Dinosaur Polo Club scraps Magic School in order to renew focus on its Mini series

• While the game “will never be released,” Dinosaur Polo Club has now publicly thanked the Magic School team for their hard work and contributions

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Mini Motorways and Mini Metro publisher Dinosaur Polo Club has taken the unusual step to reveal the development and cancellation of an internal project code-named Magic School. 

The studio has pulled the plug on Magic School as it became evident that it would require a much larger team to make good on the game’s plans than the studio could sustainably support. 

While the game “will never be released,” Dinosaur Polo Club has now publicly thanked the Magic School team for their hard work and contributions to ensure that – despite the project’s failure – at least the hard work from the team is recognised.

The studio has released a folder of assets and shots of the game to better broadcast the work completed thus far.

Instead of continuing work on Magic School, the studio will now redirect their skills to new projects within their famous and popular Mini series – a game series comprising of Mini Metro and Mini Motorway that has over 12 million combined players worldwide.

End of the road

The goal of Magic School was to explore new ideas beyond the studio’s typical minimalist simulations. “Ultimately, we simply did not see a path forward for Magic School. However, we still wanted to share the amazing work the team had produced over the course of prototyping,” said CEO of Dinosaur Polo Club Amie Wolken.

You can see more videos of the game at The Dinosaur Polo Club’s YouTube channel here.

“So much great game development never sees the light of day because studios are often shy about sharing when things don’t go as planned. Instead, we are choosing to celebrate what we learned along the way and the incredible work from our team.”

Designer Zala Habib added: “The Magic School team was an absolutely incredible group of people. Everybody was so inspiring and driven throughout the project’s life, and it was a joy to collaborate with such talented folks.”