Hi Tamers and Montabi friends,

We hope you’re starting 2026 feeling refreshed and excited! Before jumping ahead, we’d like to take a moment to look back and say thank you.

Recently, we’ve just released demo 0.2.1, which includes bug fixes, minor balancing, and localization improvements. Check out the full patch notes here if you haven’t seen it yet. Hopefully, this update makes playing the game even more fun for you guys!

2025 was a big year for us. Back in April, Montabi was officially announced with Akupara Games as our publisher. The first demo went live in June, followed by a demo update in November. Along the way, we joined various events and held community playtests that gave us helpful insights and experience. None of this would’ve been possible without all your support, thank you so much!

We’d also like to give a warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to content creators and everyone who found Montabi through their content. It means a lot for us to see everyone showing interest in our game and supporting us through multiple platforms or events like SEAGO. It’s also such an honor to be played by Retromation, an awesome roguelike content creator we’ve been following.

Watching players dive into the demo, share their thoughts, and help shape the game reminded us why we’re making Montabi in the first place. We’re really grateful for everyone in this wonderful journey!

Throughout the end of year, we’re focusing on the full game content. We’ve started doing more playtests for the full game, which helped us identify areas that need improvement for the full version.

Here’s what we’ve been working on:

• Full implementation of 13 Montabi evolution lines

  • Pylo, Cone Montabi

  • Kaibug, Beast Bug Montabi

  • Cressie, Croissant Bee Montabi

  • Blizblaze, Lighter Fire Montabi

  • Kyuchi, Samurai Dog Montabi

  • Tygo, Boxing Tiger Montabi

  • Chottle, Turtle Tree Montabi

  • Karabi, Spicy Ramen Montabi

  • Yi Pao, Panda Montabi

    

  • Flamble, Firewood Montabi

    

  • Vem, Vending Machine Montabi

    

  • T-1LO, Traffic Light Montabi

  • Cacto, Cactus Knight Montabi

    

• Enemy Montabi brain redesign and implementation

• Revamp several implementations for smoother development

  • Refactor room battle system

  • Adjust enemy attack priority

  • Fix UX sorting order in draw pile, discard pile, and exhaust pile

• Trainer design and implementation

  • Trainer

  • Fighter

  • Chef

• Difficulty system and ascension mode

  

With the new year ahead, we’re channeling all our energy to complete the game. Here’s what we’ll be focusing on next:

• Boss and elite enemies design and implementation

• New supplies

• New equipment

• New charms

• Lots of playtest, fine tuning, and balancing (we need you!)

Now that we’re getting closer to completing all unit designs, we’re preparing to run another community playtest soon. As the game gets closer to launch, we’ll be running even more frequent playtests, so we need all your help to build a fun game together. Join our Discord[discord.gg] to stay updated on new content and announcement, let’s do this guys!

See you next time, and hopefully in our upcoming playtest as well!

Hey Trainers and Montabi friends!

• Improved localization quality for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish

• Fixed enemy Capbod brain in the tutorial that previously used Sago brain

• Fixed a blocker bug that occurred after opening the “More Info” menu during taming while using a controller

• Fixed passive skills that can be triggered during the Formation Phase

• Improved tooltips for enemy intent

• Fixed several minor bugs, such as:

  • Nails behavior

  • Being able to open unit hand during Boss conversation

  • Some scenarios: Street Treatment, Kakigori Sighting

• Minor balancing adjustments:

  • Armor Up now costs 1 AP

  • Shed Shell now costs 0 AP

Thank you for all the feedback and bug reports you’ve shared with us. If you'd like to give more feedback and chat with other community members, you’re welcome to join the Montabi Discord[discord.gg]!