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Mask of the Rose will release on 8th June 2023

Mask of the Rose will release on the 8th of June. Being a perspicacious kind of person, youll notice that the 8th of June is very much not in April. We hope youll forgive us one last delay; lets talk about why weve made the decision to do so. We always knew Mask of the Rose would be more responsive to player choice than is usual for visual novels, and that we wanted to make more space for interconnections and small surprises, but we expected it would still work well with visual novel interface conventions. So for example, players would be able to indicate who theyd like to spend time with through map movement, but we wouldnt need a quest log. As we worked on it, though, we kept finding fun, exciting, or emotionally powerful opportunities to connect parts of the story together, and the narrative is now far more responsive and dynamic than we initially anticipated. Now the game is nearing completion, weve been able to do more playtesting, and weve found that we need to do more to help the player navigate this vast web of choices. In particular:

When the player uses the map, they now no longer just select where and who theyd like to spend time with; we also ask what objective theyd like to work towards, because there are often several reasons a player might have for seeking out a particular character. We often need to know this in advance, because it might influence, for example, whether you want to speak to Horatia when shes alone or with company.
The wardrobe is one of the games key mechanics, but we found it wasnt always easy to figure out how exactly it was affecting conversations, and so put together the ideal outfit for an occasion. So we now give much clearer feedback when your current outfit enables dialogue options.
It could be hard to keep track of how much time you had remaining during a conversation, so weve made it easier to tell which choices will advance time, too.
As it turns out, theres so much to do that its easy to lose track of your available objectives, so weve added a new interface to track this for you.

These changes are already in the game, and in fact were still entering content lock as planned. The trouble is that in a game where the narrative is this flexible and procedural, these features open up a tremendous space for bugs. You can meet characters in different orders, important information can be conveyed in multiple different conversations, and the story can vary a lot in how the parts are connected together. Our testing therefore has to account for a huge number of variables and ensure the combinations are functional and satisfying. Our submission date for Switch is staying the same as when we were aiming for an April release (27th April was the proposed date), but we plan on taking six more weeks to ensure a) the game is in excellent shape when you come to play it, and b) the team are able to get there while maintaining a healthy work schedule. We look forward to giving you Mask of the Rose in all its fully tested glory on the 8th of June, and to bringing you some fun surprises along the way. Here's the release date trailer to whet your appetite, which is mostly the same as the previous trailer with a couple of juicy new bits. [previewyoutube=HCuYH-a-lfk;full][/previewyoutube]

WASD Live

If youre in the UK, and you can get to London, you have the opportunity to play an almost-finished version of Mask of the Rose at WASD (getcher WASD tickets here). Well have competitions and giveaways too, and itd be lovely to see any of you who can make it along. Its been yonks since weve done a live event and this one is in a particularly good location for some Fallen London cosplay photography (its right by Spitalfields market, which is the real-world basis for Spite).

[ 2023-03-20 12:31:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Mask of the Rose

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Failbetter Games Publisher

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Welcome to Fallen London: a darkly hilarious gothic underworld where death is a temporary inconvenience, the rats talk, and Hell is only a stone's throw away.

Thanks to an unknown bargain, London now resides in a vast cavern under the earth. Down here, the sun doesn't shine, and Parliament has sunk into the Thames. Queen Victoria never emerges from her palace. Cats spy on their owners and whisper their secrets abroad. The fabric of strait-laced Victorian society has begun to fray.

New Masters are in charge. Why are they so… tall? And always cloaked? And why are they so interested in love stories?

The possibilities for personal connection in London are different now. Thrown together in crisis, you might befriend or romance many of the characters you meet, from Griz, your assertive housemate for whom the Fall was a chance to break free of Victorian societal norms, to the infernally well-dressed gentleman at the Brass Consulate with the amber eyes.

Even death itself has a twist here: the first murder victim since the Fall is feeling much better, and keen to see justice done. Unfortunately, as the doctor who treated him immediately before he expired, your housemate Archie is the prime suspect...

(Re)invent yourself: who were you before the Fall? Who will you be now?
Create outfits from a selection of clothing and unusual accessories to unlock different story options
Fall in love with a cast of diverse Londoners, each with their own secrets
Matchmake among your friends, or seek love for yourself (by any definition you like)
Write love stories in a delightful minigame, and use them to impress the new Masters
Pick up odd jobs to earn money and gather resources. How are you at rat catching?
Solve the first murder since the Fall, with the assistance of the victim
Discover cosy, mysterious and magnificent locations in a dark and delicious version of Victorian London
Seek deeper and deeper secrets over multiple playthroughs

Will you be a brilliant matchmaker, connecting friends and rivals while remaining unattached? Or are you looking for lasting love? Perhaps you're open to whatever comes your way? Every major storyline is accessible regardless of whether your approach to love is romantic or platonic.

Use an elaborate, dynamic story-crafting system to create love stories – and murder theories. Are the twists in the tale not to your taste? Then change the motive, the location, even the victim, and see how the stories adapt!

Your past will open different doors for you in London. What was your life on the Surface like? Were your family landed gentry? Or did they own a tailor’s shop, or dabble in the occult?

Your clothing will also make people think differently of you. Your outfits open new possibilities in conversation: be bolder, more commanding, more flirtatious. Ingratiate yourself with London's inhabitants by changing your style of dress – they won't be able to resist you in that hat!

You'll also work odd jobs and collect resources which will open new avenues in social situations. Your housemate Griz has found you work as census-taker for those curious new Masters. Fill your census-taker's notebook with intimate details about your fellow citizens and you'll find you can pursue deeper relationships with them, romantic or otherwise.

Griz

For your fellow lodger Griz, the Fall of London has been a liberation – the chance to throw off her corsets, dump the dresses and be taken seriously in a position that would have been forbidden to her when she was 'Miss Griselda'.

Archie

For your other housemate Archie, the change is terrifying. What is a medical student supposed to believe in when even the laws of death no longer apply?

Harjit

When the Fall struck, Harjit stepped up to help anyone who needed it. Now he’s settling into his role as a man in uniform, but the territory is unfamiliar – and, secretly, he has a missing person of his own to find.

Milton

Milton is the amber-eyed host of a literary parlour with a scalding handshake and a prior address in Hell. He’s an excellent listener, but does he only want you for your soul?

Rachel

Rachel was halfway through her serialised novel when London fell and everything she was writing about was turned upside-down. Her publisher grows impatient. Fortunately (?) meeting Milton has rekindled her passion – for more than just writing.

David

Rachel’s brother, and no fan of Milton, David is also destined to be Fallen London’s first murder victim. When he returns from the dead, you can ask him all about it.

Horatia

For a decade, Horatia has taken in lodgers and turned them into family. Since London fell, people need the security she offers more than ever. So when a man made entirely of clay knocks at the door, offering to pay handsomely for lodgings, she can hardly refuse.

Mr Pages

One of London's new, mysterious “Masters”, Mr Pages has embarked on the titanic endeavour of conducting London’s first post-Fall census! But why are its questions so concerned with the love-lives of London’s citizens? How do people declare their affection, in this fair city? How lasting are their attachments? Might a Londoner take an interest in a very tall, broad-shouldered, cloaked personage that leans towards the chiropterous, hypothetically speaking?

Explore this unique city in glorious, richly rendered 2D. Experience London through three seasons: the season of Confessions, the season of Yule, and the season of Love. Help establish the first Feast of the Rose, a festival of romance that will be celebrated in London for decades to come!

For players of Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies, Mask of the Rose offers a chance to immerse yourselves in the city that founded this deep, dark, and marvellous universe. And for veteran players of the Fallen London browser game, it marks your first opportunity to visit the city just after it fell. But fear not: Mask of the Rose is an excellent introduction to the universe we’ve been building for more than a decade, and you don’t need to have played our other games first. Come on in. Most things won’t bite, unless you want them to.

Explore the locales, lives, and loves of an impossible city. Exchange bon-mots with devils. Investigate the first murder where the victim can testify at the murderer’s trial. Dive into the sunken ruins of poor drowned Parliament. And if you’re truly reckless, fall in love.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 20.04+. ArchLinux
Processor: Intel Pentium 2GHZ or AMD equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+. Vulkan capable
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