Hey kids, have you played Prototype N's new demo yet? It's really cool! So cool, in fact, that it's got the first spot on the itch front page as of this writing. On behalf of Arri and the team I'd like to thank everyone!
...Though if you have tried to play and experienced funny letters, it turns out the game wasn't working with locale settings for languages that don't use the latin alphabet, like Japanese or Korean. There's a hotfix up on the itch page now that should get rid of that problem! But as always, let us know if you find any other bugs!
As a special treat, I wanted to post some of my concept art for this version of the game. The two biggest additions are the inclusion of cutscenes and the introduction of a new character (technically two new characters if you didn't play the Halloween special). I wrote and boarded those cutscenes and designed those characters.
These are the original sketches I did. They were then converted by pixel art through the combined efforts of @engineerkappa, @arrietty and myself. We even snuck in some easter eggs onto those cutscenes! Have you noticed them?
Shouko Uehara, the self-proclaimed charismatic genius, is the lead engineer at Kabuto Corp. I'm sure she's an honest person with no ulterior motives. By the way, the kanji for her name is 上原正子.
I couldn't wait to share this character with y'all (the first sketches of her date back to August 2023!) - and of course this isn't even the end of all the surprises we have in store. For all of you who can't wait for the full game, trust us: we can't wait either!