Demo ver 1.7 is now live - on cogdemos.ink (Patreon)

Hi everyone! Hope you've had a fantastic start to the year.

I'm happy to report that the next update for AMR Book 2's demo has been uploaded, this time to dashingdon's successor site, cogdemos.ink. A lengthy explanation will be provided below--please bear with me--but if you want to go straight to the new update, you can find it hosted on this link:

https://cogdemos.ink/play/adam-rifky/a-mage-reborn-rewrite-patreon-build-jan-2024

So, first things first, the update: it is 27k words long, wraps up the Aulain arc, and for the most part contains brand new content. Please mind that a scene with incomplete choices is present early on in the update, as priority was given to resolving the update at an appropriate point (that is, at the very end of the Aulain arc). While there is only one path available to clear that segment, the choices in question do not carry significant long-term impacts. As such, please rest assured that you will not need to replay through the scene if you do not wish to.

Secondly, on why the demo has been moved: thanks to a number of generous patrons, I was made aware that dashingdon--the site which has served as CoG demos' hosting site for the longest time--will go offline starting today (or tomorrow, depending on your timezone). As such, AMR's demo build has been migrated over to the new site, as recommended by CoG staff and fellow authors alike. I have also ensured that my backup copies of AMR's side stories remain intact, and these will be ported over to the new site over the course of the next few days.

To my understanding, the new site uses a divorced save system from the one on dashingdon, meaning that any existing saves will unfortunately be wiped, and that the game has to be played from the beginning (please make use of the Book 2 character creator if you do not wish to replay from the first book). On the bright side, the new site has a save system built-in, which should hopefully mean that past issues we've had with save files and such should no longer pose an issue.

Thirdly, I would like to apologize for the lack of sneak peeks and devlogs this month. I've alluded to this in a past devlog, but I'm coming to recognize that a weekly report structure ill suits my current development style, which involves a lot of rewrites as the update is being put together, resulting in a two-steps-forward, two-steps-back dynamic for much of the process. It has made it a lot more difficult to put together reports each week, as I'm never certain whether segments I consider completed at that point in time will make the cut to the final build. This problem was especially pertinent this month, as so much more of the update wound up being newly written instead of reappropriated from past builds and rewrites. I think that moving forward, I will try a more irregular devlog & sneak peek structure, wherein I post them when contents exist which I'm sure will make the final cut, rather than at scheduled intervals. I will update my Patreon bio to reflect this change soon, along with other changes which have been long overdue.

Finally, art rewards for both the Retainer and Arcanist levels will be uploaded immediately after this post goes up. This will include the leftover Retainer art rewards from December, as well.

And that about wraps it up for this post. I will be back tomorrow to answer questions and quash any reported bugs. Thank you for your patience as AMR adjusts to all these changes, and as always, thank you for supporting the development of A Mage Reborn!