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We've just heard word from Mr. Sakurai, Almari will be playable in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 2!

#april fools

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Almari is an exploration-focused surreal RPG in which skills (referred to as “Words”) are found rather than leveled for. Stock up on supplies, learn the lay of the land, and watch the movement patterns of your enemies to prevail!

Demo out on itch.io!

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Almari Demo v1.3 Update - Small QOL Changes

v1.3 Changes

Xal has been nerfed.

The Two Corners puzzle in the North Cave has been redone.

A new music track has been added: Siza's Monster March by PostElvis!

Minor bug fixes.

For those who have already finished the demo: there's now also a series of hints at the end of the bridge to help you find all the hidden things you might have missed! Saves should be able to transfer from v1.2 to v1.3!

Download on itch.io!

-DemonClaus

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Hope 2024 is a great year for you all! Artwork by NoirKonya

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End of 2023 Check-in

Hey all, with the end of the year being well, today, I figured it was probably about time for another update.

Things are still going strong in the writing department and it is still my primary focus, plus life has finally given me a bit of a break so things are going stronger than ever. The story is approaching its final draft and the concept work for mid and late game is really coming together! 

As the story falls into place, Post Elvis has been filling in the gaps on the soundtrack as we both add new songs and begin to replace some old songs as well.

In the gameplay department, the touch encounters and battle transition are approaching their final version:

And as the writing continues I've been wrapping up and revising the planning documents for a number of dungeons as well! We were cooking last time but now we're boiling!

Outside of Almari, the team's been releasing tons of cool stuff on their own!

Post Elvis recently released his huge new album I Can't Wait To Get There. Dude's been working on this for a hot minute so please check it out! The result is really cool! 

@punkitt-is-here released the demo for her Wario Land inspired game Susan Taxpayer and also became famous for drawing My Little Pony comics?!

Decon Theed released 103 Works #09 featuring a handful of some pretty rad tracks!

Reteryisk (who voices Bethera) released two whole visual novels which is insane. Check out Pumpkin Seeds: The 51st Floor & Date Night At Mary-Jane's Therapy Club!

And lastly, I've been posting art on my Ko-fi, both Almari and not if you want to check that out and/or wanted a way to support my work!

That's probably about it for schilling for this year lol.

All in all, the game's coming along and becoming cooler day by day. 

Thanks for reading, and I hope you all have a

-DemonClaus

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can almari whistle a jaunty tune?

almari doesn't breathe, so no. however he can snap in tune with the boys down west side street

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can almari play the harmonica?

only when they invent the barcode harmonica, aptly named the barmonica

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can almari eat spagheddy

he tried but it got stuck on his screen :( forever spagheddyless

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can almari fart????

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Scan ability (WIP)

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May 2023 Update

Hey all, sorry for the several months of silence, life's had me pretty busy and the stuff I've been working on isn't really the type of stuff I can easily show off!

You see, starting in December of last year I started keeping a physical dev-journal for Almari and also started organizing all my scattered notes from the last ten years of development! 

It's definitely been an endeavor as I've figured out what's totally scrapped and what's still good and worth keeping from all my ideas, as well as refining many new ideas. In addition to that, I've been working on several documents organizing and going through each chapter of the story to get it all out of my head and summarized from previously complete versions of the areas in the game. It's a lot of work, but as a result the story, characters, and groundwork are really coming together.

As I've focused on the story, I've also given myself a chance to work out a few gameplay changes regarding touch encounters and battles that I've been a bit hung up on for the past year, and I'm glad to say I've finally figured out some answers that I like for them. However, I won't be giving any fine details until they're properly coded and tested. Though here's a little peak at some of them:

(in addition to this, running from enemies will stun them and prevent you from running into the exact same enemy after you've escaped!)

Also, Post Elvis and I have been reorganizing our music document to get things ready to go in that department as well, pretty much just spring cleaning but it gets us both in a great position going forward!

Here's another track off the soundtrack for you to check out!

And lastly, if you're looking for some fun bonus Almari stuff, @punkitt-is-here​ and I did a two-part stream of the demo together last year and I answered viewer questions as well! We had some technical difficulties in Part 1, but Part 2 is mostly fine!

Check 'em out!

With all that said, I've ended up prioritizing working on the final game over getting another demo ready despite wanting to get another one out last year. I think in the long run it's just the better approach for completing the game. I'll definitely release another playable build when I'm in the position to, whether that be the final game or another demo only time will tell. But for now, I'm gonna keep on cookin'.

Thanks for reading!

-DemonClaus

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Promotional Artwork by @punkitt-is-here

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