Remy from Laugh Track, mimicking the 80's "Nothing in life matters" nihilism meme.
@fictionfactorygames.com @forneiavtuber.bsky.social @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social So I ended up having to make this during the stream tonight... I hope you all enjoy it!
A game screenshot of the four main characters in meme format, reading from left to right: it's ok to ask for help you're not a burden murder is ok your feelings matter
Good morning, patrons! Tonight at 7:30pm, @forneiavtuber.bsky.social and I will be giving this another try playing Laugh Track by @fictionfactorygames.com!
We're on the penultimate episode, and you're not gonna wanna miss this!
#Vtubers #VisualNovel #LaughTrack
I've been given permission to show these off >:^D
But yeah, these are Tetra and Bex! They are iconic and I love them >:^)))
Thank you @fictionfactorygames.com, I had a lot of fun working on these two ^^
#characterdesign #illustration
One step ahead of you! I'll be sending Runia a copy soon.
We'll be posting some excerpts in the days leading up to release, to whet your appetites and show off the wide variety of example cities and scenarios available. This is a new kind of project for us, and we hope you enjoy it!
Excerpt from the book showing character sheets for Bex, a redheaded shortstack roller derby player with skates and athletic wear, and Tetra, a chrome-skinned android with white hair wearing goggles and jeans.
Also included is a 60+ page novella, "Xenon City Blues," written using City Unseen rules. Robot girls, roller derby queens, deep space asteroid mining, and hypercapitalism!
The whole package will be released for FREE, with a web-based dice roller as an optional paid extra to support our work.
The City Unseen: A Storytelling Solo RPG. Text in pink neon on top of a synthwave cityscape.
Coming March 25th, something different from Fiction Factory Games... "The City Unseen," a tabletop roleplaying game book aimed at solo narrative play. Explore a modern urban landscape and live out any story you want, including scenarios based on Arcade Spirits, Penny Larceny, and Laugh Track!
4-panel meme using Laugh Track characters. Juno: "It's OK to ask for help." Remy: "You're not a burden." Cat: "Murder is okay." Daniel: "Your feelings matter."
Always remember.
(art by @jamieherself.bsky.social)
One thing I'd like to see Steam do that would be an instant improvement for browsing Next Fest is a toggle for AI generated content, which I know wouldn't be a complete solution because a lot of shady devs use generative AI and don't disclose it, but it would've helped filter some of the slop out.
Hey, Steamers! ...NextFesters? Steamnextfesters? Whatever. Gamers! If you've found any good original indie visual novels in NextFest, drop them in the replies below! Let's hype up other games too, not just our own.
Number One Way to get Tracey to cry at any piece of media:
That said, we do have something special coming in March -- a new TTRPG book with solo-play rules called "The City Unseen," which we started working on last year and are now polishing up. So you'll have some fun new toys in the meanwhile! More to come on that.
In the interests of transparency, we're taking some time off from game dev to deal with personal health problems and burnout. The Patreon is still active for folks who still want to support us despite having no new monthly game builds available, but as always, is optional. Thanks for your support.
Hey hey hey, @fictionfactorygames.com dropped a brand new game! Laugh Track! It's a Twilight Zoney horror of existential dread that marches four teenagers through that grimmest of purgatories: a cookie-cutter sitcom!
Go play this game, it's awesome! (And FREE!)
youtu.be/_siriEVOTz0
Laugh Track Episode 6: Multi-Faceted One In The Middle: twitch.tv/lolotovcockt...
#Vtubers #VisualNovel #LaughTrack
The logo for Laugh Track, along with Juno, the main character, wearing a yellow sweater and tie, purple shirt and glasses that have the TV Stand By colours reflected in them. Juno looks horrified
Good morning, patrons! Tonight at 7:30pm Central, @forneiavtuber.bsky.social and I will be tackling another Very Special Episode of Laugh Track! See you tonight for some comedy horror!
#Vtubers #VisualNovel #Comedy #Horror #LaughTrack
Did you know you can play the wacky psychological horror sitcom Laugh Track right now? It's true! It's free and the cops can't stop you (yet).
If you've already played it, tell a friend! We've got no marketing budget, so word of mouth helps a lot. store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Screenshot from the game Laugh Track. Juno, a teenage girl with a yellow sweatervest and purple skirt, is in a panic while talking with her classmates Cat and Daniel, while Remy looks on and smirks. Juno says: "Why does it have to be two people? If we're all communicating and consenting, we can be a thruple!"
Happy Valentine's Day! Look at all these cuties from Laugh Track, a teen rom-com sitcom with absolutely no eldritch horror undertones at all! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Thanks for the mention of our new game!
So when are you going to stop shadow banning our previous game, Penny Larceny, which has no nudity or blood and you can even censor the swearing if you want? But it has queer romance so I guess that's a problem.
You've done fine work. Rest as ye must.
A red arcade cabinet with neo Geo artwork and a screenshot of samurai showdown 2. Mini figures for Naomi and Penny stand on top.
Inside the cabinet is a little diorama of a gaming room, including Naomi playing on a defender cabinet.
Lego versions of the two characters. Naomi has a ponytail, glasses, a work apron and an arcade spirits T-shirt. Penny wears a mask and a striped shirt like a classic burglar.
There may not be an official Arcade Spirits Lego set, but with enough stickers and custom parts, anything is possible!
Here's Lego Naomi Fairchild and Lego Penny Larceny enjoying a Lego NeoGeo cabinet.
I am live to date, the arcade way, with the dating sim Arcade Spirits by @fictionfactorygames.com!
Let's explore and see who will be my boo!
www.twitch.tv/asdruboi
Laugh Track v1.4 now released on Steam and Itch. This fixes several typos and small bugs, and adjusts wording to clarify a few decisions.
i feel sorry for everyone going all why is there no manga/anime with no trans chars when there exists accessible mediums like visual novels where that actually happens cause we can tell our own stories entirely independently without relying on billion dollar studios to fund and censor the projects
Age verification?
Our lead programmer's first game was made on a Timex-Sinclair 1000 with 16k of memory in 1981.
(also his knees hurt a lot now)
an apple pencil was used for the art, but a pencil nonetheless! All illustrated assets were lovingly handcrafted in the cold Canadian wilderness by a reclusive artisan (aka me)
...okay technically it was a word processor not a pencil BUT that's just a matter of scale
This post brought to you by "getting more scammers in your inbox than actual fans, all of them pretending to care about you and your creative work while wanting to push their latest techno-grift"
We've achieved something remarkable. Something major tech CEOs say is impossible, something futurists believe unthinkable in the face of inevitability...
We wrote a game without using any generative AI whatsoever. Egads! How did we do that?! With A PENCIL. www.fictionfactorygames.com/laughtrack
It's about how chatbot-pushing scammers trying to replace actual writing with narrative-pumping AI data centers simultaneously see the error of their ways and throw their computers in the ocean and realize they can pick up a pencil and start doing this shit for free.
And now on Laugh Track; And now it's time for A Very Special Episode, Part One. Featuring @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social and @stefangagne.com.
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