Neofeud News

If you haven't picked up Neofeud yet or known anyone who might be interested in it or you want to gift it to someone, Neofeud is on sale now till February 20!



http://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/



You can now vote for Neofeud for game of the year and several other categories in both the Adventure Game Studio Awards and the Adventure Gamers Awards!

Neofeud was nominated in the 2017 Adventure Game Studio Awards for:

Best Game
Best Writing
Best Character
Best Music and Sound
Best Background Art
Best Character Art
Best Voice Acting

Thanks everyone who voted! I'm really honored to be up for any awards in this awesome engine that was used to produce such great games as Primordia, Technobabylon, Cat Lady, and the Blackwell Series. It's great to be among good company this year including Captain Disaster and Legend of Hand as well! I'm however very thankful that Wadjet Eye Games and Wormwood Studios didn't release anything in 2017 to give Neofeud a better chance! (You can find out more about Wadjet Eye and Wormwood's upcoming releases in the Silver Spook Podcast, though!)



Speaking of the Silver Spook Podcast, I just recently finished having a very deep and insightful conversation with Sophia Park @sophiapark_ of @aether_int about her awesome and thought-provoking cyberpunk game "Localhost" in which you must convince artificial intelligences to let you delete them as part of your job. Look out for it on the next Silver Spook podcast! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOX1fY9Ow52-RXrTxm0FKg?view_as=subscriber



Next up, for Valentines Day, here's what Neofeud might look like as a Sukeban Games' VA-11 HALL-A style cyberpunk bartending game. Who should get together in Neofeud 2? Happy waifu shipping!



Here is a more updated (almost) finished version of that earlier artwork from the sequel to Neofeud, in the works! This particular scene is now more-or-less finished up, although it will probably go through another phase of modification when it gets implemented in the AGS game engine.

Finally, to learn more about the latest Neofeud 2 artwork, the "Anarcho-Holonistic" concept I'm mulling over the sequel, as well as the art process I used to create this sort of surreal art, have a look at this livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT92sh8tIP0

If you haven't picked up Neofeud yet or known anyone who might be interested in it or you want to gift it to someone, Neofeud is on sale now till February 20!



http://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/



You can now vote for Neofeud for game of the year and several other categories in both the Adventure Game Studio Awards and the Adventure Gamers Awards!

Neofeud was nominated in the 2017 Adventure Game Studio Awards for:

Best Game
Best Writing
Best Character
Best Music and Sound
Best Background Art
Best Character Art
Best Voice Acting

Thanks everyone who voted! I'm really honored to be up for any awards in this awesome engine that was used to produce such great games as Primordia, Technobabylon, Cat Lady, and the Blackwell Series. It's great to be among good company this year including Captain Disaster and Legend of Hand as well! I'm however very thankful that Wadjet Eye Games and Wormwood Studios didn't release anything in 2017 to give Neofeud a better chance! (You can find out more about Wadjet Eye and Wormwood's upcoming releases in the Silver Spook Podcast, though!)



Speaking of the Silver Spook Podcast, I just recently finished having a very deep and insightful conversation with Sophia Park @sophiapark_ of @aether_int about her awesome and thought-provoking cyberpunk game "Localhost" in which you must convince artificial intelligences to let you delete them as part of your job. Look out for it on the next Silver Spook podcast! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOX1fY9Ow52-RXrTxm0FKg?view_as=subscriber



Next up, for Valentines Day, here's what Neofeud might look like as a Sukeban Games' VA-11 HALL-A style cyberpunk bartending game. Who should get together in Neofeud 2? Happy waifu shipping!



Here is a more updated (almost) finished version of that earlier artwork from the sequel to Neofeud, in the works! This particular scene is now more-or-less finished up, although it will probably go through another phase of modification when it gets implemented in the AGS game engine.

Finally, to learn more about the latest Neofeud 2 artwork, the "Anarcho-Holonistic" concept I'm mulling over the sequel, as well as the art process I used to create this sort of surreal art, have a look at this livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT92sh8tIP0

First up, here is some of the latest progress on Neofeud 2 (Tentatively Titled: "Novus Ordo Seclorum"), which I am currently working on as quickly as possible!



"Anarcho-Holons"



"Death Is The Path To Life"

These are high-concept artwork, however they will also likely be modified as in-game assets as well. Such is the case with my particular gamedev workflow, where art is sometimes dictated by the story I've written, but often the digital paintings evolve the story itself, organically. Also, any one of these paintings that I do in around 6000x4000 resolution might take me a week or more.


Next up, I've had a great time chatting with several other cyberpunk and adventure game creators recently on the Silver Spook Podcast, including Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games (Blackwell, Primordia, Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, etc.), James Spanos (Primordia, The Cat Lady, Downfall, Until I Have You), and the creator of The Nameless Mod for Deus Ex, Jonas Waever.


Episode 14 - Dave Gilbert - Wadjet Eye Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfkKvs42v-4

Episode 16 - James Spanos - Primordia, Cat Lady, Until I Have You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6Q0eR07OA

Episode 11 - Jonas Waever - The Nameless Mod for Deus Ex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWMP4L2xvo

You can get all of the podcasts on my Youtube Channel, and subscribe for the latest! https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Also, here are audio files of the podcasts for those who requested that:

Episode 15 - Nathan Hamley creator of Guard DutyEpisode 15 - Nathan Hamley creator of Guard Duty

Episode 14 - Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games

Episode 13 - Francisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games

Episode 12 - Japes Hirons creator of Neon Sword

Episode 11 - Jonas Waever lead designer of "The Nameless Mod" for Deus Ex 1

Episode 10 - Jamie Patton creator of Spinnortality

Episode 9 - Primordia Writer Mark Yohalem

Episode 7 - Technobabylon creator James Dearden



Finally, the Adventure Game Studio Awards for 2017 are now open! Neofeud is one of those games that was made with AGS in 2017, so feel free to nominate it for any awards you feel it should be consider for. :)

https://t.co/xQbmCWW4wI

First up, here is some of the latest progress on Neofeud 2 (Tentatively Titled: "Novus Ordo Seclorum"), which I am currently working on as quickly as possible!



"Anarcho-Holons"



"Death Is The Path To Life"

These are high-concept artwork, however they will also likely be modified as in-game assets as well. Such is the case with my particular gamedev workflow, where art is sometimes dictated by the story I've written, but often the digital paintings evolve the story itself, organically. Also, any one of these paintings that I do in around 6000x4000 resolution might take me a week or more.


Next up, I've had a great time chatting with several other cyberpunk and adventure game creators recently on the Silver Spook Podcast, including Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games (Blackwell, Primordia, Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, etc.), James Spanos (Primordia, The Cat Lady, Downfall, Until I Have You), and the creator of The Nameless Mod for Deus Ex, Jonas Waever.


Episode 14 - Dave Gilbert - Wadjet Eye Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfkKvs42v-4

Episode 16 - James Spanos - Primordia, Cat Lady, Until I Have You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6Q0eR07OA

Episode 11 - Jonas Waever - The Nameless Mod for Deus Ex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWMP4L2xvo

You can get all of the podcasts on my Youtube Channel, and subscribe for the latest! https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Also, here are audio files of the podcasts for those who requested that:

Episode 15 - Nathan Hamley creator of Guard DutyEpisode 15 - Nathan Hamley creator of Guard Duty

Episode 14 - Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games

Episode 13 - Francisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games

Episode 12 - Japes Hirons creator of Neon Sword

Episode 11 - Jonas Waever lead designer of "The Nameless Mod" for Deus Ex 1

Episode 10 - Jamie Patton creator of Spinnortality

Episode 9 - Primordia Writer Mark Yohalem

Episode 7 - Technobabylon creator James Dearden



Finally, the Adventure Game Studio Awards for 2017 are now open! Neofeud is one of those games that was made with AGS in 2017, so feel free to nominate it for any awards you feel it should be consider for. :)

https://t.co/xQbmCWW4wI

First up, Neofeud is still 40% off in the Steam Winter Sale for one more week! If you haven't picked it up yet, you've got until the New Years firework retina-burn wears off and the red firecracker paper biodegrades. :)

Next, Funhaus, a Youtube comedy channel with over *1.3 million subscribers* just did a short play / comedy video with Neofeud! The video has only been out for a few days and it's already got over 200,000 views! It's mostly sillyness, but as a one-guy team with zero budget this is a huge Christmas present, especially considering a bunch of those 200,000 viewers commented "This looks awesome!", "I just bought Neofeud" or "Why haven't I heard of this before!?" so thanks for that, Sir Lawrence!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPz_EHMuHx8

I also spoke to Lawrence Sonntag (the guy playing the game) briefly on Twitter and he gave it a thumbs up. An actor, podcaster, producer and game journalist, Mr. Sonntag is a very cool guy that you might consider following to spot indie gems. :)




I will be doing some livestreaming gamedev and hanging out Friday 12/29 at 2 PM EDT on my Youtube channel. (I usually stream on Saturday but I'm having a belated holiday family-invasion at our place this weekend!) Here's the latest stream, where I play a bit of Neofeud and do some developer commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2kGlC3FTF0

While Neofeud didn't quite beat Cuphead in the Indie Game of the Year competition, Neofeud did make it to the Top 100 Indie Games of 2017 (out of over 10,000)! And in the top 3 point-and-click games!

Finally, check out Steam Shovellers, a great game journalism site that does an excellent job spotting the hidden gems in the massive number of Steam releases. :) Steam Shovellers will be playing Neofeud on Twitch on New Years Eve afternoon, Eastern Time, and I will probably drop in for a bit, so go hang out!