2025-12-18 18:00 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Happy holidays! 🎁 🎄🐲 ImprovementsNew! AUTOMATIC COMBAT CONTROLS (Autocast)You can already toggle Auto-Aim and Auto-Fire (Main Weapon) during a run using your hotkeys. The community requested to automate more of the combat, including the active spells.In the settings menu (press Escape / Start in-game), you can now pick one of three control styles to suit your personal play style and accessibility needs:Manual (default) - you cast spells using buttons/keys and have full tactical control.Auto (new!) - spells are cast automatically, you only need to focus on walking/flying, calling your dragon
2025-12-07 14:33 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
New Stuff ✨Added 4 new items, unlocked by default, that you can grab from loot chests during a run, all are rare or epic tier. They grant some powerful multipliers for your damage output, which you can further scale up by collecting more elemental sigils during your run.New Item: Azure CrownNew Item: Verdant CrownNew Item: Voidbeast HelmetNew Item: Wargoblin HelmetChanges ✒️Map Event Markers had a lifetime after which they disappeared. Now they stay on your map until collected, with a maximum of 7 Map Events being active at a time, to not clutter your HUD too much.Bugfixes 🐛Fixed: Map Event C
2025-12-05 14:48 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
v 0.6.5adjust difficulty / spawn intensity / mob stats for balancingv 0.6.6bugfix: fix broken achievements for gold reroll, shadow damage, lightning damage, first dragonflight after tutorial, mining, ten projectiles on main staff (thanks again to community member "I Am Spam" for the bug report!)tweak: make quest block status on quest board a bit clearer, visually
2025-12-04 18:30 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
🎄⚔️ Bullet Heaven Fest Sale! ⚔️🎄First of all, you can get Black Dragon Mage at 33% off for Bullet Heaven Fest 3.0! Be sure to check out the bundles too. :)🎄⚔️ Black Dragon Mage - Content Update ⚔️🎄Finally, it took far longer than anticipated and you have my sincere apologies (several unexpected circumstances this year have led to significant delays) but now I'm proud to present the first update from our content roadmap!Black Dragon Mage is in Early Access and in active development.To better reflect this, I have updated the version number to v0.6.4 and added a label to the title screen - th
2025-10-01 16:16 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Well met, adventurers! 🐉🧙🏻♂️Autumn is upon us and the next content patch is around the corner. Here's a quick preview of what to expect from the next content patch. 🔥 By the way, the game is 23% off for Steam Autumn Sale! 🔥 Preview: Spell Evolutions 📜All of the Active Spells are getting 3 new, distinct Spell Evolutions each (15 total) to bring them to the next level.A quick look at the newly evolved spells:Spell Evos make your active spells more powerful by boosting their stats and tilting the odds in your favour, additionally they can:Adjust how the spell behavesfor instance, it can ma
2025-01-23 14:14 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Well met, adventurers, Firstly, I hope you're having a great start to your year (and/or lunar new year soon! By the way, the game is 20% off to celebrate this occasion!). Thanks for all the support and kind words. You may or may not know that this is my first commercial title and I appreciate your patience while I keep going on the solo indie dev marathon! Seems like a great time to start iterating on a roadmap for Black Dragon Mage, while I'm fixing bugs & fleshing out the content. Below is an initial list of topics that I am currently tackling for Content Patch 01, as well as candidates for
2024-12-26 18:33 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
🐛 bugfix: temporary move speed debuff (e.g. from walking through fog) had incorrect duration, now back at 4s 🐛 bugfix: the perk "Molten Golem" undesirably disabled your dash ability, now it works correctly (thanks Ser_Destroyer!) 🐛 bugfix: when using a gem attraction scroll, there was a small delay and potential unwanted overlap with multiple triggers - now they should be quicker to process in all scenarios ✨ upgrade algorithm improvement: perks with debuff tradeoffs ("spicy perks") won't be offered if you're already permanently debuffed through stacking to a degree where they would immobil
2024-12-24 10:22 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Hey adventurers, first of all: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I have taken some extra time before the next content update and the upcoming roadmap (more on that soon) to squash some more bugs, and rework some of the systems that were causing frustrating experiences. It's important to get the critical issues out of the way before the new spells, enemies, and characters are added to the game. Exciting stuff is coming! 🎄⚔️ Black Dragon Mage Xmas Bugfix Update ⚔️🎄 Version Highlights: Completely replaced input system to resolve gamepad-related freezes or scenarios where the contro
2024-12-14 13:13 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Bugfix: Gamepad UI navigation was overriding spell button #3 during gameplay (thanks, GM!)
2024-12-14 00:20 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Fellow Adventurers, Another update has landed, focused on squashing bugs. Here’s what’s new: 🔧 Tweaks and Adjustments Improved environment culling interval to take into account your performance, resulting in less environment pop-in. Improved cleanup routines when exiting the main game loop. ✨ Improvements Enhanced Steam Overlay UI support—now the game pauses properly when the overlay is invoked. This was critical for Steam Deck certification! Black Dragon Mage is now Steam Deck Verified. Addressed player movement issues when framerate was low or artificially limited. Now you can use the Steam
2024-12-09 17:36 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Fellow Adventurers, Thank you for sticking with me and sharing your feedback, bug reports, and even your frustrations. I hear you, and I’ve been working to make your experience smoother and more rewarding. Here’s what’s new in this update: 💰 Loot and Spell Improvements Reapers now drop better loot, making them even more worth the fight! Added new stat upgrades for the Pentagram spell. More serious upgrades for the spells coming soon. 🎮 Controller Updates and Fixes Fully reworked the UI system for much more reliable controller gameplay. - Big thanks to vashTstampede for the log files Improved
2024-12-07 21:30 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Fellow Adventurers, thank you for your letters filled with feedback, praise, and concerns. I've read every single one of them! 📜 This first Early Access patch brings a collection of fixes and tweaks to make your next dragon ride even smoother. ✨ Improvements Based on Player Feedback Base walk speed has been significantly increased for all player characters. Dashing in the Hall of Relics is now faster and snappier. Rerolls are now much more player-friendly: - Costs reset upon leveling up (!) - Adjusted formula for better scaling. Arcane Mutators that previously cost gold to equip during a run
2024-12-06 16:11 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Hi everyone, We’re just over a day into Early Access for Black Dragon Mage, and I’m grateful for all the feedback you’ve shared so far. Thank you for taking the time to play and help shape the game’s future. I know some players have encountered frustrating issues, and I’m working hard to address them. Early Access is about expanding and refining a game together. Your input helps guide these improvements as I add more content and tweak the foundation. Here’s what I’m focusing on right now: 🚀 Initial movement speed: Starting mobility on maps will be improved. 🪄 Overall spell and staff scaling
2024-12-04 19:32 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
fixes an issue where the Quest and Achievement for unlocking Schmiedrun, the second mage character, would not show up correctly and prevent some progress - you should now be able to unlock her from the quest grid if you have completed the respective task.
2024-12-04 11:03 UTC · Community Announcements · datablob
Are you ready, Adventurers?! 🧙♂️ Black Dragon Mage officially launches on December 4, 2024, for PC and Steam Deck! It’s time to saddle up for an unforgettable ride. Over 13,000 players experienced the chaos and charm of this occult and colorful dark-fantasy world in the demo, now it's time to enter Early Access. Join the community shaping the future of this title. 52 achievements are waiting for you in the Hall of Relics! Celebrate launch week with a 20% discount today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207230/Black_Dragon_Mage/ New Mage Character "Schmiedrun" unveiled! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/
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