I've been quietly working on Harju, the second-to-last area, which is now finally done - only one area left! Development of Harju has introduced many tweaks to tutorial area as well, so I decided to upload a new demo build to itch.io and Steam. There's nothing critical, but the overall experience is all the more smoother for the tiny changes.

0.5.0 changelog

• Intro cutscene dialogue changes
• Intro cutscene: Maire has a cartridge now
• Easier to ride on Kaakanas
• Shorter bossfight
• Changes in signpost texts
• Minor changes in level design
• A new Hattu design
• Some other stuff I forgot

• You are MAIRE, a retrobiologist willingly trapped in an unknown world.
  
• You're only equipped with a data-gathering SKANNER' gun.
  
• Use it to EXPLORE THE ECOSYSTEM and COMPREHEND THE CREATURES.
  
• Every screen presents you with the question "How do I get from here to there?".
  
• To find the answer, interact with the creatures by using your SKANN- huh?
  
• What do you mean you "don't have your SKANNER'"?
  
• But you just had it when you stepped onto the telepor-
  
• It disappeared during the teleportation?????
  
• Uh, it still must be somewhere near. Just look around, it's not like we're in a hurry or anyth-
  
• "A COMET is heading towards EMUULEHTO"?
  
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• ...Ok update the mission statement.
  
• EXPLORE THE ECOSYSTEM. COMPREHEND THE CREATURES. And SAVE THE SPECIES!

• OS: Ubuntu 10.04+
• Processor: 2GHz+Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Graphics: 128MBAdditional Notes: If you can run other games on Steam. it's probably OK