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Armikrog delayed once again, pushed back to September 30
Pencil Test has delayed its claymation adventure game Armikrog once again, shifting its projected release date from September 8 to September 30. It's the second delay in the last four weeks. As the team points out, however, better a few weeks waiting than a buggy final product. The extra time is needed to combat some particularly troublesome bugs that prevent progression. "Over the past 7 days we've had some new technical issues pop up," explains Pencil Test. "Specifically some critical bugs called 'progression stoppers,' where users couldn’t get past certain points in the game. While these bugs continue to be fixable, they just aren't issues that we can ship with. Even this morning the Quality Assurance team kicked back a build due to an early critical bug. Yes, everyone is working through the Labor Day weekend, including our pals in Q.A."
Claymation adventure Armikrog pushed back to September
Pencil Test Studios' claymation adventure Armikrog has been pushed back a few weeks. Rather than launching on August 18, as initially planned, the game will now drop on September 8. "As we're approaching the finish line," the team writes in a Kickstarter backer update post, "we've come across some details in the game that we really want to address. Some of the issues are about tuning, while others are straight-up bugs fixes."
Clay animation adventure Armikrog confirmed August 18th
Pencil Test Studios will be releasing the Kickstarted adventure Armikrog this August. The clay animation styled game is a spiritual successor to The Neverhood. It's currently available to pre-order. The studio is using "classic sculpting, set building and clay and puppet fabrication" combined with stop-motion animation. They've got a voice cast featuring Jon Heder, Rob Paulsen and Michael J. Nelson.