Fiction Factory Games

It Is Wednesday: Let's Talk About Concord

EDIT: Wednesday! It's Wednesday, not Tuesday. I can't believe I screwed that up.

When I started this Patreon, I promised weekly blog posts about game design or the game industry in g...

Alpha Release 05 - Yog-Sothoth

Behold! A new alpha! And only one month after the last one! It's like I'm actually making progress!

2024-08-24 02:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Yog Beta Incoming

I need to go through the last testing sheet and work out any reported bugs, but otherwise Yog-Sothoth is done and ready to go. I'll be releasing a beta soon.

Good news about the 'video glitch...

Quick Update

I finished writing the scenes for Yog-Sothoth! Next I need to do an editing pass to make sure that everything is consistent and I'm not being too repetitive. I'm getting a little worried that the d...

A Year of Crime: Penny Larceny's Anniversary

(Setting this blog post free for all! If you'd like to join the Patreon and help fund our next project, drop a few coins in the box.)

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain was a la...

Beta 04 Now Available

I'm still a bit concerned about the video glitch and crash I experienced but I'm gonna get the next beta going anyway. Maybe see if it's just me or if you're experiencing issues too. I've left the ...

Quick Question on the CRT Filter

Running into a weird bug where the screen flickers now and then while I'm playing the game, and last night when I was testing a website the game crashed out right and put my video card in a weird s...

Next Beta Soon

So after doing about 75% of Cthulhu's voice lines, I discovered some new tools and techniques for cleaning up the audio. That's good, but it means I need to completely redo all those voice lines, f...

Progress Update

I got a lot of work done on the game this weekend -- being able to spend my few sitting hours on game dev instead of day job helps a lot. Sadly my disability retirement has been pushed off, probabl...

Azathoth is DONE.

All Azathoth scenes are finished.

I still have editing passes to do, and playtesting. And I want to finish getting Cthulhu's voice acting in the game before I package up a new beta...

B...

Semi-Quick Update

Three of the five Azathoth scenes are done. I managed to find an angle on one of them to keep it from being yet another diatribe against all the things that she believes in. Like, obviously you nee...

Unlocking Aza-chan

So the main writing block I've been having is that I just don't like Azathoth. I don't like 4chan apologists who refuse to see the hateful rhetoric of anonymous groups as "just jokes bro." It drive...

Hard Reality

It's been a long time since I posted here and I apologize for that. Let me give you an update.

Simple fact the matter is that my disability situation has really been impacting the game develo...

Alpha 03 Now Available!

...was Alpha 02 seriously in March? I gotta get on top of this stuff.

Fortunately this is a pretty big update, with new VFX, new art, new voice acting, and the full Hastur storyline! So there...

Hastur's Done and Tested! SOON(tm).

Hey folks, just a quick note -- I finished testing all of Hastur's scenes tonight, exploring every branch, making sure the defiance path works, etc. It's solid.

I have some bug squashing to d...

Almost Hastur Time

Hey folks, short message to say that I'm going to be preparing a new beta release soon. I finished writing the scenes for Hastur / Hector. I just need to get them implemented and tested a little bi...

Shadow of a Doubt

Been quiet lately. You folks are ponying up cash for my words, so I should not be quiet.

Honestly I've been doubting my skills as a writer, and dealing with a hard moment of writer's block on...

Aza's Relatable Content

Apologies for any minor typos here, I'm using Siri to dictate this post off the cuff. Don't have access to my keyboard right now. "how could you not have access to a keyboard?" in bed, disabled, yo...

Hastur and Trans Rights

I've posted this in the free discord channel as well, because I really need feedback and can't limit it to paying members only. But here's your paid member notice of what's going on.

There's ...

New Screenshots and Updates!

Figured I'd share a few things as proof I'm not just sitting on my butt.

(Jokes on you, my disability means I'm in bed, not sitting! Ha! ...but seriously though I've been working on accessib...

The Color of Defiance

So, what's been up lately? How have I been spending your hard-won Patreon dollars this month?

Uh... mostly playing various live service games and not writing. My health sitch is, like, not te...

Corruption and Defiance

I'm implementing a change to the game's relationship mechanics today.

Previously: If you embrace Order or Chaos, it makes it much easier to convince the Old Ones who are aligned to your corru...

Industrial Accidents

Before this week's blog, a taste of things to come:

Cthulhu is a courteous ...

Alpha 02 Build - Codename "Roundabout"

Time for the second early playable release of the game!

The Google Doc with the ZIP download and space for you to fill your testing notes and comments can be found at: 2024-03-26 20:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post