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Yes, I have a free game up on Itch.io that I off-handedly made in a week with some AGS folks that has hundreds of downloads.

Once you start charging money, that number drops a magnitude, unfortunately.

As I understand it, Steam takes a bigger cut of the revenue, whereas Itch.io let's you set the revenue split (you can actually make it 100% for yourself, but that's a dick move).  I know it might be kind of a "hush-hush" thing, but can anyone hint at the Steam cut or *coughjustmessagemecough*?

I've currently got my game store set up on Itch.io, but I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with any or all of those sites, and would care to comment?  Since a lot of traffic for my game (Neofeud) is coming from social media or my own site, I wonder if it would make a big difference to add it to Gamejolt.  I'm a bit skittish since they have more KYC stuff.  Steam Greenlight I heard might be going away so I'm also reluctant to put up the $100 entry to jut get a shot at getting greenlit.

Anyway, just curious if any commercial devs might put in their two-cents on experiences with these sites, thanks!

Looks fantastic!  I like the whole concept of setting during the Inquisition. One of my favorite movies takes place there in part (The Fountain) and there needs to be more games that play with that era!

Hey all!

So Neofeud has just been released March 25, if you're not sure what it is, have a look:

[embed=1020,630]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQAMJgs5euA[/embed]



What I'm looking to do now is get a version for the Mac / iOS.  I've read a bit on the topic but it looks like something I could use some help with if someone is interested.

Let me know if you are, thanks!

Definitely getting this once I get the money and it's out!

@Mandle: Thank you!  And you get a special thanks for your testing and advice, especially so early in the "game".

@Dave Gilbert: Thank *you*, sir, for making games that brought me around to using AGS.  And can't wait to play Unavowed!

@CrashPL: Getting Neofeud out has been a Odyssey, no doubt, in the best and worst senses of the word, but it is amazing to be finished!  I am getting game-dev withdrawals already, in fact!  I do hope that you enjoy the game when you get paid.

Agreed!  This game looks excellent.

Thanks!  I couldn't have done it without your support, Blondbraid, and the support of the rest of this awesome AGS community. 

Crossing my fingers now that it runs smoothly on everyone's machine.  If anyone wants a Linux version I can look into that.  (If we want a Mac version... we'll see how well the PC version does and maybe I'll hire someone to convert it for Mac!)

[Synopsis]

Thanks everybody who voted for Neofeud in IndieDB! Neofeud made it to the Top 100 Indie Games Of 2017 (Apparently out of over 10,000). We'll see if we beat Cuphead! (Not likely but one can hope!

"A Diamond Of Storytelling In The Scrap Pile... The characters of Neofeud are developed so much more than characters in nearly any other game I've recently played" --Sprites And Dice

"'Cyberpunk-Fueled Noir.' Reminiscent of Beneath a Steel Sky and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream... The art, gameplay, music and story come together to deliver a solid game." --Indie Ranger

“An ambitious, atmospheric cyberpunk scenario and essentially the work of a single person (voice acting excluded). Oh, and it might also be one of the best adventure games I have played in a while... The world building is something else. It has a thickness, a density to it." --IndieGames.com

"An immersive cyberpunk adventure game... Echoes of H.R. Giger and William Gibson... [Christian Miller] knows what makes a quality game." --Brandon C. Hovey

"I loved the quirky but fantastic hand-painted visuals, the gruff, cynical humour." --Gaming Respawn

Get Neofeud on Steam!


Get Neofeud on Itch.io!



4/17 - You can also vote for Neofeud on GOG!

Or get Neofeud on Gamejolt.


Synopsis

2033 - We create AI. Sentient robots arrive, but not as our Terminator overlords or our Singularity saviors -- conscious machines are humanity's unwanted bastard children. A few are geniuses who design flying cars, beat cancer, invent teleportation, but millions of defective prototypes roll out of factories -- mentally challenged, motivationally-challenged, criminally-inclined. Legally conscious, but unhirable, these "Defectives" are shuffled through public housing and welfare assistance, straining the already overburdened back of the meager social safety net. The robots who don't end up in prison are dumped, as a last resort, into a massive landfill known as "The Pile".

Humans engage in perfection of their species -- or at least the powerful and well-connected -- genetically engineering children with human and animal DNA. The failed eugenics experiment "Frankenpeople" are discarded into "The Pile" as well. The new dynasties, 'Neofeudal Lords', live in towering neon glass castles, shuttle around in pristine nanotech-enabled pods, minds and bodies full of cyberware, spending most of their time taking selfies and "optimizing their monetization schemes". A race of supermen concerned only with their own status, their prestige, their success. Where machines have become all too flawed and human, people have become flawless, perfect, cold machines.

Karl Carbon is an ex-cop, dishonorably discharged from Coastlandia PD for disobeying an order to shoot an unarmed sentient humanoid. Karl is exiled to "The Pile" as a lowly social worker. There he counsels gangbanging foster-kid robots and confiscates chimera-children from deadbeat half-wolf parents. Till one day a case goes horribly sideways and Karl is drawn into a sordid conspiracy that could threaten the strained fabric of Human-Robot-Hybrid civilization -- or save it.

A Diamond Of Storytelling In The Scrap Pile

"When I play a game, I play to be compelled or immersed in some way. The game has to dig its claws in and drag me in. Walking away has to be difficult or that's exactly what I'll do. Neofeud grabbed me in just that way through its gripping mastery of storytelling, akin to how last I binged on episodes of Game of Thrones.

Neofeud is a point-and-click game set in a sci-fi dystopia borne of the minds of every prominent science fiction writer from the past century, from H.R. Giger to Ridley Scott. The result is a disturbing yet strangly familiar dystopian society in which social inequality is systemic, the top one percent have their own one percent, and the birth of A.I has resulted in a massive population of unemployed sentient robots. Sound interesting? We're only just dipping our toes.

Beginning by introducing the main character of the story, an ex-cop and currently social worker named Karl Carbon, the story of Neofeud quickly explodes into a story rife with pseudoscience and more twists than an M. Night Shamylan movie. As a single conspiracy unfolds, others follow, creating a story layered so deep that by the halfway mark of Neofeud's potential 15-hour game time I found myself questioning characters motives even more than the main character of the game itself.

Past endless conspiracies and a spiraling story, the characters of Neofeud are developed so much more than characters in nearly any other game I've recently played. Karl and the cast that he interacts with are human to a tee. Interactions with them are immersive and real, a necessity when a majority of the game is dialogue."

Sprites And Dice

"This is an ambitious, atmospheric cyberpunk scenario and essentially the work of a single person (voice acting excluded). Oh, and it might also be one of the best adventure games I have played in a while, so there's that."
Granted, a lot of this is "just" good cyberpunk in the vein of Gibson, Dick, and Stephenson. However, the world building is something else. It has a thickness, a density to it. Almost every line of the game's technobabble fleshes out the game world some more. If that's your thing, the game is immensely enjoyable."

Indie Games

"I did not know what to expect going into Neofeud, but I came out excited to see what's next for Silver Spook Games. The game has more than the surface indicates, which I loved. It offers social commentary, much like its many influences, but successfully stands on its own.
In the end, the art, gameplay, music and story come together to deliver a solid game. Check it out if you are looking for something different and cerebral."

Indie Ranger

FEATURE TIME
- Tricky yet satisfying, point-n-click detective work, interspersed with action shootouts.
- Handpainted, uber-gritty, noir futureland. Makes Mad Max and Rick Deckard crap their pants.  1366x768 resolution for MASSIVE, fully realized backgrounds.
- Endless bombardment of witty one-liners from a veteran hardboiled cyberpunk writer.
- An original world and story that will (hopefully) make you question some of your core beliefs. Or at least my sanity.

Silver Spook Games

Patreon Site

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Itch.io Store

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In addition, if you're more of a bookworm type, Neofeud - The Original Script is now available on Lulu for four bucks.

NEOFEUD IS OUT!

Get Neofeud here:



Here's the official release trailer!

[embed=1020,630]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQAMJgs5euA[/embed]

If you have any issues with figuring out how to buy the game, or with playing the game, please let me know.  If you're interested in buying the game directly from me or with cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, please contact me and we'll sort out a deal

It has been a crazy 2 1/2 years but yes, it's finally here!  Thanks again to everyone who helped in ways big and small to make this cyberpunk dream a reality.

[Neofeud will be released this Saturday, March 25!]

I am hoping to have Neofeud eventually on Steam, but initially it will be available on Itch.io.

Also, just a friendly reminder, Neofeud will be released this Saturday, March 25!

@Gurok: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the Neofeud early release!  Thank you so much for backing / pre-ordering the game and I hope the rest of the game goes as well for you as the parts you have played!

Thanks Stupot and Chicky!

Yes, thanks for your input during the pre-production phase, alphadalekben.  If nothing else, it was good to have a bit of camaraderie in the trenches of figuring out AGS.

RL has been difficult over the past 4 days, so much so I had zero time to connect to the internet, or even the ability to get electricity for a bit. 

But things have settled down.  May I recommend, all you game dev or potential game devs out there, to never release your first game whilst simultaneously moving to a new and foreign town, while having two kids to take care of.  And may your vehicles not simultaneously have engine lock ups and alternator failures, in the middle of it. 

Now back to working on that final trailer to drop in T-Minus two days...  Activate Starbucks / Rockstar hyperdrive!

@Xil: Thanks!  I love all the Calico Reverie music as well.

@CrashPL:   Mark your calendars! 

Yeah, well going past a few years, there's always the possibility of people thinking you've just got vaporware.

Thanks!

Thanks guys!  I'm excited to finally have this thing out there too! It's been a long time coming.

Is there currently a way to build to iOS and/or Mac from inside AGS 3.4?  Thanks!

TL:DR - NEOFEUD IS COMING OUT MARCH 25!

Greetings, Neofeudal Lords and Ladies!

First off, thank you, the AGS community, for helping make Neofeud as great as it can possibly be.  You've played a vital role in taking this project from a figment of a deranged individual's imagination to a fully-fledged adventure game.

I've just announced the release date of Neofeud as March 25. 

So please, spread the good word to your friends, the interwebz, etc. that the release date for Neofeud is March 25 and they can pre-order on the Patreon site and get the Neofeud soundtrack FREE!

Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/neofeud

Soundtrack: https://silverspook.bandcamp.com/

Silver Spook Games website: http://silverspookgames.com


Thanks again for all your help, and if Neofeud does well, there may be a sequel or other new Silver Spook Games project in the cards!

EDIT: If anyone could help with porting Neofeud to Mac, let's talk!

Heya!

Having just finished work on Neofeud, I am now looking to future projects to work on.

I did all of the story writing, programming, artwork, animation, almost all of the music, and voice acting for the main characters in Neofeud.  Here are some samples of my work below:

[embed=1020,630]http://youtu.be/wVxUMWqIGIg[/embed]

[embed=1020,630]http://youtu.be/VW3-skxPYAo[/embed]

[embed=1020,630]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asTKrXLHbTU[/embed]

If anyone is interested in working with me, preferably in a commercial game, give me a shout out!

More on myself and my company:

silverspookgames.com

The entire Neofeud Soundtrack is now available!

Forty four tracks clocking in at around 2 1/2 hours of music, for only $5!  (Jesus Christ did I really write that much music!?!?)




Pre-order Neofeud now on Patreon before Neofeud's release and get the soundtrack for free!



In other news, I will be announcing the release date of Neofeud shortly, once I get the thumbs up from the last round of testers.  The release is tentatively looking like late March, though!