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• 8note
  What ive generally heard is that this is more of a refactor and base functionality improvement, rather than building out all the actual magic systems to start with.2-10 updates in the future will have much more fleshed out magic
• yuchi
  I’ve been tinkering with a game engine where magic is made of first principles for a very long time. Cannot wait to see the gameplay and mechanics here!
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  Mobius01
  I wish nothing but success to Tarn and Zach, it’s great that releasing on Steam and adding a friendlier UI helped the game reach new audiences. It’s the proverbial time black hole.
• monospacegames
  It's been a while since I last played DF and I'm surprised to see that both this article and the video are a bit light on details, IIRC they used to showcase upcoming updates a lot more.Digging a bit more it looks like the magic system will be built around deities, spheres of influence [1], and workshops/professions centered around magic leading to procedurally generated spells. I'm really excited to see how it'll turn out.[1] https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Sphere
• polytely
  It's so exciting, I've heard about them doing magic for a decade, and now it is actually approaching.