Faded Solitude

Devlog

• Are we in development hell? No, but here's what we learned!
  October 16, 2023 by Alex with D.

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  #development, #point and click, #process, #gamedev, #narrative

  Hey peeps, it's been a while since we wrote anything new here. We've been hard at work irl and on Faded Solitude, our handdrawn point and click adventure. This month we've tried something new: A YouTu... Continue reading

  
• Log of December (2022) - End of year wrap up! (What we've been doing these past silent months) From all of us to all of you :)
  December 21, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #drawing, #characterdesign, #handdrawn, #horror, #faded solitude, #point and click, #oc, #puzzle, #puzzles, #storyrich, #narrative

  Hello again, It's been a while since we've written here. Things have been getting busier, so we're gonna have to release devlogs less often to focus more on the development of Faded Solitude. In any c... Continue reading

  
• Log of August (2022) - Bunch-a of small things
  September 06, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #horror, #handdrawn, #point and click, #puzzle, #visual novel, #update, #faded solitude

  Hello again, It's once again a small things kind of month. Let's see what those entail: August Development Spooky animated texture Showing it all would ruin the surprise, plus it's still wip. Somethin... Continue reading

  
• Log of July (2022) - Mysterious 'thing' complete!
  September 06, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #background, #faded solitude, #drawing, #devlog, #handdrawn, #point and click, #puzzle, #puzzles, #visual novel, #update

  Hello again, We set up a sequence, some updating of textures and some concept sketches for stuff later on. Let's check it out! July Development Mysterious sequence Our coder @RocketBoyweee set up a ve... Continue reading

  
• Log of June (2022) - Summer begins!
  July 01, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #background, #devlog, #faded solitude, #drawing, #point and click, #update, #visual novel

  Hello again, Summer begins! Well, at least for some of us. It's getting cold down under. Anyway, my time at the workshop is over and good progress has been made while being there. I'm also pleased to... Continue reading

  
• Log of May (2022) - Lorry's fall
  June 01, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #drawing, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #horror, #point and click, #puzzle, #puzzles, #update, #visual novel

  Hello again May Development Lorry's fall (WIP) There's going to be a big sequence involving Lorry falling into... We want to go nuts with this and tried implementing FMV support into the engine for mo... Continue reading

  
• Log of April (2022) - So much new stuff!
  May 06, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #horror, #point and click, #puzzles, #puzzle

  Hello again, I've moved over to a workspace that isn't my room, which has increased my productivity by alot. Lots of new textures, which in turn makes the game look more finished, which in turn makes... Continue reading

  
• Log of February-March (2022) - 2 for the price of 1, but it's free anyway!
  March 30, 2022 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #cat, #drawing, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #puzzles

  Hello again, February flew by, and suddenly we were halfway through March. So here's a devlog for both months. :) February and March Development Cat poses are done. Smol cat. Might be useful for puzzl... Continue reading

  
• Log of January (2022) - We're secretly interior designers
  February 02, 2022 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #art, #background, #cat, #devlog, #drawing, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #point and click, #puzzle, #update, #visual novel

  Hello again, Let's have a look at the stuff we did in January! January Development Cat puzzle mockup is working The code's been setup for the cat puzzle. It works. It has "beautiful" temporary assets... Continue reading

  
• Log of December (2021) - 2021 in review
  December 26, 2021 by Alex with D.

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  #VN, #art, #adventure, #devlog, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #horror, #point and click, #planning, #review

  Hello again, Let's take some time and review the year, as well as see what December brought with it. 2021 in review This year we digged further into the dark caves of the red level and we haven't reac... Continue reading

  
• Log of November (2021) - What's in the BOOOX?!
  December 02, 2021 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #drawing, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #point and click, #puzzle, #cat

  Hello again, Alright back on track Let's go November: ________________________________________________ November Development Terry is no more! (NPC visuals added into red level) : Adom and Grace have (... Continue reading

  
• Log of October (2021) - Yeah, huh... Small game design things!
  November 01, 2021 by Alex with D.#adventure, #VN, #faded solitude, #horror, #handdrawn, #point and click, #update, #gamedesign, #background, #art

  Hello again, So yeah, as you might know, life throws you curve balls sometimes. We weren't very lucky this month in regards of development due to various reasons. But aye, that's that and that's okay... Continue reading

  
• Log of September (2021) - Puzzle flowcharts -Cats involved.
  October 03, 2021 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #drawing, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #point and click, #horror, #update, #storyrich, #visual novel, #puzzle, #planning, #oc

  Hello again, Like last month, work and studies take up a good portion of our time. Yet, we still get things done. Let's have a look at some of the stuff that has been done these past 30 days. ________... Continue reading

  
• Log of August (2021) - Written, revised and revised again. It's looking quite promising!
  August 31, 2021 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #devlog, #faded solitude, #horror, #storyrich, #update, #visual novel, #point and click, #handdrawn, #art, #writing, #review

  Hello again, Alright-alright. I got my lovely work station back after some moving. Only now school is taking up a good chunk of my time and energy. Ey, what can you do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Work on the game... Continue reading

  
• Log of July (2021) - Diving deep into the story... on vacation.
  July 31, 2021 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #devlog, #faded solitude, #storyrich, #art, #visual novel, #point and click

  Hello again, July was a month, where both team members got busy in real life. Well, I was on vacation too hehe. x) +Also quite a bit of moving. I'm still not at my workstation, so I haven't been able... Continue reading

  
• Log of June (2021) - Who is this man?
  June 30, 2021 by Alex with D.#adventure, #art, #VN, #characterdesign, #faded solitude, #drawing, #devlog, #storyrich, #update, #visual novel, #oc, #point and click, #handdrawn

  Hello again, This man, well, he's just sort of been popping up in our work this month. Let's introduce him: His name is Sebastian. He's close to Helina and a very important supporting character in the... Continue reading

  
• Log of May (2021) - This level is getting huge.
  June 01, 2021 by Alex with D.

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  #adventure, #VN, #art, #devlog, #drawing, #characterdesign, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #point and click, #oc, #storyrich, #update, #visual novel

  Hello again, My oh my. The red level is already filling out two spritesheets. With some clever texture packing, we might only need three. Anyway, further development on things we've mentioned in previ... Continue reading

  
• Log of April (2021) - Exciting Red Level Progress and Tweaks
  April 30, 2021 by Alex with D.#VN, #adventure, #art, #devlog, #faded solitude, #handdrawn, #point and click, #storyrich, #update, #visual novel, #horror, #drawing, #oc

  Hello again, We made some cool stuff this month. Let's check it out! :D ________________________________________________ April Development 1. Dialogue for next level is mostly finished: We're happy wi... Continue reading

  
• Log of March (2021) - Cavern Scarecrows + Another new build :D
  April 01, 2021 by Alex with D.#adventure, #point and click, #horror, #devlog, #faded solitude, #storyrich, #art, #update, #handdrawn, #VN, #visual novel

  Hello again, Remember we mentioned a new build last devlog? Yeah, well it turned out to not be totally fool-proof. So here we are again with another build. (0.1.7) Real life got us tangled up in all s... Continue reading

  
• Log of February (2021) - New build, new lore illustration!
  February 28, 2021 by Alex with D.#adventure, #point and click, #horror, #devlog, #faded solitude, #storyrich, #art, #update, #handdrawn

  Hello again, Remember we mentioned a new build last devlog. What happened? Well, bugs happened. We managed to make it run properly, though, and now there's a new build. :) There isn't anything new oth... Continue reading

  
• Log of January (2021) - Future writing, computer crapping.
  January 31, 2021 by Alex with D.#adventure, #point and click, #horror, #devlog, #faded solitude, #storyrich, #art

  Hello again, Welcome to the first devlog of 2021! Our coder's ( @RocketBoyweee ) computer crapped out and died, but it has now been reborn as a beautiful phoenix! Only minor progress was lost, luckily... Continue reading

  
• Log of December (2020) - End of the year! + New characters
  December 27, 2020 by Alex with D.#adventure, #point and click, #storyrich, #handdrawn, #art, #characterdesign, #horror

  Hello again, First of all, we wish all of you reading this a merry christmas/holidays and a happy new year. 🎄 This year started off slow with another delay to the demo release date, but we finally... Continue reading

  
• FS DEMO Launched on itch! Wow!
  December 08, 2020 by Alex with D.#first, #faded solitude, #gamejolt, #itch, #point and click, #adventure

  Hello itch! We (Alex and Luke) are originally from Gamejolt. This is our first post here. Not much else. If you want to catch up on development, there's the cohesive devlog thread on our Gamejolt page... Continue reading