruptions to otherwise normal movement and exploration.
We've addressed the underlying synchronization issue to reduce these interruptions and provide a smoother, more consistent multiplayer experience.
This is an important improvement as we continue refining MAGICKNESS's multiplayer infrastructure.
MAGICKNESS is being developed for both PC and Android, with shared multiplayer experiences at the heart of our vision.
Our latest development testing included a live mobile test account connected alongside the PC client.
Continuing to test both platforms together helps us identify networking inconsistencies, gameplay bugs, and platform-specific behavior as the world and its systems evolve.
As development continues, multiplayer testing occasionally reveals unexpected behavior. Two additional issues have recently been identified:
An issue currently causes respawn behavior to replicate across all connected players rather than remaining specific to the affected player.
We've identified the solution, and a hotfix is incoming.
Arrows currently fail to inflict damage during player-versus-player combat.
This issue remains under investigation and will be addressed in a future fix.
We believe in sharing both our progress and the challenges that remain. Your testing and feedback are an important part of improving the game.
MAGICKNESS is still in its early stages, and the Open Demo represents a growing foundation for the MMORPG we're working to create.
Beyond technical improvements, our broader objective remains unchanged: establishing the community MAGICKNESS needs to grow into a thriving MMORPG.
We're also preparing for our upcoming Gamefound pre-launch, pending project review and approval. We'll share more information when the page becomes available.
Player feedback, bug reports, and community participation are essential to shaping the future of MAGICKNESS.
Development isn't always a straight path forward.
In our latest development log, Obstacles And Perseverance, we discuss an unexpected Windows Update incident that left our development workstation unbootable, how AI-assisted recovery helped us restore the development environment, and the gameplay improvements covered in this update.
Watch MAGICKNESS Demo Dev Log #03:
The MAGICKNESS Open Demo is available to play on Steam!
If you've already explored the world, we invite you to return, experience the latest improvements, and let us know what you think.
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Thank you to everyone exploring the demo, reporting issues, sharing feedback, and following development.
We're building something ambitious, one improvement at a time.
What Magick Will You Discover?
— DomTech Gaming