Nearly 5 years ago I dreamed up this game with a single idea: I wanted an erotic game with depth. I wanted a “mindfuck”. Not a mindfuck like you would normally think of, but rather, I wanted an erotic experience that engaged my mind.

To that end, I created “Court Magician”, a game where you play a manipulative evil bastard.

Greely, is a manipulative court wizard worming his way through the intrigues of castle life. He is similar to many other evil wizards of this kind that you would be familiar with: Jafar, Rasputin, Grima Wortongue, Flagg and countless others. However, the catch is that Greely looks like a fat Gargamel. He is ugly, disrespected, and universally disliked.

You may think that playing as the bad guy is not particularly original, even in NSFW erotic games. However, what makes Court Magician special is that it is a systemic game about social manipulation.

While there is a main plot and a main story in the game, this is just a backdrop for the real game, which is lying, cheating, scheming, magicking and manipulating your way to power. All of the NPCs are dynamically generated and unique in every play-through.

There is always a Baron and Baroness, Steward and Captain of the guard in every game, but the physical and mental traits, the backstories and vulnerabilities change on every playthrough. Each character develops memories of their every interaction with Greely and responds accordingly.

So that is the “mindfuck” aspect of the game, but at the end of the day, this is also an erotic piece of artistic expression.

The artstyle is inspired by high quality Western cartoons, especially comics and the Disney-esque. While the game interface is inspired by Western RPGs and 90s adventure games.

The erotica itself generally falls into two categories: BDSM/Humiliation and Sexual Acts. Greely has to corrupt the ladies of the castle into depravity and obedience through some light bdsm such as paddling or smacking with a riding crop, and ultimately manipulates into serving in his harem.

Another cornerstone of my game is that it would be animated and interactive. I wanted a game that wasn’t just looking at static erotic pictures, but moving animations that react to what the player is doing. This means that every sex/discipline scene is reactive and characters often have (literally) hundreds of variations. The personality (dynamically generated) influences what they like and how they act.

That’s the vision anyway.

In practice, I realized that there is a reason why there aren’t many games that are animated, interactive, and dynamic with depth. Its because they are incredibly hard to make.

I learned this the hard way over the last 5 years, but I’ve also done much of the groundwork which is now paying exponential dividends. I have processes and pipelines and structures already built so that new assets, quests and animations can be quickly and easily slotted in with minimal bugs.

I have also attracted a team of volunteers and contractors who have made the entire process faster and more efficient. I have also acquired friends, fans and followers who provide bug testing, feedback and precious monetary support.

Every dollar that comes in goes directly into the game, primarily in new artwork and new animations.

If this seems like a project that you could believe in too. If you too want a mindfuck that engages all of you, then maybe you would like to support our work.

While everyone is welcome to play the demo for free, Supporters get access to the latest build of the game with more sex, more interactions, more depth and more animations.

We hope that you will consider joining us!