A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale News

Hey everyone!

It's been a month since we announced A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale and what a month it was! We have received overwhelming support and we couldn't be happier about it! Thank you all so so much 💜

We want to keep you all in the loop and share more about the project, so we've been doing interviews and appearances on podcasts, talking to you on social media and chatting on Discord (which, by the way, you should join! We've got some fun conversations going on there).

Here's a more recent podcast you could listen to right now! Šarūnas and Žilvinas from Tag of Joy joined the Adventure Game Hotspot podcast and chatted more about A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale and how stories end, talking about some of the most memorable endings in movies, books and video games 😎 Give it a listen! 🎧

🌟 https://adventuregamehotspot.com/podcast/3024/memorable-endings-and-new-beginnings-with-the-co-developers-of-a-vampyre-story-a 🌟

There are more fun appearances in the making, so keep an eye out!

As for the game itself, we've been hard at work with the development too. The main story of the game is almost done (yay!), and right now we are designing the puzzles and iterating over the general flow of the game. We all love puzzles (you don't say!), and designing challenging yet satisfying gameplay is actually a bit like a huge, complex, mathematical-logic-left-and-right puzzle for us. So, to be able to feel that flow better, we started setting up a very early click-through version, where we could test out the puzzles and other story elements.

Even though we're still reviewing the puzzles, characters and locations, some of them are already set in stone, which means that we can already paint them. This is the step where Bill Tiller's magic materializes into beautiful scenes, so here's a little sneak peak of a new background in progress:



We want to wish you a beautiful end of autumn and a great start of the holiday season! 🍂❄️

Have a Great Day,
Autumn Moon Games & Tag of Joy 💜

Hello everyone!

We are so excited to be working on a new A Vampyre Story game! It's been quite a journey but we're back stronger than ever. And the support we got on the announcement was overwhelming, y'all are the best! 💜

A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale is going to be born thanks to a strong partnership. How did this happen, you wonder? Here's a little excerpt from an interview where we sat down and told the tale on Adventure Game Hotspot:

"Šarūnas: Well, my brother Žilvinas and I (the two co-founders of Tag of Joy) grew up, or rather came of age with games like The Curse of Monkey Island. And when we started following the industry deeper, Bill Tiller was always one of the people whose activities and projects I would regularly check. So at some point Bill posted a very open-ended message about the AVS IP and that he’d like to do something new with it. We reached out, he replied, and here we are! We kept it a bit secret for a while, though (which was pretty tough!), until we were sure we are doing this full-speed.

Bill: When Crimson Cow gave me the opportunity to buy A Vampyre Story rights back, I jumped at the chance! But I didn’t have a team set up or the funding yet. I am no programmer, so I thought maybe fans of my games and also knew how to make graphic adventures might be interested in teaming up on a demo for the game, and then we’d use the demo to raise money for the full game. Tag of Joy turned out to be a perfect match! It was really serendipitous."

Read the full interview on Adventure Game Hotspot. Thank you for having us, Jack!

When we were still secretly brewing this project, we also had a chance to meet up and discuss the game in person in Lithuania! Here's a photo from our meeting:



And now we're diving deep into the development of the game. But let's keep the conversation alive! Feel free to write us in the Steam forums or join our Discord server to chat more 😊

Last but not least, your support means so much to us! Make sure to wishlist the game, tell your friends, family, colleagues and neighbors about it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3273370/

Talk soon!
Autumn Moon Games & Tag of Joy 💜

[h2]We, Autumn Moon Games and Tag of Joy, are thrilled to announce our collaboration on the highly anticipated supernatural point and click adventure A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale! 🦇[/h2]

Return to the world of A Vampyre Story in a new gorgeous supernatural comedy adventure! Bill Tiller (The Curse of Monkey Island, The Dig), Dave Harris and other ex-LucasArts veterans join forces with Tag of Joy, the team behind the 2022 award-winning point and click game Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit, to deliver an exciting and fresh addition to the adventure genre!

A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale follows Mona, a Parisian opera singer who is kidnapped and taken to a castle in Draxsylvania where she is turned into a vampire. Fortunately, she’s aided by her loyal companion, a wisecracking bat named Froderick. Guide both Froderick and Mona through a landscape of crazy characters, clever puzzles and gorgeous locations, including Dr. Legume’s Home for the Sanity Challenged, the Executioner’s Practice Grounds, the Mortus Labs™ and many others! It will be up to you to help Mona escape the clutches of a mad scientist and stop his evil plan, find a vampire familiar, and continue her quest to return home.

“I love LucasArts graphic adventures, Halloween, and the classic Universal Monster movies of the 40’s and 50’s. So when I created the original A Vampyre Story, I combined all those things I love together. Since its release, adventure game technology has vastly improved, and by partnering with Tag of Joy, we’ll be able to continue the story of Mona and Froderick in a modern gaming experience that also still evokes the feel of a classic LucasArts graphic adventure,” says Bill Tiller, CEO and Creative Director of Autumn Moon Games. “I couldn’t be more excited about our collaboration. With Tag of Joy’s help we raised enough funding to finally kick off development of the new game, so it’s really amazing to announce that this is finally happening!”

“My brother and I came of age playing games like The Curse of Monkey Island and have released a modern point and click adventure ourselves, so when we learned that Bill was looking to resurrect his A Vampyre Story franchise, we reached out and suggested a collaboration. We are super excited that Bill agreed, and he’s also really friendly and easy to work with!” says Šarūnas Ledas, the CEO and co-founder of Tag of Joy. “Bill’s knowledge, beautiful artwork and a very fun IP combined with our team’s recent experience in creating a 2.5D adventure makes a perfect mix.”

The new installment in the A Vampyre Story series welcomes new and returning players alike. The collaboration promises beautiful hand-painted environments mixed with stylized 3D art and visual effects, tons of animation and cinematics, diverse group of characters, funny dialogue and a thrilling story packed with engaging puzzles. It’s born from a marriage between the golden age of the genre and the modern era – and boasts all the best genes from both!

Watch the announcement video on YouTube and wishlist A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale today! To stay up to date with the latest news, follow us on Facebook and Discord.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3273370/A_Vampyre_Story_A_Bats_Tale/