Yay! The Demo of A Sister's Journey has just launched this week, alongside Steam Next Fest!
The festival is already going strong, with so many amazing games to play, and if you want to give the A Sister's Journey Demo a shot, you can right now!

Additionally, as a little heads up: If you want to, but simply don't have enough time to try the demo during this Next Fest, don't worry! The demo will stay up for a while longer after that, so everyone who likes to try the game will have the chance to do so!


There have already been a lot of people trying the demo, and I want to shout out a huge Thank You to all of you, for playing the game, for your positive, kind and encouraging words on various channels, but also your valuable feedback!

I've been working hard on various small hotfixes during the last few days, listened to your feedback to make several adjustments especially regarding combat, and added a few much requested features. There's still more to come and being worked on, but for now, here's the first patch and the patch notes for demo version 1.03 :

• Added the option to always dash in the direction you're currently facing.
  
  
• Added/Fixed that you can now dodge smaller bullets and enemies while dashing.
  
  
• Added an additional accessibility option (Spiritual Guidance) for weapon shots to cost no energy.
  
  
• Made several adjustments to the first boss fight, to make it both more approachable regarding managing the adds and your energy, and give more visual cues.
  
  
• Adjusted the vertical climb section right after the second boss to make it more approachable.
  
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent picking up a Battery Core from the ground when facing away from it.
  
  
• Fixed a bug that caused shots fired with the Rapid Pulse Rifle to not always be able to travel above 1-tile high ledges.
  
  
• Made slight adjustments to the animations and mechanics so that when firing upwards, the bullets are a bit more aligned to the center of where the player stands.
  
  
• Disabled the ability to swap weapons until the Energy Core is found, to prevent accidentally switching to the broken Impact Cannon during combat at the beginning of the game.
  
  
• Made the first cave entrance in the tutorial section more visible. (There's also a minor shader bug going on at this place, which makes the doorway hard to see in some cases, which will be fixed soon as well).
  
  
• Added a little hint to the first room in Infested Caves.

That's a wrap! There are still a few more rare, and sometimes rather elusive bugs needing to be fixed, and some further improvements I've already planned, so I get right back to work. In the meantime, I wish you all a great time with the demo!

Hey everyone!

I hope all of you had a great start in the new year, and we too couldn't wait to hop right into it and start it with a bang!



The next edition of the Steam Next Fest is right around the corner, starting on Feb. 6th - and A Sister's Journey will be part of it! That's right, I'm thrilled to announce that in less than two weeks you'll be able to take a shot at the game yourself, when the new and freshly prepared Demo Version launches for the first time!

Keep your eyes peeled for more news in the following days, and if you really don't want to miss anything and be there right when the Demo launches, make sure to wishlist and follow the game!

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My Steam Deck also arrived several weeks ago, and I couldn't wait putting the game on it first thing. It was immensely satisfying to see the game boot up and run almost flawlessly right out of the box - and especially since A Sister's Journey is built with a custom engine, this definitely felt like a huge step.

I've fixed all encountered bugs so far, done some further tweaks and optimizations, and now it feels almost ready to go!
There are still some minor issues to take care of, but other than that it feels super satisfying to play A Sister's Journey on the Deck, and playing the Demo from start to finish has been a blast.

So if you own a Steam Deck, you can try it out yourself soon, too!

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No game is complete without one - And every project in development truly feels like finally becoming a real game once you give it a proper main menu!

And while it often just functions as a simple stop on your way to start the real thing, it also still is the very first thing players see of a game, therefore I took a lot of care so everyone feels warmly invited and welcomed into this wondrous world, waiting to be explored.

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Most of the work in the recent weeks was focused on preparing the demo, testing and optimizing, but a lot of progress has been made on the game itself, too! So enjoy a few more new scenes and teasers, some of which you'll likely be able to directly explore in the demo yourself.

It's probably better to keep your distance when this beam goes off.


Be quick, else you might get trapped. Or worse.


Calm and relaxing, this tranquil area invites for a small break on your long journey.



Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for the next update, the launch of the demo, and the upcoming Next Fest!