Setup This game takes place in a land that the Sorcerer King has dominated for some time.  The world is ruined. Very little life exists now. The rot of the Sorcerer King encroaches on my last city, Athica.  The Sorcerer King is powerful and is already in the process of casting the spell of making which will convert all life on this world to elemental magic. My job is to build a force that can take him about before it’s too late. Of course, how I go about doing...

Greetings! The first week of the Sorcerer King beta has been both exciting and terrifying.  On the one hand, the people who play the game seem to really like it.  On the other, people who have only seen the screenshots think it looks like Fallen Enchantress which makes us very sad. Update 1 = this week We’re getting ready to roll out the first update. Lots of changes in it.  A lot of performance optimizations have gone in that should be noticeable to everyone.  ...

One of the major new features of Sorcerer King is the Dungeon Master. Essentially, the Dungeon Master is the AI behind the game making sure that things stay interesting and different from game to game. In coding terms, the Dungeon Master is a big fat state machine that you feed with your actions.  Here’s how it works:   First, I create a narrative resource.  In this case, I’m making one called Indifference. I am putting a _ in front of the name (_...

Greetings!   Getting a ton of questions regarding minor races. Here’s the scoop: You and the Sorcerer King are trying to woo the “remnant factions” (minor races).  Each time you succeed, you gain favor with them. When enough favor has been gained, they will ally with that player. If they ally with you, they will be attacking the Sorcerer King on their own as well as giving you units. In addition, you can outright ask them for help Each min...

Greetings! We’re very excited to have you with us on Sorcerer King.  We hope you’re having as much fun playing the beta as we are having making it.  This post will go over the road-map between Beta 1 and the final release of the game so you can see where things are. Milestone #1: Sorcerer King BETA 1 [October 2014] Crafting is in Outposts attack enemies in ZOC and can be upgraded Minor factions are on map but don’t do anything Wizard sovereign is...