Fiasco Restoration and Repair
Ceasing Development of Fiasco Restoration and Repair
Unfortunately I bring sad news today. We regret to announce that we will be halting production of Fiasco Restoration and Repair. Situations have changed and we no longer have the resources to devote to the project. As of right now we have no plans to return to it. We’re very sorry to leave it here but the demo version will remain playable for free.
A big thank you to those of you that followed us along the way!
Developer Stream Broadcast
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fowlmachinations/fiasco-restoration-and-repair-0
Restoration Competition - Win a game Key
Categories:
There are two categories to participate in: Restoration and Creative. The Restoration category must be a recreation of the Mona Lisa. You have a wide degree of creative liberty but it must vaguely represent the Mona Lisa if you squint really hard. The Creative category can be absolutely anything (within Discord rules).
Submission rules:
Submissions are subject to the same rules as the Discord server. If you’re worried about your submission or have questions, message FM-Alex. You can submit an entry to both categories but different contestants will be selected from each. You can’t win both.
How to submit:
There are channels for each category. Simply hit the screenshot button on the result screen in-game and upload that file to the appropriate channels on Discord.
Prizes:
The development team will be the judges and the winners will have their work added to our screenshots on the storepage as well as posted on our social media.
Additionally, each winner will receive a steam key for the game when it releases!
Please only submit one entry per category. If you would like to revise your entry you may by deleting the old entry and uploading a new one.
We will announce the winners in a livestream on the 28th of November at 8PM ET. The stream will be held on our Steam store page.
Once again, you will need to join the Discord server to upload your submissions!
Hope to see you there!
Fiasco Restoration and Repair Developer Stream
Developer Stream
As you may have read from the announcement yesterday, will be streaming the game today from 6:30PM to 7:30PM ET or until whenever we want to end it. Come join us to ask questions, learn about the game, and watch us destroy precious artwork. It won't just be art restoration though. We'll also be drawing suggestions and taking challenges from chat.
Come hang out with us!
Kickstarter
Also, if you are not aware, we are having a Kickstarter for the game. As of writing we are nearly half way there! If you'd like to help us out click the link below!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fowlmachinations/fiasco-restoration-and-repair-0
Demo
If you want to take a shot at restoring the Mona Lisa yourself, head on over to our store page where you can download the demo.
Thank you all for your participation and we hope to see you at the broadcast!
Indiecade and Updated Demo
Indiecade!
Hello restoration enthusiasts! The Indiecade event has begun and features a load of games produced by small developers like us! Here is a link to the event: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/5419830/sale/indiecade2022
Updated Demo
As part of this event we've updated the demo to include some of the new features we're working on.
The updated demo includes improvements to the fluids.
- New Rendering Effects
- Fluid Properties
- Paint Dripping
Alongside fluids we have added general gameplay improvements such as revised input system and UI.
Later on this month we are planning yet another update to the demo that will add even more changes as well as a look at the first mission to be added to the game.
If you've played the demo and like to let us know what you think you can do so at our discord server! We'd love to hear your thoughts on how we can build upon the game.
Developer Stream
We will also be streaming the game tomorrow at 6:30PM ET. It'll be streaming right here on steam as well as on our Twitch channel. Come join us in horribly restoring art!
Kickstarter
And just in case you might not know, we are holding a Kickstarter. If you would like to help us in developing Fiasco Restoration and Repair then check out our Kickstarter page!
Kickstarter is live!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fowlmachinations/fiasco-restoration-and-repair-0
Development Blog 7/14/22 - More Than Just Paint
Some News!
We've been working hard on the game and making great progress. We want to release the game for Early Access in just a few months! That may be some time to wait so there will be some things to look forward to leading up till then.
Firstly, we'll be updating the demo before our release to bring it in line with what the game will be like to play. Secondly, we'll be resuming our developer streams closer to release to show off what we have added, talk about our process, and just play the game and have fun. And of course there will be continued updates on all our social media platforms.
We hope you are as excited as we are! If you want to help us out you can wishlist the game on Steam, if you haven't already, and show the game to your friends! Now with that out of the way, on to the rest of the blog!
Painting and Fluids Improvements!
As much as I wanted to break paint and fluids into different sections they are so intertwined at this point that I can't talk about one without mentioning the other. We've overhauled pretty much everything about them from how they are defined to how they are applied. We've completely changed how paint is rendered and generated. Before, each liquid was it's own distinct material which was limiting in what we could do with it beyond changing its color. Now a substance's properties are broken up into several categories that determine how that substance presents and behaves.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Left to right: Brown paint, bean juice, axel grease.
The new custom fluid creation system allows us to change how the substance appears. We can have substances that are very shiny, like the axel grease, or matte like normal paint. Reminder that this is all a work in progress and things will still be changing.
Not only does this allow us to make more kinds of liquids that do different things, but it also allows you, the player, to mix entirely different liquids together to get a unique combination of properties. Which brings us to our next topic...
The New Painting Experience
While the new system allows us to change how the substance appears, that isn't all it does. We can also change how the paint behaves. Paints can vary on their viscosity (or how runny they are) and saponacity (or how soap like it is). A paint that is globby will form smaller puddles when poured and be fairly easy to paint with. A runny paint will drip down the canvas, run further across the floor when poured, and be generally much more difficult to use.
And here is a comparison of axel grease before and after our liquid rework.
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Is this the Final Painting Experience?
NO! Painting is the focal point of our game so we'll constantly be refining and tweaking things. The next goal for painting is to make it more smooth and precise. We've already ironed out some bugs where the brush would paint before reaching the center cursor which made making dots impossible. Next we are looking into making the brush paint in smooth strokes. Currently brushes feel like they skip off the canvas and make dotted lines.
That's it for now! Thank you for reading! Check back here for more blog posts and news or follow us on Twitter for immediate updates!
Developer Stream 7-8PM ET on Twitch!
Join us here: https://www.twitch.tv/fowlmachinations
If you'd like to see the changes we've made and generally what we've been up to, check out our YouTube channel, follow us on Twitter and join our Discord!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWZvfx-bhIlBGyck1bVQvg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FowlM
Discord: https://discord.gg/NMWwQNcRAb
Also we're on Tiktok:
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fowlmachinations
Hope to see you there!
Update 0.0.1
Update 0.0.1
This update features a lot of quality of life additions and changes. There are also a ton of fixes for a bunch of reported problems. Thank you for all your feedback!
Gameplay
- Smooth Placement
- Props will gently glide from your hand to the spot you are placing the object.
- This also prevents objects from getting stuck in the environment.
- Props will gently glide from your hand to the spot you are placing the object.
- Brush Stability
- Improved painting for small brushes including pencils, pens, and markers. No more dotted lines!
- Improved accuracy on wide brushes (wall brush, duster, and dad's toothbrush).
- Improved painting for small brushes including pencils, pens, and markers. No more dotted lines!
- Pouring Improvements
- Fixed containers not pouring all of their contents. Containers can now be entirely emptied instead of always having just one more drop.
- Fixed containers not pouring all of their contents. Containers can now be entirely emptied instead of always having just one more drop.
UI Additions and Improvements
- New Held Item UI
- Certain items will display their contents so you no longer have to guess how much paint is left on your brush.
- The indicator also changes color to match the color on the brush.
- Certain items will display their contents so you no longer have to guess how much paint is left on your brush.
- Ultra-wide Support (For real this time!)
- We swear it works this time! Thank you to the players that reported it.
- We swear it works this time! Thank you to the players that reported it.
- Improved Brush Pointers
- Brush preview pointers have been scaled to accurately reflect the size of the brush. This way you always know how much paint is going to be slapped on when you click.
- Brush preview pointers have been scaled to accurately reflect the size of the brush. This way you always know how much paint is going to be slapped on when you click.
Visual Changes
- Fixed liquid rendering
- Liquids no longer look as though they are always full or always empty.
- Liquids no longer look as though they are always full or always empty.
- The whiteboard is now paintable after it is picked up
- Whiteboard? More like Writeboard. This is Andrew's fault. I swear it's not me.
- Whiteboard? More like Writeboard. This is Andrew's fault. I swear it's not me.
Fun Bonus Content
- Pliers can detach objects.
- No longer is the hammer the only prop that can detach. You now have a second option should you accidentally glue your hammer to Mona Lisa's face. Or just glue them both. You probably will.
- You can detach more objects than you think!
- No longer is the hammer the only prop that can detach. You now have a second option should you accidentally glue your hammer to Mona Lisa's face. Or just glue them both. You probably will.
- Paintable Posters and Photographs
- Posters and photographs can now be painted on!
- Go ahead. Draw a mustache on Indiana Jones.
- For some reason, we are getting requests to have everything BUT the Mona Lisa be paintable. This brings us a step closer to an entirely paintable reality. We're working on it!
- Posters and photographs can now be painted on!
What's Next?
Currently we are working on some changes to make Fiasco physics more stable. We're specifically focusing on containers. We've implemented some minor changes to them already to help smooth the experience but there's more that isn't quite ready yet.
If you'd like to know more about what we're working on, follow us on Twitter or join the Discord! We post a lot of in progress snapshots there. We also stream regularly, 7pm ET on Mondays over on Twitch!
Our Kickstarter is almost over! If you'd like to support our work please consider backing us.
That's all for now! Once again, we'd like to thank all of you for playing the game, giving feedback, and showing support. It means so much to us!
- Team Fowl Machinations
Demo Hotfix
Fiasco Restoration and Repair hotfix Patchnotes
Physics and Stability
- Fixed an issue causing containers to send objects through the floor.
- Reduced container hitboxes to prevent objects from clipping into them when held.
Loading and Performance
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to get stuck on the loading screen (Antonio shouldn't take forever to get Valentine's Day candy).
Controls and Gameplay
- Some items, such as sprayers, now place themselves a slight distance from their target to make aiming easier.
- Readjusted the size of brushes to match the actual size of the brush.
- Pens and pencils no longer mark the canvas from a foot away.
- Increased the amount of paint brushes can hold.
Paint and Liquid
- Fixed an issue causing liquids to appear more diluted when mixed.
Misc.
- Added UI scaling. This should stop buttons from going offscreen when playing in ultrawide resolutions.
- Changed the color of the ointment to make it more nasty looking. It is now a translucent brownish yellow.
- Pressing Escape on the end screen no longer causes the camera to orbit around the room.
If you find more issues please be sure to let us know through the in game survey, steam community tab, or our discord server.