Well, actually, it ends on January 2nd.
Super Army of Tentacles 3: The Search for Army of Tentacles 2: Black GOAT of the Woods Edition
Steam Winter Sale 2019!
Well, actually, it ends on January 2nd.
WINTER'S TALE + Game Announcement!
Our first(?) free game is out! I had the hankering to make a holiday game while waiting for 2020 art assets, and so here we are. Using mostly pre-existing assets, it was a learning experience. Mainly, if I were to do a free game again, it would be less characters.
It primarily utilizes the format set up in Dashing Dinosaurs & Sexy Centaurs, but with more of an evolved gameplay set-up.
With that, our 2019 product list is all but done, except for the Furry Shakespeare DLC out sometime next week. Just in time for Friday the 13th.
Speaking of 2020 art assets...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177650/Dragongate_The_Fantasy_ElectionDating_Sim
This one was going to be announced with another game, but it was felt that Dragongate should breath on its own.
Steam Autumn Sale 2019
One day, you all will get fancy graphic sales JPGs again.
Today is not that day.
Also, some game announcements next week with the release of Winter's Tale and the final Furry Shakespeare DLC.
11/2019 sale info
Army of Tentacles Franchise
11/1/2019 - 11/11/2019
Halloween Sale + Future Announcements
Stealth Free Game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1152210/Dashing_Dinosaurs__Sexy_Centaurs_Winters_Tale
Why a free game? Where is Dinosaur Shakespeare?
Had to move Dinosaur Shakespeare to April(?) of next year for a few reasons:
1) Keep in line with the Elsinore Academy release dates
2) We got a new investor and they would rather that we focus on known factors
So, in place of Dinosaur Shakespeare, we decided to spin together a freebie for you all.
Is it really free?
Yes. There will be a Donation DLC that launches alongside it. This will include a small new scene and a chance to interact more with the characters of the game.
Investor? The Next Year
So, a while after Furries & Scalies & Bears OH MY!, we caught of the eye of a new investor. This is also the reason why Paper Shakespeare RPG has been pushed back. Instead of telling us what game they wanted us to make, they simply wanted:
1) That we make four games in the next two years based on our best known titles, which are furry dating sims and Army of Tentacles
2) They get a percentage from the monthly revenue of each title
The next year of titles will be announced in time, but right now the schedule for 2020 - 2021 looks like this:
1) Investor Game: New Fantasy Genre "Fire Emblem-type" dating sim
2) Investor Game: Mythos Ever After: A Cthulhu Dating Sim
3) Dinosaur Shakespeare: To Date or Not To Date?
4) Investor Game: New Furries & Scalies title (the F&S franchise going forward will exist outside the F&S&BOM! game as those characters are owned by Stefan Klaus)
5) The Ghost of Joe Papp 2
6) Investor Game: Super Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim
It's not as impressive as a Marvel Movie Timeline, we know.
Do we really need to tell you this information? No, not really. Do we want to keep people informed of what we are doing? Yes.
patch, 10/15/2019
- FIXED: Typos
- ALTERED: Certain names for crossover with future titles
patch, 10/11/2019
- CHANGED: Location of DLC flags
- CHANGED: Location of quest flags as so they do not pop during inappropriate dialogue choices
Argument System 3.0 and YOU!
We at the office have been working on the new foundation code for Super Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim, and are so happy with its progress that we have decided to tear out the combat system for Paper Shakespeare RPG and replace it with the new update to the Army of Tentacles series' Argument System. Honestly? It works better with the theme of the game, and means that we can get it out sooner.
We are still hard at work on a combat system for a later RPG.
What will be included in the new system?
A much more code-friendly system means that stats will greatly affect the word battles, as well as giving us the the opportunity to make much cooler skills that affect the battles in much deeper ways.
Will you be putting Argument System 3.0 in the previous two Army of Tentacles games? Say, before the new Army of Tentacles comes out?
I would love to say yes. Let's get into why it might not happen, or might take a while to happen.
Because of the way the original Utahraptor framework (the thing that holds all our systems together in RenPy) was written, it would require a complete code overhaul, and that means an overhaul of two separate games. In that case, we're basically redoing Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim and Super Army of Tentacles 3: The Search for Army of Tentacles 2 from the ground up.
Even with an existing script to work off of, we're also talking all of the DLC, the works. Everything would be redone. Every scene, every quest, every Argument, every mechanic. Then we'd need to actually take the copy-pasted Argument System 3.0 and make sure it would have the things required for that specific game.
We're also talking about doing this at no cost to the user, just a simple, free patch. Sadly, we have to weigh that in as a factor, as we do have other games on the slate. We're talking about a 2016 game and a 2017 game, after all. Would we improve the art and resolution for Army 1, to put it in line with the other two games in the trilogy? Would we do art but just leave the resolution the same?
Is it unfair to any new or existing players to leave Army 1 and Army 3 as is if the new one is going to be, for lack of any other term, badass?
The Summary
Paper Shakespeare RPG is getting a cooler combat system. Dunno yet if the previous Army of Tentacles game will get a facelift.
We're very excited to show you the next step.
Dashing Dinosaurs & Sexy Centaurs out! New Army of Tentacles soon?
Around Early January/Late December, we'll formally announce the rest of our 2020 games. We're finally getting Mythos Ever After: A Cthulhu Dating Sim done up, and have a new investor for two new Furry/Scalie dating sims.
This is the reason why we shifted PS RPG to 2021, but we'll talk about that more down below....
RPGs in 2021
We're going back to our roots for 2021, and announcing a new VN-RPG hybrid. Two, actually. With Paper Shakespeare RPG, that rounds it out to three.
We are currently developing the systems that they will work off, and basically scrapped what we had so far for PS RPG in order to make something that could work peacefully with two of the three games.
Why two of the three? Well, because two are traditional RPG combat, and one is combat via conversation.
Yes, we're finally getting around to the third and final chapter in our current (and very weird) Army of Tentacles trilogy. We won't be formally announcing with a store page until next year.
It is going to be a standalone game that doesn't need the first two in order to feel complete, and yet will act as a sequel and final entry in the trilogy to those that have played the games before.
So, next year is gonna be three Furry/Scalie Dating Sims and then Joe Papp to round it out. 2021 is in development, but not active production.
We look forward to sharing more about all our upcoming projects soon!
date changes.
Why?: Game is done and in full run testing right now. An October release date was originally set because of all the obstacles this year, but we are fairly confident that we can release late next month.
Paper Shakespeare RPG: Unknown.
Why?: We can talk about why this was changed early next year (possibly, if not sooner). Originally, this was meant to be just another small Stick Figure Shakespeare game with "traditional" combat elements, but we may be doing something else next year that has taken its place.