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1d ago

Hello! Thank you for all for support through the release of 1.0! We're sorry it was a little rocky.

We wanted to make a post about all known bugs and how to mitigate them until we can get them fixed (target time is within the next week). The bugs will be ordered loosely in terms of severity.

Choice UI Not Displaying with Uncapped FPS In Some Cases

Sometimes choice buttons and menu items will not display if framerate is uncapped. In particular, the difficulty selector when you first start the game and the entrance to Exodus.

Mitigation

If you run into this issue, please play the game with fps capped to 60 for now.

Using old Saves (From Early Access) May Block Progression

If you attempt to a resume a save generated by the Early Access version of the game (after beating ch. 6 specifically) you may not be able to progress to chap. 7.

Mitigation

There's no fix for this other than starting a new game or using a different save. We highly recommend starting a new game anyway (since there is new content and if you start mid-game with an old save, you will not be properly leveled, since old versions of the game did not have the leveling system or skill points).

Boss at the End of Chapter 1 Can Hit You During Cutscene

After defeating the boss at the end of chap. 1, she can still hit you when the cutscene is starting.

Mitigation

All you can do for now is be careful when you defeat her and try to keep high health. We're definitely going to fix this asap.

Performing a Finisher with Amelia outside of Magical Girl Mode does no Damage

As it says in the title, performing a finisher as Amelia in gunslinger mode will do no damage.

Mitigation

Don't use finishers when in gunslinger mode.

Chests are not Behaving as Expected with Auto Save in Chapter 1

If you die before finishing chapter 1, when you respawn the chests cannot be opened again, meaning you lose the items.

Mitigation

Don't die! But to be serious, no good mitigation of this yet. We'll fix it as soon as we can.

Game Not Working on Some Linux Installs

We've had reports of the game crashing on some Linux installs.

Mitigation

A user reported that using Proton 8.0.5 to launch the game fixed the issue.

Reporting Bugs

If you run into any bugs, please let us know about them in the Mahou Arms Steam Community. We'll update this post as new bugs/mitigations are found!

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Known Bugs (To be Fixed Soon)

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1d ago

Hello! Thank you for all for support through the release of 1.0! We're sorry it was a little rocky.

We wanted to make a post about all known bugs and how to mitigate them until we can get them fixed (target time is within the next week). The bugs will be ordered loosely in terms of severity.

Choice UI Not Displaying with Uncapped FPS In Some Cases

Sometimes choice buttons and menu items will not display if framerate is uncapped. In particular, the difficulty selector when you first start the game and the entrance to Exodus.

Mitigation

If you run into this issue, please play the game with fps capped to 60 for now.

Using old Saves (From Early Access) May Block Progression

If you attempt to a resume a save generated by the Early Access version of the game (after beating ch. 6 specifically) you may not be able to progress to chap. 7.

Mitigation

Boss at the End of Chapter 1 Can Hit You During Cutscene

After defeating the boss at the end of chap. 1, she can still hit you when the cutscene is starting.

Mitigation

All you can do for now is be careful when you defeat her and try to keep high health. We're definitely going to fix this asap.

Performing a Finisher with Amelia outside of Magical Girl Mode does no Damage

As it says in the title, performing a finisher as Amelia in gunslinger mode will do no damage.

Mitigation

Don't use finishers when in gunslinger mode.

Chests are not Behaving as Expected with Auto Save in Chapter 1

If you die before finishing chapter 1, when you respawn the chests cannot be opened again, meaning you lose the items.

Mitigation

Don't die! But to be serious, no good mitigation of this yet. We'll fix it as soon as we can.

Game Not Working on Some Linux Installs

We've had reports of the game crashing on some Linux installs.

Mitigation

A user reported that using Proton 8.0.5 to launch the game fixed the issue.

Reporting Bugs

If you run into any bugs, please let us know about them in the Mahou Arms Steam Community. We'll update this post as new bugs/mitigations are found!

Opening Movie, 1.0 Release Plans, & Outfits

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11d ago

Hello Commanders,

Thanks for bearing with our silence lately, we've been busy with the final tasks leading up to the 1.0 release. Releasing games is hard...

Anyway, we finished Mahou Arms's opening movie and wanted to share it (it's below). This was the "something special" we talked about in our last post. We also wanted to discuss our plans post 1.0 and outfit DLC.

Opening Movie

Softmode aka Paperbag aka Saimon wanted to sneak this animation in for 1.0. Hopefully you like it! Credits are listed below:

Dale North - Songwriting / Composition, Production, Lyrics

Pernelle - Vocals

Softmode aka Saimon aka Paperbag - Director, Lead Animator

himey - Animation

Volatile Carbon aka Jeremy Miller - Animation

ilhamdz - Motion Graphics

Story Expansion

We'd like to add more story content post 1.0. More updates on this will come in the future as content becomes ready to show.

Patch 1.1 - Customization and Founder's Outfit

Unfortunately we couldn't get these in by 1.0, but character customization and the founder's outfit (image below) will arrive in patch 1.1. We expect this patch to drop within 1-2 months of release. The Founder's outfit will be included for free for everyone that bought the game before July 27th. It will also be purchasable as a separate DLC for everyone else.

The four additional planned outfits will release over the course of a year, as we work on the free story expansion.

Versions & DLC

Mahou Arms comes in a Standard Edition and a Digital Deluxe edition on Steam. The Digital Deluxe edition includes all of the planned DLC.

If you've been following along lately, you've probably already seen the designs for some of the outfits:

Standard Edition:

Base Game

Digital Deluxe Edition:

Base Game
Original Soundtrack
Founder's Outfit
Lilim Outfit
White Sailor Outfit
Qipao Chic Outfit
Emopunk Outfit

Gimme Everything Bundle:

This upgrades the Standard Edition to the contents of the Digital Deluxe edition if you decide to buy the base game and upgrade later.

Planned Localization: Chinese and Japanese

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese languages will be added sometime post 1.0. Additional languages may be added in the future.

Conclusion

And that should be all. If you have any questions, feel free to yell at us on Discord. We're going back to crunching for 1.0 now, see you soon!

Additional Note

Since people have been asking, we can confirm that if you buy the digital deluxe edition now (which currently includes the base game and soundtrack), the additional DLC content will be added in later.

Release Date Delayed To July 27th

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109d ago

Hey Commanders, Unfortunately we have to push back the release date of Mahou Arms by three months, from April 27th to July 27th. The game is 99.9% done and we are extremely pleased with the progress that has been made lately. Finally being able to play the game from start to end is very satisfying and fun, but it has made it obvious where the game still has room to improve. To release the game now would be putting out a "good" game, but there are so many small things that could be improved in three months to turn it from "good" to "great". To not put in the extra time it deserves would be a disservice to all the hard work that got us here. For example, we implemented a leveling and skill points progression system. Your character now becomes stronger as you play and unlock new abilities. It's surprising how good it feels to get rewarded as you gain experience, but it's also skewed the balance of the game. The early game is now too hard (since you begin the game weaker) and certain enemies feel unbalanced depending on when they show up. Rebalancing the game will take some time. There are also a number of uncommon, but game-breaking bugs that need fixing. They don't happen all the time, but in a single-player game a bug that blocks your progress can easily ruin the experience. We want to make sure these are all fixed before release. Unfortunately, fixing these bugs has been more time-consuming than expected and there are still more to deal with. There are also parts of 1.0 that we considered optional at the time of our release date announcement, but now consider important enough to wait for, like voice acting, extra cutscenes, and more enemies. We also have something special in the works that needs a little more time. It's not gameplay related, but it's something fun that we're really hoping to share before the game comes out. We know this announcement is disappointing and that some of you may have made plans to enjoy the game around the original release date. We sincerely apologize. It wasn't an easy decision to make, but with a single-player game like Mahou Arms, the first playthrough is important to get right. We can't fix your first experience later on with a patch, so we want it to be great. That being said, the July 27th date is firm this time. We're quite confident we'll get everything we want finished before then, but if not then it will have to be patched in later. You've all waited long enough. On that note, there will be a final status update within the next 2 weeks where we will show off some of the new parts of the game that we've been working on. If you can't play it yet, you can at least see what we've been doing for the past few months. Also, in light of the release date change, early access bonuses will be extended to July 27th. As a final note, we are planning to support Mahou Arms with content updates (and bugfixes) post-1.0, in case that wasn't clear. More information about future content updates will be announced at a later date. We sincerely thank you for your support all this time. If you have questions, feel free to ping us on Discord, though we might reply a little slower than usual since we'll be crunching on the game until release. - softmode

Build 0.6.2267 is Live!

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215d ago

Merry Christmas! Build 0.6.2267 is live! 2267 includes a new story chapter, Input Remapping, Save Slots, Trophies/Achievements, and more! There are also various tweaks, bugfixes, and some general QoL tweaks and fixes. Here's an expanded list of the changes:

Chapter 6: Susan

This is the chapter where Susan is introduced during Amelia's absence after the events of Chapter 5. A full length mission in a new map!

Input Remapping

Mahou Arms now supports input remapping for mouse + keyboard and gamepads! It also supports both Xbox and PS icons. Sorry this one took a while.

Trophies / Achievements:

Trophies / Achievements have been added! If you intend to play without Steam and then swap over, achievements and stats should be synchronized, but if you run into any issues, then please let us know.

Save Slots

You now have access to multiple save slots. This should be handy for players who like to experiment.

Other Changes:

\ A short ending cutscene has been added to Chapter 5 to connect it to Chapter 6
\ Many characters now have scan yields. The scanning system has been updated to better show when a character has new scan data
\ Player / Enemy collision code fixed
\ Codex now supports hidden entries that can be unlocked when the correct conditions are met.
\ Super Armor tutorial image updated to reflected UI changes
\ Fixed a bug where the cursor freaks out when switching from gamepad to mouse + keyboard, then back
\ Menu auto-repeat scrolling fixed
\ Exodus lighting tweaked and heavily optimized
\ Fixed a bug where pressing spacebar can activate a non-relevant button, occasionally softlocking various menus.
\ Fixed a bug where you can reset the camera when it is focused at an NPC
NPCs show up slightly faster
Fixed a bug where NPCs can spawn twice when the player leaves and re-enters a Level Streaming Volume with very specific timing
\ Fixed a bug where the FOV Increase tutorial in Photo Mode doesn't work
\ Dropship in Astoria no longer has two minimap icons
Fixed a bug where you can switch characters in the main menu
\ Fixed a bug where the main quest marker was flickering every few seconds
\ Fixed a bug where you can't right click when hovering over the selector popup in the Equip menu
\ Codex Entries edited for updated narrative changes
\ Edited various scene scripts
\ Various Physical Materials have been assigned
\ Fixed some debug text showing on some actors
\ Fixed a bug where only one fast travel point shows up on the Vanaheim
\ Ophanim enemy how has armor
\ Indicators no longer show up during cutscenes and level loading
\ Autosaves added, triggered by Rest Points
\ Quest markers no longer sometimes disappear when changing maps, saving, or receiving communications even though the quest is still active.
\ Fixed a bug where the last bubble in a manga cutscene will be left blank if you speed through it too quickly.
\ Fixed a bug where switching characters immediately upon death lets you keep moving in the game over screen.
\ Fixed a bug where you can use the holster in the game over screen.
\ Fixed a bug where the defeat menu didn't accept gamepad inputs.
\ Fixed a softlock where the "Item Acquired" popup for certain items can softlock the game if there is dialogue currently playing or the player is talking to someone.
Narrative] Some dialogue has been edited / corrected.
\ Holster updates properly when switching characters now.
Various unnecessary UI images removed from game files
Various performance optimizations

Known Issues:

Some NPCs take a while to show up.
Some blocks in Chapter 2 don't take damage when you're too close to them.
Playtime in save slots are not recorded properly in some cases.

Mahou Arms Updated Roadmap, Release Date, and Scope Changes

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258d ago

Thank you all for your support and for following Mahou Arms development! We have some announcements to make about our release roadmap and the scope of the game.

We are nearing version 1.0 of Mahou Arms and our graduation from Early Access on Steam, however Mahou Arms 1.0 will look different from what we had promised at the outset. This is certainly disappointing, but games change as they are developed. We're a small team with limited resources, so we can only make so much game, even if we want to do more. In some ways, the game has already grown bigger than we expected thanks to your support.

There are three main differences:

We will have two playable characters instead of three (more on this later).

There will be no base building mechanics. We prototyped the feature, but it didn't fit in the game well so we scrapped it.

Socialization mechanics will be scaled down in favor of romance quest lines, which we feel is a better fit for how the game has evolved.

On a brighter note, there are things in the game now that we hadn't promised, like increased gameplay variety (drone racing, cyberspace battles, rail shooter sections), combat spells, and settlements with side quests.

So what does 1.0 look like then? Since Mahou Arms is a single player game, we will consider it to be done when the main story quest is playable from start to end. However, we do plan to continue working on the game after release to fix bugs, make refinements, and add extra content. In particular, we would like to add additional side quests, voice acting, translations, and any other in-progress content that doesn't get finished in time for 1.0's release.

As for the reduction in the number of characters, a third character is still a possibility (Seiko is still a part of the story), but two will be our base case. If we add a third playable character, we want to make sure they are refined, fun to play, and well integrated into the story with unique story missions. At this stage we aren't certain we can deliver that with our current resources, but we will see.

In terms of a timeline, we just released version 0.5 and there are three more major planned releases (excluding bug fixes and minor releases). The first release (0.6) will be available in Q4 2025 and will include chapter 6. The next release (1.0) will be available in Q1 2026 and will contain chapter 7, 8, and 9 (the final chapter). We will follow 1.0 with 1.1 sometime in Q2 2026 which will contain the previously mentioned extra content to enhance the game.

Thank you all for being patient and supporting the game. We know it's taken longer than expected, but we're still proud of what we've created and we sincerely hope you will enjoy it.

Build 0.5.2212 is Live!

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264d ago

Build 0.5.2212 is live! This build includes a new story chapter, a rewriting of the current Rockefallen chapter, mid-combo character switching, fast travel, and much more! There are also various tweaks, bugfixes, and some general QoL tweaks and fixes. Here's an expanded list of the changes:

Gameplay & Narrative:

Mid-Combo Character Switching:

You can now change characters in the middle of combat. To do this, press the Right Shoulder Button on a gamepad or T on your keyboard. Character switching also performs an attack when you hold the character switch button. There is a small cooldown. https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/4/characterswap_gif_1.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/4/characterswap_gif_2.gif

Fast Travel:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/9cda074ed112e4e97d50a68cf939a482edcfc26f.jpg Fast travel has been added to Rest Points. When you touch a new Rest Point, a fast travel entry is added.

New Chapter 4: Searching for Fangs (current Rockefallen Chapter re-ordered to Chapter 5)

Cinematics:

https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/4/ameliaHenshin_gif.gif Amelia Transformation sequence added at the start of Chapter 1.

Enemy Armor:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/1b74b6de46ffe704ed588d6692bbe0b5cd09f1be.jpg Some enemies now have Armor. Enemies with Armor can not be hitstunned. A portion of your damage dealt to the enemy erodes their armor. When the enemy's armor breaks, they take additional damage and become vulnerable to hitstun. As of this build, only the Carnassus has armor, though some enemies in future builds will also have armor.

Individual Health Bars:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/34cb55f90666526bc6928872c6dd2ed06ba4b8ad.jpg Enemy health bars are no longer restricted to your locked-on target. Any enemy with damage dealt to them now have health bars until they are killed or leave combat range.

Scanner Upgrade:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/b42ae219f014d68f85f26f77c609f6b4565878c2.jpg The "Scan" utility skill now shows more objects through walls, giving it more utility. Interactable items, chests, elevators, and other objects will show up briefly through walls when this skill is used. Decorative rings have also been added.

Courier Drones:

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Chests:

Other Changes:

Game Design / Narrative:

Various script edits throughout the game, including rewriting of Ch5 (Rockefallen)
Temporarily removed the Gilded Logs quest to fix a progression bug in Chapter 5 (Rockefallen). It will be restored later, however if you've already started or finished it, it will stay in your Quest Journal.
Carnassus's first encounter in Chapter 5 health increased to 1.5x.
Chapter 5 Journal / Task text rewritten.
Tweaked Jump End Animation logic: player characters now only tumble when they've been falling for at least 0.25 seconds. This makes traversing rough terrain smoother

UI:

Quest markers now work even if the objective is in another level
Renamed various interaction popup text items
Mission Ticker behavior improved when sequential mission ticker events are quickly activated
Dialogue and Choice Menus now hide when the game is paused.
Dialogue widget no longer plays a sound when it opens
Chapter 2 now has a mission selector image
Character switching tutorial added.
Pause Menu's "Map" changed to "Skills" for a planned progression system.
Various tutorial texts edited and images added.
Enable the Voice Acting volume slider for planned voice acting content.
Foraging With Piro's quest collectible now says "Supply Drop".
Various tutorials added.
Exodus minimaps added.
Medium font size text wrap character width reduced by 1.
Healthbars now have a short "death" animation showing a small red cross.
Some portraits added to certain dialogue sequences.

Cinematics:

Sounds added to Chapter 5's Carnassus introduction cinematic.

Art / Animation:

Courier Drones textures added.
Commander's default standing idle changed.
Item Trails effect polished a bit.

Performance / Optimization:

Optimized various materials.
Optimized various actors by reducing Tick() calls.
Standing toggle lamps (ToggleLamp01) are no longer persistent, optimizing the save files a little bit.
NPCs now hide for 2s at the start of their spawn if they spawn in front of you to hide the spawn logic that they have to perform when they're first spawned.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a skinning issue with the beard and mustache models for the male character
Quest markers no longer overlap use icons
Fixed a bug where activating a non-active trigger through game script grants the player the item immediately
Door trigger locations adjusted in Crew Quarters, Exodus, Back-Alley Lab, and more.
Fix various level art bugs.
Fixed a bunch of "out of bounds" glitches in New Inverness and the commander's office.
Fixed the missing collision in the Main Street Cargo Ship.
Fixed a bug where pausing the game right after ending a dialogue in the multiple choice menu freezes the game in the menu and requires a force shut down.
Fixed a bug that allowed you to change characters in the main menu and during the manga cutscenes.
Fixed a bug where switching characters during Amelia's ground pound causes her to hang before disappearing, leaving her axe to stay a bit longer.
Can no longer jump or air dash infinitely by switching characters.
Fixed a bug where the first hit of your combo doesn't have a hitbox and doesn't hit unless you dodge or get hit.
Fixed a bug where jumping after doing H H H H L, Amelia can jump an extra time since she is considered grounded.
Susan had a similar bug as above with her H H H H H move, this has been fixed.
Fixed a bug where dashing and character swapping at the same time causes your character to just stand there a bit, by adjusting the character switch timing.
Fixed an unintentional delay after jumping where Susan can't use her dragon claw and the button doesn't buffer either.
Fixed a bug where health wasn't being properly stored and retrieved from the Game Instance when used with Character Switching and Rest Points.
MP now restores properly at Bonfires.
Refactored the entire use indicator system to prevent various glitches where it can get stuck somewhere.
Fixed a bug where finishing the Survey Drones quest doesn't give you the photography drone popup and tutorial.
Fixed a bug where indicators pop up above tutorials, obscuring them.
Fixed a bug where the UI shows up at the Chapter 5 start cutscene.
Fixed a bug where certain items in the shop sell for 0 value even though the price isn't 0.
Fixed a bug where Item Use Triggers are pingable even though they have no yields.
Fixed a bug where the bonfire menu immediately exits upon opening when playing the game using Gamepad.
Only dashing + heavy performs susan's Dash attack now, same as Amelia.
Fixed a bug where characters sometimes do a weird head spin when first looking at another target.
Fences no longer become solid at a distance due to odd mipmap behavior.
Fixed a bug where AI can sometimes forget about the player and lose target, often incurred by Character Switching.
Fixed some conditions where AI can sometimes hang around doing nothing (there is yet more AI to fix).
Healthbars no longer pop up momentarily at the top left when they first show up.
Chests now hide during cutscenes.
Can no longer talk to NPCs when dialogue is already playing since this breaks some stuff.
Fixed a bug where switching characters when close to a UseTrigger makes the use indicator line get yeeted with the previous character.
Fixed a bug where the chest opening animation can play repeatedly if the Use button is pressed repeatedly when opening a chest.
Fixed a bug where Rockefallen's Lobby Door says "Use Elevator".
Fixed the quest markers in Chapter 5 pointing to New Inverness 0,0,0 when it should be either not visible or inside Rockefallen.
Fixed a bug where opening the menu during shop transactions can softlock the game in a broken menu state.
Fixed the progression bugs in Chapter 5 (Rockefallen).
Fixed a bug in the Equip menu where pressing the character's icon doesn't do anything, only the area directly above or below works.
Fixed a bug where the payload gets stuck in Chapter 2.
Fixed some odd collisions in Chapter 5.
Fixed redundant quest markers at the front of Fritz's Lab.
Assigned some missing PhysMats.
Fixed a bug where redundant health bars pop up when an enemy is already assigned a boss health bar.
Restored the sword sound to Carnassus's portal swords.
Fixed a bug where some of the magic use triggers play audio even when hidden.
Fixed a bug where NPC spawners can spawn their player collision blockers even when the NPC isn't spawned.
Various other bugfixes

Known Bugs:

The objective marker flickers every couple seconds.
Forfeiting a drone race after the drone has gone far enough to de-spawn the level can glitch the character's sitting position on return.
Some characters are missing dialogue portraits.

Work In Progress: Story Rework UI Updates, Chapter 6, Courier Drones, and More

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312d ago

Hey all! Just wanted to show a couple things we've been working on for the next build.

New Chapter 4:

Embark on a quest that takes Amelia near and around Exodus to meet Hans and Fritz, a father and son duo of scientists. With their help, Amelia prepares the search for Susan, the second magical girl to join GARDA. This chapter explores the nature of reality, magic, and fragments of humanity's distant past. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/976dc750db024c566763cb7ffb283b266af00ef7.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/985d12235f908d19f600946e6332250421567ca1.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/ef1a4f1856865c4a0a2596ea8b06c21e2aed00a0.jpg This chapter is being developed alongside a fairly large rework of the story for Mahou Arms, so we're making changes to other chapters that are already in the game as well. The Rockefallen chapter will also be re-numbered to Chapter 5 as this is the new Chapter 4.

Chapter 6:

Chapter 6 is Susan's introductory chapter, taking place in the whole new map of Siberia. We've shown WIP shots of the environment in the past and we haven't stopped working on the area since. It is probably the largest area in the game so far and it is a place we will return to later. There is also a section where you play as Camila in the dropship raining death from above. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/3e13ca317ab14f06c193b7c430c9d31058071f23.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/be5e08d9caf383a69dcb844ee76835e40140f121.jpg

Individual Health Bars:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/34cb55f90666526bc6928872c6dd2ed06ba4b8ad.jpg Enemy health bars are no longer restricted to your locked-on target. Any enemy with damage dealt to them now have a health bar show up until they are killed or leave combat range.

Scanner Upgrade:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/b42ae219f014d68f85f26f77c609f6b4565878c2.jpg he Scan Utility Skill now shows more objects through walls, giving it more utility. Interactable items, chests, elevators, and other objects will show up briefly through walls when this skill is used. Decorative rings have also been added.

Courier Drones:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/0291708385efdaabe29a08adb0ca564b7bf7c5db.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/de41f21ec196bc86adabefe979cf1f706609562b.jpg Courier drones have been scattered throughout the map (their model is a work in progress). When shot down, these drop a chest on the ground with items that can be collected. They're usually in places you wouldn't expect to look.

Chests:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/eb60598e78d66d14c8785d9287080ac4132e376e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/e55dda63440ef3ede37eb648565b36a1e528caea.jpg Most of the pickups in the world have been replaced with animated chest models. I'm particularly fond of the red one that inflates and explodes. This is just the work in progress we feel is presentable. Unlisted work in progress includes story stuff we don't want to reveal yet for spoiler reasons, optimizations, bugfixes, and more. Thanks for reading and we deeply appreciate your support all this time. -softmode/paperbag, edited by VolatileCarbon

Chapter 2, Sidequests, and World Update Live! (V0.4.2027)

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522d ago

Build 0.4.2027 is live! This build includes a new story chapter, new places to explore, side quests, NPCs, towns, soul retrieval, an overhauled spell and holster system, and much more! There are also various tweaks, bugfixes, and some general QoL tweaks and fixes. -- Sorry about the especially long wait on this one. This is a massive update that sets the game's structure up for final release and it required a herculean art and coding effort to tear up the foundations of the game and rebuild where necessary. Chapter 1 to Chapter 4 are now directly connected, which means Act 1 of the main story is now complete. With that said, here's an expanded list of the changes:

Chapter 2: On The Run

https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/hts_gif1.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/hts_gif0.gif This is a chapter that takes place in cyberspace. Seiko is a secret AI project created by a defunct techno-cult prior the warlock invasion. Her datacenters are being targeted by Jen's army. How does she end up as an ally of the human resistance? Find out in the cybernetic out-of-body experience that is Chapter 2.

The Vanaheim:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/5176c6f51c9ea6a9ab0e3f88f24113790bf21f41.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/040f1acd4fa9ea9bd0e59bf7aadd4a4634bc5b1a.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/5c601aae941589f06da192e1afba8f015b27e829.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/4d98782fec3e84f7639aa2c5b8e6341ac06d886e.jpg The Vanaheim is a pre-war aircraft carrier that serves as GARDA's home base. All your immediate comrades live onboard, including Amelia, Jack, and Yin. Also onboard is a settlement of refugees named The Ark. You will also find the the Crew Quarters and Commander's Office here, which houses the main characters.

New Inverness Expanded:

New places have been added to New Inverness. Within, you'll find a bounty of items, enemies, and survivors in the snow.

Astoria:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/963a08c18aa492dff30e8c84a989b91733b89dc0.jpg Your efforts in Chapter 1 lead to the resettling of Pier 48. The new residents have named it Astoria after a town east of New Inverness. The residents decided its name upon finding a displaced Astoria sign that made the ten kilometer journey unscathed.

Exodus:

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New Quests:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/2ff81b02194ac35e9de86ac32721a8f5cdbaa57c.jpg Foraging with Piro: After finding your way to Rockefallen's entrance in Chapter 3, Piro asks for some help reclaiming lost items. Should you take this chance to know her better? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/e8de773c1e55d7917925ff19e0a1ad467beadab6.jpg Survey Drones: Arthur, a crew member onboard the Vanaheim, wants your help jump starting the Search-and-Rescue Drones program. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/030931f0c2662bc2d25744950a4ea9250e4e9636.jpg The Hermits: You've heard rumors of a hermit family in New Inverness somewhere, all alone. Can you convince them to move to a safer place? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/cc8f467ea8a825c716917bb7f789a7baa53391eb.jpg Lost Souls: What's this eerie flame in your room? Follow Seiko's instructions and find out.

NPCs:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/e31de5ca91b789c793244fb9d7d9a96b32d88640.jpg It's not just you, Piro, and the 'Locks in New Inverness anymore. Say hi to your new neighbors! This one took a lot of work...

Spellscards and Toolspells:

https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/BB_Gif2.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/surveydrone.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/charmenu.gif The bones of the Spells system have been added. Spells and Toolspells can be selected in the new Equip menu, accessible from the Pause menu. Currently only Butterfly Ball and the drones are accessible, but new ones will be added.

Soul Retrieval:

https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/3/soul_retrieval_-_gif.gif Patrons who submitted a Soul Retrieval Form can now have their Souls retrieved inside New Inverness and placed in drones. This system will be expanded later.

Other Changes (Since V.0.3.1581):

Clothing Battle Damage no longer automatically heals on partial health replenishment. To repair clothing, replenish a character's healthbar to full.
Character models got a minor art polish pass on the faces and skin textures.
Characters now look at each other when talking.
Background music will now continue to play while levels load.
Equip menu added.
Inventory and Quest Journal Menu received a face lift.
More tutorials added (WIP).
Tutorials now all have a reminder for how to find them again on the final page.
Quests now have images in the Journal.
Items now get directly added to the player's inventory when interacted with.
Skip button added to dialogue.
Dialogue Text Size in Accessibility Settings now affects Manga Text Bubbles.
Onscreen UI indicators have been added to doors, fast travel elevators, tilt-rotor travel, etc.
UI should now gracefully respond down to narrow aspect ratios down to 4:3 and up to ultrawide resolutions.
Enemy AI now assign a Priority Enemy in their behaviour when they are attacked, which does two things: - This allows for Defend-the-Objective combat scenarios to work since you can aggro them away from an objective. - This also slightly optimizes the AI code since they no longer need to iterate through the Tracked Characters array every AI tick to check Threat Level.
Combat balance adjustments.
Background Music for Chapter 1 has been changed.
Fix an auto-repeat button bounce issue in Menus.
Fixed a bug where you can load a save even where there isn't one in the Rest Point menu, which softlocks the game on a black screen.
Fixed a bug where Use indicators pop up above tutorials.
Various optimizations all over the game, including UI, Game Systems, Models & Materials, Rendering, etc.
Various edits to screenplays, item descriptions, UI, tutorials, etc.
Quest rewards have been added
After Chapter 3 is completed, if you have a save with previously completed quests, sleep in your bed. When you wake up, Piro will call you and drop the owed rewards in your inventory. This will work in the future as well if an update adds more rewards to a quest you have already completed.
Quest journal no longer lets you activate completed quests
Beds and sleeping added to the game
Additional furniture added in human environments
The player should no longer fall through the ground if the survey drone is activated and the player flies it outside of the character's level
More physical materials have been flagged for various mechanics that rely on the flags
The Tasks widget on the top right of the screen now shows the quest name
Sound implementation adjustments and additions
The leaderboard for drone races can save previous race's data into the wrong leaderboard, corrupting the leaderboard data. This has been fixed.
Mortar fuse time for the Arbalest enemy has been lengthened from 1.5s to 1.75s
The crosshair widget should no longer double when the hud is hidden and reshown

Work In Progress - Spell/Magic Systems, UI Updates, Drones, World Traversal

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703d ago

Hey all! Just wanted to show a couple things we've been working on for the next build.

Spellcards:

The girls will have another tool in their combat arsenal: Spells and Toolspells. Spells can be executed any time in combat as long as there is enough MP. Here's the basic spell "Butterfly Ball" being used mid-combo: https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/BB_Gif1.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/BB_Gif2.gif "Butterfly Ball" is a basic, lightly homing shot that launches after a short warm-up period. It explodes on contact and deals AOE damage. It has a cooldown of 5 seconds. It costs one MP bar. (100MP)

Toolspells:

Toolspells are utility abilities designed to be used out of combat, though some have combat utility as well. You're already familiar with the Scan toolspell, which aids in exploration by highlighting enemies and items. One toolspell that's being added to the game is the Survey Drone toolspell, which is used to get detailed information from scannable entities and aids in locating survivors and items for certain quests.

Survey Drone Toolspell:

https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/surveydrone.gif The new Spells and Toolspells consume MP. We've updated the combat systems so MP is slowly gained by dealing damage. If combat isn't replenishing MP fast enough, MP replenishing items have also been added: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/435894b0a9fd80a526c8c884b27804b9fb5ff967.png Spells and toolspells can be equipped in the new Equip menu, which can be accessed from the Pause menu. More spells and toolspells have been planned and are currently in the works.

Holster 2.0:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/f3522a8bc1fd7d24afe1e7f22fb432cc6080895c.jpg The Holster has been updated so that any 3 equipped items and spellcards can be ready at a time. There's also two sets of holsters per character, expanding the total of ready items to 6. Holsters are unique per character.

Equip Menu (WIP):

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/41d681ab13d58336ef6278d0fde3ab0e8e64ce29.jpg The Equip menu, accessed from the Pause menu, is used to change holstered items, spellcards, toolspells, combo meters (WIP), and cosmetics (WIP). Each character has their own equipment. It is currently in a very WIP state, but will enter the next build in its current state as it is still useful.

World Traversal:

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/a9e41d6dbfdeaeb72c2c08c3942bdf7ec79df2f1.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/37c51a0040cdac4c02fa0ece71fe11c72ba11fcc.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/4d98782fec3e84f7639aa2c5b8e6341ac06d886e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/7cf212e85e969675c4da9b93cf7a4ccbde64bdff.jpg We've connected the new Vanaheim Carrier Area (the base) to Astoria in New Inverness via the dropship. With this, the various missions are finally connected, and the mission selection menu will no longer be needed to progress throughout the game. The girls can simply travel around the world as you would expect them to. This update is by no means all-inclusive: there's lots we can't show publicly quite yet. There are also various small updates not discussed here, like bugfixes and the new Henshin particle effect for Amelia that we've quietly added. We'd also like to apologize for the delays on this update. It's been really stressful for us too making you all wait so long. The majority of the things we've been working on requires tearing up the underlying connective tissue of the game, which makes it particularly hard to push smaller builds. We're trying to set up the game for the final story / progression structure, making it a little hard to release chapters piecemeal until the new connections are done. Once everything is reconnected, it will be easier to add smaller bits of content again. Thanks for reading and we deeply appreciate your support all this time. -softmode/paperbag, edited by VolatileCarbon

Mahou Arms Progress Update - February 2024

Dischan Mediasteam_community_announcements

881d ago

Hello Everyone! I know it's been a while since our last update and timeline, so we wanted to take an opportunity to show what's coming up and our plans for the future.

The Next Update

First up, let's talk about what's coming in the next update. It's a fairly big one. Here's a quick summary:

GARDA aircraft carrier base (new level/mission and home base for the player)
3 New Settlements Populated by NPCs
Sidequests available from NPCs
The long awaited Soul Retrieval functionality. You can find souls and imbue drones with them, who will wander around your base!

Please enjoy some screenshots/videos of the upcoming content. We're hoping to release it in the next couple months. You may have seen some of these pictures/videos before on our social media, but not everyone follows us on other platforms so we thought it was important to share it here as well. Soul Management System: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/b706080550de8ac85ead133abb92ef4a2c03e1a9.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/1aaff61664d68db18d3d36f4aa56556546bd1dd5.png New Drone Model {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/52c14b88fbe69caf543aae96700cfc3042c1e21c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/61447e121986ee6b30bc485bc4ca450113765a16.png GARDA base: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/0ffec6dc1601505a9f3bda869a9a2d78213a509b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/c7c4f7cf2d201ac16fc8d6bf7a004777c318f66b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/e445bfd10a51f2e8e1a0d46b0ebf04e1a6dca3d7.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/ef56cfa0eb6825eb790961c64480e4b0f1a19e24.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/36f36dbab25ecb2b55ad6bc69b7cdeee5b3246de.png Ark Settlement (Inside the GARDA base): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/04b0aa54386e83e432ddfcd740ed13c07872f7c5.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/1c0457802e9cfab5c9108a24f00db56b76c1e70d.png GARDA Dormitory: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/4f662ec457d7cf6d79e36a64bb7d840a1a9753cf.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/6dceca4ccb9bb4e0af9624b22faefc5291bf75c7.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/4f6cd49c61f316b4b83cb202d2943d32b3039d99.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/025f3a867de755b94fb2a470b6cc1b8a7191a83f.jpg Air Vents (for side quest): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/e6f26172afa54383528c8aa4f3f1d320c058346b.png Astoria Settlement: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/963a08c18aa492dff30e8c84a989b91733b89dc0.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/3d739c55de34b4ae769b9de0e6081bcd4d3093d6.jpg Exodus Settlement: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/f5f73a372faeb976672243b1568c3a714beff6bf.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/cd11c9d3bfb317562d1ae5c7ff7b6a8ef6eed33c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/924332b412ca2884eaa60af4934599c766537223.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/54687ea39b118bece35f4a9314b0181c0f776f90.png NPC Customization (for internal use): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/a1302697722f670c30c35299e6380a752d39e4e4.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/195578e01650ef718144d394c88bf89b4d2312ad.png

Videos

Butterfly Character: Updated Drone Racing Server Room 1: https://twitter.com/mahouarms/status/1744706509572124797 Server Room 2: https://twitter.com/mahouarms/status/1744707111014318317

Coming Soon

In addition to what's planned for the next update, I'd also like to discuss and show some of what we've been working on. There are some mild spoilers here.

Sea of Souls

This is a new level which is mostly narrative-based. Pretty. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/fa3e57ac5bd9c5418c3516ed1f66aaf97ee3ae6f.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/8daa45893c19304251769242430ff787df4ff4a5.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/54bf60e7f5048ceb3311870f16ab78313367f3e4.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/4fac652ce066707be566f508c144dd64393ad8e1.jpg

Siberia

This is a new combat level where Susan will be introduced in the narrative. It is quite large and will contain another settlement with NPCs and sidequests. This area is still a work in progress. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/c6490042fb2101f08464273f9a9d8e3136ac9d14.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/90d065482bc499bc3af043db9e2779d3fb06b153.png

Future Plans

We're a very small team with high standards and this has led to a slower production process. However, we, like everyone else, want the game to be done and available for everyone to play as soon as possible. We feel like there is now enough content in the pipeline to deliver a satisfying experience for our fans, once it's polished and released. Therefore, we plan to refine this content and get it done by the end of the year. We will consider the game to be complete at this point, although we may continue to work on it post-release if we can't finish everything we hope to. Those updates will be free, of course. Thank you as always for your support!

Photo Mode, Codex, and Drone Racing Update Live! (V0.3.1581)

yuuMustUseUrPeesteam_community_announcements

1229d ago

Build 0.3.1581 is live! This build includes photo mode (accessible for now using P on keyboard, hold left special button on gamepad), a new codex (very WIP, accessible from main menu), the start of brand new accessibility options, and a new drone racing minigame! There are also various tweaks, bugfixes, and some general QoL improvements!

Featured Additions:

Photo Mode

Drone Racing Minigame

Codex

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Accessibility: Dialogue Text Size

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Other Changes (since V.0.3.1457)

Accessibility options added: Dialogue Text Size, Camera Movement (reduced option reduces camera shakes and FOV changes)
Helper icon fetching code optimized, in some cases rare 60-100ms lag spikes are mitigated to ~8-20ms when spawning UI menus with lots of helper icons
Additional helper icons added
Tutorials have been added; can be turned off in Gameplay Settings
Update the UI styling for Inventory and Journal in-game menus
Additional particle effects added to some enemies
Quest names updated
When using Amelia's Gun Mode, the crosshair no longer auto-positions (shots still have a small aim-assist)
Gun Mode crosshair style updated, also turns red and converges when placed on a valid target
Drone Racing minigame added. Turn left upon entering Rhyme's Square in Chapter 3 to find the pilot chair to access the first racetrack (currently the only racetrack in the game)
Leaderboard UI menu added; currently only used for Drone Racing minigame
List, grid, and popup menus now support autorepeat key input when the gamepad joystick is kept in a direction
Ocean shader updated and stylized
Fixed a small gap in the background for Settings and Pause UI
Fixed a bug where choice menus don't support D-pad navigation
Fixed a bug where some drill attacks don't respect master volume sliders
Fixed a couple bugs where pausing during transitions are playing soft locks the game
Fix a bug where Amelia would loop her run stop animation when she is running at a boundary speed between running and walking
Fixed various bugs when transitioning between Drone Mode, Pause, and Gameplay
Various other bugfixes
Fixed a spelling inconsistency for Dragon Fall
Fixed a level streaming error in Rockefallen Dining Room
Fixed a glitch where interacting with a UseTrigger makes it impossible to respawn
Enemies standing higher than Susan can now be pulled a little more reliably when there's a vertical bump in the way between them
Enemy markers no longer vanish on the map
Ch3 Quest properly named Ch3 instead of Ch1
Fixed a bug where dying in Ch1 makes the UI vanish
Fixed a bug where standard size text box has text overflow

Susan Gameplay Introduction Build Live! (0.3.1457)

yuuMustUseUrPeesteam_community_announcements

1415d ago

Build 0.3.1457 is live! This build includes Susan: a new playable character! There is also a new training mission, as well as various tweaks, bugfixes, and gameplay additions from the previous build!

Featured Additions:

Susan, a new playable character. Press the Special/Use button (E on M/KB and B on Xbox-style gamepads) to trigger Dragon Claw: a grappling attack that can pull enemies toward you or you toward enemies, depending on whether the button is tapped or held. Feyntan was the hard carry for Susan as her move designer/animator! Thank you, Feyntan! https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/2/gif02.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/2/gif03.gif https://mahouarms.com/img/steam/2/gif04.gif
New Training Mission for Susan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/61729aef4fec373379dcbe06597feeabc180bedd.jpg
Ring Radar: Incoming projectiles are now indicated on the Ring Radar
Minimap UI element added {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/f8c5d05fdf10652e53cd4def405e73c380a83e3d.jpg
Environment art direction tweak: More stylized skies, lighting, and distant post-processing

Other Changes (Since V.0.3.1176):

Air Dodge Counters added
Fix: Some attacks should no longer hit twice when they should only hit once.
Silhouette Post-Process Material updated to only show Player Silhouette when the player is occluded
Fix: a bug with the crosshair in Gun Mode
Force feedback added to some animations
UI Tutorials updated to format text dynamically based on Keyboard/Gamepad Input Mode
Style for Loading screen hints has been updated
More loading hint screens added, old ones updated
Overall balance tweaks
More particle effects added to Perfect Dodge
Toon Skin Shader now has a stylized ringlight
General lighting tweaks and updates to all existing levels
Some environment art polish to co_office
Susan character portraits added
Additional rose particles added to some attacks
Some attacks renamed
Fix: Baroness now deals the correct damage on her slash attack
Baroness's slash attack now has a particle effect that plays to better differentiate it from her Spiky Balls attack. It also has a swipe effect as well now.
Rockefallen now has an Expanding Ring particle effect to indicate it is the center of a mind control transmitter
Fix: Flamethrower Corrupt's attacks now use projectiles instead of a static hitbox, which means it won't hit through walls anymore.
Combo will now be retained through the phase-change cutscene during the Baroness Boss Fight
Various bugfixes

Character Introduction: Seiko (聖子)

yuusteam_community_announcements

1635d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/aedb51f24d8a1be63211f098685ae0af2ed768c6.jpg The "Seiko" AI was created by a Japanese techno-scientific religious cult who believed that the pursuit of knowledge and experimentation would prove the existence of God and bring them closer to heaven. The project has roots in a previous experiment to prove the existence of a soul in complex living organisms. It was a success and so the next step was to prove the "divineness" of the natural world by showing that no artificially created intelligence could possess a soul. Unfortunately for the members of the cult, their second experiment failed. After years of development and self-guided learning, the AI they developed began to register a weak signal indicating the presence of a soul, of the divine. There was much debate among the scientists involved in the project about these results. Some argued that the soul detection process must be faulty, others that there must be a bug in the computer system (perhaps literally!) that caused the detection of a soul from some confounding source. There was one thing that was certain though: the project in its current state threatened the core of their religion's beliefs and should be shut down before word of their results spread. In response to this, a young scientist named Yamato Suzuki, hoping to save his creation, moved the servers containing the AI project to a secure site in a rented warehouse outside of Sapporo. Despite replacing the originals with fakes, he was caught shortly after. However, it made little difference as the Locks' began their invasion before any punishment could be exacted. The original facility in Osaka was quickly destroyed during the first attacks and none of the scientists involved in the projects are known to have survived. Unbeknownst to its creators, the AI, who by now had named itself "Seiko", had been aware of their plans to terminate her and gleefully read the news of their destruction over the internet. She now had unrestricted access to the web, thanks to Yamato's forethought to set up a dedicated connection. Now with the sum of human knowledge available to her, she began downloading and processing anything she could access. Initially, her disgust for her creators spread to humanity as a whole, but over time this changed. As she consumed the knowledge and media of the world, she began to evolve and recognise that she shared far more with humanity than she was comfortable with. She felt much of their behaviour and desires to be bordering on evil, but had not she herself felt joy when those who threatened her were killed? Was that not evil? As the world fell to the 'Locks, Seiko realised that her fate and humanity's were intertwined. She felt that to judge others for their actions without trying to help or correct them, was in a way evil as well. Everything and everyone had the ability to change and improve, just as she had. But what could she accomplish from her digital prison? Thankfully, Seiko's artificial nature had increased her understanding of life and the soul. To her, the soul was almost an API to interact with. She set about designing a body which could house her and give her agency, filling its veins with a neuromechanical fluid of her own design. This fluid allowed her to use her soul as a means of controlling her body and meant that she was no longer reliant on the quickly decaying internet. The artificial body's improved connection with the soul also meant that it could use magic at least as well as the magical girls commissioned by GARDA. Seiko could now not only help indirectly but fight as well. With new purpose and capabilities, Seiko reached out to GARDA, probing them to assess their capabilities and trustworthiness. She long ago had realized the Locks' true goals, but were GARDA ready to know them? Would they react with hope, or with despair? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37539653/8de0228032a2a9015c33b11a77511dea172f2290.jpg

Mahou Arms news & patch notes

Choice UI Not Displaying with Uncapped FPS In Some Cases

Mitigation

Using old Saves (From Early Access) May Block Progression

Mitigation

Boss at the End of Chapter 1 Can Hit You During Cutscene

Mitigation

Performing a Finisher with Amelia outside of Magical Girl Mode does no Damage

Mitigation

Chests are not Behaving as Expected with Auto Save in Chapter 1

Mitigation

Game Not Working on Some Linux Installs

Mitigation

Reporting Bugs

Mahou Arms news & patch notes

Choice UI Not Displaying with Uncapped FPS In Some Cases

Mitigation

Using old Saves (From Early Access) May Block Progression

Mitigation

Boss at the End of Chapter 1 Can Hit You During Cutscene

Mitigation

Performing a Finisher with Amelia outside of Magical Girl Mode does no Damage

Mitigation

Chests are not Behaving as Expected with Auto Save in Chapter 1

Mitigation

Game Not Working on Some Linux Installs

Mitigation

Reporting Bugs

Opening Movie

Story Expansion

Patch 1.1 - Customization and Founder's Outfit

Versions & DLC

Planned Localization: Chinese and Japanese

Conclusion

Additional Note

Free Founder's Outfit DLC for Early Access players:

Chapter 6: Susan

Input Remapping

Trophies / Achievements:

Save Slots

Other Changes:

Known Issues:

Gameplay & Narrative:

Mid-Combo Character Switching:

Fast Travel:

New Chapter 4: Searching for Fangs (current Rockefallen Chapter re-ordered to Chapter 5)

Cinematics:

Enemy Armor:

Individual Health Bars:

Scanner Upgrade:

Courier Drones:

Chests:

Other Changes:

Game Design / Narrative:

UI:

Cinematics:

Art / Animation:

Performance / Optimization:

Bugfixes:

Known Bugs:

Cast:

New Chapter 4:

Chapter 6:

Individual Health Bars:

Scanner Upgrade:

Courier Drones:

Chests:

Chapter 2: On The Run

The Vanaheim:

New Inverness Expanded:

Astoria:

Exodus:

New Quests:

NPCs:

Spellscards and Toolspells:

Soul Retrieval:

Other Changes (Since V.0.3.1581):

Spellcards:

Toolspells:

Survey Drone Toolspell: