Amata on Steam
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Rage across the mad realm of a dead god as Charlet, the immortal artificer. Explore a vast, arcane desolation wrought by hatred. Cleanse the wicked, twisted inhabitants of ancient, forgotten worlds. Help Charlet find a way home using her powerful and varied suite of combat and platforming abilities.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    26 days ago

    Whenever I see a word that looks like valid Japanese, I have to look it up because the results can be hilarious sometimes. Don’t worry, though; its only native meaning is a variation on “many/a lot”, and I’ve never heard it. Only other meaning is a figure from Rome. Drop the initial ‘a’, however, and one meaning you get crotch/groin (which is why I thought this one might be amusing). Congrats on your game!

    • zxyyr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Lmao thank you so much and very good/ amusing etymology! I chose Amata from a sort of synonym for Nirvana in Pali referencing a deathless state:

      A synonym widely used for nirvana in early texts is “deathless” or “deathfree” (Pali: amata, sanskrit: amrta) and refers to a condition “where there is no death, because there is also no birth, no coming into existence, nothing made by conditioning, and therefore no time.”

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism)

  • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Congratulations! I love the look of this game. When I get set back up I hope to give it a shot

  • almar_quigley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Looks great! What kinda difficulty would you say it is comparable to? I’ll try to play it after I’m done with black myth.

    • zxyyr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Thanks so much! I went a bit softer than something like dark souls but still should still be a decent challenge <33

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Can you share nerdy technical details about how you made it? Custom engine? Something like unity? Solo project or big team? Edit: probably Godot from the communities. I know nothing about Godot. How was it?

    When I was a kid I thought a lot about making games, but now that I’ve worked in software and spent hours being like “why the fuck does the font get bigger when I open the date picker?” I have a greater appreciation for how hard it can be.

    • zxyyr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Absolutely!

      • Godot was amazing, such a perfect fit for a first game with moderate dev experience
      • I worked on this solo for about 3 years while working a full time job
      • lmao yes there many fiddly issues with the gui for sure
  • Fecundpossum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    This is right up my alley, so I bought it, congrats on your first release! I have to imagine it’ll play great on my steamdeck, hoping anyways.

    • zxyyr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Some icons are a bit squinty but it should play well! Thank you so much!!! <33

  • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    $10.00! That’s far too much for this.

    Now, something reasonable, like $9.99…

    Just kidding, I just noticed you were one of the very rare people not playing the .99 game.

    This looks rad and I’m about to buy it.

    Edit: bought