Magic Realm v1.8.0 — MAGIC REALM - CHANGELOG

MAGIC REALM - CHANGELOG

VERSION 1.8.0
Release Date: 2026-10-24

ADDED
- First Tronsoft Games package, to Package Specification 1.6.7, declared as a Solo game (one human adventurer; up to three computer rivals).
- Recorded sound-effect cues in sounds/ played by js/sound.js; separate effects and music volume sliders.
- Reduced-motion support, visible keyboard focus and screen-reader labels on the map and controls.
- Computer rivals moved into their own module, js/ai.js.

CHANGED
- The Cooperative and Competitive hot-seat modes are removed: this edition has exactly one human player. Computer rivals still compete, feud and duel.
- Saved games, the Hall of Fame and achievements now live under the tronsoft_magic_realm_ storage namespace. Data from 1.0.0-1.7.0 is moved over automatically the first time the game starts.

KNOWN ISSUES
- Hot-seat saves from earlier versions (more than one human adventurer) cannot be loaded in this solo edition; the game says so instead of loading them.
- Computer rivals do not plan around every quest type.

VERSION 1.7.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Scenarios: The Open Realm, The Dragon Hunt, Gold Rush, Night of Spirits, The Race.
- Carrying weight, encumbrance and item caches; minimap; time-of-day map shading.

VERSION 1.6.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Melee sheet in combat results; Follow; combat keyboard shortcuts; generated music.

VERSION 1.5.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Advisor in Birdsong; monster ferocity (Gentle, Standard, Savage); rival temperaments.
- Twelve achievements kept across games; chronicle download.

VERSION 1.4.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Advancement: renown thresholds let you hone chits one time faster.
- Roving Rogues; the Dragonbone Horn can be blown in combat; unvisited-tile shading.

VERSION 1.3.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Quests: twelve, three drawn per adventurer, each paying fame, notoriety or gold.
- Feuds and duels between adventurers.

VERSION 1.2.2
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Dawn warning when a monster shares your clearing; hireling badges on tokens.

VERSION 1.2.1
Release Date: 2026-10-22

FIXED
- An adventurer who fled could be drawn into a second battle the same evening.
- Older mid-combat saves crashed when Shatter was cast.
- Flight targeting rings could stay on after Undo, Clear or loading.
- Restart day no longer uses a blocking browser dialog.

VERSION 1.2.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Weekly weather (Clear, Rain, Fog, Wind, Storm).
- Spells Flight, True Sight, Terror and Shatter.
- Combat outcome preview on every enemy card; Deeds table at the end.

VERSION 1.1.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- The Lost City and Lost Castle; three new treasures; remains of fallen adventurers can be looted.
- Route plotting by shift-click; red warnings for signs that wake today; animated tokens.
- Lore screen (bestiary, appearance chart, treasures, natives, Hall of Fame); Restart day.

VERSION 1.0.0
Release Date: 2026-10-22

ADDED
- Initial browser release: sixteen adventurers, a twenty-tile map generated anew each game, monsters summoned by the daily monster roll, natives at six dwellings, treasure sites, ten spells in five colours.
- Birdsong planning, daylight turns, evening combat with attack directions, maneuvers, armour, wounds and fatigue.
- Victory points over Great Treasures, Spells, Fame, Notoriety and Gold; computer rivals; save, load, export and import.