Hello, Girls and Arms,
📢 We have some Arm of Satan news! But first, exposition!
As some of you know, Ludophoria is a small collective of devs and friends. We all work part-time in various areas (lecturing, making pizzas, throwing people in the sea, etc.), and Ludophoria itself provides us with the odd outsourced game dev job too, which keep us even busier. Our small collective just got smaller, as two of our talented team members have ricocheted off into the sunset (they have left the team, with our blessing and well-wishes).
What does this mean for AoS? 🤷
We are aiming to release Arm of Satan: Chapter 1, in May 2025.
What is AoS: Chapter 1? 🤔
- A compromise that allows us to release something for all of our wishlisters and fans that have patiently awaited the game.
- The first chapter (of 3) of the game's story, taking the players through the first world via 6 full story levels.
- A large collection of Tribulation levels (arcade mode) that pushes the difficulty level, and challenges you to set fast times.
- Playable solo or local co-op, with support for keyboard and mouse, and controller.
⚠️ The game won't include online co-op (although it will be Steam Remote-play compatible), and won't have online leaderboards for the Arcade Mode.
Will there be a Chapter 2? 👀
Whilst work has been done on Chapters 2 & 3, and online functionality, it cannot progress without funding. If we got funding, or made enough from sales of Chapter 1, we could continue with the rest of the game and release as DLC, but for now, it will just be the first installment of the story that we release.
This does mean the game will be a lower price than originally planned!
That's all for now. Wish us luck! 💖