- Introducing Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain! - 17 March 2023
Arcade Spirits fans, rejoice! Our next visual novel is on the way... It's a world of heroes and villains, masks and capes, and Penny Larceny -- grifter, con artist, catburglar -- is barely scraping by. Life's hard for a young mask trying to make it big, but now she's gained access to Crimr, the gig-economy service for henchpersons looking to help supervillains with their evil, evil schemes! Guide Penny through her new career, pull off daring heists, and unravel the conspiracies which allow the rich and powerful to maintain their profitable status quo. Wishlist on Steam today! By doing this one-click task, you help us defeat THE ALGORITHM(tm). Who doesn't enjoy defeating THE ALGORITHM(tm)?
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is OUT NOW! - 27 May 2022
Welcome back retro romancers! In case you missed our last post, Fiction Factory Games has teamed up again with PQube to release an all-new Arcade Spirits adventure, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers. Check out our launch trailer below: Continue your story and head on down to Good Clean Fun, your home for everything pizza, laundry, and arcade related! Created by couple Ben and Matt, this trio-stablishment is a one-of-a-kind hang out spot for you and your future team. Meet the arcade whiz kids that frequent GCF, Domino, Grace, Jynx, Locksley, Rhapsody, and Zapper. All of these candidates have the potential to become inseparable friends, or even romantic partners. In Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers you have the option to choose exactly how your friendships develop. Your handy AI companion, Iris, will ask you about your preferences. Are you actively looking for love, open to the idea…
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers - 1 Week to go! - 20 May 2022
Welcome back challengers! As some of you will know, we've been hard at work on our standalone sequel, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, and we're excited to announce that we are now just 1 week away from launch! For those that are interested to know more about the new entry, we've put together an overview of what you can expect! Remember that save files from your original Arcade Spirits experience will carry over and affect your time in Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, you may see some familiar faces and discover some fun Easter eggs as well! The Dream Team Embark on your quest for esports glory by teaming up with new challengers on the arcade scene. Get to know your teammates in our character trailer: Each of these arcade pros can be befriended and even romanced! They make for great company as you climb the ranks on the pro tour. You'll also have a handy helper, Iris, who will b…
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Release Date is Finally Here! - 16 March 2022
Hello gamers and retro romantics! We're super excited to be announcing that Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers will release on May 27, 2022! To celebrate we've got a brand new character trailer to share featuring the key players that you'll be encountering on your road to victory! Remember, you can import your save file from Arcade Spirits to unlock unique sub stories, character interactions, and Easter eggs! Are you ready to continue your Arcade Spirits journey? Join Arcade Spirits on: And PQube Indies on: https://pqube.co.uk Thank you so much for your support. Good times are ahead! - PQube & Fiction Factory Games
- Happy 3rd Year Anniversary! - 12 February 2022
Ah anniversaries, one of the greatest (and most romantic 😘) occasions to celebrate, especially this close to Valentine's Day! We'd just like to say how much we appreciate all those Arcade Spirits fans out there that played the game and supported us. Without you it would not be possible for the sequel, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, to become a reality. Thank you all so much and remember: you can transfer your save to continue your journey with the New Challengers, coming soon! ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 🤍 🤎 Join Arcade Spirits on: And PQube Indies on: https://pqube.co.uk Thank you so much for your support. Good times are ahead! - PQube & Fiction Factory
- Meet The New Challengers 🕹️ - 28 January 2022
Hello fellow Arcade Spirits Enthusiasts, look out for some fun content coming to the Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Steam page these upcoming weeks! As we near it’s release, we thought it was time to get you introduced to some of the new team members starting … TODAY! That’s right, head over to the Steam page of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers now and meet the first of your future team mates with a new character intro coming every Friday - same time, same place. We hope you’ll love this wild bunch of people as much as we do! 💙❤️💛💚💜 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484620/Arcade_Spirits_The_New_Challengers/
- Cool off with the Steam Summer Sale – get up to 90% off PQube Games! - 25 June 2021
Ah, summer. Sundresses, ice cream…and, of course, some crazy discounts on games! With everything from pixel platformers to furr-tastic RPGs, there is something for everyone in the PQube catalogue. Check out some of our top picks below! Gal*Gun Returns PANTIES! Got your attention? It’s ok, your secret’s safe with us. Escape hordes of amorous schoolgirls in infamous ecchi rail-shooter Gal*Gun Returns – now 20% off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1425730/ Inertial Drift Let off some steam (!) with this innovative twin-stick racing game, now at 33% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184480/ Cat Quest II Cats or dogs? Single player or co-op? No need to pick- we’ve got both in this wildly popular action-RPG! Now at 45% off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/914710/ Songbird Symphony Guide orphaned chick ‘Birb’ through a beautifully crafted pixel world in this rhythm-action platform…
- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! - 30 March 2021
Hello, hello! We're thrilled to be bringing Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers demo to Steam. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is a follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade! This romantic comedy visual novel demo is live from today, 30th March 2021, giving you plenty of time to get hands-on with the game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484620/Arcade_Spirits_The_New_Challengers/ With its gorgeous visuals, the neon lights and buzzing atmosphere of the Good Clean Fun, we think you'll be as hooked on the story of an aspiring gamer searching for esports glory on the Fist of Discomfort 2 Pro Tour. Defeat rivals, conquer tournaments, build relationships, and uncover a strange conspiracy at the Good C…
- Arcade Spirits 2.0 - 25 March 2021
Arcade Spirits 2.0 contains a bucketful of polish to shine things up real nice. Nothing major, but you'll get a better experience overall. Fixed all reported typos. (If you spot any left, let us know.) Clarified a few unclear or misleading decisions. (A little rewording goes a long way.) Improved visual impairment mode support. (Tap V key to turn on self-voicing. The character creator's been expanded for this mode.) Adjusted language in a few places. (Some lines were unintentionally dodgy and problematic.) Swapped placeholder sequel teases with full references to Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers. (Didja know we're making a sequel? Hit arcadespirits.com for more deets.)
- Summer of Pride Steam Sale! - 12 June 2020
Hey, folks -- MidBoss let us into the cool kids club and now we're happily a part of the Summer of Pride steam sale! That means you get the same amount of arcade goodness at a low, low price. Save your quarters! But there's lots more inclusive games available in this particular event. Check out the summer of Pride 2020 games!
- Arcade Spirits v1.53 - 10 March 2020
A minor patch was issued today for Arcade Spirits, as we tune and tweak the game for its upcoming May 1st release on Switch, XBox, and PS4. This patch fixes several typos and small bugs. Thanks!
- Arcade Spirits v1.5 - 26 December 2019
This update provides general housekeeping for bugs and typos, and introduces an extensive new system to make the game more accessible to visually impaired players. Many, many typos fixed. Long time coming! A few obscure bugs fixed. Some sound effects are quieter, to be less blaring. Game engine updated to a more modern version of RenPy. Completionist ending updated. For visually impaired players, we have improvements to our audio-only mode! To activate, press the V key on your keyboard while on the main menu. This is a beta test of this feature, so your feedback is welcome. With this turned on before you start the game, you'll get access to these features: Rollback is automatically unlocked and activated if you start a game using self-voicing. Additional accessibility-related tutorials are added to the start of the game. On-screen images or animations not already described in the text a…
- Arcade Spirits Coming to PS4, XB1, and Switch! - 14 August 2019
We're pleased to announce that Arcade Spirits, a tale of love and quarters and pixels from the year 20XX, is coming to PlayStation 4, XBox One, and Nintendo Switch in early 2020! In response to fan demand, we've been working on this for months, and are thrilled to announce it to you all. We'll be demoing the Nintendo Switch version (subject to change) at PAX West, in the Indie MegaBooth -- so stop on by and say hello! Thank you all so much. Your support made this happen.
- Arcade Spirits v1.4 - 12 July 2019
Patch notes time! Share and enjoy.Updated to Renpy 7.3.2, with numerous bugfixes. Soft dissolves between changes in facial expressions now fixed. Fixed edge case where climactic finale was an auto-win before you did anything. There MIGHT still be a big with score popups staying on screen too long, particularly in New Game Plus, scrolling back in time. If you still encounter this after patching, let us know. Typos fixed.
- Arcade Spirits v1.3 - 18 June 2019
Patch Notes: Voices should be a bit louder now. (This was due to a bug in the engine which made mono audio files quieter than they should be.) Updated Gavin's first lunch break scene to add character background detail. Fixed missing voice line for Percy in Level 04. Fixed instances of QueenBee in the wrong outfit. Fixed color leakage on the character's eyes while lying in bed. Fixed Naomi being in the wrong costume in Level 07. Fixed a missing voice line in Level 08. Numerous typos fixed. Updated to RenPy 7.3.0.
- Arcade Spirits v1.2 - 15 April 2019
This version brings some fixes, UI improvements, and as always... less typos.Missing Level 03 achievement restored, if you missed it. The game should automatically grant Level 03 to you on bootup if you've cleared Level 04 already. If it doesn't, let us know! Brackets no longer allowed in text input. Character maximum in text input now enforced up-front. Teo appears properly in 08 when going along with the Gavin and Teo plan. Changed Ashley's romance and friendship endings slightly. Typo fixes.
- Arcade Spirits v1.1 - 22 March 2019
The game's in good shape, 99.97% of bugs and typos are gone, and any significant story edits we wanted to make are now made. This patch is mostly polishing things up, with one feature addition to make loading save games easier.Upgrades engine to Ren'Py 7.2.1. Saving your game between levels caused some UI confusion before, where you had to manually click 'Return to Game' after loading. We've fixed this issue; now when loading you'll be dropped back into the game immediately. Fixed a minor transparency issue in Ashley's icon. Fixed typos.
- Arcade Spirits v1.05 - 13 March 2019
Welcome to version 1.05! This includes a few minor edits to the story for flow and pacing, a number of bugfixes, and some adjustments to the Iris tutorial. We're aiming to have one more patch coming up in a week or two which makes saving games between chapters a bit easier (right now when you reload the save you have to then click 'return') but wanted to get these fixes out the door sooner. Almost all typos are gone by this point -- if you still spot any, let us know!Upgraded to Ren'Py 7.2.0. Minor pacing changes made to Levels 01, 03 and 05. We noticed in streams a few points where people stumble or the story drags, so we made some light edits. Nothing major or character-revealing was removed. Naomi no longer wears her work apron to the beach or to the finale. Clarified how 'flirting' works in the tutorial. Adjusted the tutorial to choose showing/hiding indicators AFTER you've seen an…
- Arcade Spirits v1.04 - 2 March 2019
This version of Arcade spirits introduces a few fixes and enhancements... Clarified that the final character export after you finish the game overwrites any previous export. Improved audio switchover when first entering the Funplex in Level 01. Player can no longer have a blank first or last name, and whitespace is trimmed. Fixed a crash when picking Quirky during Teo and Gavin's scene in Level 08. Fixed a crash when picking an invalid option during an Intense Identity moment in Level 06. Fixed some audio glitches in Teo's dialogue. Fixed various typos.
- Arcade Spirits v1.03 - 23 February 2019
Welcome to Arcade Spirits v1.03! It's a minor patch, as we seem to be quite stable now; just doing some little tweaks and tunes to keep things smooth. I've been watching streams to figure out where our trouble spots are, and anywhere I can improve the text without changing story elements, I'm happy to do so. PATCH NOTES Adjusted narration at the start of Level 02 to flow better with your characterization in Level 01. Adjusted the Gavin / QueenBee scene in Level 05 a little if you're on the Power of Friendship path. Various typos fixed. Let us know if you spot any others!
