09 Dec 2024Developer post

December 2024

Greetings, comrades. As the year draws to a close, here’s a quick rundown. Before you tune out, let me present the agenda—maybe one of the topics will catch your interest, and you can jump straight to it: 1. **Priest Simulator** 2. **Mercyful Flames** 3. **Taxi Simulator** 4. **Y

Greetings, comrades.

As the year draws to a close, here’s a quick rundown. Before you tune out, let me present the agenda—maybe one of the topics will catch your interest, and you can jump straight to it:

1. **Priest Simulator**
2. **Mercyful Flames**
3. **Taxi Simulator**
4. **Your Principal**

Priest Simulator

Our most recognized franchise so far is keeping us busy:

The **Vampire Show** has left Early Access. However, we’ve already received feedback about some messed-up lipsync and issues with the final raid not registering correctly. We’ve fixed the first problem, and we’re working on the second. A patch is on its way.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947900/Priest_Simulator_Her_Ghost_DLC/

We’ve released *Her Ghost*, a DLC for *Vampire Show*, offering about an hour of new gameplay. Some of you may remember that we declared the game finished months ago, but for various reasons, the launch was delayed. Sure, any game can be endlessly improved, so we added a few more cards to the Trello board. Plus, we wanted to experiment with creating DLC, so we decided to add new content roughly on the scale of *Heavy Duty*. Big thanks to everyone who purchased it.

We also made the soundtrack available some time ago. You can listen to it on Spotify or YouTube. The music video for the standout track *Legion* is doing pretty well at festivals:

- Winner: Best Polish Animated Music Video at PL Music Video Awards 2024
- Winner: *Black Horse of Music Videos* at Ars Independent 2024
- Semi-finalist: Azyl Shorts 2024

It was also officially selected for:
Animakom Fest 2024,
Żubroffka 2024 (Music Video category),
Animest 2024,
Splat!FilmFest 2024,
Grand Video Awards 2024 (Music Video category),
Offeliada 2024,
Linoleum 2024.

Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMop-7BM4ds

That’s not all the news from the *Priest* universe. We’ve been working for months on the next installment, *Wolf Moon*. It continues threads from the previous games but takes them in a very different direction. It’s a low-poly action RPG inspired by MOBAs and *Vampire Survivors*. We intended to release the Steam page this year, but it’s not yet up to our standards.

Mercyful Flames

We’ve really gone all out on this one. Last year, we made the tough decision to rework the game completely—a decision that was challenging but ultimately necessary. The original concept of a card-based RPG might resurface in a future project, but not here. *Mercyful Flames* always had great atmosphere but struggled with the transition of our physical designs into a digital format.

This time, we went all in, inspired by a friend’s comment: “I’d buy a *Priest* game that’s just cutscenes.” While it’s an oversimplification, it nudged us toward creating a minimalist, gameplay-light experience.

The game is going through what feels like its hundredth iteration. I admit I’ve gone a bit obsessive, tweaking every little detail. We keep adding minor dialogues or effects to enhance the illusion of a living world. The game is divided into dozens of “scenes,” and polishing one often makes others look subpar in comparison. At that point, we have to even things out, one way or another.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1066740/Mercyful_Flames_The_Witches/

As with *Vulgator*, we’ve collaborated with acclaimed Polish artists. This time, we worked with *Alembik*, a duo comprising Robert and Michał. You might know Michał from *Owls Woods Graves*, *Over the Voids*, and *Mgła* (live). They composed the soundtrack, which will also be available as a standalone album on streaming platforms.

Taxi Simulator

Now for our biggest project. We’ve been dedicating our lives to this one and regularly post devlogs about its progress. The game has a completely different vibe from anything we’ve done before—less experimental, more craftsmanship. This time, the title isn’t some ironic twist; it’s exactly what it says.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159390/Taxi_Simulator/

**Your Principal** is temporarily on hold by mutual agreement with the publisher. We’ll return to it next year.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176330/Your_Principal/

Apart from these titles, we’re also working on a port—or rather, a remaster—of a certain hit, but we’re not revealing any details yet.

By the way, you might have read rumors that we’re quitting game development to start selling weapons. Some reliable Polish media outlets got their facts and companies mixed up. I won’t bother denying it because it works in our favor.

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16 Jun 2024Developer post

Mercyful Fest

Yello. Didn't want to spam you with some demo, after all it's just demo, and you deserve it all... But decided to change my mind. Better late than never. It just hit me that there is no business without spam, and we need this business to keep rolling, if you want more games. Roll

23 Jan 2024Developer post

01-2024

Hello, a short summary of what's going on here, because apparently you're worried about us. At least the more sensitive ones. Priest Simulator: Vampire Show is waiting not so much for being finished, but for the right arrangement of stars and other events that will allow it to em

03 Jan 2023Developer post

Morbid Sales

Hi, I'd like to make a statement ːmarryː. Well, there is a sale going on. You can buy the entire set of our first three paid games for a few bucks. Yes, this is really happening and it will be happening one more day. Perfect opportunity to add something to your pile of shame ːgeo

10 Dec 2022Developer post

Priest Master

Hello, fanatics. I would like to announce that we are working on a bridge between Priest Simulator and Booze Master. This means that as soon as we're done with the former and before the release of the latter, you're gonna experience a short winter adventure, meeting characters yo

15 May 2022Developer post

400 of You

Hey, thanks for following. There are 400 sick people in the party now. We've made a poster for you in the French New Wave style. Nostramadus is the character in Priest Simulator, Human Farm, Mercyful Flames, and Your Principal. This gentleman is our little tribute to the French c

30 Apr 2022Developer post

Q&A #5

Yello. As promised, with the last day of every month I post a video with Q&A. I'm on a short vacation, so it was quick this time. Video is in Polish, but there are English subtitles included. Standard reminder: subscribe.

23 Apr 2022Developer post

Q&A Series

Yello. I've promised to start publishing monthly videos with the beginning of the 2022, and so far I am delivering on that promise. We're recording the videos in Polish, but there are English subtitles included. I'm a bit clumsy, but still learning. Here you go: If you have any q

21 Feb 2022Developer post

Booze Master Demo. HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Priest supporters - here comes more of it. Human Farm and Your Principal followers - here is the quality you can expect! Okay, we can't just make promises. Every once in a while, even a fake studio like us has to release some abandonware. This wretched evening has come. We presen

28 Oct 2021Developer post

Developer Page

Hello beloved players ːpraisesunː. We've got this developer page here: Please, follow us. As a thank-you gift we will prepare a decent patch for Heavy Duty. And give you this trailer: And this contest:

21 Oct 2021Developer post

Heavy Duty

Yello. We'd like to inform you, that there is this game we made, and it's called Heavy Duty. You can download it for free here: It's a short episode from the life of Father Orlok. Heavy Duty is not a demo! These are two different stories. We recommend playing both to get a taste

04 Oct 2021Developer post

Champagne Problems 2

I don't want to bore you with stories like we've tried so hard to deliver demos to the Steam festival. Everyone already knows the standard developer lament. The lament of a person who made every effort to deliver on time, but with heartache she/he had to make a difficult decision

I don't want to bore you with stories like we've tried so hard to deliver demos to the Steam festival. Everyone already knows the standard developer lament. The lament of a person who made every effort to deliver on time, but with heartache she/he had to make a difficult decision to postpone the premiere. But what else can I say? We're in this fucked up situation too.

We did three demos. Two working, one defective.

The latter is Mercyful Flames. Despite the fact that almost all the plans related to the development of the game have been completed, the final version is not satisfactory for us. Simply put, it sucks. We will only release versions of the games that we do not consider a waste of your time. Mercyful Flames still has annoying bugs, performance problems, lighting problems, translation problems, UX problems, sometimes very poor sound and a lot of other shortcomings. Of course, all of this will be eliminated. When? We will not provide any dates. The current festival was a deadline. The lesson we have for the future is that we do not operate on deadlines. We make the game until we can present it with a clear conscience.

The second demo we haven't released despite being made is Booze Master. The Booze Master was prepared in a very correct form. It's a correct game, with correct graphics, correct performance, correct sound, awesome music, awesome characters, decent UI blabla... But in gerneral, it's... just correct. At a time when a few good games are published every day, presenting the correct game is an ecological crime. We realized the demo plan, but the plan wasn't good enough. The game needs some polishing and we will keep polishing it until we say "okay, this is good".

That's what we could say about Priest Simulator. It's not perfect, but we did our best here. If you haven't heard about Priest and are waiting for Mercyful or Booze, I recommend checking out the demo. We released it. This is our benchmark.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1405690

I apologize we haven't brought you two demos this time. Shame as hell, but I'd be more embarrassed if we published it. Hope Priest Simulator will make it up to you.

Answering a question that has already arisen somewhere: Asmodev projects are being developed in parallel. Not by one person who works on a different project every day. It has no relation.

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03 Apr 2021Developer post

Asmodev Newsletter - Champagne Problems

How are you doing heavy metal maniacs ːpraisesunː? As our games are interconnected, I came up with the idea to spam you with all the updates with one sheet, just like supermarkets do. I think it’s a fair spam, we all live to spend money in supermarkets. There is no logic behind t

How are you doing heavy metal maniacs ːpraisesunː? As our games are interconnected, I came up with the idea to spam you with all the updates with one sheet, just like supermarkets do. I think it’s a fair spam, we all live to spend money in supermarkets. There is no logic behind the order that I would be aware of - I acted intuitively. And I doubt I’ll stick to the same order every time. But let’s get down to business. Can I get a witness?

I picked up the main issues we had to deal with this week, and probably will still be dealing with during the next one.

BOOZE MASTER

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057600/Booze_Master/

We’ve already learned the lesson. The art must be coherent. We lost our vision here and there during Infernal Radiation development, now we’re taking care of the cohesion of Booze Master. This week we’ve been trying to make the windows fit together. We chose the „general feel” of UI, and it’s almost finished, but there are still some areas to improve. Firstly, some elements are still too mobile, which doesn’t go very well with a three-dimensional, realistic world. Secondly, there are parts that feel too modern, which doesn’t go very well with the cartoon/wooden aesthetics we decided to stick to.

HUMAN FARM

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1276510/Human_Farm/

Our meat plant was too far away. Too far away from home, too far away from the main street, consequently too far from the vendors, and too far from the clients. It meant the game looked a bit like a running simulator. You’d kill us for backtracking. I mean, you’ll kill us for backtracking anyway, but rather softly, because it doesn't hurt anymore. I feel all flushed with fever, but that’s a farming game, for fuck’s sake. You’ll love the the coziness of our tiny town, and the duplicity of our small community. Of course, relocating the factory resulted in, among other things, redoing the environment, moving tutorial triggers etc. Well, that's what we're here for. Look at the picture to imagine the difference.

PRIEST SIMULATOR

https://store.steampowered.com/app/950620/Priest_Simulator/

Believe me, we want this demo to be out as badly as no-one in the whole world, even you. What must be done in order to release it? We have to polish this shit because we're still ashamed of some of some details. We’re good with feeling ashamed of our story, AI, graphics, hardware requirements, but not things like that you can see on the screenshot. There will be no levitating trees in Priest Simulator, apologies.

MERCYFUL FLAMES

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1066740/Mercyful_Flames/

Oh no. This was a typical week of invisible steps. What I mean is that we’ve got nothing new to share with you, as we’re fulfilling a duty of refactoring the code. Mercyful Flames got bigger, we designed new features to make the game more engaging, and that resulted in the necessity of renovation the old features. Live is life. We all give the power, we all give the best.

ULTIMATE SUMMER

https://store.steampowered.com/app/664460/Ultimate_Summer/

We plan to get out of EA next month. We’re finishing adding new sounds, and tracks. The comic book is finished.

INFERNAL RADIATION

https://store.steampowered.com/app/832140/Infernal_Radiation/

Guys, it’s 90% off now. It’s a brutal discount.

My last words:

I think I’ll be repeating this each time we meet. If you want to support us, please add our games to your wishlist or buy any of them. If you already have played one of our games, and you liked it, please leave us a review, may be a short one, because it simply results in development of our team, and quality of the games. ːironfistː

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28 Dec 2020Developer post

Infernal Radiation is published

No siema! As promised, we're leaving Early Access. We'd love to say it's the last patch we're uploading, but let's be serious - there will always be something to fix. So we'll be ready to work in case you find something worth working on. Anyway, Infernal in its current state dese

23 Dec 2020Developer post

Childhood's End

Hello. We've done it. Thanks to all who supported us and gave any feedback. We've prepared the last EA patch, the game will "get full" on December 28. Hopefully, we'll be able to publish our Steam cards then. As our EA slot is free now, we've got another game coming there next mo

11 Nov 2020Developer post

Early Access Update #6

Yello. A lot of bugs eliminated, features improved, economy balanced, battles balanced. However, the biggest news is that we finally optimized the game. I hope your FPS will go up like crazy. Also, if you like Infernal Radiation , please leave a review (it can be a short one), be

18 Oct 2020Developer post

Quick solution to ERASED SAVE FILES problem

Mea culpa. In case you lost your save files recently because of the update, take it easy. They are in AppData\\LocalLow\\Delirma. Just please copy them to AppData\\LocalLow\\Asmodev. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you need help, leave a message here or DM me. Ranarif, thanks for

15 Oct 2020Developer post

Early Access Update #5

Holy shit, we've broken the game a little bit yesterday. You could lose your inventory while switching difficulty level. Also, you could get some trophies accidentally. I've found out there is a hole you can easily exploit. Gold respawns when you switch difficulty, so you can far

14 Oct 2020Developer post

Early Access Update #4

Yello. We've got a challange for you. There are 36 achievements now, and finishing game on all the levels should make you platinum. The law is retroactive, you'll get what you deserve simply by turning on the game. Sadly, there is one exception we may fix in the future. The Show

07 Oct 2020Developer post

Early Access Update #3

Here it comes. We've expanded the final scene so the game doesn't end suddenly after the last fight. Also, we've changed the way you trigger the story boxes. They don't disappear now. We've improved translations in several languages. Thanks a lot to Ruzy from estenoesmijuego.es.

Updates & announcements

Priest Simulator

Mercyful Flames

Taxi Simulator