Hello, Mages! 🧙
With this week’s dev blog and vlog, we’re turning the spotlight on a few happenings in the halls of the house that makes Mythas. We’ll show off the inventory system features we’re looking to roll out with the next update, we’ll reveal an upcoming Battlemap bound for the Brawler Collection, and we’ll share some pictures from PAX West.
As usual, you’ll find this week’s update in video form below.
With that, let’s begin.
Inventory system upgrades are on their way
As I'm putting together this week’s post, the Fablecraft team is hard at work testing and bug-fixing the next update to the game. Once it’s ready, this update will feature enhancements to our inventory system.
Those enhancements include consumables and items that grant access to abilities. Both will eventually be opened up for homebrew, but we’ll be offering some qualified goodies along the way.
When’s this update coming? As soon as possible! Stay tuned. For now, let's get into some of the new stuff.
Adding inventory consumables means you’ll have access to potions
Consumables have been on our roadmap since just before launch, and we’re super close to making them happen.
Please note that the item description text here is temporary.
With consumable items, GMs can hand players something like a Curative Cordial that restores 50% of their maximum health. As a consumable, this potion is used one time. When that use happens is up to the player's discretion.
Equipable inventory items that bring abilities
We’re also getting ready to add support for equipable items with abilities.
Think of, perhaps, a magical wand that contains a Fireball spell. GMs will give these wands to their players. Once players equip the wands, they can access the Fireball spell during combat on their action bar.
Both consumables and items with abilities open the door for many ideas in Fablecraft, and we can’t wait to share ours and eventually roll out the ability for you to homebrew your own.
Let’s preview a battlemap coming in the Brawler Collection 🗺️
We’re working through the VFX and SFX for the Brawler Collection’s creatures, but we’re on track for a September release of the pack that’ll give the GMs among us more monsters and battlemaps for their adventures.
In the meantime, we’d like to share one of the beautiful battlemaps bound for the collection.
This is the Magical Lab, and folks who already have the Storyteller Collection likely recognize it as the battlemap version of a story scene with the same name.
The Magical Lab battlemap features two variants: a day version (seen above) and a night version. This is one of the five battlemaps included in the Brawler Collection. If you’d like to see it animated, be sure to check out the dev vlog at the top of this post.
Welcome to our incredibly brief PAX West 2024 recap
Yes! Part of the Riftweaver team was at PAX West with Fablecraft. It was our first time showcasing the game in a convention setting, and we had a ton of fun. We got to speak with lots of folks–both those who’ve heard of Fablecraft and those who haven’t–and hearing their take on the game was wonderful.
We’re looking to attend other conventions in the future, so if we happen to put up a booth at a convention you’re attending, please come say hi!
Until then, you’ll always be able to chat with us here on Steam or in our official Discord. See you soon!
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