It's been awhile - happy new year! Hope you're feeling ready to tackle 2020, because the bae blades' resolution for 2020 is to sharpen up just for you.
January Development Update
This month has the team mostly working on the game user interface - things like the settings, character customization, etc. Here's a peek at it! Keep in mind it's still a work in progress.
And if you weren't aware, while Boyfriend Dungeon itself will obviously have big ol' dating scenes, sometimes while you're slaying monsters in the dunj, you'll stumble upon a couple of hangout spots. Here, you'll get a chance to take a breather and chat with your weapon a bit. After, not all of love is war. Sometimes love is chilling by the fountain, or hanging out in the arcade together.
...But I guess that's less catchy than the phrase "love is war". Anyway, my point with this is that Tanya has been writing a bunch of these scenarios, so you can look forward to them!
If you'll be around for PAX East 2020, the team will be there with a Boyfriend Dungeon plus a demo for our other game Lucifer Within Us. :) Hope to see you there!
Meanwhile, if you want to catch these updates in a love letter format from the bae blades, make sure you sign up for the newsletter. Otherwise, catch you on Twitter or Discord!
xoxo, Victoria
PAX West, Crafting, and Setting the Mood~
Hey sword smoochers!
Hope you’ve been *thirsty* for some new updates on the dateable blades. Lots of stuff has been happening behind-the-blacksmith, so here’s a lil’ peek at it for you.
Moods
We’ve integrated fancy reactions for the weapons. When you give them certain gifts or make certain choices, you'll know a little bit of how they feel, which they tell me is kinda embarrassing, but whatever.
They won’t STOP liking you if you make an iffy choice, but maybe it's better to think about what you're saying or giving someone, before you say or give it.
Build Up Your Love
What's a sword without a wielder? And what's a game without crafting? That's right, we've been working on the crafting system.
As you slay monsters in the dunj, they'll drop various materials you can gather. Recipes will also hidden away in treasure vaults that you'll find as you explore the map. With these things you'll be able to craft a variety of items - gifts, clothes, and magazines. Each recipe makes a particular item, but you won't know exactly what it is until you've finished making it! Exciting.
Keep in mind that different blades will like different gifts - for example, Valeria the Dagger won't be too pleased with a very "cutesie" gift. (Doesn't she know it's the thought that counts?)
PAX West & Demo
We'll be at this year's PAX West with our latest Boyfriend Dungeon demo, which allows you to date Sunder, Valeria, Seven, AND Isaac! If you were there last year, this will be a new demo, so it's worth swinging by Booth 6120 to get some additional smooching.
Plus you'll be able to buy some nice merch, like the Boyfriend Dungeon pins and our cool t-shirt.
Hope to see you there! If not, then I will of course see you around the internetsphere. Obligatory plug to Twitter. And Discord.
Cheers,
Victoria
Announcing: Lucifer Within Us!
Last night, we revealed our newest title: Lucifer Within Us, from the creator of the Shrouded Isle.
As a digital exorcist in Lucifer Within Us, you’re asked to solve murders, purify the possessed, and purge their daemons.
Question your suspects. Watch their movements and testimonies closely, as the reconstruction may be based on lies. Use contradictions and clues to form your own hypothesis. Who is lying and why? Who is possessed? You must decide what is the truth for yourself, based on the evidence presented.
Real mystery-solving.
No hidden plot twists, no QTEs, no random puzzles or mini-games, just you and the information. Don’t just act like a detective -- BE a detective. Finding the murderer will require true understanding of the case, not just following the story.
Banish daemonic A.I.
Enter the minds of citizens to gain insight into what they don’t want you to know. Dig through their subconscious and accuse the guilty in order to cast out their daemons, for the good of the Inquisition. Any damage done to a citizen’s psyche as a result of quarantine, exorcism, or rehabilitation is a consequence of their own immorality.
Expose the False Utopia.
Through centuries of indoctrination, humanity is taught to think pure thoughts and speak true words, untainted by falsehoods and delusions. Yet beneath this facade of purity, you find dark desires stir deep within people’s hearts, yearning for release.
Ah, spring. The season of allergies and love. And updates, apparently!
Dunj Updates
Okay, so let’s get right to the dev updates. The Nightclub Dunj is being fitted with its new monsters and attacks, and for the past few weeks we’ve been working on a BRAND NEW demo. Our previous one (which you’ve played if you’ve been at PAX or whatever convention Boyfriend Dungeon has been at) was nice, but outdated for about… a whole year now. The dunj environments have been improved, the combat is smoother, and the various bugs have been fixed.
The new demo also features dates with Isaac. Before you could only fight with Sunder and Valeria, but now a third will be added to the mix. Sunder is only a little disappointed he isn’t the center of attention, but he needs to learn to SHARE *cough cough*.
Isaac Updates + His Letter
By the way. We got a lot of comments that Isaac wasn’t REALLY an Épée judging from the shape and uh, you know what? You’re right! From now on he will be Isaac, the Estoque. Nothing else has changed -- he’s still the suave financier you know and love.
Plus we even gave him a whole new outfit for when he’s busy at fencing practice!
Ah, he is so dapper. If you want to read the latest newsletter IN HIS VOICE, you can read it here!
Conventions
So where can you play this brand new demo, you ask? Well, if you go to E3, we’ll be on the showfloor with it! From May 28 - 30, we’ll also be in London for Casual Connect Europe, where we’re a finalist for the Indie Prize! Aaahhh fingers crossed. You can play the old demo there and say hi to our programmer Marcelo.
This isn’t related to Boyfriend Dungeon buuuuuuut if you’ve been paying attention to our channels, you’ll know we’ve been hinting that half of our team has been working on something else for the past year or so. All of that will be revealed online at the Kinda Funny Games Showcase. Mark your calendars for June 10th @ 4:30 PST, at youtube.com/kindafunnygames to see what the other half of the team has been up to!
We can give you a little hint. It’s dark, and ~mysterious~...
The team is back from vacation and we're already deep into the dungeon (of game development). Excited to see what we're up to? If you're going to PAX South next week, come on by Booth 10605 to try out the Boyfriend Dungeon demo! What's even better is there is going to be..
EXCLUSIVE ALL NEW MERCH!
Yep, we're going to have this handsome Epee-sword shirt, plus TWO Pinny Arcade pins so that everyone knows you're a true blade lover.
Otherwise, as always you can keep up with us via Twitter, Discord or newsletter. Can't wait to show you what's in store!
xoxo,
Victoria and the Kitfox team
BFD wins Best in Show, plus Axe is named
We thought you'd want to know that the demo for Boyfriend Dungeon won 2 awards at Boston Festival of Indie Games: Best in Show and Innovation in Art & Design. More people at more shows want to smooch their swords!
Victoria and Marcelo also showed the game at TwitchCon last month, the same weekend it was ALSO showing at Fantastic Arcade and PAX Australia NEXT! Plus tomorrow it'll be in Toronto for the Wordplay narrative design festival. That's a lot of exposure for our beautiful sword boyfriends (and girlfriends and enbyfriends).
We also consulted with our VIP Kickstarter backers and they decided the best name for the Axe was Jonah, so thus it shall be:
If you want to receive a love letter from the weapons (Scythe is up next, with Axe & Hammer after), and learn more about their personalities, our newsletter is the best way to go. The cat's letter was fairly popular, or so we're told.
Otherwise, you can keep up-to-date by joining our Discord or following us on Twitter.
Thanks for wishlisting!
Tanya (& the Kitfox armoury)
ONLY 24 HOURS left to back Boyfriend Dungeon 🚨
This is it, Sword Smoochers! Only 24 HOURS before the Kickstarter ends! It's your last chance to help fund more dunj secrets (only $8k USD left to go!) and get Kickstarter-exclusive merch before it's too late!
The Kickstarter has officially unlocked 4 new dateable weapons, including Pocket (Brass Knuckles), Rowan (Scythe), Leah (Hammer), and an Axe!
This Saturday, Sept. 15 at noon, the Kickstarter will end! Come celebrate the end of it and countdown with the team at 11am EST. We'll probably put our heads down and focus on making the game after this, so... this might be your last chance to chat with us for a little while.
Boyfriend Dungeon, our dungeon crawler-dating sim mash up, is now on Kickstarter! Help us reach our goal of creating more and more dateable weapons... including Pocket, the cat that turns into Brass Knuckles! (Check out the rewards!!! Body pillow alert.)
Want to help us out even more? Spread the word to your friends, family, social media following, favorite streamers, etc. We're insanely excited about this...!
