Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone, A smaller one this time — smoothing over a few things that could trip you up, plus another pass on the writing. • Boat travel: fixed a bug where taking the boat could strand you out of bounds. You'll land back on solid ground every time now. • Boss soft-lock: fixed
Hey everyone, This one's mostly about how the game feels to move through. - **Camera:** no longer clips through walls, columns, mushrooms, or temple geometry, and won't shove in to face-level when you pass behind them. Object and character pop-in is gone, and it moves more smooth
Hey everyone, The Ark has reached new shores. **The Shaman's Ark is now fully localized in Japanese.** It represents careful work, and a decision we're proud we made. Japanese players have a deep, passionate community around atmospheric indie games, and they deserve a version of
Huge thanks to everyone who reached out about the Wendigo bug: during the fight on Hardcore difficulty, the QTE segment could break, making the boss unbeatable. The issue is now resolved — enjoy the game!
The main thing: a new game mode has been added - enemies are now faster and stronger! A new set of achievements for the Path of Pain has been added. By popular demand, the Cats that could previously be missed forever have moved to more accessible locations. Now all cats can be fo
Dear friends! Autumn has come — the season when it’s so nice to wrap yourself in something warm and die to bosses in Metroidvanias, fall into pits again and again, or get skewered by spikes and traps! All this awaits you in the lands of the Ark, so don’t miss your chance to grab
Dear friends! As you know, I’ve been working on a new hardcore mode for the game. There will be new achievements tied to this mode, and new opportunities to die painful deaths across the Ark! Just the way we love it! On top of that, I’ve made some adjustments to the regular conte
Some players reported that QTE battles against late-game bosses felt unfair. At first, I thought it was just my own terrible reaction time, but… I dug into it, investigated the issue, and found a problem with input detection when the runes in QTEs were moving too fast. Now all ba
Now you can't accidentally skip the quest with the recipe book. Removed the ability to skip the battle with the secret boss. Added a new achievement. Optimized memory cleaning, now there will be no short FPS drops during the battle.
Optimized scenes of combat rituals. This significantly reduces the load on the video card during QTE.
Fixed an issue where Shaman would twitch and bounce when hitting the ground at low fps
Optimization of 3D objects: added reduction in rendering quality at a large distance. Fixed several bugs. Added the ability to skip both cutscenes at the beginning of the game (but I do not recommend you do this, there is a plot!)
- Fixed several typos in the text - Fixed textures in trance - Fixed flies on the Fly Giver boss - Foundation for NG+ mode (it's in development, it's not in the game yet!)
Hey there! The game is out - but there’s still a lot I want to add! One of those things is the classic Soulslike feature: New Game Plus . I'm starting work on it now! NG+ will unlock after finishing the game with any ending, and it will be significantly more challenging than a re
In the demo you will find: The beginning of the game's story; Training; A full-fledged location; And even a boss fight! And don't forget to add the game to your wishlist, because the release is coming soon!
Hi! We just finished a cool new interface for amulets! Now trying out different builds and tactics is not only useful, but also enjoyable! The release is coming soon, so feel free to add the game to your wishlist!
I'm happy to announce that all bosses are ready at the moment except the final one. Release is coming very soon!
Here you can leave your feedback on the demo. Good reviews will help me stay motivated and keep me warm this cold fall! Bad reviews will help make the game better at release!
Dear friends! I'm happy to announce that the free demo of Shaman's Ark is now available on Steam! It will be available until the end of the Next fest (Oct 14 - Oct 21). Therefore, I invite you to explore the lands of the Ark! In the demo version you will find: 5 large story locat