The Fool's Apprentice Steam news

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• Review score53% positive
• Total reviews53
• Release dateApr 14, 2025
• DeveloperThe Planar Danse
• PublisherThe Planar Danse

Genres: RPG, Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: The Planar DansePublisher: The Planar Danse

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The Fool's Apprentice Steam news

The Fool's Apprentice news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Announcement Trailer: Blight Doctors - DISCOVER, DIAGNOSE, EXORCISE - 1 September 2026

  Wishlist Blight Doctors Now!Hey again to all the occult practitioners, necromancers, and misfortunate apprentices here! Its been some 15 months since there's last been anything fresh from the Planar Danse, and I'm back with an announcement of the next game! Same as ever, I'm a solo game developer & world-builder creating TPD, and even though I've been lucky enough to get some artists helping on TFA and some recent projects, this hasn't changed. I love a team, but it is neither economic nor feasible for indies to have massive teams. However, the last two years has seen my gamedev/indiedev freelancing & consultation work increase, and I'm happy to say I've been getting work alongside former Larian & Silent Hill developers! After TFA released in April 2025, I took a break from making games in TPD & took time to build systems, write lore, and recover after the intense blitz of that game. It…

• Update v8 - Research, Achievements, & Performance! - 13 October 2025

  Hello fellow mages! Today I have a sizeable update for TFA! This addresses some of the most common bugs and complaints about the game, particularly its onboarding process & tutorial. There are new Steam Achievements, new Research quests & abilities, and a sizeable performance improvement on mid-range hardware over previous versions!Want to polymorph your apprentices into bounce-able frogs and back? Research Hexcraft!I apologize for the pace of updates to the game, I've had to step away from game development for a time to deal with personal issues and mental health surrounding it and everything. As always, I'm more than happy to address any bugs with the game or look into any suggestions or complaints regarding it. The Steam Community and TPD discord channel are great ways to get in contact with me, as well as the support email [email protected], and the artists I worked…

• 1.0.7 - Nobles & Nepo Babies - 20 April 2025

  - Fixed a crash related to the Duke's Bargain event. - Updated & increased performance of the noble-apprentice's outfit. https://wa-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/user-data/production/109406da-6de6-4ec2-9c7e-c8109dd64a0f/uploads/images/a3413373fe50541c93efcb4289c6260e.png https://wa-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/user-data/production/109406da-6de6-4ec2-9c7e-c8109dd64a0f/uploads/images/cc47f098e6b3f6752645f19f926a95e8.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/3334430/The_Fools_Apprentice/

• 1.0.6 - Lighting, Performance, and Shop Fixes - 19 April 2025

  - Performance passes over the level lighting. - Fixed a potential softlock where the player summons an item (most commonly a desk) from the shop, but does not zoom out to be able to interact with it. - Removed floating items in some rolls of the Conservatory. Stay cozy, Arcanists!

• 1.0.5 - Saving Unlocks & Tutorial Updates! - 18 April 2025

  - NEW DILEMMA! A competitor is casting hexes on your Conservatory... and throwing all your apprentices into the sky! - Unlocked Stations & Decor are permenant, rather than per-run. - Completing the tutorial and follow-up helper pop-ups once will make them hidden forever. Can be shown again by pressing "Reset Tutorials" in the main menu. - Skipping the tutorial will also hide some early popups. - Solved a rare crash related to capes. (Edna was right..)

• 1.0.4 - Localization & font fixes - 17 April 2025

  - Fixes to Korean localization & font placement. - Infinite Levitation no longer makes apprentices hidden but not dead. - Fix for camera getting stuck outside the Conservatory.

• 1.0.3 - Frogs, Sounds, & Saves ! - 16 April 2025

  - Balcony outside the Commonroom properly claims its Stations and Decor. - Frog-Apprentices that die properly notify the player about the death and take Influence/App Debt. - Frog-Apprentices no longer show up in the apprentice overview panel. - Mind Control does not hang when the controlled apprentice dies. - Overlapping items in Artifact Storage fixed. - New sound effects. - Performance tweaks. - Playtime & achievement stats now save to long-term, cloud storage. - Early random event for frogs.

• 1.0.2 — Dilemma & Save Game Hotfix. - 15 April 2025

  - A number of performance-related optimizations. - Graphical errors on the front of the Conservatory. - Savegame functionality on certain storage disk hardware fixed. - Additional player stats tracked in the save file. Happy researching, my fellow Arcanists!

• The Fool's Apprentice is NOW Released on Steam! - 14 April 2025

  Dear Arcanist Tharn, We are expecting to see you soon at the gates of our newly opened Arcane Conservatory. As our newly appointed Head Arcanist, it will be your responsibility to develop research in Arcanoscience and push innovation forward while also guiding our many eager apprentices here in Golryon! Meet you soon, The High Arcanist

• 3 Days Until The Fool's Apprentice Launches on Steam! - 11 April 2025

  Dear Arcanist Tharn, The city of Golryon is seeking out for a new Head Arcanist to manage our newly opened Arcane Conservatory! This offer is only for the most prestigious mages so we believe you will fit right in. Join us at the gates of the conservatory and we will get you acquainted on, April 14, 8:00 am PT / 11:00am EST on Monday. We hope to see you soon, The High Arcanist

• The Fool's Apprentice fully releases on April 14, 2025! - 11 March 2025

  My dear apprentices, We are excited to officially announce the opening of the Arcane Conservatory to the general public on April 14, 2025! Get ready to plot the future of magic at the helm of your Conservatory and usher in a new age of Arcanoscience. See you soon! The High Arcanist

• The Fool's Apprentice joins Steam Next Fest! - 24 February 2025

  My dear apprentices, Using the arcane arts, we will be projecting the live events within the conservatory onto your virtual screens within the next 7 days so you can obverse our progress into the new age of Arcanoscience for yourself! If you would like to participate in building the future of magic with us, you can become an Arcanist today by playing our demo on Steam. Good luck! The High Arcanist

• Update 0.5.0.3 - 11 February 2025

  My dear apprentices, Demo version 0.5 releases with a new tutorial (we heard you, too much text!), a guide and library for players to find specific things they're confused on, and tons of new visual effects! Arcanum (money) has also been rebalanced, you will now have to save one or two apprentices to build a successful Conservatory. Unless you succumb to war profiteering. Good luck! The High Arcanist.

• Fool's Apprentice Demo now released! - 31 January 2025

  The Fool's Apprentice now has a public demo! Start your magical studies today! Though there is much hidden away for the full game, TFA is fully featured, allowing you to collect, train, and cast spells on your hopelessly unskilled apprentices. Please share it around to any who'd enjoy the game, and have fun! We're on track for a release early this spring, so you won't have to wait long to build out the magic academy of your dreams! Features in this version of the demo: Upgradable Stations Six narrative Dilemmas Full shop & gameloop Magic to cast on foolish apprentices! Features coming soon : Additional visual effects for stations, the Runic Viewing, graduation, and ambient magical effects. Additional music soundtracks. Additional Stations Additional mechanics for apprentice traits Dozens of decorative elements to spruce up your very own Conservatory! and lastly... The Portalsmithing Cha…

• The Fool's Apprentice - Closed Playtests - 17 January 2025

  Hello Steam! We are running a closed playtest for The Fool's Apprentice here on Steam! Here is what you need to know: The playlist will run for 2-3 days this coming week. You can 'Request access' and you’ll get notified if and when you are selected. There may be a second wave of playtest immediately before the demo launch, and additional rounds will come for the full game. Please do not record or stream gameplay footage of the game at this time (feel free to once the demo is out) The public demo is planned to release a week after playtests are run so if you are not invited to this weekend, worry not! You will soon have a Conservatory of your own. Thanks and have a wonderful day, - The Planar Danse

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