The updated, near-release demo for Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz is now live. You can download and play it for free right now!

This demo includes every feature intended for the final episode release, such as:

• Rich text that supports dramatic pauses as the text scrolls (as well as an "instant text" speed if that is your preference)
• Finalized narrative that now accurately introduces the full 5-episode story. (There is so much writing I've done that isn't technically included here, but was necessary to write these scenes in a way that will be so fulfilling later. I welcome and encourage big brain theorizing.)
• Save-and-Load with 3 save slots
• Seamless audio looping
• 2 BGM tracks with dynamic layers that respond to gameplay (..and 8 more besides that)
• New cinematic opening cutscene
• More art, music, and a fun new secret mechanic :)
• Completely revamped UI design
• Keyboard control support in menus
• "Cycle through interactibles" mechanic
• No more disappearing cursors on Linux!

The only features not yet included are a "quit game" hotkey in the menu and some window options - everything else is in there and shipped.

If you've been following this game since the original demo released in February, thank you so much for your continued interest and support. I hope that playing this new demo will communicate how much work has gone into the game in that period, and how close it is to being complete. It should almost feel like a completely different game.

(If you've been following this game from MAGWest, this demo is very similar to the demo from that convention, but it has a whole extra scene at the end and a few additional feature requests implemented.)

This demo is now "complete" - it contains everything I want to see in the full game. From now on, I can focus exclusively on the remaining content, save for critical bug fixes.

The rest of the story for Episode 1 is already written, most of the music is composed, most of the art is sketched. The skeleton is all there.

I will be spending the time from now through the end of the year working hard on that remainder, and I hope to have a full game release not too far into 2025.

I'll post another devlog at the end of December with an update on how that's going. Please enjoy, and have a wonderful holiday season!