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Magicraft: From Demo to Full Game in 30 Minutes

  I was casually scrolling through my social feed when a review of Magicraft popped up. I didn’t even finish the 30‑minute video before I was downloading the demo, and not long after, reaching for my credit card to buy the full game on Steam. It’s rare for me to spend money on a title I only discovered that same day, but Magicraft hooked me instantly. The game gives off strong Magicka vibes with its spell‑crafting system. It’s also light enough to run smoothly on my non‑gaming laptop. The premise is straightforward: combine spells, boosters, and summons to clear enemies in each area. Along the way, you collect relics that grant passive advantages, or curses that complicate your run. While the core loop is rinse‑and‑repeat, the gems you earn to upgrade stats and unlock quality‑of‑life enhancements add a sense of progression and freshness to every attempt. This blend of replayability, random generation, and incremental upgrades is why Magicraft falls into the “roguelite” category....
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Blizzard Entertainment has released 3D models of Warcraft Rumble characters

Ahead of the November 2023 launch of Warcraft Rumble, the good folks at Blizzard Entertainment have released a bunch of 3D models of the characters, called "Mini Blueprints", on their website. These are released to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License. At the time of this writing, they have already released 4 batches of models (Alliance, Beast, Blackrock, and Horde) with the remaining 2 batches to be released at a future date (the Undead and NPC & Bosses batch).

An Alliance Footman model courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment


Although I personally do not own a 3D printer, I am very much interested in the free and open-source 3D modeling software Blender3D. I was pleased to learn that Blender3D is capable of importing the STL (Standard Tessellation Language) files used by 3D printing software. I do not know how much I can do with the models however since it was released under a rather restrictive Creative Commons license. It's a bit confusing for me since they are encouraging people to print, color, and share the figures. Doesn't the No Derivatives restriction of the license prohibits printing it then applying color? If it doesn't, then following the same logic, would I be allowed to apply color and textures to the model and render it inside a fantastical backdrop of my own design and share the results?

Check out the collection at:

https://warcraftrumble.blizzard.com/en-us/collection

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