Talaka

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• Announcements·1 Sept 2026Official

  Talaka Demo is Out Now!

  Hey everyone,The wait is over! The Talaka demo is live on Steam right now.Wield god-blessed weapons, take on corrupted legends pulled from Brazilian folklore, and help Talaka on her journey through a hand-painted world unlike anything you've seen.This has been a long time coming for the Potato Kid team, and we can't wait to hear what you think. Jump in, try out the weapons, mix up some combos, and let us know how it feels.Want a preview before diving in? Check out the trailer here: Thank you for wishlisting, following along, and sticking with Talaka this far. It genuinely means a lot to the team, and we hope the demo gives you a good sense of what's coming.Download the Demo Today:
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• Announcements·31 Jul 2026Official

  TALAKA's Closed Beta is wrapping up!

  Hello, everyone!We’ve reached the end of Talaka’s Beta Test period, and we want to thank you with all our hearts for playing and sending feedback throughout this process.What’s going to happen: 🔑 Starting NOW, it will no longer be possible to claim new keys. 🔐 The Steam beta keys will be revoked by August 3rd and will stop working from that moment on. 🎮 This means access to the test build will be closed, but we’ll give an extra period, where you’ll have this weekend to play and fill out the feedback form.However, if you’re interested in continuing to chat about TALAKA, or follow its development in real-time, or get priority access to news, join the PotatoKid Discord. It's where we'll post the freshest updates about the game. It’s been a bit quiet there because we were busy with the Closed Beta development, and we focused on Acclaim’s server during this period, but we’re going to shake things up over there! So stay tuned.Once again, thank you so much for your support and patience during this phase! Your feedback made all the difference, and we’ll keep working hard to deliver the best possible version of Talaka. ✨Cheers!
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• Patch Notes·23 Jul 2026Official

  Mid-Beta Update

  Hi there folks! Potato Kid team here, bringing you a freshly baked new Talaka build just out of the oven! This build contains dozens of fixes, changes and improvements based on the first week of Beta testing. Thank you so much to our dear beta testers for making this possible! Here is the change log of what’s in Build 0.8.4.26:1.ImprovementsCrouch & Crouchstrike!!!Talaka can now crouch to stay away from some of those projectiles! And bonus: she can perform a crouch strike to repel pesky folks getting too close, like that little fiery snake!Getting Hit & FlowChanged Talaka’s reaction, physics, and consequences when she takes Body Damage from enemies (collisions with the enemy’s body). Now she won’t be stopped on her tracks when colliding with enemies, but will still take damage. This is designed to keep the game flow faster and offer more freedom of movement overall in combat. Please note Talaka will still be knocked back and interrupted by enemy attacks.2.FixesCombat & Gameplay ImprovementsFixed a stunlock exploit in Miniboss "Cabeça da Mula" (Head of the Headless Mule).Fixed a bug in the room that unlocks the Kumbu brush that prevented glitch walls from disabling.Added a larger and clearer low health warning to improve urgency to heal. Exploration & World NavigationFixed physics to prevent Talaka from "hugging" walls across the game.Fixed a few rooms where Talaka could fall into the Void.Fixed a bug where Talaka appeared to be flying after being resurrected.Changed spoils physics (coins, Sankofas, etc.) to prevent them from falling out of bounds.Created more forgiving colliders to interact with the Orishas.Fixed NPC interaction bugs in the Orum. UI, Audio & Quality of LifeFixed the pause menu locking up when underneath the store UI.Fixed a bug that caused the Options screen to freeze.Lowered the volume of certain sound effects, specifically Glitch Shield-related ones.Fixed various minor menu bugs. Localization & TextFixed consistency regarding "Exu/Eshu" naming.Fix...
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• Announcements·21 Jul 2026Official

  8 Fun Facts based on 5 Days of Talaka Beta data

  Hi there folks! Paulo here with a new type of post, hope you enjoy it! Before we opened up the game for a closed beta test with 200+ participants, we at Potato Kid decided this would be a great opportunity to get some telemetry data and learn more about what’s going on in the runs from an objective, data-centric perspective, as well as gathering the subjective feedback we are collecting on Discord and with the survey. If you have never heard of telemetry, no sweat: “Telemetry is the automated collection and transmission of data and measurements from distributed or remote sources to a central system”, says IBM here. We designed and implemented lots of fun little triggers and can now share data based on 5 days of gameplay by our dear testers (from 16/july to 20/july)! Now on to the fun part: the fun facts! 4 brave players already reached the end of the Beta! On 11 occasions Talaka made it to the final boss of this beta build, and 4 times she emerged victorious. Congratulations to those who made it!!! Death Toll: 604 Talaka has died 604 times during these days. Poor girl. But she’s resilient and she kept fighting! Rooms cleared: 5785 Players have beaten a total of 5785 rooms, meaning the average rooms cleared per run is 9. This includes rooms like healing, shops and narrative, so the real combat rooms are likely a bit lower than that! Miniboss Spotlight: Head of the Mule That pesky head! It has killed players 69 times… which means over 10% of player kills! But she has been defeated 378 times too, so take that!  Eshu is rich! Ashe collected: 1968 Oh, what a good gig he’s running! Eshu collected all of that for opening up portals in Orun to take Talaka to the Aiê. Dendê Tree has been beaten 56 times That’s how many players cleared the first act of the game! Though she killed 67 players, meaning she’s got a solid 1.19 Kill/death ratio!Bugs reported: 25 (and counting!) The community has already flagged 25 bugs/inconsistencies/issues with the game. This is great, we love to...
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• Announcements·16 Jul 2026Official

  TALAKA's Closed Beta is Live!

  Hey everyone, Potato Kid here again! \Today's the day! Our first two biomes are live and ready to be broken by all of you. If you already said hi in the Beta Discord, you'll get your key today! Haven't requested access yet? Head to the #talaka-beta-request channel on our Discord and drop a message; we'll hook you up! → \Quick heads-up: the controller is your best friend right now for the smoothest experience. Keyboard support just landed too, but it's fresh out of the oven and still experimental, so expect some quirks if you go that route. And please share everything you go through, good and bad, with us! Every run matters. Every ridiculous death, every "how was I supposed to know that would kill me," every fight that made you go "okay THAT was awesome" — tell us about it in the beta channel. We're reading every word! And yeah, this is an unfinished game. Rough edges, weird balance, the occasional bug crashing the party. That's the whole point of a Closed Beta, so dive in and help us find them! Talaka launches on Steam in early 2027 — wishlist it now so you're ready to dive in on day one. See you in our watercolor world!==
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