The Magician's Burden

pizzamarket · 2018-08-19T03:11:01.312Z

Congratulations on your new game!

I found two little critters crawling through the game!
You can’t pick Keano even if you have over 60 percent relationship with him.

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During the “lets get new clothes for the party” scene, after you review a choice, it disappears.

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TMB is such a great game! Honestly, I replayed it like over 5 times already just because of all the choices. Even though I can’t seem to go the evil route, I love this game! I know everyone seem to love Mabelin the most, but I… actually… like Killian and Petre the most??? pls don’t kill me but I actually laughed every time Petre said ‘perverted’ to even the most innocent comebacks. I honestly just felt a lil ‘opposites attract’ vibe from Killian which is why I didn’t romance anyone in the first playthrough because I thought we were going to have a lil one-on-one scene that didn’t involve him in a prison.

HONESTLY, I need to replay this game one (did i say one? i meant 4) more times just to be Zaleth’s friend! I tried like two times but I can’t continuously play pranks or attempt at murder to save my life!

Anyways, I am pretty sure I said this already, but I love the game and I literally can’t wait for more. I am biting my nails just thinking about the sequel!

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T03:38:21.434Z

Wow, thanks so much! That really means a lot.

It’s funny because a lot of people find Petre unbareably annoying but that’s the goal with him, haha.

I’m actually not so surprised that a number of people have wanted Killian as an RO, but I don’t think I’ll be doing that. Not that I’m against the idea. It could actually be really interesting, it’s just that I’ve already got 4 other ROs planned.

It might be difficult to choose the “go along with Zaleth” options at first, but I think you’ll find them really entertaining.

I’ll investigate that Keano bug. I’ve already fixed the clothes bug and sent CoG an update, but hopefully I can send them another one before they send that first one to the markets.

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T04:33:49.925Z

Violet be like

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Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T16:32:07.370Z

What the actual fuck is wrong with Google? TMB has 42 positive reviews and 7 negative ones, yet they choose to display the three negative ones.

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Natman1025 · 2018-08-19T17:05:23.986Z

The better question is why does that last person think having only the first part of a series with the second one still being made make it worse.

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T17:18:47.555Z

Yeah, haha. I scratched my head at all of those. A 1 star just said “Another disappointment.” I guess he just thought TMB was as bad as Trial of the Demon Hunter.

A 4.5 is good but not good enough for me. But I’m still getting a lot of inspiration from all you guys giving positive feedback here on the forum.

Nocturnal_Stillness · 2018-08-19T17:48:55.345Z

It’s higher rated than your previous games look at the positive side. Don’t let the negative reviews get you down.

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T17:55:23.524Z

Yeah, I’m still happy! TMB is gonna be far more succesful than my previoius three books combined.

Carlos.R · 2018-08-19T17:59:56.520Z

Samuel_H_Young:

A 1 star just said “Another disappointment.” I guess he just thought TMB was as bad as Trial of the Demon Hunter.

Nah, they are probably disappointed that it isn’t free.

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-19T19:43:24.640Z

Yeah, lemme just give my 460 page story away for nothing.

Dagger1819 · 2018-08-19T21:37:44.071Z

Samuel_H_Young:

Violet be like

Dream romance right there.

Haresus · 2018-08-19T23:19:23.390Z

Posting here both to sub to the thread and to just generally express my appreciation to the author and the artist. The art for Violet is great in particular.

Mabelin is a pretty great RO.
I love giving Percy some of that tough love. Not going to tolerate any of his shit, but he’s still a nice guy (and, yknow, our brother) when he isn’t trying to rob you.

Natman1025 · 2018-08-20T01:09:19.774Z

So lore/game question. Can magicians (possibly ours) become wizards or even stronger then normal wizards. The database says that wizards are people smart enough to harness netherworld power but nothing else. So would the innate magic interfere with spells or is it possible to still be a wizard. Or could you become stronger then normal wizards since you already have some netherworld residue within you?

anon4518890 · 2018-08-20T01:50:52.498Z

@Samuel_H_Young im sad that we cant choose the gender of the demon inside us and that you made the mc so weak in this 1 book (unless u use zaleth help…), is not something i like in games ( Community college hero 2 book an example for me…). I only enjoyed the writing, the story in part is good and the jokes… but seriously that mc killed it for me (you know when you are watching anime and the mc is so dumb that you start to hate him? thats kinda what happened here )

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-20T02:04:10.907Z

Thanks, Haresus! And yes, I love Werner Mueck’s art. He’s been doing illustrations for me for about 5 years now and I hope to continue working with him for a long time.

Glad to hear it. Along with Mowbow, Mabelin seems to be far and away the favorite character and Percy is one of those characters that people either love or hate, haha.

@Natman1025
Good question! They definitely have the potential to become a wizard, though their innate magic wouldn’t make them much stronger. I actually have an important character that becomes a wizard during the course of the story. I won’t say who the character is or what story they’re in yet.

@anon4518890
Yeah, I don’t really make any NPCs have selectable genders since I want them to be as defined as possible.

anon4518890:

but seriously that mc killed it for me (you know when you are watching anime and the mc is so dumb that you start to hate him? thats kinda what happened here )

Sorry to hear that. If it’s any consolation, the MC will be tripling in power in the sequel.

In my WIP, Mass Mother Murderer, the MC is the most powerful person in the village and basically just dunks on everyone in whatever pursuit they happen to have. The Magician’s Burden isn’t a power fantasy like that, though, but rather a story about growth and perseverance.

Natman1025 · 2018-08-20T02:07:53.147Z

Sweet, and another question (please don’t be angry I just love your game) could the mc get some magic training from a wizard in the future? Or at least help in enhancing our powers?

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-20T02:09:13.255Z

Incidentally, the MC will be training with Melithar the wizard in the sequel. They’ll be tripling in power and gaining a wand or sceptor of their own to help channel their more powerful magic.

anon4518890 · 2018-08-20T02:20:31.736Z

Samuel_H_Young:

Sorry to hear that. If it’s any consolation, the MC will be tripling in power in the sequel.

In my WIP, Mass Mother Murderer, the MC is the most powerful person in the village and basically just dunks on everyone in whatever pursuit they happen to have. The Magician’s Burden isn’t a power fantasy like that, though, but rather a story about growth and perseverance.

dont take me wrong i still think is an amazing game overall and much better in writing and story than your previous games, i just think you could have made the mc more neutral and not so weak in this 1 book, is part of the beta tester to help you in that regard but i guess sometimes people are too nice.
About the selectable gender… i still think is an amazing feature for some of us that never play other genders… in my case i only play as male so you can guess that i miss some story or ros in many games because of that , for me that feature is an improv not something that demean a game.
After saying that… Congratulations for the Release (i forgot to congratulate you before xD)

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-20T02:25:05.150Z

I wouldn’t call them that weak. Yes, there are many characters who are more powerful, and the MC has a lot of growing to do. But, they can also defeat a 6’4" brick shithouse and they also can give a powerful demon more trouble than they probably should.

In my stories, all of the ROs are romanceable regardless of the gender of the MC.

Samuel_H_Young · 2018-08-20T02:33:38.732Z

Aww, poor sweet bigots.

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Also, Keano is white and Mabelin is muscular and dark brown, you incel.

It’s interesting to me that The Magician’s Burden is mostly praised for its characters, romance, and writing, but then there are a select few who vehemently detest those three areas and say they’re straight garbage.