cbn posts from Ben Leskey https://benleskey.com/blog/tags/cbn en-us 2026 Ben Leskey Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:32:30 +0000 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:32:30 +0000 <div><p> I have ported my Arcana Technoclysm mod from <a href="https://cataclysmdda.org">Cataclysm: DDA</a> to <a href="https://cataclysmbn.org/">Cataclysm: Bright Nights</a>. The port is now available as <a href="https://benleskey.com/blog/../aka/cbn-arcana-technoclysm">Arcana Technoclysm for Cataclysm: Bright Nights</a>. </p> <p> Arcana Technoclysm is a mod building on top of the base Arcana mod. Arcana Technoclysm adds some new magical-technical locations and items to the game, including summonable vehicles and electrical power sources. </p> <p> The parent Arcana mod is no longer developed for DDA, so I ported my mod to Bright Nights where Arcana is included in the repository. </p> </div> softwaregamescddacbn https://benleskey.com/blog/cbn_arcana_technoclysm https://benleskey.com/blog/cbn_arcana_technoclysm Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <div><p><em>Update 2026-08-09: The DDA version of this mod is discontinued, as Arcana is no longer developed for DDA. Instead, this mod is now developed for the <a href="https://cataclysmbn.org">Cataclysm: Bright Nights fork</a> in a <a href="https://benleskey.com/blog/../aka/cbn-arcana-technoclysm">new repository.</a></em></p> <p><a href="https://cataclysmdda.org">Cataclysm: DDA</a>'s premier magic mod is <a href="http://www.cddawiki.chezzo.com/cdda_wiki/index.php?title=Magiclysm"></a>Magiclysm, which not only adds an entire magic system and slew of useful spells, items, and locations but also alters the lore of the game to imply that magic has existed throughout history. This lore breaks significantly from real world history, so I prefer mods that keep magic as something esoteric and hidden, such as the newly added mod <i>Mind Over Matter</i> or the mature <a href="https://github.com/chaosvolt/cdda-arcana-mod">Arcana</a> mod.</p> <p>However, there is one particular spell from Magiclysm that I love that is not available in any other mod: the <i>Summon Motorcycle</i> spell. This is amazingly useful and fun to play with, so I decided to port the idea over to Magiclysm in my own mod. This new mod, <a href="https://benleskey.com/blog/../aka/cdda-arcana-technoclysm">Arcana Technoclysm</a>, currently adds three temporary summonable vehicles and a new location to find the magic whistles needed to summon these vehicles. It's a simple mod but fills in the summonable vehicle gap in the more lore-friendly magic mods. The vehicles currently available are an amphibious boat with wheels, a motorcycle, and a horseless carriage with plenty of cargo space. Each of the vehicles is a tradeoff between maneuverability, compatible terrain, and cargo space, so hopefully players will have incentive to find strange warehouses and collect all the magic whistles.</p> <img src="https://benleskey.com/blog/../images/technoclysm_items.png" alt="A screenshot of the three vehicle summoning whistles from the Arcana Technoclysm mod"> <img src="https://benleskey.com/blog/../images/technoclysm_vehicles.png" alt="A screenshot of the three summonable vehicles from the Arcana Technoclysm mod"> <img src="https://benleskey.com/blog/../images/technoclysm_warehouse.png" alt="A screenshot of the new location where you can find vehicle summoning whistles"> </div> softwaregamescddacbn https://benleskey.com/blog/cdda_arcana_technoclysm https://benleskey.com/blog/cdda_arcana_technoclysm Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 _