These lovely crochet wizards were made by one of our designers! As seen on Twitter and Facebook, our students, while adventuring amongst monsters and caves, have had some thoughtful and sometimes very insightful conversations. They’ve told stories about flowerbeds and peacocks, blushing and spell books, and even suggested methods on how to get friends. If you missed the conversations, or just seen a few during your own adventures, here is a few. Enjoy! These and the rest of the videos can be found on our Facebook playlist, or on Twitter. So, did you learn something new? Or found a favorite video? […]
“It seemed like a perfect time to focus on finding new accessories.” – The Narrator The students of the Astral Academy are not after only their school’s missing spell parchments, but there are other fascinating things to be found out there in the great wide yonder. Hats There are chests hidden all across the perilous journey, and while some are sadly empty, others contain fashionable pieces of millinery: hats! Each student has their own hat, but they find stranger and more wondrous hats as their quest progresses. Playing on a harder difficulty allows you to find more interesting, rarer hats, […]
“This is Fire, this is Ice This is Death, this is Life This is Lightning, this is Steam And this is all that’s in-between” – The Principles of Magic for Elementary School Levels by Professor Butternut Nine Parchments is all about runaway students from the Astral Academy going after missing magic parchments on their own, so here we take a closer look at what kind of magic we have in question. The spells cast by the students, as well as the spells they find out in the wilderness, fall into seven categories: six kinds of elemental spells; and non-elemental spells, […]
Amadeus the Wizard “By my trousers, I must flee!” – Amadeus the Wizard Favourite spell: Amadeus’s Box While the box is no fireball, Amadeus is fond of his long-time companion. The box can be used as a counterweight, a weapon, and sometimes a mild annoyance to adventuring companions. Amadeus the Wizard is a long-time student of the Astral Academy where many years ago he was abducted by a magical artefact, Trine, in order to save the kingdom from an undead hostile takeover. His companions Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief may have helped a little bit there. Amadeus has […]
Prince Selius Heatherwood “You’d best keep your guard around me.” – Prince Selius Favourite spell: Piercing Shadow The spell is as intense as the Prince’s dark gaze. Prince Selius has been stumbled upon by his fellow students in the underground quarters of the Astral Academy, and joins their suspicious hunt for the Nine Parchments. The fact that the Prince has been locked up in the dungeons by the wizards for some reason may or not be cause for alarm for his fellow travelers. He certainly does have interesting moods, each more sinister than the previous one. Prince Selius has an […]
“You are all disqualified.” – Professor Butternut Professor Butternut is the teacher in charge of the class of students hunting for the Nine Parchments. He has not been pleased with all his apprentices rushing off into the wilderness after the missing spells, and plans on remedying all absences with punishing new classes. Professor Butternut’s Thoughts on Summer Holidays The students have returned from their dubious little trek to recover the missing spell parchments, which went missing after Anastasia blew up a wall in the library. It was my impression that our young apprentices were not happy to deliver the spells […]
Good news Xbox One fans! Get ready to blast some monsters and learn some amazing spells – Nine Parchments is coming to Xbox One on March 7th! A trial version that allows you to try the game for 60 minutes for free will also be available, so you’ll have plenty of time to test Nine Parchments before making any decisions. The game will priced at $19.99 / 19.99 €. Nine Parchments runs at 1080p/60fps on Xbox One with some dynamic resolution scaling. Xbox One X is also supported, where the game runs at a stunning 4k/60fps! Check out the Xbox […]
Nintendo Switch update for the Nine Parchments has now been approved and it’s available for download! 😊 Changelog • You can now store up to 10 runs • Fixes to saves being wiped when disconnecting from an online game • Online game can be started alone, no need to wait for others to join in the lobby • A lot of bug fixes to different kinds of issues of camera not moving and enemies not spawning or dying correctly • Changes to the online matchmaking logic • The invisible quill in Endless Snowbanks is now visible • Fix to the […]
I’m happy to tell you that the patch for the Nintendo Switch version of Nine Parchments has now been submitted and it will be released as soon as it goes through. Steam patch will be out after we get some small issues fixed. 😊 Multiple saves are now added After the patch you can have up to ten games stored at the same time. So there is no need to overwrite your current run if you want to play with your friends for a while. Other fixes • Online game can be started alone, no need to wait for others […]
Nine Parchments is out now on PS4 in North America and Europe! Store page: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4029-CUSA05984_00-NINEPARCHMENTS00 The price will be $19.99 in the US and 19.99 € in Europe, with slight variations in other currencies. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to comment below or join us on our official Nine Parchments Discord channel! The join link is here. It is also a good place to search for people to play online with. Happy spellcasting, young wizards!
Nine Parchments has sparked a lot of activity on our different social media channels and we’re grateful for all the comments and feedback we’ve received. Our Support team will continue replying to the messages, but other teams are also busy working on improving the game based on said feedback. Some fixes will be available sooner, some later. Here is a quick update on the major issues we’re tackling right now. Multiple Save Files This feature is asked for the most and we’re working on it as fast as we can. We expect it to be done early next week and […]
This is a story about the development of Nine Parchments, a multiplayer video game about young wizard students collecting spells and sometimes blowing themselves up accidentally while learning them. For your amusement, this story is illustrated with images and outtakes from across the development period. The Journey Begins In the autumn of 2015, Frozenbyte published the third installment of the Trine series. Trine 3: The Artefacts of Power was an ambitious project, which near broke our hearts as we were forced to release a game with only a partly finished story. As we labored in the smoldering ruins of our […]
