Anemioapolis is finished and ready to ship. The planned release date of Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1 was Monday, February 27. Unfortunately, Steam's file verification process is taking longer than expected, so the revised date is Friday, March 3. Apologies for this sudden change of scheduling.

This is my first game, and I'm figuring all of this out as I go along. You guys have been anticipating this for ever, and so have I! I hope you have some time this weekend to explore the game and engage with the growing Anemoiapolis community.

thanks,
Andrew

Explore sprawling unearthly versions of mundane places? Swimming pools and shopping malls and offices and schools stretched out into dreadful empty nightmares? Yes, please, thank you.
-Alice O'Connor, Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Get ready to play Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1 in all its fluorescent glory. Take a swim, play some mini-golf, and run for your life. This is a game designed from the ground-up to make you lost.

Are you a lucky beta player? There's a lot more to see.

Featuring:

• Additional levels with dynamic environments
  
• New wandering mode (disables dialogue, loud noises, and unexpected visitors)
  
• Updated rendering effects
  
• Collectibles and exploration rewards
  
• Gamepad support

Accessibility options:

• Entirely customizable input rebinding
  
• Camera settings for reduced motion sickness
  
• Support for almost any controller
  
• Improved physics and camera motion

As always, make sure to follow on social media for bonus updates:
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Message from the developer:

Hello Steam users,

I am very excited about Anemoiapolis in its current form, and I seriously cannot wait to show you all it has to offer. But there are just too many things that need extra polish, extra development, and more love poured into it.

Last year I was busy planning my own wedding (I'm a solo dev) and had a few unfortunate health issues. Due to these things I was not able to meet my 2021 goal. I hope you will all understand!

The first half of Chapter 1 is finished and playable, but it is not available on steam. I believe Steam users expect a level of quality that this extra development time will afford me.

I am not putting a beta release on Steam, because having a singular release is the best way to put out the game to the most people. In the meantime, check out the videos and social media posts I've put out while developing!

For those of you who don't keep up on Instagram or Twitter, I've been steadily working on the game for the better part of a year. I'm proud of the new environments I've created and I hope I can exceed the expectations that the Demo has put forward. The game also saves progress now and has a pause menu (yay for basic functionality!). I thought I'd do a little write-up for curious followers and intrigued Steam users.

A few decisions I've made regarding development are listed here:

-I still want to release the game before 2022, but also I'm getting married soon so, like, we'll see about that...

-There will be an option to turn off monsters for those who want a more atmospheric experience.

-Most of the dialogue will be text elements instead of voice acting. This allows for faster development and less critiques about my programmer acting ;)

-There will be collectables (and achievements for steam users).

It seems that the pool environments are quite popular, so I've elaborated on these sections quite a bit. There are a lot of interesting nostalgic memories that come with water parks and I really wanted to capture their ethereal essence. You will definitely get your feet wet again!

I've tried to add a lot more 'subtlety' to entities you encounter in the new sections. Many times you won't know if you're actually being followed, or if it's all in your head.

I don't want to reveal too much, but I'm repurposing my previous project to make some... rather interesting environments in the game. Think House of Leaves meets Dunder Mifflin.

I'll stop spoiling the whole game now and continue working. Thanks for following along, and I hope you are looking forward to release as much as I am!