Steam News 14 February 20251y ago

From Mages of Mystralia to Echoes of Mystralia

From Mages to Echoes: An Epic Journey If creating a game is an adventure, meeting the players is the true reward. Your enthusiasm for our last title has been contagious. It inspired us to push further, to come back with…

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addedFrom Mages to Echoes: An Epic JourneyIf creating a game is an adventure, meeting the players is the true reward. Your enthusiasm for our last title has been contagious. It inspired us to push further, to come back with something new. And today, that’s exactly what we’re doing—bringing you a brand-new chapter in the world of Mystralia.

addedThe End of One Story. The Beginning of Another.With Mages of Mystralia, our goal was to bring a little magic into the world. We wanted players to experience the thrill of spellcrafting firsthand. And your presence here proves this idea resonated. But launching our first game didn’t just satisfy our curiosity—it fueled it. We felt there was more to uncover in this magic system. New possibilities waiting to be explored. All we had to do was push a little further.

addedThe Drive to Go FurtherMages of Mystralia offered a linear experience: story, combat, puzzles—the adventure was more or less the same for everyone. But magic, at its core, is about creation. Experimentation. In short, anything but linear. To take our system further, we had to embrace unpredictability and discovery. That’s the foundation of our new approach. A drive to give you more. More freedom. More flexibility. More magic.

addedNew System. New Genre.But what does more really mean? More spells, obviously. But above all, more combinations. Every change to the spell had to reshape it. You know how it goes: one drop too many of frog’s saliva, and boom—everything blows up. That’s what we wanted. To see a small tweak create a big change. To get players excited about the possibilities. To spark their creativity. And for that to work, we needed a genre that would truly showcase our new system. We needed to build a rogue-lite, to let players craft new spells each run.

addedAnother Meeting with YouSo here’s the story. Mages was our bridge to you—a way to connect our passion with yours. And now, we’re about to cross that bridge once again. Soon, we’ll introduce you to a brand-new game. A new story. New factions. New lands to explore. But all within the same universe, with the same excitement, driven by the same wish we had from the very beginning: to bring a little magic into this world.

From Mages to Echoes: An Epic Journey

If creating a game is an adventure, meeting the players is the true reward. Your enthusiasm for our last title has been contagious. It inspired us to push further, to come back with something new. And today, that’s exactly what we’re doing—bringing you a brand-new chapter in the world of Mystralia.

The End of One Story. The Beginning of Another.

With Mages of Mystralia, our goal was to bring a little magic into the world. We wanted players to experience the thrill of spellcrafting firsthand. And your presence here proves this idea resonated. But launching our first game didn’t just satisfy our curiosity—it fueled it. We felt there was more to uncover in this magic system. New possibilities waiting to be explored. All we had to do was push a little further.

The Drive to Go Further

Mages of Mystralia offered a linear experience: story, combat, puzzles—the adventure was more or less the same for everyone. But magic, at its core, is about creation. Experimentation. In short, anything but linear. To take our system further, we had to embrace unpredictability and discovery. That’s the foundation of our new approach. A drive to give you more. More freedom. More flexibility. More magic.

New System. New Genre.

But what does more really mean? More spells, obviously. But above all, more combinations. Every change to the spell had to reshape it. You know how it goes: one drop too many of frog’s saliva, and boom—everything blows up. That’s what we wanted. To see a small tweak create a big change. To get players excited about the possibilities. To spark their creativity. And for that to work, we needed a genre that would truly showcase our new system. We needed to build a rogue-lite, to let players craft new spells each run.

Another Meeting with You

So here’s the story. Mages was our bridge to you—a way to connect our passion with yours. And now, we’re about to cross that bridge once again. Soon, we’ll introduce you to a brand-new game. A new story. New factions. New lands to explore. But all within the same universe, with the same excitement, driven by the same wish we had from the very beginning: to bring a little magic into this world.

🚨 Our first Steam Playtest for Echoes of Mystralia is live NOW! Echoes of Mystralia Steam Playtest

We can't wait to see you again. 😄

The Borealys team

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Steam News / 14 February 2025

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