Community27 May 2022Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is OUT NOW!Welcome back retro romancers! In case you missed our last post , Fiction Factory Games has teamed up again with PQube to release an all-new Arcade Spirits adventure, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers . Check out our launch trailer below: Continue your story and head on down to Good Clean Fun , your home for everything pizza, laundry, and arcade related! Created by couple Ben and Matt, this tr…
Hello gamers and retro romantics! We're super excited to be announcing that Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers will release on May 27, 2022! To celebrate we've got a brand new character trailer to share featuring the key players that you'll be encountering on your road to victory! Remember, you can import your save file from Arcade Spirits to unlock unique sub stories, character interactions,…
Ah anniversaries, one of the greatest (and most romantic 😘) occasions to celebrate, especially this close to Valentine's Day! We'd just like to say how much we appreciate all those Arcade Spirits fans out there that played the game and supported us. Without you it would not be possible for the sequel, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers , to become a reality. Thank you all so much and remember…
Hello fellow Arcade Spirits Enthusiasts, look out for some fun content coming to the Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Steam page these upcoming weeks! As we near it’s release, we thought it was time to get you introduced to some of the new team members starting … TODAY ! That’s right, head over to the Steam page of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers now and meet the first of your future tea…
Hello, hello! We're thrilled to be bringing Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers demo to Steam. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is a follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade! This romantic comedy visual nov…
Arcade Spirits 2.0 contains a bucketful of polish to shine things up real nice. Nothing major, but you'll get a better experience overall. · Fixed all reported typos. (If you spot any left, let us know.) · Clarified a few unclear or misleading decisions. (A little rewording goes a long way.) · Improved visual impairment mode support. (Tap V key to turn on self-voicing. The character creator's b…
Hey, folks -- MidBoss let us into the cool kids club and now we're happily a part of the Summer of Pride steam sale! That means you get the same amount of arcade goodness at a low, low price. Save your quarters! But there's lots more inclusive games available in this particular event. Check out the summer of Pride 2020 games!
A minor patch was issued today for Arcade Spirits, as we tune and tweak the game for its upcoming May 1st release on Switch, XBox, and PS4. This patch fixes several typos and small bugs. Thanks!
This update provides general housekeeping for bugs and typos, and introduces an extensive new system to make the game more accessible to visually impaired players. · Many, many typos fixed. Long time coming! · A few obscure bugs fixed. · Some sound effects are quieter, to be less blaring. · Game engine updated to a more modern version of RenPy. · Completionist ending updated. For visually impai…
We're pleased to announce that Arcade Spirits, a tale of love and quarters and pixels from the year 20XX, is coming to PlayStation 4, XBox One, and Nintendo Switch in early 2020! In response to fan demand, we've been working on this for months, and are thrilled to announce it to you all. We'll be demoing the Nintendo Switch version (subject to change) at PAX West, in the Indie MegaBooth -- so s…
Patch notes time! Share and enjoy. · Updated to Renpy 7.3.2, with numerous bugfixes. · Soft dissolves between changes in facial expressions now fixed. · Fixed edge case where climactic finale was an auto-win before you did anything. · There MIGHT still be a big with score popups staying on screen too long, particularly in New Game Plus, scrolling back in time. If you still encounter this after…
Patch Notes: · Voices should be a bit louder now. (This was due to a bug in the engine which made mono audio files quieter than they should be.) · Updated Gavin's first lunch break scene to add character background detail. · Fixed missing voice line for Percy in Level 04. · Fixed instances of QueenBee in the wrong outfit. · Fixed color leakage on the character's eyes while lying in bed. · Fixed…
This version brings some fixes, UI improvements, and as always... less typos. · Missing Level 03 achievement restored, if you missed it. The game should automatically grant Level 03 to you on bootup if you've cleared Level 04 already. If it doesn't, let us know! · Brackets no longer allowed in text input. · Character maximum in text input now enforced up-front. · Teo appears properly in 08 when…
The game's in good shape, 99.97% of bugs and typos are gone, and any significant story edits we wanted to make are now made. This patch is mostly polishing things up, with one feature addition to make loading save games easier. · Upgrades engine to Ren'Py 7.2.1. · Saving your game between levels caused some UI confusion before, where you had to manually click 'Return to Game' after loading. We'…
Welcome to version 1.05! This includes a few minor edits to the story for flow and pacing, a number of bugfixes, and some adjustments to the Iris tutorial. We're aiming to have one more patch coming up in a week or two which makes saving games between chapters a bit easier (right now when you reload the save you have to then click 'return') but wanted to get these fixes out the door sooner. Alm…
This version of Arcade spirits introduces a few fixes and enhancements... · Clarified that the final character export after you finish the game overwrites any previous export. · Improved audio switchover when first entering the Funplex in Level 01. · Player can no longer have a blank first or last name, and whitespace is trimmed. · Fixed a crash when picking Quirky during Teo and Gavin's scene…
Welcome to Arcade Spirits v1.03! It's a minor patch, as we seem to be quite stable now; just doing some little tweaks and tunes to keep things smooth. I've been watching streams to figure out where our trouble spots are, and anywhere I can improve the text without changing story elements, I'm happy to do so. PATCH NOTES · Adjusted narration at the start of Level 02 to flow better with your char…
Welcome to Arcade Spirits v1.02! We've added a big feature, changed a few things, and fixed up a bunch of minor issues along the way... · The Home Arcade Documentary is now available from the Prizes menu! This interactive documentary hosted by Naomi explains how you (yes, you!) can build or buy your own multi-purpose arcade machine and really get your game on! · Modified one of Percy's endings…
Patch notes, y'all! We fixed a few things tonight. · Fixed a Gutsy response to Teo in Level 07 crashing the game. · Fixed an incorrect side image in Level 07. · Removed an unintended slur from Level 04. Apologies for that! · Fixed Hamza appearing in the wrong place during Level 02. · Re-organized a few lines for better comedic timing. · Various typo fixes. (If you spot any more, let us know!)
Arcade Spirits is RELEASED! Thank you so much to everybody who's supported us along the way. This game is a pure labor of love from a small team and it's meant the world to us to have you on us during the journey. Now, let's get it on like Donkey Kong!
– Database system online. Iris personality matrix engaged. – Access protocol: 35:34:31:54:12:24:45:43 – File access: AS1_FAQ.TXT – Begin_Transmission Testing, one, two, three… ahh, hello! My name is Iris, and I’m your personal digital assistant through the world of Arcade Spirits! Today, I’d like to discuss a few tips ‘n tricks to help you get the most out of your gameplay. Don’t worry, I won’t…
Dee da dee doo, dee da dee da dee... One week remains before the launch of Arcade Spirits and hype levels (along with rising anxiety levels) are soaring. Once the 12th hits and the game drops things are going to get very interesting 'round these parts... but even in the week prior, we've got interestingness in dangerous amounts. I'm keeping our homepage up to date with links to new press, strea…
Been some time since our last developer blog post. Honestly? Not much to report, since we wrapped up the game and are just waiting for the release. But we're not TOTALLY resting on our hopefully-arriving-in-the-future laurels. Let's recap and discuss the doings and goings on. Pre-orders are up, as indicated in this handy chart . My recommendation is itch.io, which has both the normal game and s…
It's been some time since I did a rambly developer blog update about our actual progress on the game. Today I'd like to do one of those, effectively wrapping up our game in a neat little bow, as we're going to be sending it off to be certified and prepped for the February 12th launch. (And we'll be launching at $20 for the game and $25 for game plus soundtrack and artbook. Details here .) But f…
Good news -- the updated version of the Arcade Spirits demo is now available! Here's a list of what's new. · Voice acting is now available! In the full game several key scenes will be fully acted, and emotional reaction lines are used elsewhere; for the demo we're only using the emotional reaction lines. · Music and sound effect volume has been rebalanced. · Teo is slightly smaller (he was too…
We’ve got a release date — February 12th, 2019! Woo your arcade partner just in time for Valentines Day. And along with that announcement we’ve got a new trailer which features some of the great voice acting you’ll be hearing! The demo itself doesn’t have voice yet, but I’ll be updating it soon to include voice acting (and a few minor tweaks and changes). Everything should be tip top shortly. S…
Here's a conveniently desktop wallpaper sized poster of all the voice talent behind Arcade Spirits! Click to embiggen, share and enjoy. You can learn more about each individual voice actor via these links: · Stephanie Sheh as Naomi · Ogie Banks as Gavin · Price Johnson as Percy · Amber Leigh as Ashley · Nazia Chaudhry as QueenBee · Christopher Escalante as Teo · Mark Meer as Deco · Danielle McR…
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