Today leading publisher Lighthouse Interactive and developer ClockStone Software released a Development Kit for their Action RPG game AVENCAST: Rise of the Mage. It contains the complete reference documentation of all Avencast game engine commands and parameters, including several step-by-step tutorials explaining how to use the level editor and modify game content.

Some key features of the Development Kit include:

* The level editor
* The graphics import and export tools
* Visual effects editor
* All the scripting and configuration files in an unencrypted version, so you can modify:
o Quests
o Monster behavior and attributes
o The hero’s skills and attributes
o Items and equipment
o …all other game content

Due to the complex nature of Action RPGs, the Avencast Development Kit primarily addresses enthusiastic gamers or hobby game designers with basic knowledge of game development and/or programming. The completeness of tools opens up the possibility for gamers to develop an entirely new game of their own.