Dark Magik Devlog - itch.iohttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magikA sentient sword and a sentient book, both sworn to the god of hate, are teaching you to kill him.https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1683912/twenty-seven-walls-all-holdingTwenty-seven walls, all holdinghttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1683912/twenty-seven-walls-all-holdingWed, 30 Sep 2026 15:05:55 GMTdevlog

There is a world now. Not a level — a world, with a coastline of mountains around it, thirteen biomes inside it, and a rule that you cannot walk out of it. It's 7.9 by 10.5 kilometres . Eighty-three...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1679221/the-ring-was-never-a-ringThe ring was never a ringhttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1679221/the-ring-was-never-a-ringSun, 27 Sep 2026 11:55:17 GMTdevlog

Two spells have their own effects now. A fireball, and a ring of fire that stands up around you and burns. Worth being precise about what that means, because it is both better and smaller than it soun...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1659304/a-check-that-cannot-fail-is-not-a-checkA check that cannot fail is not a checkhttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1659304/a-check-that-cannot-fail-is-not-a-checkThu, 10 Sep 2026 20:10:20 GMTdevlogLast devlog ended by saying spell effects were the next big push. They weren't. This week went to architecture kits, a data refactor, and a spider. That was a deliberate call, and I'd make it again: y...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1649135/making-the-dark-mean-somethingMaking the dark mean somethinghttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1649135/making-the-dark-mean-somethingTue, 01 Sep 2026 20:59:28 GMTdevlogDusk was darker than midnight. Not by feel — by measurement. Ground light sat at 0.713 just after the sun dipped below the horizon, against 0.880 at midnight. A nineteen percent hole in the middle o...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1641833/twenty-nine-dark-elves-none-of-them-dressedTwenty-nine dark elves, none of them dressedhttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1641833/twenty-nine-dark-elves-none-of-them-dressedWed, 26 Aug 2026 20:38:04 GMTdevlogThe first real town is going in. Not a test space with a merchant standing in a field — an actual dark elf town, with buildings, and streets, and people who live there. The people turned out to be t...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1637045/two-camps-and-everything-they-brokeTwo camps, and everything they brokehttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1637045/two-camps-and-everything-they-brokeSun, 23 Aug 2026 12:50:26 GMTdevlogTwo new kits this week: a bandit camp and a necromancer camp. Tents, a warlord's pavilion, a captain's round tent, camp tables, campfires, an altar set for the necromancers. Modular, same as the stone...

]]>https://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1634156/building-the-world-under-the-systemsBuilding the world under the systemshttps://gameabby.itch.io/dark-magik/devlog/1634156/building-the-world-under-the-systemsWed, 19 Aug 2026 17:52:44 GMTdevlogDark Magik has been systems-first for a long time — combat, threat tables, skills, spells, quests, dialogue, companions, factions, crafting, banking, merchants, saving, day/night. All built, all run...

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