School of Magic: Deck & Slash

Released: Nov 10, 2025
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 12:22 GMT

Updates & announcements

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15 Dec 2025Developer post
Patch Notes – v0.9.19
Improvements & Balancing Improved Necromancer Minion AI Necromancer minions now behave more intelligently in combat. Better Resistance to Area-of-Effect Damage Necromancer minions are now stronger against AOE effects to improve overall class balance. Improved Level Progressio
Improvements & Balancing
Improved Necromancer Minion AI Necromancer minions now behave more intelligently in combat.
Better Resistance to Area-of-Effect Damage Necromancer minions are now stronger against AOE effects to improve overall class balance.
Improved Level Progression The overall progression pacing across levels has been refined.
Environment Adjustments The length and difficulty of each environment have been rebalanced.
Development Update
I also wanted to let you know that I’ll be on vacation throughout January, so the next patch will arrive in February.
To make sure I focus on the things that matter most to you, I’d love your feedback:
What should I prioritize for the next update?
A new boss
Further balancing
More cards
More encounters during a run
Or anything else you’d like to see?
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12 Nov 2025Developer post
Patchnotes v0.9.17
Fixed Thousand Card bug on level Fixed Pig Butcher not showing his card Fixed text of out of card message to not include demo
Fixed Thousand Card bug on level
Fixed Pig Butcher not showing his card
Fixed text of out of card message to not include demo
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11 Nov 2025Developer post
Fixes for Performance Issues & Bugs regarding Fonts
As some of you have noticed the UI elements had some performance issues that where connected to how I handled font loading. In addition there where some characters not being displayed correctly, these issue should be resolved by now if you still have these issues please let me kn
10 Nov 2025Developer post
School of Magic Early Access Release
After eight years of ups and downs, I’ve finally released School of Magic: Deck & Slash into Early Access! It’s been a long journey, and I’m incredibly excited to finally share it with you and hear what you think. This new version adds multiple languages, new spells, improved
04 Nov 2025Developer post
Oops I did it again...
Hi everyone, yesterday I broke the Beta branch and the full game branch as well, I am sorry. Everything should be fixed by now so hopefully not to many of you noticed. Regards Niki
18 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.114
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.114 Fixed a movement bug that caused the player to move slower than intended. Minions can now better reach crates and barrels , improving their pathfinding and interaction. Startup visuals polished — minor graphical improvements for a smoother presentati
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.114
Fixed a movement bug that caused the player to move slower than intended.
Minions can now better reach crates and barrels, improving their pathfinding and interaction.
Startup visuals polished — minor graphical improvements for a smoother presentation.
Increased curse radius for better coverage and impact.
Fixed a bug with Poison Cloud that caused inconsistent behavior.
Fixed an issue where some maps could load without NPCs.
Improved hover visuals — line drawing and tooltips are now synchronized and no longer flicker.
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15 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.104
Version 0.8.104 New Features Updated the main menu. You can now: Rebind keys Change voice language separately Adjust master and voice volume independently Access more graphics options (see attached image — previously only quality and screen resolution were available) Use accessib
Version 0.8.104
New Features
Updated the main menu. You can now:
Rebind keys
Change voice language separately
Adjust master and voice volume independently
Access more graphics options (see attached image — previously only quality and screen resolution were available)
Use accessibility features such as font size, card scale, and reduced flickering
Visual Improvements
Updated the graphics of my company logo
Cleaned up the visuals of the loading screen
Bug Fixes
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when clicking on a merchant
Fixed occasional errors when deleting cards
Healing Nova no longer occasionally causes crashes
Fixed rare errors that could happen when dragging or destroying a spell
Gameplay
Added Circles of Magic (difficulty levels) after finishing the game once
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06 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.101
Version 0.8.101 Added some UI animations to make everything look a bit nicer. Tried to fix the bug where players could no longer move. If anyone still experiences this, please let me know. Fixed an issue in the versioning system so all builds are now correctly on the same version
Version 0.8.101
Added some UI animations to make everything look a bit nicer.
Tried to fix the bug where players could no longer move. If anyone still experiences this, please let me know.
Fixed an issue in the versioning system so all builds are now correctly on the same version.
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04 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.96
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.96 Cutscenes can now be skipped — hold Space to fast-forward them. Card targeting animation can also be skipped for a smoother gameplay flow. Huge XP jump bug — added a potential fix; please report if you still encounter it. Teleports now properly restri
Patch Notes – Version 0.8.96
Cutscenes can now be skipped — hold Space to fast-forward them.
Card targeting animation can also be skipped for a smoother gameplay flow.
Huge XP jump bug — added a potential fix; please report if you still encounter it.
Teleports now properly restrict movement to navigable areas.
Life on Damage — fixed an issue where it didn’t trigger correctly.
Necromancer Collection now shows the correct image.
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03 Oct 2025Developer post
Version 0.8.92
Version 0.8.92 Fixed a Unity security issue with this update (details here: ). I am also currently working on an update for Will Glow the Wisp . Improved card readability. Cards now have a marker that directly connects keywords with their explanations. I would love to hear player
Version 0.8.92
Fixed a Unity security issue with this update (details here: https://unity.com/de/security/sept-2025-01). I am also currently working on an update for Will Glow the Wisp.
Improved card readability. Cards now have a marker that directly connects keywords with their explanations. I would love to hear player feedback on this change.
Fixed a bug where uncommon cards could be removed in the deck editor.
Adjustments to the level generator to make runs play a bit smoother.
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02 Oct 2025Developer post
Performance Fix
Good news! 🎉 I was able to fix the performance issues that occurred with larger groups of enemies and loot. The game should now run much smoother in those situations. Thanks again to everyone who reported this and helped me track it down — your feedback really makes a difference
01 Oct 2025Developer post
Update on Performance Issues
I was finally able to reproduce the performance issues some of you reported, especially when larger groups of enemies and loot are involved. Thanks a lot for pointing this out and helping me track it down! I’m already working on a fix and I’m hopeful I’ll have it resolved in the
27 Sep 2025Developer post
Oops
Hi everyone, for about four hours yesterday I accidentally threw you into the demo. If you got the “1 HP” message, that was me turning the wrong knob. It’s fixed now, so you can go back to having more than the durability of a wet paper bag. Sorry about that.
24 Sep 2025Developer post
Big Update: Internal Beta started!
Hey everyone, I’ve just pushed a big new update to School of Magic ! The internal closed Beta has officially started. The demo can now be played further than before – but there’s a twist: After clearing the first dungeon, your life is set to 1 . From then on, you’re basically pla
Hey everyone,
I’ve just pushed a big new update to School of Magic!
The internal closed Beta has officially started.
The demo can now be played further than before – but there’s a twist: After clearing the first dungeon, your life is set to 1. From then on, you’re basically playing in Ironman Mode. A brutal challenge, but I know some of you are up for it.
What’s new?
Brand-new spells including the Necromancer and the shapeshifting Druid
Tons of balancing and improvements
And so much more hidden in the dungeons…
And if you manage to reach the pirates in the demo, I’d love to see a screenshot of it!
The best way to discover it all is to jump in and try it out.
Thanks a lot for following the project and being part of this journey – every bit of feedback helps shape School of Magic into the best game it can be.
See you in the dungeon! Nikolas, PartTimeIndie
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20 Feb 2025Developer post
Help me shape School of Magic and win Steam keys
I’m working on a new Necromancer spell that summons skeletons to fight alongside you. While the mechanics are still in progress, I want to involve the community in the card design! 🔹 How to participate: Use Adobe Firefly to generate fantasy-style card images and share your resul
09 Jul 2024Developer post
Your last chance to get into the beta
Hello everyone, I've got some exciting news about School of Magic! The open beta registration will be closing soon, and from then on, the next update will be for beta players only. If you haven't joined yet, now's your chance! The open beta registration will close on Monday, July
03 Jul 2024Developer post
Minor Bugfixes
This updates fixes a couple of bugs: Combat Caster now does regenerate your mana correctly When walking with WASD your spell queue is cleared when running out of mana
This updates fixes a couple of bugs:

Combat Caster now does regenerate your mana correctly
When walking with WASD your spell queue is cleared when running out of mana
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21 Jun 2024Developer post
School of Magic - Gameplay Explanation
This is some footage of the older version on the game I will create a new recording during Games From Germany but for now it still serves as a good introduction to the game.
21 Jun 2024Developer post
School of Magic - Gameplay Explanation
This is some footage of the older version on the game I will create a new recording during Games From Germany but for now it still serves as a good introduction to the game.
21 Jun 2024Developer post
Games From Germany 2024
I am thrilled to announce that I am participating in the Games from Germany 2024 Steam event. Be sure to check out all the other amazing games from Germany!

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