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Just released my game, Amata, into early access! The whole campaign is ready to play and there is a free demo! <33 (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 months ago by zxyyr@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Whenever I see a word that looks like valid Japanese, I have to look it up because the results can be hilarious sometimes. Don't worry, though; its only native meaning is a variation on "many/a lot", and I've never heard it. Only other meaning is a figure from Rome. Drop the initial 'a', however, and one meaning you get crotch/groin (which is why I thought this one might be amusing). Congrats on your game!

[-] zxyyr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Lmao thank you so much and very good/ amusing etymology! I chose Amata from a sort of synonym for Nirvana in Pali referencing a deathless state:

A synonym widely used for nirvana in early texts is "deathless" or "deathfree" (Pali: amata, sanskrit: amrta) and refers to a condition "where there is no death, because there is also no birth, no coming into existence, nothing made by conditioning, and therefore no time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism)