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Amalgame's Tour pt.1

Eyh Boss !!!

Do you believe that artists need decent temperature to work ??? Me neither. Our local fox roommate had to put like 16 fans, 4 AC and a lot of water to make them draw. This was smart because they immediatly began to do things.

So, like, you know, I thought it would be cool to bring you to a special tour of the City of Amalgame, and show you some concept art ! Come come come boss, you'll like it !

AMALGAME

Amalgame is a city of movement. Like a gyroscope, she turns on herself, propelled by a complex network of gears and strange machinerie, but most of all by her Heart, her formidable and fragile motor, kept safe in the Kinetic Temple. Amalgame is the last vessel for the Matter, as she is a lonely beacon of light in the immensity of the Void. To protect themselves, her inhabitants, the Larris, make her grow regularly to push away this Nothingness they fear so much. But Lastly, Amalgame shows signs of fatigue, her precious flesh rotten by rust and her bones fractured by the constant effort she has to provide.

KINETIC TEMPLE

The Heart of the City is kept safe in this ancient buildings in one of the most antique disc, pushed away from the center by the repeted growth. Inside, the Guardian of the Movement, Lyra Alden, and her Maiden, repair the senile mecanisms and nurture the old Heart relentlessly. Once a shining demonstration of the power of the Larris, the temple is now more of a necessary liability for its government, the Great Choreographers, and the Maiden suffer each day, sacrifying everything they have to little to no aknowledgment.

THE CHORUS

Vibrant heart of the City, the Chorus is the bastion of the government, the Great Choreographers. No one is allowed to enter the monumental building in its center, except those who won an audience with their leaders.

THE ORACLE'S SPHERE

The ancient prophet has, a long time ago, retreated in this curious silvery orb who orbits around the discs, opening its doors only for those in search of an answer. Physics seem to retreat as you enter in its walls, walking in a landscape without border, an horizon far away, and, some feet farther, the Oracle, waiting for you at their table, sat in a confortable chair, expression indecipherable

Well, boss, anything you liked ? Because soon you'll have round two !

Oh, and because my artists are french, you'll have soon a side blog in very good français !

See ya soon !

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We’re a small team of two artists plus super cool people who help us from time to time, and we’re happy to work on our very first visual novel, Amalgame !

Tumblr is such a cool way to share our progress with you because it’s so much slow-paced than other social medias, and we can taaaaaaaaaalk ! (by the way, our asks are open if you have some !)

If we have longer news or if we want to tell you about specific stuff we are cooking, it will be here <3

Amalgame holds a very special place in our hearts, because it went a long way.

We had a first run with a very different story for a gamejam in 2024, with a third creator who took the scenarist job. Gamejam version fell short because we made a very silly mistake : we are french, and accentuation doesn’t go well with html lol.

But we were very motivated to make our game playable, and took time to make it right on the code side, but also for making a beautiful game with clean UI.

And then, terrible things happened.

For... Reasons, we had to run away from our house, and went no contact with the scenarist.

We were stuck with ideas, pictures, and a lot more depression, but keeping the scenario would still be stealing. I was devastated, but Seb, the other creator, rolled up his sleeves and began to write.

It was difficult : we had to find a delicate way of creating a brand new story while still using the common worldbuilding done during the gamejam, as we wanted to keep our artwork.

But Seb did it. And I joined to help him, and a new Amalgame was born.

This game is, on many ways, our fight again sadness, pain, anger and grief.

It tells the story of Seryn, an explorator, who sees his world sinking into the Void and still thinks there is a way. A way to make it work, a way to make it better even. We follow his investigation on why the Void keeps eating the city, and the people who help him, for better or worse.

A Hero, gilded in ivory and iron, relentless in her fight despite the aching and the pain.

A Prophet, too old and too wise, chained by their regrets while they look at the end of a world.

A Robot, beating heart of an antique clockwork, discovering what it feels to be himself.

And we hope that you'll love this story