visual novel | Vivid Foundry https://vividfoundry.com Creativity emerges, even from structure. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:36:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories is now available! https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2023/10/01/solace-state-is-now-available/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 03:56:28 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3286 Unite the people and ignite the revolution. As a hacker, make your mark in hundreds of moral choices. 3D Visual Novel Solace State is available today on Steam and Xbox! You can pick up your own copy at: Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/928000/Solace_State_Emotional_Cyberpunk_Stories/ Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-IE/games/store/solace-state/9nr5h934436j Remember, you’ll get to meet Torrent! Here’s his new social profile:   Additionally, […]

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]]> At Solace State, What Does a QA Tester Do? https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2023/10/01/at-solace-state-what-does-a-quality-assurance-tester-do/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 03:40:44 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3274 Solace State is a visual novel that requires a lot of testing, due to its complex narrative, custom 3D text-in-the-environment system, and trippy sci-fi camera transitions. Less than a week before the game’s release, Kas Millard shares the process. Long time no see! With days until Solace State’s launch date on September 14, we are […]

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]]> Solace State: Reflections from Bit Bazaar and the Canadian Video Game Awards https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2016/02/24/solace_state_bit_bazaar_canadian_video_game_awards/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:38:57 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=2042 This post has been a long time in coming! My game dev and related work have been thriving. It’s been quite an adventure in December and January: I had a great time showcasing the first build at the Canadian Video Game Awards with Bit Bazaar, and I continued working on some build ideas for Solace […]

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]]> Game design elements for Solace State https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/11/07/early-production-ui-solacestate-scifi-visual-novel/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 15:31:03 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1871 Solace State is in its early production stage. It is an interactive novel where you play as Chloe, a young hacker who must navigate a near-future metropolis to re-unite with her friends, and contend with both the tyranny of the great and the sectarianism of the many. For more information, please see the recent re-introduction […]

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]]> Solace State: A re-introduction https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/11/07/solace-state-a-re-introduction/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:55:44 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1865 A lot has changed over the past months for how Solace State looked, told its story, and played out. I had expected development to be a thoroughly transformative process, and it has not disappointed me. I read up on a number of studies that examined political resistance, as well as cyberspace as the new frontier […]

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