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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 28/09/2026

Meet Detective Inque Wells, your literature teacher. Two fists of cold justice, half a bottle of bathtub moonshine, and They/Them pronouns. Respect 'em or yours become Was/Were. The Edutainment Vortex Diner releases Dec 7 for free on PC. store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

Picture of an individual in a trenchcoat and hat, sitting in a diner decorated like a film noir detective's office. Text reads: My name, at least as I'd like to remember it, was Detective Inque Wells. An oozing, stained name for an oozing, stained soul.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 21/09/2026

The Great Zephyr is here to teach you math and perform magical wonders! Get ready to be dazzled by algorithms, AI, and cryptocurrency. ...she DOES specialize in trickery, but who's the real mark? The Edutainment Vortex Diner debuts Dec 7th for free on PC. store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

Screenshot of Zephyr, a woman wearing a stage magician's costume complete with top hat. Her version of the diner looks like a casino. Dialogue reads: I'm here to dazzle you with my mathemagic tricks... and give you a peek behind the curtain so you can learn them, too!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 18/09/2026

It's lunchtime! Make yourself a sandwich with any three of the following ingredients: Bread, cheese, madness, learning, hope, visions, empire, sorrow, suffering, challenge, mourning, timelines, and meat. What'll it be?

Picture of a cartoony sandwich on a plate hovering over a cosmic void

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 17/09/2026

Arcade Spirits and The New Challengers are both on sale on Steam for TWO FREAKING DOLLARS each?! You could buy one large bag of Chex Mix or two amazing video games that'll give you hours of fun! Look, I like Chex Mix, but the decision here is obvious. store.steampowered.com/app/910630/A...

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Save 90% on Arcade Spirits on Steam

Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. W...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 14/09/2026

Omegus Septum, honored Knowledge-Aspect of the Ixian Empire, is here to teach you the terrible wonders of SCIENCE! And how to kneel to an authoritarian empire. Learn science and/or be destroyed. The Edutainment Vortex Diner launches Dec 7th for free on PC. store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

A techno space warlord with a holy book preaches in a diner. "Hear me now, Cadet-Aspirant! know that it is the year 400,000 of the Greater ixian Empire. four hundred millenia of glory!"

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 12/09/2026

Our next game has a mini game where you can make sandwiches out of ingredients such as mourning, conquest, madness, and cheese gotta have that cheeeeeese

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ꔫ MerrySpark ꔫ @merryspark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I adore the people out there who print discs for their PC games, especially the ones who put art on the disc and even make custom cases - I've even seen a few people make manuals! Beyond the advantages of backing up these games, it's such a beautiful tribute to the work put in.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 07/09/2026

Meet Miss Monday, here to teach you all about time! But remember: TIME IS MONEY. So really she's reaching you how to swallow the brutal lessons of capitalism without suffering a stress-induced stroke. Probably. Hopefully. The Edutainment Vortex Diner launches December 7th for free on PC.

Miss Monday is a woman with glasses sitting in a cartoon diner. On a nearby chalkboard is an illustration of a cardboard box put into another cardboard box. Miss Monday says: So screw all this shapes and colors and numbers and feelings bull and just learn how to, like, put boxes into other boxes or something.

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PeachyAenne 🇵🇸 🔜 Geek Girl Con @peachyaenne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Come to the cozy game meetup in the Summit - Community Room 1 I have Arcade Spirits swag and codes. #paxwest

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 04/09/2026

While we're in the lead up to our next game, did you know that we've actually released two completely free games already? And that there's one story thread connecting all of them including our premium games, Penny Larceny and Arcade Spirits? It's true! Find out more: www.fictionfactorygames.com

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We write words that make games out of words and we are pretty okay!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 02/09/2026

ICYMI: We announced our next game! If you have any questions (which won't result in spoilers) ask away and they shall be answer'd.

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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 01/09/2026

OMG, I HAVE A VOICE ROLE IN A VIDEO GAME! 🪩💖📢 Mark your calendars (and your wishlists) and prepare for Edutainment! store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 31/08/2026

Time to make learning fun with sandwiches & smalltalk at The Edutainment Vortex Diner! Meet ageless, immortal teachers. Get good grades or embrace your inner problem child! Be not afraid. Let's inherit a terrible burden together. Releasing FOR FREE Dec 7! store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 30/08/2026

Hey, how's tomorrow looking for you? You good? Kinda busy? 'cause we've got this game trailer we could release then but if you have like a dentist appointment or need to take your car in for an oil change we could wait. Wouldn't want to inconvenience you! Whaddya think?

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 23/08/2026

O Canada 🇨🇦 Our ace/aro enby Remy's super cool Something something that rhymes

Remy, a non-binary individual in a red plaid over shirt and denim jeans, with short orange red hair and a big grin.

Remy in a giant field of explosions declaring: you will be destroyed by in my Canadian fury. Now, we shall fight with knives!

Remi wearing suspenders and a flannel shirt with a Yohanka, declaring: let us brave this twisted landscape of enforced allosexuality together!

Remi at a political debate. Someone in the crowd asks: hey, when are you gonna apologize for burning down the White House in the war of 1812?

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Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Are you a streamer or press outlet who'd be interested in covering games for the first ever ace-focused Steam festival? Then fill out this streamer/press interest form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Help us make this a wonderful celebration of ace games and developers! #asexual #GamesThatAceIt

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 19/08/2026

Okay, so we were planning to announce the next game in October to make sure there's not TOO much time between the announce and the release in December. If we announce it in September instead, do you all promise to be cool? Stay hype? Not forget that it exists or anything?

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LolotovCocktail @lolotovcocktail.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yes! Show Twitch that viewers care about this too! The biggest thing that matters to corpos is Numbers!

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🍎 Appleseed 🍏 - Plant Goblin Druid ENVtuber @bappleseed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

guys I know I've raved about it before but play Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain by @fictionfactorygames.com Great art, great characters; funny, clever, queer and staunchly anti-fascist/anti-captalist. It's a gem of a game and from what I've played of the studio's other games, they all are.

Art for Penny Larceny featuring the titular Penny Larceny in a black and white striped shirt, black mask, balaklava and gloves on a rope with the variety of other villains and heroes in the game behind her.

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Stella De @stelladevt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Our very first Spooktober Visual Novel Asset Bundle is live! Get $120 worth of music, art and code assets for your visual novel for just $30! All of the assets within are clear for use for Spooktober or any of your visual novels! itch.io/b/3846/spook...

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Spooktober Visual Novel Jam Asset Bundle! by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels and 41 others

Spooktober Visual Novel Jam Asset Bundle!: 72 items for $30.00

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 12/08/2026

We'd really appreciate it if you opt out of AI training on Twitch before you play any of our games on your streams. We don't want our hard work and creativity stolen by billionaires who insist this technology is "inevitable." Thank you.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 10/08/2026

Happy to announce writing is now COMPLETE on our next game! We'll formally announce it early October and release likely December 8th. "Yo why wait that long if it's done" It's not DONE-done. Also we need time to research a new game engine. And time to rest and avoid burnout. You know how it is.

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🤡 Viv Pretzle 🎪 @vivpretzle.itch.io · 30/07/2026

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain from @fictionfactorygames.com is worth every full-priced penny. A true work of art. I get more happy the more I play it.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 22/07/2026

Plans rarely survive contact with the enemy, but here's the plan: Game announcement with trailer in October, release in December, early access to betas available through Patreon. Simple enough. www.patreon.com/fictionfacto...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 18/07/2026

Small streamers and content creators, indie game fans, lend me your ears. A nuclear bomb called GTA6 is going to be dropping in November. We're also planning to release a weird little visual novel! There's not much crossover there, but we still want to avoid doom. What month would be best for you?

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[ Tｏｍｍｙ! ] - Trading Card Inspector OUT NOW!!! @reindeerflo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'll say it again: Reviews are the best way you can help a game you love (besides telling everyone you know about it!). If you like/love a game, pop a review on their Steam page. It makes the devs day, provides feedback, enhances the search algorithm and tells new players what to look out for.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 17/07/2026

Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain is a game about a young criminal going on epic heists, petting cats, and defying capitalism! Date mad scientists, cult leaders, or an oracle named Farsight! Play today and take on the challenge of being gay + doing crime! store.steampowered.com/app/2227030/...

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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain on Steam

A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 06/07/2026

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 06/07/2026

We declare our intention to entertain one billion visual novel readers! Please send the dump truck of investor cash within the next 72 hours. Also we're going to put an AI NFT on Mars thank you please buy Penny Larceny in the Steam sale I am now downsized bye store.steampowered.com/app/2227030/...

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Save 60% on Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain on Steam

A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · 03/07/2026

Do crime in a visual novel with character art by meeee

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 03/07/2026

"You can't use THAT as your game's trailer," the marketing guy I paid $12k to said. "instead let me slap together something shorter and completely uninspiring!" You be the judge. Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain is on sale for five bucks on Steam right now youtu.be/tiP1deF3kus?...

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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain - Cinematic Trailer

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 01/07/2026

Indies rarely have the resources to produce physical copies, and the PC-only indies like us are facing a collapsed physical market. Our olive branch is being DRM-free. We can't sell you a disk, but you can make your own freely. Back it up. Trade it. Loan it. Play it long after we are gone.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 01/07/2026

It's Disability Pride Month! Speaking as a disabled game dev who writes disabled characters games, I'm obviously in favor. Disability is a weird thing because no two are alike, no one adaptation or law covers everyone, and there's so many well-intentioned mistakes made. Thanks for being mindful.

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 30/06/2026

On the last day of Pride Month, happy Trans Pride, now and forever and ever and ever, Amen.

A beige computer from the 90s with a CRT monitor, displaying the trans pride flag

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 29/06/2026

Pride month may be ending, but don't end the pride you have inside. Scream it out loud from the rooftops if you must. If anyone screams back, scream louder. Don't let the world deny you. Become ungovernable. Also play our games thank you ok

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 26/06/2026

Laugh Track is a horror satire about writing a sitcom from arguably literal Hell, and is FREE in the Steam Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/... ...wait, what? It was already free? What were you thinking?! Don't give away games! You'll never get classic car collections and yachts that way!

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Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 25/06/2026

Wait, another Steam Sale? Didn't we just have one of these? Time moves by quickly. Life is so short. We should treasure the little moments, and the quiet spaces between. Anyway all our games are five bucks and we have free games too please enjoy responsibly store.steampowered.com/developer/fi...

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Steam Developer: Fiction Factory Games

Creators of reasonably okay visual novels and narrative indie games!

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 21/06/2026

It's the anniversary of when we uploaded the soundtrack for Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers! Celebrate paying more each year for the privilege of being hosted than we actually make back in streaming royalties, because corporations are more worthy than the artists who supply them with creativity.

Album anniversary announcement artwork from Distrokid.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 20/06/2026

As a reminder, we will never use GenAI in our games and are working to limit our use of software tools and engines written using GenAI. You can call virtue signaling, but at least it's a virtue.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 20/06/2026

Hey, kids! What's going on at Fiction Factory Games today? Let's have a peek and WHOA okay no no no that isn't okay um hey tour over go home thanks Yes they're working on another game yes the beta is on their patreon yes it'll be free when done do not call the cops www.patreon.com/fictionfacto...

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AcesPlayingAtAttraction @acesplaying.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

new route time! We are going to be starting the poly route in @fictionfactorygames.com Arcade Spirits TNC. And by starting, I mean this entire stream will probably be character creation because we are sloooooow at it www.twitch.tv/acesplayinga...

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AcesPlayingAtAttraction - Twitch

poly pocket | !freepalestine !action !educate !mobiledonation

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Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 15/06/2026

A reminder with #SteamNextFest starting: You SHOULD install the extensions that pop up the AI Disclosure in Steam and ignore any game with it.

A screenshot of the AI Disclosures extension in effect: A pop-up with the AI Generated Content Disclosure from "The Unclosed Case"

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Stella De @stelladevt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For those of you who don't know who I am: I'm Stella. I run the visual novel development community known as DevTalk. We're the ones who host the VNDev.wiki, run a number of the larger visual novel jams on itch. You can find our Discord here: discord.gg/devtalk

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Join the DevTalk - Narrative GameDev Discord Server!

DevTalk is a vibrant community of visual novel and narrative game developers dedicated to supporting the business. | 14042 members

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 10/06/2026

We've added our Policy on AI Refusal to the Fiction Factory Games website, detailing how we work to avoid usage of LLM AI in our art: fictionfactorygames.com/ai.html Included is a short statement about discontinuing future use of Ren'Py due to the team's ongoing enthusiastic embrace of LLM coding.

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Fiction Factory Games - Policy on AI Refusal

It's the opposite of an AI use policy; we refuse to use it.

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · 09/06/2026

It's been super fun to branch out in to all these different styles for FFG's games, from the cartoony to the pixelly. The next game is ramping this up as I've already done full paintings and pixel work with limited palettes.

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · 09/06/2026

Support Fiction Factory Games if you wanna support devs that pay real artists (it's me I'm the real artist) Math Mommy is preparing her lessons for the next upcoming game~

A busty show woman in a white suit, rendered in pixellated CGA4 palette

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 09/06/2026

Update: apparently the RenPy engine has been using AI generated code for an indeterminate amount of time already. I don't know what the cutoff is. Every single project now has AI code. I don't know what this means for our games moving forward. Our current project may be the last one with RenPy.

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