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# Bored Kid Releases ArMystic Demo Ahead of Steam Next Fest
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/bored-kid-releases-armystic-demo-ahead-of-steam-next-fest/
- Published: 2026-10-12T20:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T20:20:59.000Z
- Description: The work-in-progress build of the mixed-media RPG Maker game is free on itch.io for Windows and Mac.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: RPG, ArMystic, Bored Kid, rpg maker, Surreal, mixed media, collage, demo, itch.io, #radar-item

*ArMystic* is an exploration RPG made in RPG Maker by a developer who works as [Bored Kid](https://www.instagram.com/very%5Fbored%5Fkid/?ref=killscreen.com). The [work-in-progress demo](https://0bored-kid0.itch.io/armystic?ref=killscreen.com) went up on itch.io on Oct. 8, free for Windows and Mac. The developer calls it a build made in preparation for Steam Next Fest, whose next edition runs Oct. 19 to 26, and the [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4731960/ArMystic/?ref=killscreen.com) lists the full game as coming soon. "After years of work, I'm happy to finally have a piece of it out there," Bored Kid wrote.

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The demo announcement for **ArMystic*. Video: [Bored Kid](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeQG31gNu-i/?ref=killscreen.com)

The store page promises "handcrafted mixed-media environments," and the screenshots deliver. One battle plays out in a grainy red-and-gold brick room. A coastline is drawn in flat yellow and blue pixels. Another screen is a kaleidoscope of photographed fish. Bored Kid's Instagram shows some of the bench work, including [character art built on a clay-covered toy gun](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcB5nm-G7vX/?ref=killscreen.com).

The stated influences are *LSD: Dream Emulator* and *Yume Nikki*, the two games nearly every surreal wander-around project cites. Both made dreams out of spaces that never explain themselves, and *ArMystic* keeps that rule: the page says the game "does not hold your hand." What it adds is collage. Drawing, photo and pixel share a frame the way they do in a zine, and RPG Maker, a tool better known for uniform tilesets, is the glue.

The full game lists turn-based combat, multiple endings, and a soundtrack of more than 120 original tracks. The itch page is tagged as made with no generative AI. Killscreen [wrote about an effort to remake *LSD: Dream Emulator*](https://www.killscreen.com/lsd-revamped/) in 2014.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/armystic-battle.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/armystic-sea.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/armystic-fish.jpg)

Screenshots from **ArMystic*. Images: Bored Kid

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