- August Production Report - 7 August 2023
Hello there! As promised, here’s some fresh news about ARISEN: As we talked before we are still scouting for partners to port the game on Switch & mobile. Get in touch if you are interested! Meanwhile, we are planning to work on a new patch to improve the game. It should contain: Gamepad compatibility is on its way: you’ll be able to play from your favorite spot in no time with the Steam Deck. We are assessing if it’s possible to make the game playable onto it Maybe some new content for ACT3, but just a small teasing. On a less optimistic note: in order to ensure transparency, we have to share that the 3rd act is still on hold, as we are unfortunately not generating enough revenue to support further development. Have a peek: Since we brought the game 1 year ago, we roughly sold more than 1500 units of the games, just enough to refund the invest for the game rights But not enough to inve…
- ARISEN new game update, OST release and ARISEN purchase - 12 September 2022
Hello everyone! Here’s Ben from Homecoming Studio: You may remember me as I worked with Maratus on the marketing and producing side, from the Kickstarter to the end. Today I’m writing on the Homecoming Studio behalf: We’re happy to share that we have bought back ARISEN since the bankruptcy of Maratus! A good way to keep the game in the hands of people that worked on the production. :) I’m sure your next question is: What will be the future for ARISEN? So far here’s our roadmap: This week: - We will release a new game update! It will contains a few bugfixes that improve stability and the overall game visual experience. It’s the last patch made by the Maratus team. You will find the patch note after. - We’re ready to publish the Original Soundtrack composed by Yann Rayon, we will send it to the Kickstarter Backers this week. By the end of the month, the soundractk will be available on oth…
- Patchnote v0.2.10.6 More quality of life and other stuffs! - 4 April 2022
Hello everyone! ❤️ Here comes a new patch full of little improvements that we hope you'll like! There is a few new features like the weather system or the rework of the save system. We expect way less problems with saves now! Also! From now if you reach the second act, you'll be able to restart from that point for your current save, keeping all you choices made in the first act! (you may try it with an existing save, but it might not take every previous choices into account so we recommend you use that with new saves) You'll find the complete list just bellow! Have a nice weekend travelers ❤️ The Maratus team Community suggestions: 🃏 New content: Weather system on backgrounds 🃏 Added the possibility to restart a save at the start of Act2 Quality of life: Changed the Character creation menu to make it simpler Added a validation popup to delete or restart save Improved how the quick loa…
- Patchnote v0.2.9.7 - 25 March 2022
Hello everyone! ❤️ We took the time to fix a maximum of bugs and little inconvenience in this Patch. You'll find the complete list just bellow! Have a nice weekend travelers ❤️ The Maratus team Community suggestions: 🃏 New content: Added 18 new Steam Achievements Quality of life: 🃏 Logs won't record twice a log-line when reloading a saved game. Added some secondary characters skins (Soldiers and guards) Bug fixes: Fixed a dialogue where Koda spoke in french Fixed some dialogues where the narrator spoke instead of secondary characters A1Waard Fixed displayed name a secondary character that was in french Fixed some typos (like dual instead of duel) A1KodaHub's hint were not present or in French A1IgweneilHub's hint were not present or in French A1BaeliHub's hint were not present or in French A1ViziriadHub's hint were not present or in French A1RahisHub's hint were not present or in Fren…
- Early Access Major content update - 23 March 2022
Hello everyone! ❤️ Today is a big day! We can announce that ARISEN’s Act 2 is fully playable! It’s a whole new part of the story to read! Hope you will like it, let us know! You will meet again with Igweneil, Rahis, Waard, Viziriad… The Love and Hate cards will be available. Who would you like to kiss? Shall you have a rival? What are the Mehve’s plans for the future? Where is Tarak? Will you make good choices to meet the pirate queen Aridiel? And that’s it for the main part of the update, but it also comes with fixes that you will find in the patch note here. We're always listening to your feedback, please use the bug report tool with the F8 key in game or you can still reach us on our Discord. Have a nice week travelers ❤️ The Maratus team Community suggestions: 🃏 New content: Act 2 - Prologue Act 2 - Part1 Act 2 - Part2 Act 2 - Epilogue Quality of life: Edited A2Prologue Location ch…
- Early Access Patch #2 - 3 March 2022
Hello everyone! ❤️ We are here with some good news! We have just released a new patch for ARISEN. What kind of changes have we made? Multiple backgrounds bug who come on top of the previous ones should be fixed, The journal is finally back (yeah!), check the cards you unlocked in it, the log files and your character sheet with your current relationship with the mains characters, A time feature has been added: starting now the background will have a night and day cycle. You can now unlock the Act 1 epilogue after the quests of Igweneil and Baeli, instead of the quests of the 6 main characters, which simplify the replayability of the game. Be careful: you won’t be able to complete these quests before starting the second Act of the game. And that’s it for the main part of the update, but it also comes with many fixes that you will find in the patch note here. And for the good news, we shal…
- 🎉 HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 🎉 - 16 December 2021
Hello everyone! ❤️ It's a pleasure to write a new production update as it's been a while! As the end of the year is coming, we'll give you more details about the state of the game. First, we wanted to thank you once again for your support! We received heartwarming feedback, and seeing more and more players in the game made us proud of our work. ✨ This year, a lot of things happened, bad as well as good, but we’ve succeeded in releasing ARISEN in Early Access! It’s already been 3 months since the game is available with its first act playable! But it is not over yet! For 2022, we will do our best to add more content! Here is a list of what we’re planning to do in estimated time! Before we start, we would like to clarify some points! At first, we planned to release Act 2 sooner. Unfortunately, we had several issues with how the translation works, so we did a complete rework of this system.…
- Steam Awards 2021 - Nominate ARISEN for the Story-Rich Game - 25 November 2021
Order from the King: Nominate ARISEN for the Story-Rich Game Hello everyone! ❤️ As you know, today is the Steams Awards! 🏆 We are very proud of our journey on ARISEN! Some of you have supported us since our Kickstarter and today we see that more and more people join us on the game. Although we are on early access, you have met various characters: our sweet Waard as well as the most horrible ones (hi Gawamel). You have been able to explore the beautiful cities of Maccialat and also be in some troubles that are beyond your control! Day after day, you’ve been helping to make the game better with your feedback and we thank you for that. That’s why we're counting on you to continue to support the creators in voting ARISEN in the category "story-rich" game! We still have a lot to show you and Act 1 is only the beginning of a great adventure! ✨ Enjoy a magic autumn sale! ARISEN is also 10% of…
- The Act 1 Epilogue is out! ✨ - 27 October 2021
Hello everyone! “Have you received your invitation? From Sujik to Prora’I’Ganda, all Maccials talk about the preparation of the big event. Get ready for the birthday celebration of the heir of the God-King. It is said that slaves who have shown great qualities are set free... “ Here it’s our first update: the Act 1 Epilogue is now out! With this first big update, you will be able to play the full First Act of the game, from the start to the end. Go back to your favorite playable character, take your courage in both hands, and go to the royal heir’s birthday party… It’s time to Meet the God King Mehve. Once you’ve finished the epilogue, you may be really curious to know when the prologue of the second Act shall be released! Don’t worry, we’re working on an updated roadmap to keep you informed on the next steps. What have we added or fixed recently? Starting from the tarot table, you will…
- Early Access Hotfix #2 - 6 October 2021
In this new hotfix, with more content than the previous one, our team was able to fix some bugs that the community reported to us. We are trying a new and improved save system, with an autosave that activates before each new card choice, with the coin animation feedback. The manual save is still in place, so it’s the best of both worlds! Hope you will like it. ❤️ We're still listening to your feedback, please use the bug report tool with the F8 key in game or you can still reach us on our Discord. Emoji for community suggestions: 🃏 Bug fixes: Corrected typo in "Sauvegarde" button in french Added Auto save before card choice Added Feedback on save (Coin animation) 🃏Added Quick Reload in pause menu Corrected a Gender tag on Viziriad A1Q3C3 in fr Added a locked mission feedback for Koda A1Q1 if PC has not yet met Viziriad Added a locked mission feedback for Rahis A1Q2 if PC has not yet m…
- Early Access Hotfix #1 - 23 September 2021
After a few days of ARISEN Early Access release, we will deploy today a first hotfix. Thanks to the community for reporting issues, we are of course listening to your feedback through the F8 button or on our Discord server. Seeing more and more of you talking and enjoying the game makes us incredibly proud of our achievements: we can only be grateful to you. Again thank you very much for playing! Emoji for community suggestions: 🃏 Bug fixes: Correction of the cursor when switching screens Correction of the pronouns (variable incorrectly initialized) Modification of the main menu visuals Modification of the Travel system title Quality of life: 🃏Automatic saves deactivated 🃏Save button added 🃏Added more names to the random list in Character Creation
- ARISEN Early Access is now available! - 21 September 2021
Hello! ❤️ After years of development and support from the community, we are excited to announce that ARISEN is finally AVAILABLE right now in early access! We can’t thank you enough for supporting us. For the release, we offer a discount so if you don’t have the game right now, it’s the best time to buy it! As you get our game, your feedback and support will allow us to improve and offer you more content for ARISEN. Seeing more and more of you talking and enjoying the game makes us incredibly proud of our progress: we can’t be more grateful! 💖🃏 In the following weeks, we will communicate with you the next addition of content. and updates, so stay tuned. And don’t forget to review the game and give us feedback about the first act! Thanks, the ARISEN Team ❤️
- Release date reveal + beta info - 16 September 2021
Once again, we’re here to give you thrilling news: ARISEN will be released on Early Access on 21st September! We can’t wait to be finally here and have your feedback about the game. If you want to support us again, feel free to share the news! Also for every backer who had pledged for the game reward, you will be able to play the beta tomorrow (yes, you read that well), 4 days before the big day. So the whole first act, excluding the epilogue for now, shall be available for you to play this week-end! It’s a gift from us for the release in early access and the game being delayed several times. Below you will find more information about the beta and some various facts about the project. 📜 About the beta: Tomorrow you will receive a Steam key by mail from us! If you think you don't receive it, wait a couple of hours or please check your spam folder. If you still don't have it, contact us…
- ARISEN Cinematic Trailer & new Key Art 💖 - 9 September 2021
Hello everyone! Today we have a big surprise for you: we’re excited to show you the ARISEN’s cinematic trailer! Here you can have an overview of the journey you’re going to live when the game is released! Deep relationships, meaningful choices, beautiful landscapes… We can’t wait to allow you to begin your own story. It’s also what you will have as a cinematic introduction when you launch the game. As things always come in pairs, please enjoy our new game key art made by the great Lowenael, the artist that worked on the in game cards: We hope you like all these new things and feel free to give us your feedback, we would be pleased to hear from you! See you soon for the Early Access release date (this September yes!). ;) The ARISEN Team.
- ARISEN roadmap update - 17 August 2021
Hello everyone!💖 It’s been a while since we last wrote something to you, and for a good reason: a lot of things are happening on our side! We have a lot of topics, bad as well as good, on the agenda today! First of all, let’s check the roadmap first: we had previously announced a playtesting session in May/June (with the Steam Next Fest demo to end this session). To be honest, we haven’t launched a first playtest session yet. Still, we got plenty of useful feedback on the June demo, so many thanks for your comments! Of course, we’re still planning to do some playtests sessions: the first sessions should start by the end of summer. More than a hundred of you have signed up for them, which makes us very happy! You may think, “that’s great but we want to be able to play the full game, not the playtest version. So when will we be able to play ARISEN?” We made an important decision for the…
- It's time to play the new demo! - 16 June 2021
Hello everyone! 💖 Here it’s, our new demo is now available! We’re very happy to allow you to play more of our game and get a glimpse of what’s ahead. 📜 But before you play, some words about the demo: Your progress in this demo won’t be kept for the full game (so maybe try something different that you want for your story) Your progress is automatically saved, so feel free to quit and come back later if needed The game is still in an early alpha state, so if you notice something weird, press F8 to send feedback, a bug or something else. Make sure to give us as much information as you can and if you can join us on Discord or on the Steam forum to discuss it! Please enjoy this new content! And if you want to stream this new demo, you can! Just let us know when, so we can come in the chat or share your live on our social media! 📜Check out our new gameplay trailer: And that’s it! We hope y…
- New demo for the Steam Next Fest! - 9 June 2021
Hello everyone! 💖 Surprise! For the June Steam Next Fest, we will release a limited time demo! During the event, you will have an opportunity to go further in the story. Isn’t it terrific? Let us know what you think about it! 📜 So what will you discover? We will release around 15 to 30 minutes (and more) of a new gameplay sequence, continuing the story right after the Prologue. So right after your first meeting with Baeli & Igweneil, you’ll be chosen by one of them to begin your journey. And we won’t tell you more at the moment! Discover it in game, and remember to keep other spoiler-free! 📜Check out our new gameplay trailer if you can’t wait any longer! Be ready and see you at the Next Fest June from 16 to 22! Also a quick reminder that we’re looking for playtesters, complete this form here: https://bit.ly/ARISENplaytest Hope you will enjoy our new demo! The Maratus Team. 💖
- State of production: ARISEN playtest schedule & roadmap - 12 May 2021
Hello everyone! It’s been a while since we didn’t talk here. But it’s because we have a lot coming in the next few weeks! So let’s see together what’s on the menu in today's update? A piece of big news to share and more info about our playtest & release schedule. First of all, we want to wish to congratulate Anaïs, our narrative designer and her husband Davy. They just started a new book to write. Can't wait to see what kind of cards he will play! Much love from all the team! Playtesting ARISEN and game roadmap As promised it’s now the time to talk about our plan to release the game. For now, the production is going well. As we said before, our partners are working on the English version of the first Act and we have completed the integration of the second Act in the game. About the second Act, the proofread is almost complete for the french version and we are getting ready to send it to…
- 110% FUNDED!!! First Stretch Goal announced! 🙏🎉🎉🎉 - 14 October 2020
YOU DID IT :D 🎉🥳 ARISEN is now 110% funded!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH. 🙏 You’re all awesome, breathtaking, amazing, stunning, … ! We love you! And thanks to your help we will work and achieve a best vision for our game. We aim to give you a better game. And now? The campaign will continue for a few hours and it’s time for… the stretch goals. DUN-DUN-DUUUUN!!! Let’s reach even higher with the stretch goals we prepared for you, with onions and fines herbs! About the first one: The backgrounds as you saw them in the Prologue were animated to give you a taste of what they could all be like. If we reach this goal, we'll be able to do the same for ALL the 50+ backgrounds in the full game! We will unveil more about our process soon. And there is more to come! The Higher, the Better! Link to the Kickstarter Campaign One more things: Do you remember the giveaways on Twitter and Facebook? Well, for…
- Woo hoo 50%! Half the Kickstarter campaign done! 🥳🎉🎉 - 29 September 2020
Hello travelers, We just wanted to share an update about our Kickstarter campaign: we reached the 50% goal!🎉 It’s awesome and we want to thank you all for your support. 🙏 We still have more than 2 weeks to go, so we hope we can count on your support for the next 50% or less to succeed in the campaign. If you miss the latest update on the Kickstarter page, we revealed more about our Cards mechanics. As you know ARISEN is a narrative card game with a strong focus on Emotions.💖 Soon in the development, we had the idea to use 5 “family” of emotions and we were thinking about ways to do it in-game. That’s at this moment while brainstorming we thought about cards; it seemed a good way to represent emotions and add some cool gameplay twists with the possibility to unlock and collect a new one. Plus, we love how some games used this idea, such as in Dragon Age: Inquisition from BioWare. So w…
