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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

With SAGE concluded, this account will only update every now and then... until the next demo, of course! 💪✨️ You can catch concept art and work in progress bits via @rambleprism.bsky.social! Perhaps you'll even see something new today... 👀

Aster (short black girl with bright yellow spiky hair) thinking about something

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aaaand that's a wrap for SAGE 2026! Thank you so, so much for playing and sharing your feedback 🤗 The latest version of the demo should stay up, so you can still play it!

Aster in a Sonic costume doing a thumbs up. There's an officer unit in a Tails costume behind her, looking confused

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So far I've had FORTY responses, holy cow! That's a solid 10% of everyone who downloaded the game. For fun, here's a few metrics. I'm especially glad most people enjoyed the story and punching, since I feel like those had my most original ideas ^^

Getting a lot of 4/5 ratings on the gamefeel

Getting a lot of 4/5 and 5/5 ratings on the cutscenes

Most people liked the punching, dashing and dialogue choices the most

Suggestion to make the game better: battle pass

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

With SAGE drawing to a close, I want to give a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who played the game, and especially everyone who filled out the feedback form! You have no idea how much it helps! Massive shoutouts in particular to this person 🫡💙

Feedback form
Text reads
Last one!
Do you have any overall suggestions to make the game better?
more yuri :)

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ahh, how I yearn for old videogame manuals... 😭 Check out this Quick Guide before you play the demo to stay one punch ahead of Aster's enemies!

Aster gets armed quick guide!

Move with the left stick or arrow keys.
Punch with the right face button or spacebar.
Tap to punch once (costs no honey).
Hold to break shields (costs honey!).
Dash with the lower face button (or ZR) (or D).
Breaks everything that's made of glass!.
Shoot with the left face button or F.
Only effective on TINY enemies.

BOOM effect. With a tiny floating Aster in her ship next to it.

Careful now! Charged punched cost honey. Keep an eye on that right meter!

Tip! See an early opening? Try punching!

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hell yeah 💪✨ But you forgot a very important one:

Wario and the tower of garlic preview on sagexpo.org

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Aster Gets Armed demo is OUT NOW! 💪 PUNCH and DASH through hordes of cops 💪 Handdrawn visuals (no AI here!) 💪 Hug your bicycle dad Play the demo today! sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showc... #indiedev | #gamedev | #GameMaker

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chicken Little's Dad will return in Aster Gets Armed

Chicken Little's dad from the movie Chicken Little giving Chicken Little a thumbs up. Chicken Little.

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good news: you've been assigned a new dad! He's also bicycle. That's not a problem, right? Meet Otto: Aster's homemade father-figure! He's a good guy with a dad-jokes chip that works overtime. #gamedev #indiedev #ocsky

A bicycle with a big mono-eye as a the headlight, a spiky metal mustache and a bubble pipe. He's attached to the ceiling with a long cable (which wraps around Aster's throat in the background by accident. The right doodles show various expressions.

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Beyond the visual for the arms being inspired by Spongebob, these games come to mind!

Rayman posing next to a giant moskito (Bzzzit) in Rayman 1

Punch Out Wii screenshot, Little Mac versus King Hippo

Star Fox 64 title screen showing Fox McCloud and the rest of the team

Demon Star Original Missions banner showing a red spaceship shooting lasers

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Exactly! Tried to find some early screenshots, here's how my game started:

A bee shaped spaceship shooting bullets from one side, while flying over a grassy field. A test object (shown as the letter 'C' in a red circle) is floating in the top left.

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

GAME DEVS! What inspired your game? #indiedev #gamedev As for me: well, honestly-

Spongebob with the inflatable anchor arms, flexing

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Less than a month until the demo's release by the way 👀

Thumbnail of Aster and her Guns-Ship, posing. Text reads: SAGE 2026 - DEMO, original games, Aster Gets Armed - SAGE '26 Demo, Rambleprism, Jul 31, 2026

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Meet/fear the diligent Officer Units! 👋 A group of hivemind robots, upholding law on Earth in 2069. They're designed to appear non-threatening and act all cute, but you'd better not get on their bad side. Which, with their ever-changing laws, is almost impossible... 😬 #gamedev #indiedev #ocsky

Text reads: Officer Units
Banners read: ILLEGAL FUN DETECTED

Drawing of a police robot with a monitor for a head, holding a pair of handcuffs, her eyes are lit up ominously.

Drawings of a small turret piloted by an Officer Unit, a crab with handcuffs for claws and sunglasses, several Officer Units floating down from parachutes, and a green and blue spaceship.

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Say hi to ASTER! 👋 A skilled inventor from Amsterdam, with zero luck and zero friends... prefers talking to machines over talking to people. She suddenly finds herself getting chased by the entire galactic police force! Luckily, she has ARMED her GUNS-SHIP! 💪 #gamedev #indiedev #ocsky

Sweaty chubby black girl with spiky yellow hair doing a peace sign with her hand, with the silhouettes of robot police officers behind her.

There's doodles of her on the right showing her in her 'battle armor', Aster laughing, Aster looking angry and her spaceship with giant inflatable muscular arm.

The banners read "ILLEGAL FUN DETECTED"

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There's still some time left before the submission period ends, which I'll be using to make a couple of tweaks. If everything goes as planned, you'll be able to get your hands on the demo starting September 11th! 💡

Doodle of Aster (girl with spiky hair) listening to music on her headphones

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm incredibly excited to announce that the @sagexpo.org demo for Aster Gets Armed... is DONE! 🥳 Look forward to experiencing the game's entire first stage, along with a bonus comic (if you've got the mad gamer skills to unlock it)! 💪

Hand drawn splash screen that reads "A SAGEXPO2026 Demo". There's little star details in the 'SAGE' part

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Videogames are art. Art is expressing yourself. If you use AI, to me you are too afraid to be vulnerable. Too afraid to create and learn. I have IMMENSE respect for ANYONE who dares to create, regardless of skill. Thank you for creating despite it all. I am proud of you and glad you're here 💪

Aster (girl with bright yellow hair and a long ponytail) in a little bee-themed spaceship, doing a peace sign with her hand. The spaceship has a big muscular arm sticking out of the side, doing a thumbs up.

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Wowie zowie! Thanks so much for the support, y'all 🥰 Hold on I have the perfect meme for this-

A very crusty jpeg of a cop robot thinking, with the text "More than 2 likes..... impressive"

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

FIRST ASTER GETS ARMED GAMEPLAY PEEK! Punch your way through handdrawn planets, reconnect with old friends and choose your path as the interplanetary plot thickens! Coming to #SAGE2026, if all goes well 💪 #indiedev | #gamedev | #GameMaker

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Aster Gets Armed @astergetsarmed.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hey thanks for checking out this account too! As a little treat, have the original concept for this logo 💪 #indiedev #gamedev

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