Research Source

Research Entropy

Discover the power of declining grandeur.

Research Rot

Discover the power of the hidden groves where dragons lie.

Research Nature

Discover the power of the arcane foundations.

Research Law

Research Enlightenment

Research Balance

Discover the power in the heart of greed.

Research Power

Research Protection

Discover the power of the God-King's ferrous betrayal.

Research Defiance

Research Fabrication

Research Reflection

Research Separation

Discover the power of gates and farshifts.

Research Rapture

Research Freedom

Research Assimilation

Research Control

Research Mastery

Research The End

Research Hope

Research Living Earth

Discover the power of like minds & voodoo.

Research Sympathy

Research Community

Research Deceit

Discover the power in sensation-deception.

Research Senses

Discover the power in not knowing anything.

Research Discord

Research Memory

Discover the power of the terrors hidden in the night.

Research Terror

Research Thought

Discover the power of the untapped forge.

Research Chaos

Research The Start

Research Chance

Research Acceptance

Research Change

Research Antipathy

Graduate your first apprentice from the Conservatory.

First Arcanist

Have an apprentice be killed or driven insane by the Runic Viewing.

Failed Apprentice

Have two apprentices die within 5 seconds.

Under the Rug...

Keep a citizen in the experimentation tube for 10 minutes.

Forgotten Abduction!

With apprentices, cause no deaths for 10 minutes.

A Peaceful Conservatory

Expansion!

The Tower Rises!

Discover the power of enchantments and inveigles.

Research Compulsion

A wizard academy management sim where you—an obviously benevolent professor—must manage &amp; cast spells on your many apprentices so that they might study the right spells… and perhaps even survive the researching process. Some may die, but oh well, can’t save them all!

<h2 class="bb_tag" ><img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/2e556d635a155cb5b68098acd083497e.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=90 /></h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/c746e22e6e95f67899306f7c7c255fb2.poster.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=250 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/c746e22e6e95f67899306f7c7c255fb2.webm?t=1758210403" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>The Fool's Apprentice is a magic school simulator that puts you in the position of Arcanist Tharn, a mage from a prestigious family by the same name. As this accomplished wizard, you will shepherd your many woefully unskilled apprentices towards a modicum of knowledge... by ensuring they cannot possibly step outside the bounds of proper curriculum. Levitate them, toss them around, control their minds or wipe them, and even throw them into portals to other worlds! The good apprentices will survive, surely. As for the bad, what can a professor do?<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/4ff410d3f5e7fa7d5d2f0f31195bc64c.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=90 /><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/40bac720c632f3a58c1ea782ff97ff89.poster.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=250 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/40bac720c632f3a58c1ea782ff97ff89.webm?t=1758210403" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Plot the future of magic at the helm of your Conservatory, through the following tools:<ul class="bb_ul"><li>Enroll new apprentices under your tutelage, managing their skills, directing their studies with spells, and steering them away from an accidental demise!</li><li>Build Research, and use it to upgrade magical workstations or unlock new sciences!</li><li>Respond to Dilemmas, as the choices you make for your Arcane Conservatory shape the future of mankind in this new age of magic &amp; science!</li><li>Kidnap citizens for experimentation.</li><li>Earn the love of the public for the wonderous scientific advancements brought to the sun-kissed canal city of Golryon! But be careful, withholding every bit of magic from the public might lead them to riot!</li></ul> <img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/c89e3105415c9a8ff4f672ced1c7b853.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=90 /><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/23e615099c218c421760b7f1fcb8d1b5.poster.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=250 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/23e615099c218c421760b7f1fcb8d1b5.webm?t=1758210403" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>A new age dawns! Arcanoscience, and its related fields of mago-mechanical study, has been discovered, and as engineering marvels both profound in their spellcraft and ingenious in their design are constructed... it has come time for the next generation of apprentices.One wizened Arcanist shall teach them... You!<ul class="bb_ul"><li>Strategize and construct the ideal Conservatory, choosing fields of magical study to focus upon, arcane workstations of varying risk, effect, and difficulty, and decorations both cosmetic and of eldritch power!</li><li>Manage &amp; Cast Spells On each and every apprentice, directing them away from such foolish things as &quot;ambition&quot;, and &quot;artistic passion,&quot; towards the most socially acceptable magicks... or defy the Arcane Conservatory itself and spread magic among the people!</li><li>Decorate and customize your own Arcane Conservatory in this wizard academy Simulator!</li><li>Engage in the Narrative-driven ebb and flow of the demands of the magocratic city of Golryon. One day the Conservatory might request increased production of elemental cannons; and on the next the Duke might demand that you teach magic to a distant cousin!</li><li>Try not to be imprisoned for criminal arcane malpractice.</li></ul><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/b58edf9061857ac8f21507e15ddecd74.poster.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=250 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/b58edf9061857ac8f21507e15ddecd74.webm?t=1758210403" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video><img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/cc1a88c0842f3c3ce37a3625648e39f2.avif?t=1758210403" width=616 height=90 />The Fool's Apprentice returns to The Planar Danse once again, the connected universe of Apollyon, Skulltide, and Spirit's Almanac, the previous games and novel set within the same world. It is endlessly replayable, but all unlocks can be unlocked in ~8 hours of play.Build the future of magic, today!<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras/c6d46ea34c104f297434b8a0e792b6e5.avif?t=1758210403" data-big-src=https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3334430/extras_big/c6d46ea34c104f297434b8a0e792b6e5.avif?t=1758210403 width=800 height=413 />

The Fool's Apprentice Achievements