Herald won the Dutch Game Award for Best Narrative! We're humbled that the jury saw Herald as the best story this year! A special thanks to the players who stuck with us through the years, we can’t wait to bring more stories to fans of story-driven games. More to come soon... 💜
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Herald: The Interactive Period Drama - Complete Edition is now 30% OFF in the #AdventureX sale event on #Steam. If you're in for a choices-matter mystery #adventuregame set on a ship in the colonial 19th century, then you're in for a treat! Now only $13.99 until December 2nd. 💜
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Wispfire is nominated for two Dutch Game Awards this year! 🤩We're in the race with Herald: Complete Edition for Best Audio and Best Narrative. On December 3rd we will know who wins the prizes, so fingers crossed! 🤞 #awards #gameawards
Since we are going down memory lane, here is @wisproy.bsky.social from @wispfire.com presenting on Herald at the very first TIPC back in 2016! You can re-watch the talk over at www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4or... and of course see Roy's return to TIPCs on the GameDev panel this Thursday!
Want to play a branching narrative alt-history story this week? Well, you can! Herald - Complete Edition is now only $15 dollars in the Steam Autumn Sale.
The #SteamAutumnSale will last from Sept 29 - Oct 6!
Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/2199510/...
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Wispfire is casting English speaking actors for our next game! If you are an experienced EU voice-over artist, or a VTuber who has the ambition to bring a vampire to life in a game, now is your chance! Please have a look at these paid jobs on wispfire.com/jobs
#VA #VoiceCasting #VoiceActing #Vtuber
It was a lot of fun to talk about the creation of Herald and my research and design ideas behind it. As @wispfire.com we’re really proud that we were able to finally release this story in its complete state. I hope people will be inspired by it. And thank you Seoirse for the interview. 😁
You can buy Herald - Complete Edition now in the #Steam Summer Sale with a 20% discount.
#indiedev #summersale #games
Some #indiedev advice. If the industry makes you feel you have to constantly keep talking about the new best thing you’re working on. Don’t! Your old games, even if they’re 20 years old, are still unknown gems to many. Your works, all of them, deserve to be seen well after the launch buzz dies down!
i need the industry to stop doing this because i genuinely hate that i have to keep writing these stories
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It's so dark out here
Was literally hoping you'd be the person covering this!
You're not just going to be exploring a fine merchant ship. Here's a brief tour of the abode of The Rani, a place you'll want to get pretty familiar with, if for no other reason than to be jealous of her interior design chops.
oh my god this is beautiful
A portrait of Undra and Caleb
Who did you help out during the violin chapter? Choose carefully, you might make a powerful ally who helps you later on, or a bitter enemy who leaves you in the lurch when you need it most.
Our game has a lot of moments like this, where if you don't think through what you say, you'll have to deal with unintended consequences. Friction is a really important part of game design!
We've secured an overall positive rating on Steam! If you're into visual novels, adventure games, or choice-driven narratives, please give our little project a try. It's the culmination of a decade-plus of work, and we truly think you'll love it.
#visualnovel #indiedev #indiegames #gaming
An image of the top deck of a large, beautiful sailing ship. The crew and passengers are all dancing and playing music and partying.
Nothing like a sunset yacht party. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
#indiedev #narrativegame #gamedev #gaming
Been writing and thinking about games a lot more than usual this year and it’s become apparent that the game industry’s ills are being conflated with the ill fortune of games media and it’s important to separate the two.
Herald is a story about justice, about freedom, about self-determination, and about doing your damndest to protect the people you can in a world that sees people like you as lesser. Find your family, and change the world.
#indiedev #narrativegames #indiegames #gamedeveloper #gaming
On one hand, squashing bugs for Herald's release was a huge pain. On the other hand, doing it gave us the excuse to put together an entire folder of bloopers like this one. Unfortunately, we had to axe non-Euclidean Tabatha for the final release.
I just started this game 45 mins ago and I’m already low key hooked
On one hand, squashing bugs for Herald's release was a huge pain. On the other hand, doing it gave us the excuse to put together an entire folder of bloopers like this one. Unfortunately, we had to axe non-Euclidean Tabatha for the final release.
are you saying we DIDN'T get it right in that gif? we'd pored over thousands of hours of orchestral footage and it was our understanding that this is how all the Great Masters play
devil went down to herald he was looking for a soul to steal
he was in a bind 'cause he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal
(animating violin playing is hard)
Characters in the world of Herald will react to you truthfully, and they won't forget what you've done -- for good or for ill. You won't be able to make everyone happy, and you'll have to make your peace with that.
A detailed dialogue flowchart full of boxes that contain dialogue and narrative notes
When we say your choices in Herald matter, we mean it. This is a mockup flowchart of *one* short conversation, and though we had to zoom out so far it's unreadable, you can see how dialogue changes not just based on your responses, but by previous choices you've made.
It's awful to think about how many great artists we lost because of grifters harassing them into leaving. Many talented people I know left the industry because they don't feel safe or welcome anymore. Can't blame them for leaving a toxic environment, they deserved so much better though. #indiedev
Took us a while to come up with @wispfire.com, but that was also because we didn’t want a random silly name. Everyone was doing that and we are too cool for that shit. 😎
