FoxTail
Important news
As some of you already know, apart from working on FoxTail I am a lead artist in the Black Tower Basement team working on a great project called Greedventory. It's thanks to this project that I've continued to develop FoxTail all these years, but at the same time I haven't been able to devote all my time to FoxTail. And now it’s Greedventory’s release time!
Greedventory will be released on may 17, which means that my work is done and I can finally devote 100% of my time to FoxTail.
I invite you to visit Greedventory’s page, check the artwork, the cinematics and, finally, try it out. The game is unbelievable (unbelievably hard).
(CAUTION: The game contains gore, violence and explicit language)
Back to FoxTail. So, from now on, it's on full-time development. And not just in my spare time, as it was before, but ALL THE TIME. And it's great. I invite you to join our Discord server, where you can follow the development process and communicate with other fans of the game and the team. I will also publish short reports on the work in progress there on the regular basis.
The plan is: first, we’re preparing the demo version of the game which will include an improved version of the game’s first chapter and a prologue (which was not previously in the game). Of course, everyone who has already purchased the game will receive these updates as well. The next step is to publish the fourth chapter, which was almost ready when the war in Ukraine started, but because of the war it had to be reassembled almost from scratch. And then the full release.
Feeling really cheerful and enthusiastic. The goal is clear and achievable. Let's stay together! Everything will be FoxTail!
Thank you.
Artem Vodoriz
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1895820/Greedventory/
1 year of war
We will be cleaning our land from the traces of the "russian world" for a long time to come.
russia started a war and will lose it.
They will be forced to pay reparations because they will never do it voluntarily.
They will be forced to admit their guilt, because they will never admit it voluntarily.
They will be forced to apologize, because they will never do it voluntarily.
They will be forced to become a normal country again, because they will never do it voluntarily.
Sorry, no news about the game again, because it's war.
330 Days of War
330 days of fear, 330 days of despair.
After 330 days you stop planning for the future altogether, and when you fall asleep, you only hope that all your relatives are alive in the morning. The only thing you want is for it to be over.
Almost a year ago, russia attacked Ukraine. Without recognizing that it was a war. It attacked like a rapist on a victim. The soldiers of this country started killing civilians on a massive scale, destroying their homes and destroying entire cities.
As you probably know, in March we fled the city of Izyum, where we lived before. On the same day, the bridges in the city were destroyed, and no one could leave for the free territories. People remained under occupation.
Now the city has been liberated, but in the woods outside the city, mass graves were found, with hundreds of dead. We could have been among them.
For almost a year we have been living in this horror.
It's hard to imagine: almost a whole year.
I really hope that the new year will bring us liberation. I really hope that this year I will be able to tell everyone who is waiting for the game to be released that part 4 will be released soon, and the final version of the game will follow. I really want to say all that, but... there’s a war. I don't know what will happen tomorrow.
Instead, come visit our Discord, where we support each other and communicate. The atmosphere there is warm and sincere, no matter what. Communicating there, I realize that there is hope and that there are good people.
270 days of war
And you know what? We’re holding on, we’re getting stronger, we’re getting bolder, and, finally, invincible. You can’t defeat those who are strong in spirit.
How is FoxTail doing? It lives! All the graphic content from the four chapters has been transferred to the new engine, the quests are starting to work, and the world comes to life again, regaining its sound.
Our composer is already busy writing the music for the fifth chapter, and I’m drawing the new scenes whenever it’s possible.
Yes, we’re working on the game only while we have electricity at our homes, while there’s a charge in our notebook batteries, but we continue to work. We update the repositories whenever we have an internet connection, but we update them. The work continues no matter what.
When the final version of the game is released, it will be an incredible creation story — a terrifying one, but beautiful at the same time.
I thank everyone who supports us – with kind words, attention, or deeds. Thanks to you for the last 9 months, I’ve seen that the world is full of kind and sensitive people. Sometimes it’s hard to feel that when every day you’re afraid not to wake up when you hear only insults and complaints from the other side, but that’s the way it is. You’re the best.
Thank you.
My hometown was liberated!
That's all I wanted to share with you, because it's the most important thing for me right now.
My city (Izyum) was liberated from the Russian invaders.
The war is not over yet. Russian rockets are still falling on our cities, killing people and destroying homes.
But we will persevere. A nation of slaves will not defeat us.
Artem Vodoriz
Thanks to You
Hi, Foxies!
I’ve been posting FoxTail mythology on my Patreon page and Discord server and haven’t written anything personal in a long time. But I want you to know that I can feel your support and that I am very thankful to you for it.
As you know, the war in our country is not over yet, but we are keeping our spirits high, trying to do everything we can and help each other and our army.
I’d also like to share with you my impressions of the transfer of the game to the new engine. The Power Quest toolkit that we use is very handy and fast, the locations are assembled in minutes! Unfortunately, there are difficulties, too. For example, we have to add almost all the text manually, because Power Quest has its own requirements and they are vastly different from the ones that we had in Wintermute. But it is compensated in the other stages, so everything is handy and fast.
For everyone who is concerned by the game’s quality and fears that it will lose its pixel charm, I’d like to point out that everything is great. Power Quest is a pixel-perfect toolkit, so everything will look and work the same as before in the updated version. This was one of the most important criteria for us in choosing the engine. But, of course, we don’t neglect the new opportunities that are available for us with the Unity engine and Power Quest toolkit.
By the way, as we found out, the Power Quest developer turned out to be a FoxTail fan. He played the game with his son and they are waiting for the story to continue. So he offered to modify the toolkit to meet our needs. I think you realize how helpful and cool that is when you have a direct link with the developer of the toolkit.
So, the work is in full swing even if we don’t talk about it much. Thank you for your support. Everything will be great.
I remind everyone who forgot or did not know.
I remind everyone who forgot or did not know.
There is a war in my homeland, Ukraine! The russian army still destroy our cities, kill our people, rape women and children, rob our homes. The bombs and missiles keep on falling. Nothing is over yet.
We are refugees. I took my wife and daughter out of Izyum on the day the city was destroyed. Otherwise, we would dead there by now. Or alive, but without light, heating, water and food. What's worse – you can decide for yourself.
All news about the game will be after the war. The project is NOT abandoned, but frozen.
The war will end and nothing will be the same as before. But I assure you: everything will be ❤️ 🦊 ❤️.
Artem Vodoriz.
The invasion of russian of Ukraine
The price has been increased to 9999 rubles to make it impossible for citizens of the russian federation to buy the game.
From the author:
My city is destroyed. I saved my family by taking them out of the shelling. We have no place to go back now.
rf is a terrorist country. No negotiations with terrorists.
FoxTail needs your help!
Can you help us any other way? Sure!
1. Share your impressions of the game and information about it with your friends. The more gamers find out about FoxTail, the better!
2. Leave your review on the game here on Steam. We are always interested to know if you liked the game (we read all your feedback). Your review can help those, who haven’t bought the game yet, to decide to purchase it.
3. Do you know that the author of the game, Artem Vodoriz, has created a Patreon page where you can support FoxTail’s development? Support us, and you will be mentioned in the credits of the game!
Patch 1.2.902.4379
- minor bug fixes;
- minor engine improvements (Linux version);
- minor translation fixes.