• [p]More and better tutorials for mechanics such as spells (Mantra & Mudra), and Vanquish (Pacify & Execute).[/p]
• [p]Changes to combat, such new hit reactions, spells and rebalancing.[/p]
• [p]A new loading screen with a shader precompile step, increasing initial load times on first launch but significantly helping reduced initial load issues on lower end hardware.[/p]

Steam Next Fest Demo

What's included?

• Opening tutorial area, the Rebirth Cave at the world's edge ("Cakravada").
  
• A full level to explore within the Desire Realm ("Khamadhatu"), Jambudvipa, a tropical continent located south of Mt Meru.
  
• Face off against the "Asura Lord of Jambudvipa": Lord Matsala, in a multi-phase boss fight that challenges everything you've learnt.
  
• Engage in an optional questline that impacts the game world: featuring the hedonistic and self-righteous Deva, Suvana.
  
• Reincarnate as 6 different playable Avatars:
  
  
  
  
  1. Asura - Anger - Wrathful demi-gods known for their fiery tempers and prowess in battle. Imposing and impassioned. Righteous fury incarnate, the multi-armed Asura grows more powerful as their being diminishes.
     
  2. Deva - Rapture - Pristine, deific beings residing in the heavens atop Mt Meru. Those who distinguish themselves with acts of mercy and kindness are reborn as the Deva, who glide lightly through the air and boast a deep well of magical power.
     
  3. Tiryag - Animality - Bestial warriors, fuelled by their instincts. Using their finely honed animal instincts for survival helps them sense unseen foes. Their heightened senses slow their perception of time in conflict, at the cost of being blinded by their single-minded mental state of stupidity and prejudice.
     
  4. Preta - Hunger - A hungry ghost. Avarice manifest. A sorry fate. Forever hungry, even in places of abundance. Their being is gradually drained as their hunger is never truly sated. Their greed requires them to sustain their life at the expense of others, and they find treasures most would miss.
     
  5. Manusya - Desire, doubt, passion, pride and above all hope - Symbolic of hope and closest to karmic harmony. To be a human is to stand at the hub of fate’s wheel. Those whose karma has not yet pulled them far from where they began will take on this balanced form.
     
  6. Naraka - Hell - Vindictive, devious punishers. Those who walk a path of violence or ill-will are attuned to and revel in punishment and suffering. Hellish beings wielding fearsome and potent combat abilities that allow them to obliterate foes even at a distance.
     
  
  
• Various enemies, weapons, spells, accessories and offhand implements to find throughout your journey.
  

Where to provide feedback?

When will the demo be removed?

• Play through the entire Bardo ("intermediate state") after the moment of death: explore acts 1, 2 and 3 of the game in your quest to Escape Samsara - the endless cycle of death and rebirth into which all life is bound.
  
• Explore all four continents of Kamadhatu during Act 1, in pursuit of The Three Jewels. Find yourself thrust into the Heavens and Hells, in an expanded rebirth area, which harbours secret areas only accessible in Act 2. Find a way to Escape Samsara before Act 3, when the 49-day cycle obliterates Kamadhatu and the karmic winds of rebirth drag you into the next life.
  
• New challenge at the end of Aparagodaniya: in pursuit of the enigmatic Kamadhenu, a "wish-granting cow".
  
• Choose to help a mysterious old woman in an optional questline found in Aparagodaniya: A Voice in the Wind, to unravel the secret behind the endless war raging over the wish-granting cow.
  
• Track down a mysterious liquid, a source of powerful visions for the Preta outcast, Raksa: in Resplendent Visions, a new questline in Viratdeha.
  
• Additional bug fixes and improvements after player feedback.
  

• Travel through all four continents and make your way to the summit of Mt Meru, or descend below and prove your skills.
  
• Experience the third boss encounter at the end of Apragodaniya where you will meet the enigmatic Kamadhenu, the "wish-granting cow".
  
• Find new quests involving the above as well as Raksa the strangely eloquent Preta.
  

What is included in the Samsara early access?

• Three continents to explore within the Desire Realm ("Khamadhatu"):
  
  
  
  
  1. Jambudvipa, a tropical continent located south of Mt Meru;
     
  2. Viratdeha, a jewel-encrusted and snow-bound continent to the east;
     
  3. Aparagodaniya, a once lush land that has turned to desert, in the west.
     
  
  
• Opening tutorial area, the Rebirth Cave at the world's edge ("Cakravada").
  
• Face off against the "Asura Lord of Jambudvipa": Lord Matsala, in a multi-phase boss fight that challenges everything you've learnt.
  
• Engage an optional questline in Jambudvipa that impacts the game world: Matsala's Folly, featuring the hedonistic and self-righteous Deva, Suvana.
  
• Reincarnate as 6 different playable Avatars:
  
  
  
  
  1. Asura - Anger - Wrathful demi-gods known for their fiery tempers and prowess in battle. Imposing and impassioned. Righteous fury incarnate, the multi-armed Asura grows more powerful as their being diminishes.
     
  2. Deva - Rapture - Pristine, deific beings residing in the heavens atop Mt Meru. Those who distinguish themselves with acts of mercy and kindness are reborn as the Deva, who glide lightly through the air and boast a deep well of magical power.
     
  3. Tiryag - Animality - Bestial warriors, fuelled by their instincts. Using their finely honed animal instincts for survival helps them sense unseen foes. Their heightened senses slow their perception of time in conflict, at the cost of being blinded by their single-minded mental state of stupidity and prejudice.
     
  4. Preta - Hunger - A hungry ghost. Avarice manifest. A sorry fate. Forever hungry, even in places of abundance. Their being is gradually drained as their hunger is never truly sated. Their greed requires them to sustain their life at the expense of others, and they find treasures most would miss.
     
  5. Manusya - Desire, doubt, passion, pride and above all hope - Symbolic of hope and closest to karmic harmony. To be a human is to stand at the hub of fate’s wheel. Those whose karma has not yet pulled them far from where they began will take on this balanced form.
     
  6. Naraka - Hell - Vindictive, devious punishers. Those who walk a path of violence or ill-will are attuned to and revel in punishment and suffering. Hellish beings wielding fearsome and potent combat abilities that allow them to obliterate foes even at a distance.
     
  
  
• Various enemies, weapons, spells, accessories and offhand implements to find throughout your journey.
  

What is the roadmap for Samsara updates?

• Fourth continent: Uttarakuru, in the North of Khamadhatu.
  
• New boss at the end of Viratdeha: Khyati, the fallen but proud Deva.
  
• Revamped Meditation Menu.
  
• Improvements to the Exploration systems.
  
• New enemies, weapons, spells, accessories and offhand implements.
  

• New boss at the end of Aparagodaniya: fought in pursuit of the enigmatic Kamadhenu, a "wish-granting cow".
  
• Improvements to the Combat systems.
  
• Additional content TBC.
  

• 1.0 release on Steam and Epic Games Store.
  
• Face the "Lord of Death": Yama, the embodiment of impermanence and judge of ones past life and actions.
  
• Experience additional questlines and complete the story ("Escape Samsara") in the final update to the base game.
  
• Improvements to the Discourse systems.
  
• PROTOGÉ Mode added: see contributions from aspiring game developers who trained at INFINITY27, an Unreal Authorised Training Center.
  

Are there any post-release updates planned?