Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. ^ Clarke, Justin, May 11, 2016, "The Magic Circle: Gold Edition Review" ( ) GameSpot.^ Petty, Jared,, "THE MAGIC CIRCLE REVIEW" ( ) IGN."Devs share real talk about surviving the latest 'indiepocalypse' ". "Her Story, Undertale, Darkest Dungeon receive multiple 2016 IGF Award nominations". ^ Nunneley, Stephany (6 January 2016).The designers (played by James Urbaniak, Ashly Burch. "Development Hell: The Magic Circle On Steam Early Access". You are the protagonist of an unfinished 1st person fantasy game, trapped in development hell.
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"Jordan Thomas explains The Magic Circle, a game about a game". "The Best New Videogames Are All About … Videogames".
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According to the game's credits sequence, the team was supported further by Steve Pardo (Harmonix) who composed the original score, and Patrick Balthrop, who was the sound engineer. The development team consisted of Stephen Alexander, Kain Shin and Jordan Thomas, who had previously worked on BioShock and Dishonored.
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Once the playtest session is officially "complete", a rogue AI from a previous version of the game makes contact with the player and teaches them how to manipulate the creatures of the world in order to either complete or at least escape the game world. The player is introduced to the developers of the game, who make their appearances in the world as floating eyes capable of changing the environment on a whim, only to discover that the two project leads, Ishmael Gilder and Maze Evelyn, have entered into a bitter rivalry over their respective creative philosophies, and due to their inability to cooperate have rendered the game largely vaporware.
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In The Magic Circle, the player takes on the role of a QA tester who was recently hired to help prepare the live demo for a game that has been in development hell for nearly twenty years said game is the sequel to a cult classic interactive fiction title with a dedicated fan following.