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Steam News28 June 20261mo ago

AoA Weekly #23 - Where We Meet

Work continues on our demo. Please remember, and spread the news that it is a completely unique adventure, separate from the main Ancients of Arkar. It's like downloading a free, high quality RPG.

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addedAlong with the Archives, a new level was added where the player will fight one of the 'Truths' they hunt in the demo. This place is a charred, burnt down part of the woods with a terrible creature sitting in the middle. It also has a small environment puzzle that can weaken the boss, if the player discovers it.
changedWith those two done, and the world map continuing to garner improvements, the Demo is moving steadily along. The next week will see the end of these important levels, and then the real meat of the demo will start. The gameplay and cutscenes are always a fraction of the work time compared to making levels. I'm looking forward to it.
changedFinished the Early Arkar: The Archives Set inside a crumbling, ruined structure - this is where the player will test their influence capabilities. Your instructors may be disappointed...
changedFinished the Early Arkar: Burnt Woods Another unique location on the world map, where the player can hunt down the memento of one of the Truths that roam Arkar.
addedAdded Burnt Woods environment puzzle A small puzzle the player can discover to help weaken the boss that occupies that level.
addedRemoving Spirits in Arkar You can now remove wandering spirits for influence points that you see in Arkar. Curiously, Zulzin requires astral projection in order to see them, whereas Xiaxen does not...

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addedAlong with the Archives, a new level was added where the player will fight one of the 'Truths' they hunt in the demo. This place is a charred, burnt down part of the woods with a terrible creature sitting in the middle. It also has a small environment puzzle that can weaken the boss, if the player discovers it.
changedWith those two done, and the world map continuing to garner improvements, the Demo is moving steadily along. The next week will see the end of these important levels, and then the real meat of the demo will start. The gameplay and cutscenes are always a fraction of the work time compared to making levels. I'm looking forward to it.
changedFinished the Early Arkar: The Archives Set inside a crumbling, ruined structure - this is where the player will test their influence capabilities. Your instructors may be disappointed...
changedFinished the Early Arkar: Burnt Woods Another unique location on the world map, where the player can hunt down the memento of one of the Truths that roam Arkar.
addedAdded Burnt Woods environment puzzle A small puzzle the player can discover to help weaken the boss that occupies that level.

Work continues on our demo. Please remember, and spread the news that it is a completely unique adventure, separate from the main Ancients of Arkar. It's like downloading a free, high quality RPG.

Regarding the work this week, the foundational levels of the demo are nearly complete. This time, the Archives have been constructed, along with the 'spirit tree' that sits sprouted outside. There's also some sneaky secret here, but you didn't hear it from me. :)

Along with the Archives, a new level was added where the player will fight one of the 'Truths' they hunt in the demo. This place is a charred, burnt down part of the woods with a terrible creature sitting in the middle. It also has a small environment puzzle that can weaken the boss, if the player discovers it.

With those two done, and the world map continuing to garner improvements, the Demo is moving steadily along. The next week will see the end of these important levels, and then the real meat of the demo will start. The gameplay and cutscenes are always a fraction of the work time compared to making levels. I'm looking forward to it.

See you next time, with more level reports. :)

On to what we did this week:

  • Finished the Early Arkar: The Archives

    • Set inside a crumbling, ruined structure - this is where the player will test their influence capabilities. Your instructors may be disappointed...

  • Finished the Early Arkar: Burnt Woods

    • Another unique location on the world map, where the player can hunt down the memento of one of the Truths that roam Arkar.

  • Added Burnt Woods environment puzzle

    • A small puzzle the player can discover to help weaken the boss that occupies that level.

  • Removing Spirits in Arkar

    • You can now remove wandering spirits for influence points that you see in Arkar. Curiously, Zulzin requires astral projection in order to see them, whereas Xiaxen does not...

  • Added support for multisampling AND our shaders

    • It sound obvious and small, but the text is much more readable! (We use 3d text)

  • More demo sprites

    • Alice movement, Nod, Deny sprites

    • Callie movement, Nod, Deny sprites

    • Fungie, Xiag sitting and Holden sprites!

Steam post image"The Archives, where the true Influential One will be discovered... but perhaps not in the demo."

Steam post image"Woods that were burnt down by something sinister..."

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Steam News / 28 June 2026

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