LudoNarraCon is live until April 27th! Keep an eye on the exhibitors and sale.
LudoNarraCon is here! Explore exhibitor streams, play a demo (...or 20! 😍), learn something new with 14 hours of panels, or snag one of the 50+ games that's on sale. This free digital festival celebrates indie narrative games like our's: with over 40 exhibitors, there's something for everyone.
Start the next chapter of your next favorite game. There are over 20 demos for you to download and play during LudoNarraCon.,, all from the comfort of your own home. Begin your work to protect The Nation with the demo of Orwell: Keeping An Eye On You today.
Keep an eye on this Surveillance Stories bundle featuring four amazing games: Unheard, Do Not Feed the Monkeys, Beholder 2, and Orwell: Keeping An Eye On You. These limited time bundles are only available during LudoNarraCon!
Our exhibitors, panelists, and partners have all pitched into the LudoNarraCon sale. Snag one of the fifty games on sale throughout the weekend.
Games as Storytelling 🎮 Patrick Ewing (creative director of Chance Agency)
🎮 Cassandra Khaw (scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal)
🎮 Whitney “Strix” Beltran (narrative director at Hidden Path Entertainment)
Romance in Games ❤️ Tanya X. Short (Captain of Kitfox Games)
❤️ Kate Gray (narrative designer at KO_OP)
❤️ Nina Freeman (game designer at Fullbright)
Writing for Short Games ✏️ Ben Wander (founder of A Wandering Band)
✏️ Bruno Dias (writer and narrative designer)
✏️ Ryan Green (developer, co-founder of Numinous Games)
✏️ Amy Green (writer, co-founder of Numinous Games)
Death in Games 💀 Lottie Bevan (co-founder & COO of Weather Factory)
💀 Alexis Kennedy (co-founder of Weather Factory)
💀 Coyan Cardenas (director of Lambic Studios)
💀 Will O'Neill (founder of WZO Games)
and more!
Tune in when the fun starts, at 10am PDT on Friday May 10!
6 More Games Announced for LudoNarraCon!
A whole bunch more games are exhibiting during LudoNarraCon!
Check out the full, updated list of games you can see behind-the-scenes content for during LNC, on ludonarracon.com 💖
16 Games Announced for LudoNarraCon
Fellow Traveller presents #LudoNarraCon, hosted right here on Steam on May 10-13. Come celebrate narrative video games from around the world with us!
We’ve announced 16 of the exhibiting games to be featured: Neo Cab, Boyfriend Dungeon, Mutazione, Heaven’s Vault, The Church in the Darkness, Sunless Skies, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Beholder, Genesis Noir, and more! Check out the full lineup on ludonarracon.com.
An initiative of indie label Fellow Traveller, LudoNarraCon is digital convention that aims to create a platform to showcase and celebrate interesting and innovative narrative games, replicating as many of the aspects and benefits of the physical convention experience as possible within a digital format.
Learn more at ludonarracon.com!
ANNOUNCING ⭐✨LudoNarraCon✨⭐
We are beyond thrilled to announce 📢 ⭐✨LudoNarraCon✨⭐
a new online-only convention coming this May, right here on Steam, celebrating
🎮narrative video games🎮 the people who make them, and the folks who love them. Join us for panels and other fun content with your favorite developers and influencers from the industry, as well as downloadable game demos that will be available ONLY during LudoNarraCon.
Want to come? IT’S FREE. Visit ludonarracon.com to sign up and let us know if you’ll attend, and to get updates on who’s gonna be there & what games you can play!
Surprise Attack Games is now Fellow Traveller
Today our publisher, Surprise Attack Games, is relaunching as Fellow Traveller.
To celebrate, Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength is on sale along with the rest of their catalogue. Check out their publisher sale page for all the details - https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/fellowtraveller.
Here’s some more from the team at Fellow Traveller on what the change is all about:
Patch 1.1.6717
Agents,
Please take note that our engineers have improved the Office Orwell client to increase usage comfort. Refer to the memo below for further details.
Version 1.1.6717
Patch notes
Content changes
Updated the mail subscription step in the profile creation to comply with GDPR laws.
Updates websites are now put at the top of the bookmark list.
Reworked notification system in the Insider: Now shows a red star notification on the app icon if a) a device got added or goes online or b) a datchunk gets unlocked or c) a bookmark is created that hasn't been visited yet.
Improved the Influencer graph algorithm so that nodes should now be well spread over the whole area and make a twisted graph less likely.
Spoiler Episode 3: All instances of the name 'Simos' are now usable as password.
Technical fixes
Fixed a bug where the font color of datachunks wasn't correctly set to black after loading, making them hard to read on some documents with bright or bluish colors.
Fixed usable updates from the Profiler used in search slots occasionally weren't correctly greyed out indicating the usage.
When logging out while a datachunk upload was active and logging in again the uploading overlay in the Profiler is no longer active.
Voice over will no longer play while logging out.
Now shows a caret in the profile creation name and email input fields.
Fixed step 2 of the profile creation disappearing instantly instead of fading out when switching to next / previous steps.
Fixed the Influencer graph fading out (became visible instantly and then faded out) despite it not being visible before in the first place.
Fixed the Influencer animation being triggered after loading a savegame despite the previous upload already completed (when the game was saved).
Fixed the blue upload arrow in the Influencer being erroneously displayed after having loaded a savegame.
Fixed that updated Insider documents were always marked with a red outline after loading even though they had been visited before.
Fixed a bug where the updated documents in the Insider where always marked as not visited after loading (e.g. history updates).
Fixed a bug where the red notification icon stayed on the bookmark tab in the Insider, despite no new or unseen entries being present.
(Linux) Fixed no overlay being displayed while a modal prompt was active.
Remain vigilant
The Orwell Administration
Version 1.1 and Daily Deal
Agents,
We have updated The Office client of Orwell to Version 1.1. This effort is meant to aid agents in their duties by notifying them better and allowing them to use multiple instances of the same information from the Profiler to achieve a certain effect. In addition we were able to identify and fix some technical issues with the client. Please refer to the memo titled "Version 1.1 - Patch notes" below for further details.
We're planning to further improve the Orwell system in the future for an even better user experience.
Please note: In case you have a relative and/or friend who would fit the Orwell program, or haven't applied for service yourself, application fees for Orwell are currently 20% off for a limited time period. Also, any persons not having fulfilled their duty as an investigator may now sign up for thae Bonton Bombings case (also known as "Keeping an Eye On You") at 50% of the usual fee.
Orwell and The Office appreciate your ongoing efforts for The Nation.
The Office Administration
Version 1.1 - Patch notes
Content changes
Whenever new Datachunks in old documents appear, a notification star on the corresponding tool icon will appear (except when that tool is currently active).
Fixed typos throughout the game.
Spoiler Episode 1: Oleg's daughter is only called 'Radka' now. The name 'Radka' is now usable in Radka's profile as well as Oleg's contacts tab. Note this will not work in profiles already past Episode 1.
Spoiler Episode 2: The name 'Rowland Ellison' is now usable in Rowland's profile as well as Ilya's contacts tab. Note this will not work in profiles already past Episode 2.
Spoiler Episode 2: Reworked the Hand of Blood award photo on Ilya's PC. It now contains a new nickname for Ilya.
Spoiler Episode 2: Fixed that not all 'Mary P.' updates in Episode 2 could be used to find the corresponding opponent page on Hand of Blood. Note this will not work in profiles already past Episode 2.
Spoiler Episode 3: Ampleford will now hint more specifically to old Listener documents when new Datachunks appear there in the beginning of Episode 3.
Spoiler Episode 3: Fixed Ampleford's portrait appearing as David Johns' portrait in the Profiler.
Spoiler Episode 3: Fixed Nina getting killed in Episode 3 in imported savegames in which she originally survived and got arrested. Note this will only work in profiles created after the patch.
Technical fixes <*>Fixed the intro not playing on some systems.
<*>Fixed the original document still being accessible through arrow navigation on updates Insider documents on phones.
<*>Removed duplicate names from ending credits roll.
<*>Fixed the Influencer narrative typing animation stopping without the upload icon re-appearing when dragging a narrative while it was still being typed.
<*>When logging out immediately after pressing "Upload" in the Influencer and logging in again afterwards, the profile previously went into a state where the narrative had been disabled, but not uploaded. This has been fixed.
FINAL EPISODE OF ORWELL: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH IS OUT NOW!
Hey Orwell fans,
This is it. The final, dramatic conclusion to season two has arrived with the release of Episode Three: Synthesis. If you own the game, be sure to download the Steam update to unlock the episode in your game.
Episode Three: Synthesis turns up the heat and unlocks the Influencer tool. Not only will you be given the power to uncover facts, now you will influence the way they are presented.
As a reminder, all of the content for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength and the official soundtrack has now been released. Purchasing or downloading the game or the soundtrack from today will include all the available content.
We do hope you enjoy episode three, and the conclusion of season two. We’d love to know what you think of it all. Be sure to post your thoughts in the Community Hub on Steam or tweet us @orwell_game.
One last, enormous thanks to you, our fans. Thank you all so much for playing, for getting into the episodic spirit, and for being so incredibly supportive!
Protect The Nation!
- Team Osmotic
Update to Version 1.0.6642
Hey agents,
we've just updated the game to Version 1.0.6642. This patch mostly addresses crashes and a locked "Upload complete" overlay that some of you have been experiencing. You can find the full patch notes below.
Patch notes Version 1.0.6642
Content changes
SPOILER DAY 1: fixed debriefing in which Oleg was considered to being involved in the school bombing and not involved at the same time
SPOILER DAY 1: fixed an inconsistency in which Oleg's daughter's name didn't have to be uploaded before her presence on the day of the bombing could be evaluated
Technical fixes and improvements
fixed a bug where sometimes an uploading overlay would stay active after comments were blocked; this could previously block progress after the end of episode 1
atmo music is now loaded on demand and streamed in order to reduce loading times and memory footprint; this should help avoid most crashes due to high memory usage
Thanks for your patience and sorry for any troubles you may have experienced!
