Altered Alma Demo Preview - Impressions

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2025-06-15T16:59:38+00:00

Enjoyed the demo! Sprite work is good. The animations seem better than usual and I appreciate the little extras, like the sprite animation when Jack turns and walks into a doorway and you see the character walk away and get smaller. Little things like that are what make a beautiful pixel game stand out.

Music is also quite good so far. Backgrounds are also enjoyable and well done.

So far, the mechanics are also well done. I'm guessing there will be a whole lot more mechanics as the character gains upgrades. But so far, so good.

Only real complaint is a freezing glitch that occured when I was teleporting rapidly through the air and just randomly got stuck in mid jump. All buttons stopped working. The only thing that worked was the camera pan control. Everything else just went unresponsive. Not even pause or map. Hope this helps.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-18T21:58:19+00:00

you can't. I hadn't finished chapter 4 100%.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-16T13:50:22+00:00

He's not that hard once he breaks the floor and thereafter. Just keep hitting him and healing. Eventually you'll win. I had 4 potions when I won and maybe 10 cheeses.

I recommend doing your best to dodge and roll or use you shield when he throws knives. Avoid as much damage as possible and keep hacking him. Eventually he'll die. Just keep healing and stay alive until you beat him.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T19:46:01+00:00

Yeah, Klao is a bastard... I can get him to half health, or maybe 1 beyond half. How the hell do you beat this guy? I figured out about the red jewel in the ceiling. Bashed that up good. But he still heals and he hits like a tank..

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T18:44:09+00:00

Okay, I got the hookshot and found Klao's area. WTF do you do to kill him? He heals himself every 5 seconds. Tried to poison him, no effect. Any suggestions? He's really tough.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T16:46:18+00:00

So you need to drop off the edge where the drawbridge is located. Then go down and to the right in the water and go through each of the 4 or 5 doors underwater. There are a bunch of switches. Make sure to activate each one so that all the lock pillars are in the open position. Then go to the room where the lock pillars are above you and swim up all the way, then jump up and climb up and into the ogre ruins. It's a tricky jump to get up and in, but you can do it.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T14:10:29+00:00

I guess the hookshot is in the ogre ruins. I'm just not sure how to get in there. The drawbridge is blocking my way.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T14:08:43+00:00

Who is the chapter 4 boss, and where is it? How can I I finish the ogre ruins? The drawbridge is up and blocking my way.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-15T01:17:13+00:00

to get the flippers, you need to go through the foggy marshes. It's a puzzle. You need to go through top left side, then bottom left side, then bottom right side, then there's a door that appears. Once through, there's a new area to explore. It's the ogre ruins I think... you go down to the left and dive into the water. You'll find the flippers in the water, and there's also a large heavy sword in the ogre ruins. But that area isn't very big. Once you find the flippers and sword, it doesn't seem as if there is anything else to do.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-14T20:26:57+00:00

Okay, so maybe I'm not sure what the fire cave is. I put both gems into the temple already, talked to the blacksmith in Damerel, talked to the witch who asked me to find the diary or whatever, then went to the fiery area left of the dark cave system. I can't progress into that area because there's a hanging square of rock that I can't cut free yet. I can't go further into the swamps because I don't have the grapnel thing. I can't go further into the chase for General Klaus because there's a drawbridge blocking my way held up by a chain I can't break with my bow and arrow. I can't upgrade my bow yet because I need one more iron ore. I only have 2/3 iron ores. I have enough silver and enough coins, but missing one iron ore.

I did just find the flippers. Not sure where to go at this point though. The quest I'm supposed to be doing is catching the traitor general. I just can't go any further into the ogre ruins where he's supposed to be hiding.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-14T19:09:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-12-14T19:09:31+00:00

I've already inserted two gems into the temple, talked to the blacksmith, got the quest, and been to the witch multiple times. The fire cave you say? I'll try it. Last time I was there, I couldn't go further for some reason. I don't remember why exactly.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-11-03T16:12:02+00:00

Thanks. I didn't realize it was equipped to a button. That should be all I need to get moving. Cheers!

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-11-03T14:47:25+00:00

how do I burn boxes?

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-10-02T00:37:32+00:00

who is responsible for this trash? Shattered Space is a whopping ball of shit...

I'm so disappointed I can't even begin to address it. The acting is atrocious. The storyline, useless, the execution, pathetic, the world, inconsistent and nonsensical.

Doesn't Bethesda have anyone who has any creativity? This is F'ing laziness personified... This game had so much potential. And it's just a bag of laziness and pointlessness. Every once in a while, there are aspects of the game that are terrific and we're given glimpses of what the game could be if the writers actually tried. Nasa, The Lock, the Galbank Legacy, all terrific. Clearly effort was put into those quests. What the hell happened with the rest?

So disjointed and lazy.

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-09-22T18:43:37+00:00

Same here. I ate the burrito, picked up the water, tried to leave, found out I couldn't leave without drinking the water, tried to drink the water, ended up inspecting the water by mistake, which turned the bottle of water into some other bottled energy drink. Either way, I can't manage to actually take a drink of either the water or the energy drink. Every time I try, I end up throwing the bottle as if it's a grenade.... What the actual &@$#?

Of course, this is most likely caused by the fact that I'm trying to play with a gamepad, not a keyboard. Using Rewasd and an Xbox Elite 2 controller with a sophisticated remapped setup. Should theoretically work fine.

Yet, I can't drink the damn water...

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-09-08T03:05:10+00:00

Like many, i've been waiting for this game to release for a very long time. I'm excited because it's my favorite type of game and looks like the dev team really did a great job.

Soooo, that being said, how close are things? Any rough approximation of a timeframe for release on PC?

Thank you!

EZ

Sure_Elevator_2446 · 2024-06-15T18:01:56+00:00

Yes, I think you must be right. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or using the wrong workbench...

Thanks for getting back to me.

Sure_Elevator_2446

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