Fiction Factory Games

Behold! Art!

Still doing UI tinkering, the background and player sprite are placeholders, buuuut... we've got official art for nemeSYS and her SYSter!

Patreon for this whole year paid for these character art pieces, so thanks for that assist!

Still...

Laugh Track and nemeSYSter Notes

All that's really left for Laugh Track is bug fixes and one or two voices, so I'll probably wait until December for another update there -- or just push through to release, if there's not much to fix. (I'll admit I haven't looked at the google doc...

First Look: nemeSYS and SYSter

It's our new dynamic duo, the hacker ghost nemeSYS and her cybernetic zombie physical shell! Both of them hate you and want you dead. One's just a bit more cheeky about it than the other.

Art by Mr. Crowbar, the talented artist behind... wel...

Laugh Track Beta-01 Released!

Here it is, folks -- the COMPLETE* game! Get the download link in the testing notes document.

At this point,...

NOTHX, Patreon.

Patreon's rolling out some kind of "autopilot" feature to offer people discounts and to nag them when they try to unsubscribe, and use AI to bundle features and yadda yadda yadda no. Nope. Not doing that. I turned them off.

This is a really ...

Next Project: nemeSYSter

I've spent the last few weeks sketching up notes on what my next game project after Laugh Track will be, now that we're in postproduction on LT. I think I have a solid enough idea to present to you, and I've opened a Discord channel for it as well...

Laugh Track Alpha-07 Released! And About Credits...

Introducing Alpha-07, the LAST alpha before we officially enter Beta! This includes all episodes up to the finale, adding in the episode "Where's The Beef?" to the list.

2025-08-30 18:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Huh. I finished it.

For the past week and a half I've been on an absolute tear writing for the game. When I finished the Daniel and Cat chapter, I thought, what if I just kept going? What if I just maintained this momentum? Apparently the end result is that I finish ...

Whoops

So apparently, the default text speed when you start playing the game is maximum. That means that the text instantly draws on screen with each line of dialogue. Problem is, the character gibberish system that almost all the voice acting is tied in...

Whaddya know, I finished an episode

"Where's The Beef?", the Cat / Daniel focused episode, is done. Written, coded, tested.

I'm going to hold this back until Sep 1st, though, to maintain monthly schedule -- I want to make sure we have enough stuff in the pipeline and enough le...

Laugh Track Alpha-06 Released!

Apparently I COULD get it done for August 1st. Who knew? Zero promises for another episode on September 1st, of course, but it's nice to know I can still crank when I gotta.

2025-08-02 00:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Good News Bad News

The good news is that my warning that I may not have a build ready for August was premature. I was able to get through visual effects and design and testing faster than I thought it would. So I'm gonna have a build together soon.

The bad new...

Workin' On It

While at no point did I actually promise monthly beta releases because like, real life isn't always that neatly timed, I was hoping to get one out before August 1. This is proving to be a very technically complicated chapter though, with a lot of ...

Back End Work (Entendre)

This month has been less about writing and more about improving the base on which I'm building this game.

For starters, getting the Steam NextFest demo build ready. Valve's approved it, and I just need to get the voices for Cat, The Director...

Laugh Track Alpha-05 Released!

We've got a new build for ya! Testing notes and download link right here.

This includes fixes, new assets, and the e...

Roadmap! Always works, right?

So... funny thing happened this week. After saying in my last post "I don't know if I can finish this episode this month" I finished this episode this month. So sometime in a week I'll have a new build out to $5 backers.

I have setbacks and ...

Update on Updates

I've completed the raw script for "Be Kind Rewind," the next episode of the game!

But I did it a little differently this time -- I was experiencing serious writer's block because even though I had a full outline and everything ready to go, I...

Laugh Track 04b Hotfix

New release -- testing notes are the same as before but the download link has changed, so go get ye game.

Wanna Voice Act?

We've got a number of micro-sized parts ready for open casting. Like, REALLY open casting. As in "Everybody, here's the script, submit what you want and we'll pick from there."

For more information, 2025-06-11 22:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Some Background Fun

Here's some new art to tide you over until the next big update. I haven't started in on writing the next episode -- been too distracted by other stuff -- but we've had some progress on voice and art even since the last beta.

With this we now...

Laugh Track Alpha-04 Released!

Get the download link from the tester's document, located here.

This includes "Second to Some," the Very...

A Tease of a Teaser

Apologies if that video is bitrate heavy -- I've never used Patreon's video functions before.

My task list is currently:

• Prepare the Steam page, so folks can start wishlisting the game. This teaser video is a part of that effor...

  2025-05-23 00:22:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Go Sports !!

Writing is going really well on the Daniel-focused Very Special Episode! Much easier than the Cat one was. So, figured I'd share a little early look at a training montage I cooked up. Backgrounds aren't final, but otherwise it's in great shape! 2025-05-07 21:53:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Laugh Track Alpha-03 Released!

It's been a little over a month, but we've got a new episode for you! Along with bug fixes, new art, and a missing scene at the start of episode two restored.

The new episode this time is "Take Out The Trash," the Very Special Episode for Ca...

Progress Update

Things are going well! Final art is in for the Writer's Room, with the new look for Management-aligned characters. Side characters like The Teacher, The Champ, The Idol and The Officer will have similar aesthetics.

We've also got final art f...

Brainstorming Solved (Probably)

Okay, I think I've figured out the new structure for the game.

Spoiler protection whitespace follows.

Seriously.

I mean it.

I was pondering "Can I do all the episodes in one playthr...

Brainstorming (Spoilers!)

So I'm rethinking the overall structure of Laugh Track. This is INCREDIBLY spoilery but I need some help brainstorming an alternative approach that uses the same general idea and assets I've cooked up.

Please note that if you do contribute a...

Laugh Track Alpha 02 Release!

We've got two episodes now -- the pilot episode, "Let's Get This Bread," as well as a normal episode, "Democracy Inaction!"

2025-03-29 13:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Incoming Game

So, in a massive binge of writing, I finished one of the ten episodes in the game. Because I'm me, I chose the most complicated one with the most challenging political themes instead of something simple like the "Remy and Cat rent a videotape" epi...

Ye Update

Obligatory I really need to get better about updating this thing statement goes here.

Work is continuing on the new game. Three of the four main cast members are now fully and finally implemented, with great artwork. Just have to do Daniel n...