Hello everyone! We are super pumped to announce that the demo for Ashikai will drop on the 23th of July!! It's the perfect time as we are participating in GamePavilionJP 2026 Summer (July 17th - 31st) and Eastern Martial Artists Week (July 23th - July 31st) from spiral up games!
Many improvements from the last playtest have been added and content for you!
Hope to see you all there!
-One Isometric Man
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