Search This Blog

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Academagia: The Making of Mages video game announced

Academagia is a whimsical life simulation and role-playing game set at the renowned Academy of Magic in the rich and dangerous city of Mineta. As a newly arrived teenager in a strange, vast school, the player will embark on adventures great and small, train their familiar, make friends and enemies, and master the shining arts and subtle laws of spell-casting.
A PC game, Academagia allows the player to chart a journey through the first year of their instruction, and offers enough secret skills, magical locations, spells, items and adventures for countless hours of replay. Completely unlike any life simulation before it, the daily events develop not just according to the actions of the player, but also the interests and goals of over 80 other AI-controlled students- each with their own motivations, mischief and opinions. Additionally, there are over 800 random events, insuring that no game is ever the same!

Created to be a fun and unique answer to the question: "What if I could study magic?", Academagia allows the player to control every aspect of their schooling: from which of the 7 colleges they enroll in and what classes they choose, to how much they study, socialize or play. Every action taken offers its own reward, but with so many choices available each day, they will have to learn how to manage their time expertly.

Academagia: The Making of Mages is a whimsical fantasy life simulation and role-playing game set at the renowned Academy of Magic in the rich and dangerous city of Mineta. As a newly arrived teenager in a strange, vast school, you'll embark on adventures great and small, train your familiar, make friends (and enemies!), and master the shining arts and subtle laws of spell-casting.

Day by day, you'll attend classes, build skills, compete for the glory of your College, and explore the history and powers of an ancient world of flying islands and fallen empires. What you choose to do - whether it be to create a new magical item, to butter up your instructors, or to duel with your bitterest rivals - will ultimately determine how your character evolves throughout the school year. With many secret skills to uncover and hundreds of unique actions to learn and bonuses to collect, character specialization is unprecedented in its breadth. You can explore the campus, research in the many libraries, help your friends, visit exotic merchants or cast powerful spells: the choice is yours!

But beware! There are more dangers than just detention, and frightening secrets wait in the long forgotten sections of the University...

* Interact with over 80 Students
* Maneuver through more than 800 possible Random Events
* Set out upon any of over 100 Adventures
* Explore hundreds of Skills
* Cast Spells from the five Pillars of Magic, or learn the Forbidden Arts
* Add new effects to existing Spells as you master the vocabulary of Magic
* Discover and visit mysterious castles, ruins, shops and secret hide-outs
* Teach, train and adventure with a Familiar from one of dozens of species
* Enjoy nearly endless replayability and scope

Academagia is a 2D PC life simulation and role-playing game intended for audiences ages 9+.

Academagia retails for $24.95.