2026-09-01 15:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
Wishlist Blight Doctors Now!Hey again to all the occult practitioners, necromancers, and misfortunate apprentices here! Its been some 15 months since there's last been anything fresh from the Planar Danse, and I'm back with an announcement of the next game! Same as ever, I'm a solo game developer & world-builder creating TPD, and even though I've been lucky enough to get some artists helping on TFA and some recent projects, this hasn't changed. I love a team, but it is neither economic nor feasible for indies to have massive teams. However, the last two years has seen my gamedev/indiedev freel
2025-10-13 04:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
Hello fellow mages! Today I have a sizeable update for TFA! This addresses some of the most common bugs and complaints about the game, particularly its onboarding process & tutorial. There are new Steam Achievements, new Research quests & abilities, and a sizeable performance improvement on mid-range hardware over previous versions!Want to polymorph your apprentices into bounce-able frogs and back? Research Hexcraft!I apologize for the pace of updates to the game, I've had to step away from game development for a time to deal with personal issues and mental health surrounding it and everything
2025-04-20 23:11 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- Fixed a crash related to the Duke's Bargain event. - Updated & increased performance of the noble-apprentice's outfit. https://wa-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/user-data/production/109406da-6de6-4ec2-9c7e-c8109dd64a0f/uploads/images/a3413373fe50541c93efcb4289c6260e.png https://wa-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/user-data/production/109406da-6de6-4ec2-9c7e-c8109dd64a0f/uploads/images/cc47f098e6b3f6752645f19f926a95e8.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/3334430/The_Fools_Apprentice/
2025-04-19 04:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- Performance passes over the level lighting. - Fixed a potential softlock where the player summons an item (most commonly a desk) from the shop, but does not zoom out to be able to interact with it. - Removed floating items in some rolls of the Conservatory. Stay cozy, Arcanists!
2025-04-18 01:36 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- NEW DILEMMA! A competitor is casting hexes on your Conservatory... and throwing all your apprentices into the sky! - Unlocked Stations & Decor are permenant, rather than per-run. - Completing the tutorial and follow-up helper pop-ups once will make them hidden forever. Can be shown again by pressing "Reset Tutorials" in the main menu. - Skipping the tutorial will also hide some early popups. - Solved a rare crash related to capes. (Edna was right..)
2025-04-17 19:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- Fixes to Korean localization & font placement. - Infinite Levitation no longer makes apprentices hidden but not dead. - Fix for camera getting stuck outside the Conservatory.
2025-04-16 09:21 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- Balcony outside the Commonroom properly claims its Stations and Decor. - Frog-Apprentices that die properly notify the player about the death and take Influence/App Debt. - Frog-Apprentices no longer show up in the apprentice overview panel. - Mind Control does not hang when the controlled apprentice dies. - Overlapping items in Artifact Storage fixed. - New sound effects. - Performance tweaks. - Playtime & achievement stats now save to long-term, cloud storage. - Early random event for frogs.
2025-04-15 07:48 UTC · Community Announcements · Thuynder
- A number of performance-related optimizations. - Graphical errors on the front of the Conservatory. - Savegame functionality on certain storage disk hardware fixed. - Additional player stats tracked in the save file. Happy researching, my fellow Arcanists!
2025-04-14 22:02 UTC · Community Announcements · Honest Rogue Games
Dear Arcanist Tharn, We are expecting to see you soon at the gates of our newly opened Arcane Conservatory. As our newly appointed Head Arcanist, it will be your responsibility to develop research in Arcanoscience and push innovation forward while also guiding our many eager apprentices here in Golryon! Meet you soon, The High Arcanist {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45363139/a3fb2ab9eedead15c8390cc0f602ca3d20f1c3f6.png
2025-04-11 15:52 UTC · Community Announcements · Honest Rogue Games
Dear Arcanist Tharn, The city of Golryon is seeking out for a new Head Arcanist to manage our newly opened Arcane Conservatory! This offer is only for the most prestigious mages so we believe you will fit right in. Join us at the gates of the conservatory and we will get you acquainted on, April 14, 8:00 am PT / 11:00am EST on Monday. We hope to see you soon, The High Arcanist {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45363139/f4addb6637fb89c852fb4547c60047fe1c41d47e.png
2025-03-11 20:28 UTC · Community Announcements · Honest Rogue Games
My dear apprentices, We are excited to officially announce the opening of the Arcane Conservatory to the general public on April 14, 2025! Get ready to plot the future of magic at the helm of your Conservatory and usher in a new age of Arcanoscience. See you soon! The High Arcanist
2025-02-24 21:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Honest Rogue Games
My dear apprentices, Using the arcane arts, we will be projecting the live events within the conservatory onto your virtual screens within the next 7 days so you can obverse our progress into the new age of Arcanoscience for yourself! If you would like to participate in building the future of magic with us, you can become an Arcanist today by playing our demo on Steam. Good luck! The High Arcanist
2025-02-11 17:27 UTC · Community Announcements · ThePlanarDanse
My dear apprentices, Demo version 0.5 releases with a new tutorial (we heard you, too much text!), a guide and library for players to find specific things they're confused on, and tons of new visual effects! Arcanum (money) has also been rebalanced, you will now have to save one or two apprentices to build a successful Conservatory. Unless you succumb to war profiteering. Good luck! The High Arcanist.
2025-01-31 16:29 UTC · Community Announcements · ThePlanarDanse
The Fool's Apprentice now has a public demo! Start your magical studies today! Though there is much hidden away for the full game, TFA is fully featured, allowing you to collect, train, and cast spells on your hopelessly unskilled apprentices. Please share it around to any who'd enjoy the game, and have fun! We're on track for a release early this spring, so you won't have to wait long to build out the magic academy of your dreams! Features in this version of the demo: Upgradable Stations Six narrative Dilemmas Full shop & gameloop Magic to cast on foolish apprentices! Features coming soon : A
2025-01-17 00:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Honest Rogue Games
Hello Steam! We are running a closed playtest for The Fool's Apprentice here on Steam! Here is what you need to know: The playlist will run for 2-3 days this coming week. You can 'Request access' and you’ll get notified if and when you are selected. There may be a second wave of playtest immediately before the demo launch, and additional rounds will come for the full game. Please do not record or stream gameplay footage of the game at this time (feel free to once the demo is out) The public demo is planned to release a week after playtests are run so if you are not invited to this weekend, wor
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