The biggest change in this update is some significant work on pathfinding to make it smoother and more predictable, especially in the endgame sequence. What was there before worked fine, but we were never completely happy with it, so we took this opportunity to make it better.
There are also a number of small geometry and texture tweaks, as well as some fixes to how the player behaves in certain collision situations. Please let us know if you see anything bizarre! As always the full change list can be seen in the Tech Support Forum.
Thanks again to all the players who have given The Magic Circle a chance, we appreciate it and hope you enjoyed the game!
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The biggest change in this update is some significant work on pathfinding to make it smoother and more predictable, especially in the endgame sequence. What was there before worked fine, but we were never completely happy with it, so we took this opportunity to make it better.
There are also a number of small geometry and texture tweaks, as well as some fixes to how the player behaves in certain collision situations. Please let us know if you see anything bizarre! As always the full change list can be seen in the Tech Support Forum.
Thanks again to all the players who have given The Magic Circle a chance, we appreciate it and hope you enjoyed the game!
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You are the protagonist of an unfinished 1st person fantasy game, trapped in development hell. The designers (played by James Urbaniak, Ashly Burch, and Karen Dyer) are god-like, but so indecisive that they've given you no powers whatsoever. With the help of a mysterious disembodied voice (Stephen Russell) you must seize the tools of game development from these unworthy 'gods', uncovering more of the darkly comic story as you go. Rather than traditional puzzles with a single solution, the incomplete state of each environment is a question that you answer in your own way. Trap the designers' creations, steal their behaviors, and re-mix them to explore and master this world-in-progress. Can you out-think the game gods? Can you ship The Magic Circle from inside it?
Warning: Some strong language and references to adult subject matter.
MINIMAL SETUP
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better. Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or betterMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better. ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM
Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Some users have reported issues with Intel HD 4000 series cards. Also. users using open source graphics drivers such as Mesa have had problems. We recommend installing the manufacturers drivers for the most robust compatibility.
RECOMMENDED SETUP
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better. Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or betterMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better. ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better