Hello again! While I've been working, the game page for FNAC 4 got a whopping 50,000 followers! Anyway, I bet everyone's been wondering...
What's going on?
For a long time now, I've been hard at work on the FNAC series so each game can be a proper entry in the Fanverse.
The games in the series that are part of the fanverse are as following:
These five games have all been on my table for a while, exchanging my focus as time went on. Since I began this endeavor of not only producing two new games, but porting the original three, I've made some changes to the overall plans here and there.
My plans for the original trilogy
These games (being FNAC R, FNAC 2, and FNAC 3) will receive substantial updates, mainly in the form of bug fixes and gameplay rebalancing, as well as quality-of-life improvements. However, these games didn't all start on "equal footing" with regards to quality. This stands to reason, as my skills had improved a ton with each game released. Because of this, some of these games have demanded more of my attention than others, and I want them all to release together if possible.
Some of you might not realize, but I did in fact not plan out the entire series from the start. Veteran fans might remember all the times I stated that a sequel to the original FNAC would never happen! Of course, today we can look back and laugh at those statements with me and my five current FNAC games (six, if you distinguish between the original FNAC and its remaster). However, I've often felt that this unplanned quality has been very telling for the first three games. What I want, is for these games to feel like coherent pieces of the series they belong in, which is what these changes will hopefully achieve.
I have also been thinking about putting these three games on Steam for a small amount of money each. My reasoning is that these games stand to be a renewed experience for everyone, with some new content and improved gameplay. And since FNAC 4 and FNAC FUR both are planned to release on Steam already, it would be a nice way to have a definitive collection be possible. Additionally, Steam has a lot of little goodies available for games, like achievements, trading cards, and more! (But rest assured that I would not price the original trilogy very high.)
Why is everything taking so long?
These past four years have been very turbulent both for me and for all of us. Obviously, the pandemic a few years back threw a wrench into everyone's plans. But on top of that, I've also had to deal with a lot of personal life problems. While I've been able to work on games, I've only been able to juggle between all the different projects that require my attention.
As some of you may know, I am also helping to develop the POPGOES Games (namely POPGOES Arcade and POPGOES Evergreen). While Arcade is finished and only needs to be ported (something I am working with the folks at Clickteam to achieve), Evergreen has seen substantial progress with its programming, most of which has been trivial for me to implement.
I try my best to work as efficiently on all my projects as possible. Game dev is my passion, as you surely know.
Actual Progress
FNAC FUR is looking more and more impressive! So say the very few handpicked individuals that I've shown gameplay to. If you want a few new sneak peeks, head on over to this devlog I just posted! I'm sure as sugar not gonna repost them here when you guys can just go over there and see for yourself!
That's all for now. You'll be the first ones to know when I got more to share. As usual, thanks for your incredible patience!
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