Hi everyone,
It’s been about a month since our last update, and we wanted to share what we’ve been working on, as well as what’s next for Magic Inn.
First of all, thank you to every player who took a leap of faith and supported Magic Inn during Early Access. It truly means a lot to us.
So far, we have completed roughly two-thirds of the overall content planned for Magic Inn. Looking back on nearly five years of development, we’ve realized that, as our first indie game, Magic Inn was a very ambitious project for a small team of four people. There are still many skills we need to improve in order to make Magic Inn into the game we originally envisioned.
After delivering Act 2, we decided to take a short step back to reassess the project, reflect on what we’ve learned, and think carefully about how we can improve and complete the remaining content. We are not giving up on Magic Inn. We will continue working on the project until the 1.0 release.
During this break, some new game ideas began to take shape. I couldn’t resist prototyping them, and that eventually became a new project: Idle Bookstore.
Compared to Magic Inn, Idle Bookstore is a much smaller and simpler game. It is a cozy desktop idle game where you run a small bookstore on the side of your screen. You can play it while doing other things, and your friends can even join you to write books together or sell each other’s books.
Today, we released the demo for Idle Bookstore, and we would love to hear your feedback if it sounds like something you might be interested in. We have also prepared some special skins for our Magic Inn players. You can claim them in the demo using the code: magicinn
After we release Idle Bookstore, I will shift my focus back to Magic Inn and use what I’ve learned from developing this smaller project to improve it. We are still receiving a lot of valuable player feedback, and some of your suggestions are being added to our roadmap.
Thank you so much for your support, patience, and encouragement. It means more to us than we can properly express.