There are times when Church Crusade of Darkera Studios is unable to do much more work on Rise of the Clockwork Stallions (such as when they are designing levels), so in his spare time he's been working on a remake of Magic Shards to keep him sharp. At first I wasn't so sure that this was a good idea, but now that I've actually had a chance to see it I'm rather impressed. Aside from several bugs, which are to be expected from a pre-release demo, the project is superior to the original in nearly every way. The creator really has improved a lot over the course of the past year; I'm quite interested in getting the chance to review this updated version in the future.

 And yes, the demo doesn't have that Canterlot -3 bug that prevented Windows 8 users from proceeding any further in the original. Much rejoicing will be had amongst the few that use it.