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Hello everyone, this is Blam here for the last time on itch.io.
Basically, this is a longer-form post to talk about what went right and wrong with the development of our game "Fridas: DownBelow".
Alright so to start things off let me just explain something, Frida's down below is being discontinued, it's not starting up again, we aren't continuing this game as is, it's done. But the Frida's story isn't. I'll explain more on that later.
Bottom line, Development was my fault.
Frida's: down below (Which I'll now reference as F:DB), was a game made after our first demo "Frida's", It was our first game- making experience thing ever. I mean ever, I was someone who wanted to make a game and took a lot of artists and a coder and we slapped something together, even though it could've used some polish, i still think it was good, so good infact that one of the main girls in that game- Frida, will be coming back soon.
Anyway, after the first demo released for Fridas (Not F:DB) , we didn't know what to do, we kind of got bored with the idea that we were doing, so we started over, and after multiple team changes, we came out with our demo for this game. Which is great because we kind of blew up, but with fame there kind of comes the problem when you don't lay out a road ahead of you. I made this game without a road ahead, without a thought of what's coming next. Which led to crappy art, storytelling and writing. As we released more updates I kind of fell out of love with the idea we were coming up with and the other devs did too.
So that leaves us here, ending the game prematurely like we did with our first game "Fridas". So where do we go from here? Well, A week or two back I made a post explaining what me and the Dev team were up to, with the addition of five lustful nights developer "Mydumbname" he introduced us to a system called Godot.
Well we've used godot before and tried to switch multiple times but each time things didn't stick so there's that, anyway. Within a few talks, him and Downv joined our squad and we started on something we always wanted to do, or something I always wanted to do. Which was mashing that visual novel style of gameplay with that fnaf gameplay everyone loves.
Which is what we are working on currently, Our new game "BonBon's" is a visual novel/fnaf style game currently in production. You take the role of a young man named Abel, a man down on his luck and just kicked out of his apartment due to not being able to pay his rent. Right when you're walking out of a store you see an Advertisement for a pizza place/family center that needs a daytime janitor and a nighttime guard. Desperately needing the work, you go in, do the interview and gain the job. Over the course of 5 days you realize things aren't as they seem and the owner is hiding a big secret waiting to get out.
Anyway that's BonBon's. I'm sorry to those who were looking for the next update for F:DB but I'm sorry to say that it just isn't coming. But the girls will all be in our BonBon's game, a game we will finish.
Another announcement
We're moving our stuff to Patreon
We'll be posting all dev logs for our BonBon's on our Patreon, this site makes it incredibly hard to collect donations made by you all so we're looking into Steam releases, making our own website for releases, etc. Anyway this very well may be the last itch post you see from this account.
If you'd like to join our patreon the link is right here, where you can see animations, updates, early releases and early tests for both five lustful nights and for BonBon's - Studio Mirage | Creating horror games. | Patreon
"But what if I don't have the money to donate" , that's okay, Patreon has a feature where you can join a page for free, getting alerts on public posts and etc. If you're interested then this is how you do it
Anyway that's it man, I'm done. Join the discord server if you'd like to keep up to date in the community, I might drop some secrets here and there about the game. With this post Frida's: DownBelow is officially dead. Thank you all.
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two failed projects is crazy
what’s ur discord
It is a shame to see this game go, the story looked interesting. Out of curiosity, where was the story headed? What happened to the other animatronics? What was the story behind the jester? Or did you just never get that far in thinking it out before deciding to abandon this game?
cool, I think this makes a lot of sense. It's easy to run into dead-ends during the creative process and I've done it many times myself. Starting over is annoying but I trust it's for the best. People will be upset now but they'll come right back as soon as they see the next project is bigger and better. Hoping for your team's best!
oh damn. I really did looked forward to this game. Waited months for the second full update. But either way you are doing it with a good reason. And just wanted to know if bonbon's is patreon exclusive or will be available on itch as well.
Making of a new game meaning starting from scratch. Also do you plan on the storyline/scenes will be same/similar and the animatronic that i suppose were to be added before the abandoning of the game to be added to bonbon's?
We aren't starting from scratch, we're taking the characters from this game, giving them a redesign, new gameplay mechanics, etc. But everything you liked about the previous game will be better in the new BonBon's game. Also the game won't be a "Patron Exclusive", as in like you have to pay for it. The game will be released free but most likely on patreon or if I change my mind and make an itch page.
to be honest, this is a very stupid decision, you'll just make the same mistake and start doing something new again, quitting games is already a very stupid idea, if you want to quit, then release a short update that will end the current plot, because this is disrespect to those who came to you because of the only game that you are You're throwing
I understand what you are asking but by the way you are talking to me I assume you haven't made a video game, much less an nsfw one, the game is too early to give a good ending to the plot. We are taking the same cast and putting it in a better system with a better plot set up. Anyway, please don't insult my decison, I've played, made and directed games b4. Follow BonBon's on patreon and in the discord, thank you for being a fan
I created 1 game on game maker and wrote mods for everlasting summer, and also took paid courses on creating games on unity, however, you did not understand the basic idea, your wording says that this game is over, and the same characters will be used in a new game, so if you no longer touch this game then give a logical conclusion to this particular game,
You haven't released a game much less an nsfw game that has thousands of downloads like mine. What I'm trying to explain to you is that any conclusion I would give would be bad because of how short the game is. Id be making up bullshit to end the game when you'll see the same characters you want in the next game.
It's not a stupid idea, he no longer enjoys making this game anymore. Making a "small update" to finish off the story would a stupid idea because he no longer enjoys working on this game. Without the care and love for it, the product would be painful for him to make and ingenuine to the story he was trying to make. He isn't giving up entirely either, he just started on the wrong foot and is taking a couple steps back. There isn't any purpose for a comment to just insult someone and tell them they should make a quick completion to a complex story.
Please give devs a break, they need it badly. I hope you understand.
renpy is the most primitive game engine that I have worked with, at this stage even a new background or sprites will not be needed, only text, there is no place to get tired in renpy, this is one of the taboos for a developer to throw something without explanation in the game itself.what I will say next is not the thoughts of an ordinary fan who jerks off to FNAF, but the words of someone who sincerely appreciates creation, this is the crime of the creator against creation
Dog it's FNAF porn. Stop acting like it's art. It's a game and I don't enjoy making it anymore. Renpy being "the most primitive game engine" doesn't count the hours I have to look into writing and coming up with ideas because again I care about my creation enough not to give it some bs ending. Thank you for your concern. But it's a nsfw fanfgame and a better one is coming.
Tis a sad day
So how are we gonna get bon bons is it gonna be download on Patreon or are you gonna show it to itch for the people who are always on here? Also whats the link to the discord?
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Damn dude i was hoping to see more of Fridas but i guess this is it
Anyways good luck to the dev team
We are continuing but with a new game called "BonBon's"
Yet another failed project eh
Basically, it happens when you're devoting months to development.
Sad