The Popcorn Mage (Soft Launch)

From the creator of the cult classic Run N' Click 2, I present The Popcorn Mage! It's a simple top-down arena rogue-lite with simple graphics and replayable gameplay! The story is simple, in this game you're a failed popcorn maker named Aos, who recently got attacked by popcorn hungry bee's! Can you defend, or will you succumb to the bees in this light hearted go lucky game?! Enjoy!

To play the latest updates before they come out on itch.io go to: https://gd.games/stereostudiosofficial/thepopcornmage. Or go to

The Game is 98% Complete! (We're so close!)

0.8.0 Bullets Galore Update  (Unpatched)

2024-02-11

- New Pixel Fonts To Replace The Old Ones

- Base Attack Speed Nerf, 0.15 - 0.2

- Auto Aim Bullet Speed Buff, 100pps - 200pps

- Spread Bullet Attack Speed Nerf, 1.4 - 2.3

- Spread Projectile Buff, 6 - 8

- Queen Bee Spawns More Often

- Queen Bee Health Nerf, 500 - 50

- Bullets No Longer Go Through Queen Bee

- Internal Cleaning

0.8.1 Bullets Galore Update (Patched)

2024-02-14

- Queen Bee  No Longer Spawns At The Beginning

- You Can't Phase Through Queen Bee

- Enemy Spawn Speed Nerf, 1 - 1.5

- New Death Animation For The Player

0.8.2 Hail the Queen Update

2024-02-20

- Spread Bullet Attack Speed Nerf,  23 - 24

- Base Attack Speed Buff, 0.2 - 0.15

- Enemy Spawn  Rates Nerf, 1.5 - 2.5

- Auto Attack Replaced With Piercing Kernel Attack

- Piercing Attack Bullet Speed Nerf, 200pxs - 150pxs

- Queen Bee Name Change, Queen Bee - Queen Of The Hive

- Only One Queen Of The Hive Fight Per Attempt

- Queen Of The Hive Spawn Rate Nerf, 50 Points - 100 Points

- Queen Of The Hive Can Now Spawn Killer Bees Every 5 Seconds

- Queen Of The Hive Attack Speed Buff, 5 - 3

- New Basic Bee Death Animation

0.8.3 Healthy Healthbars Update

2024-02-23

- Queen Of the Hive Now Shows Health

- Spiked Kernel can't go through Queen Of The Hive

- Internal Cleaning

- Bug Fixes

0.8.4 Upgraded Weapons Update

2024-03-02

- Firing Bees no longer go off screen

- Beating Queen Of The Hive Upgrades your Attacks to level 2

- Level 2 Base Attack Speed Buff, 0.15 - 0.10

- Level 2 Spread Attack Speed Buff, 2.4 - 2

- Level 2 Spread Bullet Buff, 8 - 9

- Level 2 Spiked Kernel Attack Speed Buff,  0.25 - 0.2

- Enemy Spawn Rate Buff, 3 - 2.5

- Internal Cleaning

- Bug Fixes

0.8.5 Killer Bee Rework Update

2024-03-04

- Firing Bees Attack Speed Buff, 5 - 3

- Killer Bees Now Fire Close Ranged Stingers

- Killer Bees Speed Nerf, 15pxs - 10pxs

- Basic Bee Speed Increase, 75pxs - 90pxs

- New Warrior Bee Enemy

- Enemy Spawn Rate Nerf, 2.5 - 3.5

0.8.6 Achieving new Heights Update

2024-03-08

- New Achievement For Beating Queen Of The Hive

- New Achievement For Dying In Game

- New Achievement For Surviving 3 minutes

- Queen Of The Hive Health Buff, 50 - 100

- Killer Bee Speed, 10pxs - 15pxs

0.8.7 Musical Mayhem Update

2024-03-16

- New Achievement For Beating 100 Killer Bees

- Queen Of The Hive Health Nerf, 100 - 75

- Killer Bee Attack Speed Buff, 10 - 5

- Queen Of The Hive No Longer Spawns Bees

- New Title

- Warrior Bees Spawn After Queen Of The Hive Is Defeated

- New Death Animation For Firing Bee

- New OST Tracks 01 And 02

- New Animation For The Bullet

- New Animation For The Spiked Bullet

- New Animation For The Stinger

- New Death Animation

0.8.8 Refining And Defining Update

2024-04-3

- New Credits Section

- Minor Changes

- Bug Fixes

0.8.9 Waving At The Waves Update

2024-04-12

- New Night Bee Enemy At Wave 1

- Wave 1 Starts Two Minutes After You Start

- Achievement For Surviving 1 Wave

- New Screenshots For The Itch Page

0.9.0 Sensational Seasons Update

2024-06-01

- New Music For Main, Credits, And Game Over

- New Death Animation

- New Basic Bee Animations

- New Killer Bee Animations

- New Firing Bee Animation

- Big Bug Fixes

- Waves Replaced With Seasons

- New Season of Sensation (More Notes at The Discord Above)

- Night Bee is Replaced With The Seasonal Flower Bee

- Shake is Back

- Warrior Bee Speed Nerf, 40 - 30

- Credits Section Edit

- Slight Title Changes

- Press F To Enter Fullscreen

- New Warrior Bee Rework

- Updated Tagline

0.9.1 Trying Out The Trials Update

2024-06-28

- New Hive Animation

- New Hive Floor Animation

- Season of Trial

- Tri-Bee

- Killer Bee Attack Speed Buff, 3 - 1

- Description Change on Itch.io and gd.games

- Minor Bug Fixes

0.9.2 Creatively Connected Update

2024-07-31

- Season of Connectivity

- New Wire-frame Bee

- Minor Cleaning

0.9.3 Candy Carnival Update

2024-08-02

- Season of Carnival

- New Caramel Bee

0.9.4 Bad Bugs Update

2024-09-06

- Minor Bug Fixes

- Enemy Spawn Speed Buff, 3.5 - 2

0.9.5 Scary Update

2024-10-01

- Season of Scares

- Changes To All Bee Sprites For The Season

- Minor Bug Fixes

- New Scare Bee

0.9.6 Snowy Update (Unpatched)

2024-11-24

- Season of Snow

- Sprite Change for Warrior Bee

- Sprite Change for Firing Bee

- New Music

- New Snow Bee

0.9.7 Snowy Update (Patched)

2024-11-24

- Minor bug fixes

0.9.8 Greater Graphics Update

2024-12-1

- Minor Graphical Updates

- Minor Edits to the Credits

- Season of Holiday