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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io · 1d

Final demo for today and it's Laugh Track by the ever incredible @fictionfactorygames.com

An extremely on brand story about eldritch entities writing sitcoms. It's very self-aware, cathartically weird, queer as fuck, and if you've played Penny Larceny you have to play this one too

Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

store.steampowered.com

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LolotovCocktail @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social · 1d

We're celebrating Steam Next Fest by trying out the demo for Laugh Track! Try to guess which character I'm voicing! Courtesy of @fictionfactorygames.com
twitch.tv/lolotovcockt...
#Vtubers #Vsky #SteamNextFest #LaughTrack

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 1d

Darn skippy she would! (And heck, in Penny Larceny, Iris was forced to slop out a slop game and she hated doing it. But did enjoy her Magical Horse Lore.)

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 1d

Hopefully as the next few days shake out, the Algorithm(tm) will shuffle that crud to the bottom so small devs with heart and soul can rise.

And if you found a gem of a visual novel that's doing something novel... heck, throw it in the replies here so folks can find it!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 1d

Looking through #SteamNextFest visual novels and, uh, wow, there is a LOT of obvious AI slop in here -- including those devs complaining about people complaining about it.

We don't use AI and never will. We love Iris dearly but she's fiction, okay? Don't let AI replace your own creative vision!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 1d

Hey, #SteamNextFest! You're now permanently employed as a scriptwriter for a perfectly normal TV sitcom in which nothing weird happens. It's not a front for a world-consuming cosmic horror! Don't even worry about it!

The demo for Laugh Track is now available! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 2d

Thank you! The whole aesthetic was developed by @mistercrowbar.art , inspired by shows like clone high. Backgrounds too!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 2d

We will be playing the demo tonight on stream, with live commentary from the developers! (me. I am developers.)

LolotovCocktail @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, patrons! Tonight at 7:30pm, @forneiavtuber.bsky.social and @stefangagne.com will join us for the demo of Laugh Track!
Let me know if you can tell which voices we use in the game!
#Vtubers #VisualNovel #Horror #NextFest #LaughTrack

The four main characters from Laugh Track. Remy is saying "Awwwyeah, elections! Power players shaking hands! Secret backroom deals! Erasing 18.5 minutes of audio tapes!"

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LolotovCocktail @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social · 2d

Steam Next Fest is giving us some great stuff to work with! Tomorrow is the Laugh Track demo by @fictionfactorygames.com, then Wednesday is Pathologic 3 by @icepicklodge.bsky.social! I'm hyped as hell!
#SteamNextFest

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Gayming Magazine @gaymingmag.bsky.social · 4d

So many RPGs promise queer inclusion... but where are the ace stories? 🖤🤍💜
@miladyconfetti.bsky.social explores why asexuality deserves to be told intentionally, not just left to headcanons.
Read the full piece: buff.ly/JIgw4dm
#GaymingMag #Asexual #Gaming #Queer

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Joyce J Liu @joycejliu.bsky.social · 4d

Play the demo of Laugh Track and hear me as ya girl Juno, then be there for the full game in January!

Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 5d

The demo for Laugh Track is now available on Steam, just ahead of #SteamNextFest! Become the writer of a totally normal sitcom in which nothing weird happens!

The full game will release for FREE in January, but you take the pilot episode for a spin right now! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

store.steampowered.com

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Jestana Silvercoat @jestana.bsky.social · 4d

New livestream! #LaughTrack by @fictionfactorygames.com today! Just the demo for now. twitch.tv/Jestana

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 5d

If you enjoy it and want more -- and don't wanna wait to grab it for free in January -- a story-complete beta version is available now on our Patreon at the $5 tier! (Please don't stream the beta.) patreon.com/fictionfacto...

Your job begins, Writer. Keep those ratings high!

creating visual novels and indie games

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 5d

The demo for Laugh Track is now available on Steam, just ahead of #SteamNextFest! Become the writer of a totally normal sitcom in which nothing weird happens!

The full game will release for FREE in January, but you take the pilot episode for a spin right now! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

store.steampowered.com

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 5d

Roll them bones and aces high or something!

Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 5d

The demo for Laugh Track drops TOMORROW ahead of #SteamNextFest.

It includes one of eight episodes from the full game releasing this January. The full game will be FREE, so if you like what you see, stay tuned to this channel!

If you stream it, let us know! We'll signal boost you, maybe drop in.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 6d

It should be around until the game releases. And then it goes away! Because the full game is gonna be releasing for free and at that point like, a demo doesn't make much sense anyway so whatever

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 6d

Happy #InternationalLesbianDay! Hey ladies, Cat is available! (Provided you don't mind junk food, gross personal habits, hamster fixation, asbestos-lined crawlspaces, and occasional criminal activity.) The demo for Laugh Track launches this Friday.

Cat is a latina teenager with dark brown hair dyed with light brown streaks. She wears a gray hoodie with green highlights, and two cat ears sewn into the hood. She's shown in front of a lesbian pride flag shrugging and looking apathetic.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 8d

Yep, the one episode demo is coming up this Friday!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 9d

And your character is probably one of the most horrible people in the world! Hooray!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 9d

Meet your co-workers, producers of Juno's World! Talented directors, actors, and... others. Not at all a hive mind cosmic horror bent on sipping from a tainted chalice of doom and despair!

Laugh Track's demo releases Oct 10, as part of NextFest. Not long now! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

An old photo of a line of cultists in blood-red robes. Narrator: My rise was... thrilling. I drank deeply of life in ways few others could.

Photo of a dimly lit back room, with three humanoid figures made of glowing cosmic energy smoking and drinking and chatting. One, a man in a brown business suit named the Director, says: Seriously? "Pronouns?" We're doing pronouns?

Three enormous eyes with irises tinted cyan, magenta, and yellow stare at you from a vast cosmic void. They are identified as "Management" and say: We Demolished The Fourth Wall, Invited You In To Play... And Then Rebuilt That Wall Behind You.

In the cartoon world, a teacher stands in front of the class. Her flesh is made of the same dark cosmic energy as management. She says: We have determined arithmetic story problems such as 'Jim gives Jenny three apples' are woke DEI grooming propaganda.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 11d

Yeah! Clone High was one of the visual inspirations for the overall design, also UPA cartoons and other classic animation.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 11d

We're privately owned, beholden to no one, so we can write any inclusive and anti-authoritarian stories we want. We never use AI. And starting with The Shadow Over Cyberspace and our upcoming Laugh Track all our stuff's free with optional donations.

Don't give up hope. Gaming is for everyone.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 11d

Game pass greed got you down? Favorite game get bought out by blood money and a nepo baby? AI and algorithms creeping in? Reactionary dipwads trying to shove you out of your hobby?

Hi, we're Fiction Factory Games, and we're kinda fuckin' sick of all that too. www.fictionfactorygames.com

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 13d

I submitted the claim under my real name, Stefan Gagne. Although I'm not sure why I'm not on the list. If I didn't enter the information right into the form or something? I did a search on anthropic database and found my writing in there.