Hello d2jsp community,

It has been difficult to choose on what sub-forum could I publish the post, but as WoM is an strategy game with many RPG elements, I decided this :). First to all, and almost needless to say, I'm a member of Wastelands Interactive, the indie developer behind Worlds of Magic. Although my intention is to present you our game in development, I don't want it to be mere spam, so it will be my pleasure to answer your potential questions and bring you the development of the game itself, as I think it is an interesting and exciting project for both the developers and players.

That said, Worlds of Magic, a turn based strategy game in meant to be the spiritual successor to the good old Master of Magic, a 4X classic game by Simtex and Microprose (1994). Work on the project started nearly a year ago in a 2D development environment. As it evolved it was moved to a 3D environment and the basic game mechanics have started to take firm shape.

Here, you can watch a dev video showing the evolution of the battle board (pics below, too):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqojQT8M4Kw

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/screen_shots/Worlds_of_Magic_prealpha_13_31_03_002.png

So, what are we trying to achieve with Worlds of Magic? Something with those features:

- Master of Magic Spiritual Successor
- D20 System - Units, Spells and Heroes will all draw from the D20 rule set during the battles.
- 4X deep playability
- Hero Units - Recruit heroes to lead your forces into battle
- Twelve Spell Circles
- Unique Races
- Multiple victory conditions
- A million more things

We started an important Kickstarter campaign in order to earn funds, and allow us to finish a great game, and the approriate successor for one of our favourite games.

We have been updating frequently with a lot of changes that you can read here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/304725524/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game/posts

and in fact few days ago we added with some art drawn by George Purdy, one of the original Master of Magic designers now working on Worlds of Magic!

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/DraconianMage_colour.png

We have 10 more days to reach the Kickstarter goal, and hopefully be able to hit some stretch goals too. Hope you like the game. Back us if you like what you see, and spread the word too. Thanks a million for your help, hope to see you around

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/screen_shots/WoM_pre_alpha_map_13_11_04_003.png

P.D. Sorry about the lack of images, [img] codes don't work

This post was edited by Wastelander_WoM on Apr 21 2013 11:44am

Hey there, people! How is it going?

Finally we can show progresses on the World Map. Some elements have been added, and of course water has changed a lot since your last visit, lol. Hope you like it.

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/Worlds_of_Magic/WOM_pre_alpha_world_2013042301.png

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/Worlds_of_Magic/WOM_pre_alpha_world_2013042302.png

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/Worlds_of_Magic/WOM_pre_alpha_world_2013042305.png

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/Worlds_of_Magic/WOM_pre_alpha_world_2013042306.png

http://www2.wastelands-interactive.com/shared/Worlds_of_Magic/WOM_pre_alpha_world_2013042309.png

95% at the moment!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/304725524/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game

This post was edited by Wastelander_WoM on Apr 23 2013 11:53am

Well, I am incredibly happy to announce that we have reached our base goal, so the minimum funding for development is now guaranteed! That's BIG THANKS to all of you guys. Now we are trying to hit some stretch goals, and make sure that the game will be released with as much content as possible.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/304725524/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game/posts/

Also, I take the occassion to tell you too that Draconian will be the 5th faction for Worlds of Magic, as the community have decided. Here you can find some art from George Purdy, you know, the creative director and former Master of Magic - Master of Orion designer :).

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/draconian1_colour.png

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/draconiansculpt6.jpg

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/draconianfront.jpg

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/draconianback.jpg

http://myworldsofmagic.com/images/updates/draconian2_colour.png

See you soon,and thanks again!

Hello All!

You can still help us by backing our game
Come and see what we are doing there and if you like it, just back us and spread the word

http://tinyurl.com/ck5yftd

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