The Turkish localization is finally up and running! A big thanks to Bengisu "green_marshmellow" Akbudak, Murad Safarli, and everyone who helped make this happen!

And as always, thanks to Ancurio for helping to pull the technical implementation together d-(' ' d-)

In addition, fixes were implemented for the German localization regarding formatting and some dialogue issues.

Cheers & hope everyone's had a nice weekend!

With the successful funding of To the Moon: Bestest Memories Kickstarter campaign this week (thank you everyone!), RICEBOT has been added as a bonus Player Badge for all supporters of the tabletop games!



The campaign runs for 26 more days, where all things relating to To the Moon's series (TtM, Finding Paradise, Impostor Factory) can be found, including the main feature of tabletop game. c:

You can find it here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freebirdgames/to-the-moon-bestest-memories




In addition, for those who missed it, the series' Beach Episode has just released its official trailer a few days ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jMne7b7FZM

For those who haven't yet, you can +wishlist it here as it comes out around the end of this year.

*All supporters of the Kickstarter campaign could also leave a name and message on a note in the game, to be dug up and read by other players.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159210/Just_A_To_the_Moon_Series_Beach_Episode/

Cheers & thanks for the support as always. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Heyo folks, just a quick recap for the week!

1. Impostor Factory's To the Moon series is getting its official tabletop game! Kickstarter campaign coming on August 15th -- Preregister now here for a bonus at launch.




2. Beach Episode for the To the Moon series is coming later this year! Everyone's coming, including all the major characters from Impostor Factory.

WIshlist here if you haven't yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159210/Just_A_To_the_Moon_Series_Beach_Episode/



Some more info & links for those interested:

A preview of a beach episode "surfing" game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xj21v-wAxo


We're accepting victory quotes for Eva, Neil, Roxie & Rob! Feel free to post suggestions here.
For example...



The teaser video for To the Moon - Bestest Memories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3aWO_Koks

And a teaser card from Impostor Factory from Bestest Memories tabletop game...




Cheers folks, hope summer's off to a good start! d-(' ' d-)

Heyo folks! With the launch of the new Alternate Universe Playbook, we're closing down the old version of the program that was originally attached to Impostor Factory.

In the coming days, the DLC will be removed to avoid confusion.

Here's where it will be moved to:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763900/Alternate_Universe_Playbook/

The new application can be found on Steam as well here, and is also free. As with the original version, it can be used to create comics and scenes with the characters, but now with even more functions and art. Other fellow indie games have also joined us in the new AUP. c:

Anyhow, cheers, just wanted to give a heads up!

Join in by:

1. Use AU Playbook (comes free with Impostor Factory) to make a quick 4-panel comic, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpp1cS4Tv30

2. Post the comic on our Discord ( discord.gg/rA4rXzC )'s contest board and/or Twitter/Instagram with #auplaybook tag.


That's it d-(' ' d-) Cheers, looking forward to some fun ideas! We got some Bestest Dancers comic prints (+signed) to give out as prizes.

Hope everyone's having a good holiday season & staying warm~!

Added duck



Duck

P.S. Also fixed Korean font (some characters weren't displaying before), and added temporary legs as props(?)

Patch note: Added a cast of silhouette characters for NPC and other uses. d-(' ' d-) They can be found under SigCorp's cast.




https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763930/Impostor_Factory__AU_Playbook/

To launch AU Playbook, launch Impostor Factory from Steam library, and select AU Playbook from the list.

Comic-making contest to announced tomorrow!

Major update to the AU Playbook that comes free with Impostor Factory -- Comic mode and more!

Here's how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpp1cS4Tv30

To use it, just launch Impostor Factory from Steam, and select "AU Playbook" from the list. :
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763930/Impostor_Factory__AU_Playbook/

I suggest using Comic Mode if you haven't tried it before, as it's the most intuitive.

New characters + poses from To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory have also been added:






We also have a comic-making contest coming soon! Join our Discord at: https://discord.gg/rA4rXzC

In the mean time, give it a try and please help spread the word! I made these while playing around with it...

As with the series' first game, ep. 2 Finding Paradise has finally been released on Switch & iOS/Android too thanks to XD Network d-(' ' d-)



For the occasion, XD has also created a set of Faye emotes for public use & Discord server. Here are a few of them:







A patch addressing some initial launch issues has also went out. For any issues or to follow up with XD, you can join their Discord here:
https://discord.gg/Jrje2tUk

( And you can also join Freebird Games' Discord here: https://discord.gg/ssUNdTF7 )

Cheers everyone, and thanks for your patience!

The 4th and final(?) track from the To the Moon series' lofi music collection is out. c:



This one features themes involving Dr. Watts & Dr. Rosalene, along with the rest of the SigCorp crew. Hope you enjoy, and thank you to Ferdk for the arrangement & Sun for the animation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_5-whgCy8

You can find the rest of the series' Lofi music here (the previous ones were 1-hour loops, but this new one's single-player):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFibNMNiCI&list=PLeMovhw05pZOUL3XZ4p8f4x0gUyX_AuFO

P.S. Episode 2 of the series,, Finding Paradise, is set to release on Switch & Mobile later this month. Keep an eye out for it!

Apparently, folks wanted to see more of the SigCorp. doctors.

We'll give you more doctors, and everyone else from the series.

On a beach.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159210/Just_A_To_the_Moon_Series_Beach_Episode/

Coming sometime around the end of the year/early next, rumored to be released on the coldest day of winter!

Please see the page for more info, & +Wishlist for those interested~ d-(' ' d-)





Cheers & hope everyone's well!

Hello everyone,

integer scaling is a feature that was requested by a few folks in the discussion forums shortly after release; I'm glad to announce it's finally here.

If you're happy with how the game looks on your monitor (especially in fullscreen), no need to change anything. However, if you always thought that the game looked more "blurry" than it should for a pixely 2D game, you might be interested in reading the accompanying post I wrote on the feature:

https://hackmd.io/@eohKgpU-QjqL72lEQtADPA/BJPHjDkhF
(there's a tl;dr at the bottom)

You can find the 4 additional options in the in game ESC menu.

Unfortunately, it doesn't currently work on macOS retina displays, apologies for that.

Until then, Sturm out~

Belated post, but here it is. c: +Some updates!

Bestest Dancers comic print:
Good news -- after some delay, we've found a manufacturer for the Bestest Dancers comic print run, and will be making them available on https://freebirdgames.bigcartel.com/ along with the other merch in the coming months!

To the Moon series card game project:
During this slower period after IF's release, we're regrouping and working on some side fun projects before going in full force with the next major project. This includes the To the Moon series card game project (https://twitter.com/freebird_games/status/1456298797991088132), which will have an announcement in the coming months as well.



TtM Animated Film:
For those asking about the animated film side of things, I've recently received some updates about its progress -- nothing that can be disclosed yet, but it is moving forward through the stages. Hoping to be able to say more about it in the future, but in the mean time, rest assured that it is moving.

Lofi Music Series:
We've been working on and releasing lofi music for the series -- To the Moon's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFibNMNiCI and Finding Paradise's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96OkPZI-dkM ^are now out, with Impostor Factory's & SigCorp's on the way for later this month.

Annnd that should be it for now! Cheers all, hope you've been well~

-Kan

We'd love to make it to the finals and be defeated by Boss Baby 2. d-(' ' d-) Please help us make it happen here and spread the word~


COLLECTIVE HNNNNNNNNG

+A new Make-Your-Scene contest with physical Freebird merch rewards:
https://twitter.com/Reives_Freebird/status/1455574225088090118

Process here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tco4mtxUA_A

Game & OST updated. Happy Halloween~

Heya, Sturm here again!
With this update, we bring you:

- A language selection screen that now remembers your choice in between sessions (the screen is still accessible at any time from the title menu, bottom right corner)
- A more comprehensive error message in case your driver doesn't meet the OpenGL requirements
- The game now always preferring to be ran on the dedicated GPU in case of dual GPU setups
- Game / window icons for Windows and Linux
- A true 64 bit build for Windows, accessible via launch option for now
- Cross platform save syncing via the Steam cloud

(Thanks to Kan and Ali for also helping out)

With this update, we are finally at the point of quality that we originally wanted to be at for the initial release last week; apologies for the delay. GOG and other storefront releases also shouldn't be far off now.

And next up, I will start working on the implementation of integer scaling, for prettier and happier pixels on your screen! So look forward to that~

Sturm out

This small update will result to the Linux version showing the correct icon for the game.

Fixed text cutoffs in certain languages (Ancu d-(' ' d-))
-Longcat and RICEBOT are now available in Alternate Universe Playbook (Del d-(' ' d-))
-Neil and Eva's rooms are now accessible as Background Settings for AUP. (ZhaoP d-(' ' d-))

Heya all, Sturm here;

the update adds two unrelated things:

- for dual GPU setups (mostly laptops), the windows version will now request to be run on the dedicated GPU by default; this should hopefully fix any "green flickering" effects people were seeing due to poorly engineered and buggy Intel drivers

- Launch options for the "Bestest Dancers" comics have been added that will open your file browser automatically, so you don't have to go the "Browse Local Files" route anymore

"Exit Game" wasn't localized in some languages to trick people into never being able to exit the game, but we've been caught and it's fixed so they may finally rest

It's now no longer too smol

TELL A FRIEND HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG

Sooo the good news is that while my release date estimates are crap upfront, it gradually gets more and more accurate the closer we get to the end! And we're really quite close.



Here's the situation: Right now most of the game is completed, and the things left to do are: The final montage sequence, pre-credit sequence, credit sequence, and revisions/polish for the last 1/3 of the game (we've been doing private demo release & feedback polishing throughout the years of development already, so I'm fairly happy with earlier parts already).

Additionally, at this point, all the parts of the game with dialogues are essentially completed; so this week I'll be cleaning up an internal build with all existing dialogue content for Andrii, who helped organize the localization for Finding Paradise. This time we'll be attempting to have multiple languages at launch as opposed to only in English like before, likely including: German, French, Spanish (European + LatAm), Portuguese Brazilian (+Portuguese), Korean, Chinese, Russian, Italian -- so we'll be trying to work with Andrii and his teams in a more organized way compared to the community translation system from before.

The plan is that as the localization process is being started, we'll then go back to finish the last montage and pre/credit sequences, as well as cleaning up anything else left. All in all, I'm currently looking at finishing up everything content-wise in August, and launching around early September.



As always, thanks for the patience guys. To be honest, the delays to all of To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and perhaps this game, although annoying, are some of the biggest factors that contributed to them being able to fulfill their potential. Although planning issues are a part of it, a large part of the poor estimates and delays are actually due to the flexibility to work with ideas and opportunities that come up during development that didn't occur at the initial planning stage. And unlike a lot of larger and more rigid projects, the freedom to pivot and refine things freely has been so key to realizing what the series is capable of.

So to sum it up: The team and I are working hard to wrap this up in a couple of months, and we'll try our best to ensure Impostor Factory makes the wait worthwhile even if we have to kill Neil.

Cheers & thanks all,
Kan

P.S. For weekly updates of the "progress" please follow @freebird_games and the thread here:
https://twitter.com/freebird_games/status/1395084027804139520

Hey folks, I'm excited to announce that with the release of Impostor Factory next year, we will be simultaneously releasing a 50+ pages comic featuring the SigCorp doctors.

The comic will be illustrated by Del (@Eastxide), with the stories written by both of us.



It will contain numerous segments, including light hearted stories and more serious ones.

Similar to the last comic, Paper Memories, it will be made available publicly for free, and also as a voluntary purchasable dlc to the game on Steam for those who're able to support the project.



And yup, it will also have a physical print run available at Freebird's bigcartel page for the collectors. d-(' ' d-)



Thank you for your patience, and we're looking forward to sharing the stories with y'all!

Cheers,
Kan

P.S.

Hi folks, here's an end-of-year update to the release of Impostor Factory, To the Moon animated film, and more. There's also a preview music recording from IF's original soundtrack at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF6-mLQL0oM

The 3rd episode can be wishlisted here for when it releases:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/

Thank you for your support & understanding! We're working on it.

HnnnnNNNNNNGHH

-Kan

Should we go with




or




It's not too late to change, but time's running out if we don't want to delay the game by another couple of years.

Thanks in advance for your patience and anticipation! Impostor Factory is coming along nicely. d-(' ' d-) Can't wait to share it with y'all.


( P.S.
The Freebird team has been working from home since a couple of weeks ago, and will continue to do so as fit. Project progress is OK. Stay safe, everyone. )