The other trick we used was to perform the dialogue out loud, as if we were doing bits to each other. You will instantly identify clunky dialogue as soon as you run into it, and this helped us make the lines feel more natural and conversational.
This is one of the writing tricks we used on Loco Motive, after I read this very article! We'd do an initial "shitty little goblin" pass just to have something on the page, and then go back and rewrite it properly. Psychologically it worked to make the writing process a lot easier.
rad news 🎉 - Murder Meet Cute is going to be part of InterfaceX 26. Better, we've been picked as a main feature in the showcase 2nd May. be there or be square: interfacex.net
#FakeOS #InterfaceX26
📣 GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Oh you wanna role play me, huh? 90s Computer goth genius who fixes computers on the night shift? Be careful what you wish for.
WISHLIST NOW.
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Thanks for the shout out! 🙌
I had a great experience as a speaker & panelist at last year's AdventureX!
I recommend you submit a talk if you have any narrative games / voice acting / adventure game wisdom to share, it's a friendly crowd and a spacious venue.
RT and share to someone you think might be interested 👀
Congratulations! 👏
You can tell me Bluesky is dead, irrelevant and actively hostile, but you have NO IDEA how many point & click adventure games I've played.
Nice! I'm always recommending Alex and the other Warlocs whenever I can. Hopefully more to come! ☺️
I've been playing the pixel art game Loco Motive and I recently got to an area where a character appeared and I exclaimed, jokingly, "is that Alasdair Beckett-King??"
It turns out it WAS Alasdair Beckett-King. Oh to be recognisable from a scattering of pixels.
Remember that today is liars day, and this is like the Super Bowl for the unfunniest people on the planet.
Loco Motive ($12.59) - a fantastically animated comedy point and click, casting you as the prime suspect(s) for Lady Unterwald's murder. incredibly expressive, tailor made to those who loved the goofy energy in the animation for Sam and Max and Ghost Trick. store.steampowered.com/app/1709880/...
Nice!
A screenshot from Loco Motive
A screenshot from Loco Motive
A screenshot from Loco Motive
A screenshot from Loco Motive
Loco Motive is 30% off in the Steam Spring sale - aka your excuse to grab our IGF nominated, comedy point n click whodunit for a tenner 💸
Join us aboard the Reuss Express. A journey of a lifetime, derailed by an unexpected assassination!
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They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
Nice to see a solo dev story that you can feel good about!
30k copies sold and sub-500 steam reviews in just over a week is really an outstanding performance. I think it took us a lot longer to reach that and we had more resources on hand.
Nice!!
Excellent news. CEO Changhan Kim had no business ousting the co-founders from their own studio, and that is now confirmed legally. Get fucked, Krafton! 👋
Over 50,000 Sold! - An illustration of the main protagonists celebrating
Loco Motive has officially sold over 50,000 copies since launch, across PC & Nintendo Switch! 🎉
A huge milestone for a debut title from a new studio! Thanks so much for your support - whether you’ve played the game, left a review, championed us on juries or shared with your community.
That's so nice to hear, thank you!
I last attended in 2019, and yeah it didn't have the same energy this year for a number of reasons. The destruction of jobs across media and game development is definitely part of that.
To be fair to the IGF they are generous to the finalists - we were provided free GDC passes, a travel stipend, and the booths are provided at no cost.
We wouldnt have attended otherwise, but we're still talking a few thousand dollars for flights, hotel and existing in an expensive city for a week.
Fair! On our side it was the same time as the Steam coffee morning that we wanted to attend - but felt the press hour would be more important. So we kinda missed out on two things there!
I was going to share my IGF and GDC thoughts but Meredith really nailed it, so just read this.
And yes, it was disappointing to be told press would come speak to IGF finalists, only for not one person in media to show up.
We're part of the Curious Odyssey narrative games sale, and that means you can grab our IGF Nominated murder mystery - Loco Motive for 30% off, right now! 🗡️
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I'll share some more thoughts on GDC and IGF once the dust has settled, but overall I'm feeling very positive that we got the opportunity to meet devs in person and make those connections.
I'd like to think an IGF nomination would open some new doors for us in future, but we'll see what happens?
Let's goooo
Congrats on the launch!
🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹
AND there's a 20% launch discount!
🐐 Merge the items
💪 Unite the people
🏠 Make a home
And it's Steam Deck Verified!!
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I'd like to see that graph take into account the five years of high inflation and purchasing power erosion.
