Hey all, the patch is finally here! Sorry for the delays, I ended up much busier than anticipated with many more things for the project that I'll go into in this post. But first, the patch notes!

v1.2 Changes

• The Escavator has been nerfed.
• Stan can no longer stunlock.
• The Sleep Status now heals 5% HP/WP
• Pushable rocks now have different graphics from non-pushable rocks.
• The cave where Flame is hidden received an exit at the end so backtracking through the enemies is no longer necessary. 
• A new music track for the North Cave was added: Weathered by Decon Theed
• Minor bug fix.

I had many more things I wanted to put into this, but ultimately they ended up as things that would be better to put in the next build. For example: this new battle transition.

Aside from that, I can finally talk about the exciting news I hinted at in the new years devlog. The EarthBound/Mother fansite Mother Forever runs an annual presentation of Mother fan-projects and related works called the Mother Direct, and Almari happened to be accepted into the showcase among several other incredible projects! We've been working hard on a trailer that we hope you'll love, and it'll be airing live tomorrow (6/13) at 1PM PST / 4PM EST!!

But wait there's more! 

If you've been itching for more music from Almari's soundtrack, Decon Theed has ya covered! Check out his new addition to the OST wannashoutaboutit!

And lastly I want to announce that a newer longer demo is in the works! I'm hoping to get it done by early 2022 but the curse of being an indie dev suggests it'll probably be later than that lol. But one thing I can say is that when it's done, it'll be the final public build of the game until it's finished. It will pick up from where this demo leaves off, and include the entirety of the first three emotion worlds in their final form! I hope you can look forward to that, and in the meantime, the Mother Direct is tomorrow! Be sure to check it out!

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you in the next exciting episode of Almari devlogs!!