Features

Three interlocking gameplay loops that scale from minutes to sessions to entire careers.

Three Loops, One Career

Every session weaves between moment-to-moment combat, voyage-scale decisions, and career-long strategy.

Minutes

Zone & Combat

Explore dungeons, fight enemies with a turn-based AP system, cook monster corpses for permanent stat gains, and worship gods for divine boons.

  • Turn-based tactical combat with abilities, ether charges, and spell schools
  • Food-for-stats: every meal permanently boosts your attributes
  • Cooking compounding — combine ingredients for multiplied XP gains
  • Procedural dungeons with danger-scaled loot and boss chests
  • Faith system: worship deities for divine envoys and sacred relics
  • Mana corruption from ether-dense zones triggers mutations

Screenshot: Zone & Combat

Hours

World Map & Ports

Sail the hex world, trade at ports, manage your crew, encounter ships on the open sea, and divide plunder at expedition reckonings.

  • Sail a living hex world with wind simulation and fog of war
  • Visit ports: tavern news, merchant trading, governor promotions, ship repairs
  • Ship encounters: hail for intel, attack for plunder, or flee
  • Crew morale system — keep them paid and fed, or face mutiny
  • Warrants: legal privateering licenses from faction governors
  • Expedition Reckoning: risk vs. reward gold division with your crew

Screenshot: World Map & Ports

Sessions

Career & Base

Claim land, build a self-running base with residents, set policies, earn passive income, and retire as a legendary corsair.

  • Claim any hex with an Anchor Stone — build 33 structure types
  • Assign residents to jobs: farmer, crafter, guard, shopkeeper, miner, fisher
  • Set 30+ policies and upgrade home skills for settlement growth
  • Passive income: shipping chests, tourism, resident stores, fermentation
  • Faction reputation unlocks titles, land grants, and political power
  • Aging and retirement — your final career score ranks against legend

Screenshot: Career & Base

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of game is MagiTech Frontier?
A magitech corsair RPG combining the eating-for-stats depth of Elin, the sailing and faction diplomacy of Sid Meier's Pirates!, and the base-building and resident automation of RimWorld.
Is there permadeath?
No. Your character ages and eventually retires. Health degrades over time, and the final career score determines your legacy rank. Death in combat applies permanent health scars but doesn't end the game.
How does the food system work?
Every food item has a FoodTraitProfile mapping to attribute XP. Eating raises your stats permanently. Cooking compounds these traits for multiplied gains. Monster corpses, fish, and recipes all have unique profiles.
Can I build a base?
Yes. Place an Anchor Stone on any unclaimed hex. Build 33 structure types, assign residents to 6 job types, set 30+ policies, and earn passive income from shipping, tourism, stores, and fermentation.
Is there multiplayer?
The main game is single-player. The companion browser game (The Harbormaster) lets you manage a port settlement that other players can visit.
What platforms will it be on?
PC (Windows) at launch via Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, and itch.io. Mac and Linux are stretch goals.