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Archmage Rises

Also known as Archmage Rises, ar, archmage rises

Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.

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10 Jun 2026

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Threat System: The World Fights Back

I haven’t written in a while because I want to share what is already built, not what I intend. For almost six months, I’ve been working on one major feature. But to support it I had to touch almost every aspect of the g…

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March 2026
Dev Update Mar 7: Towns, Regions, and the First ThreatsIn the previous update I wrote my goal to introduce systemic global threats to challenge the player. To achieve this, I need to carve up the map into regions and have a better more detailed map. Jan was laying the tech…Event15 changesMapsGameplay07 Mar 2026
February 2026
Before I get into today’s topic of what I’ve been working on, I want to address the issue of bugs and patch releases. Some 20 common and serious bugs have been reported since the influx of new players last month. I’m no…23 changesGameplayMapsStore08 Feb 2026
January 2026
Good writing has one central focused topic. But, a lot has happened in the last 2 weeks, so this is a triple-topic blog post. These past two weeks mark my first stretch back working full-time on Archmage Rises in quite…8 changesGameplayMapsPatch notes17 Jan 2026
Hi everyone! I fixed the two most reported bugs over Christmas/New Years. There were a lot of code changes, likely fixing other bugs too, but I'm releasing it on the Beta branch first so we can see how well it performs.…v0.4.35 changesFixCompatibilityPatch notes13 Jan 2026
Hi everyone! I fixed the two most reported bugs over Christmas/New Years. There were a lot of code changes, likely fixing other bugs too, but I'm releasing it on the Beta branch first so we can see how well it performs.…v0.4.36 changesFixCompatibilityPatch notes09 Jan 2026
December 2025
Patch 0.4.2 - Dec 31Jan 1: Some players are reporting save game incompatibility between Dec 6 build and this Dec 31 build. For now, I have made the Beta Branch the Dec 6 Build so you can load your saves. I carved out some time today to loo…Eventv0.4.26 changesFixCompatibility31 Dec 2025
How to Make Your Own Random Events - Documentation PageAs a final post this year, here is the documentation page on how to use the Events system to create your own Events (User Generated Content). https://www.archmagerises.com/news/2025/12/29/how-to-write-random-events-ugc…Announcement30 Dec 2025
This is my second last post of 2025. As the year winds down, I’ve been reflecting on 2025 and making some plans for 2026 which may be of interest to players. I’ll cut to the most exciting news: I’ll be working on Archma…6 changesUI/audioMapsStore15 Dec 2025
Major Update: Map Events and Resources Are LiveI'm happy to release a significant new feature update to Archmage Rises. This Build IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE - Saves and Worlds have to be created again. For many of us, it's been a while since the last update. If yo…Event23 changesGameplayMaps06 Dec 2025
November 2025
New Beta BuildI’m happy to report I really focused the last 10 days and built the new Resources feature. Hopefully this will fix the experience people had with the Hex Events feature. I want to thank everyone on the " real time dev b…Event11 changesGameplayCompatibility25 Nov 2025
Dev Update Nov 15: Resources InteractionI’m working on the new resource interaction, so I can fix it, so the quests will be completable again, so I can get the Events update out. I took out the “Hex view” in doing the Events update but that kinda broke the ga…Announcement3 changesGameplayMaps16 Nov 2025

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