This update has a bunch of miscellaneous tweaks and fixes to various systems as well as some usability improvements. Some of the highlights include improvements in the way music is delivered, D-Pad support in all parts of mindspace (for our gamepad players), some AI improvements, and some unobtrusive control reminders if we detect you have been away from the game for a while. The full list can be seen in the Tech Support forum.
In addition, The Magic Circle is up for an Excellence in Narrative award at this year's IGF! If you are at GDC come say hi to rujuro and Nullspeak in the IGF area, if not you can still watch the awards live on twitch the evening of March 16th.
And there's still more! KainAsylum will be showing the game at SXSW in Austin, TX where we are up for the Gamer's Voice Award. If you are going to be there stop by, say hi, and maybe vote for us if it's the kind of thing you'd like to do.
Thanks again to everyone who has played the game, we are extremely grateful for your support.
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This update has a bunch of miscellaneous tweaks and fixes to various systems as well as some usability improvements. Some of the highlights include improvements in the way music is delivered, D-Pad support in all parts of mindspace (for our gamepad players), some AI improvements, and some unobtrusive control reminders if we detect you have been away from the game for a while. The full list can be seen in the Tech Support forum.
In addition, The Magic Circle is up for an Excellence in Narrative award at this year's IGF! If you are at GDC come say hi to rujuro and Nullspeak in the IGF area, if not you can still watch the awards live on twitch the evening of March 16th.
And there's still more! KainAsylum will be showing the game at SXSW in Austin, TX where we are up for the Gamer's Voice Award. If you are going to be there stop by, say hi, and maybe vote for us if it's the kind of thing you'd like to do.
Thanks again to everyone who has played the game, we are extremely grateful for your support.
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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