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HEEEELLO!

We are proud to bring you a new DCA fanzine! We’ll be bringing together artists, writers, and product designers to bring you something fabulous!

All art and written pieces (and maybe puzzles too 👀) will be centered around Sun, Moon, and Eclipse from FNAF Security Breach & the Ruin DLC!

This page, as well as our X, will be our central hubs for information. We also have a CuriousCat, so feel free to ask questions!

Stay tuned for more information, Superstars!

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hehe, im apart of this :)

Monthly Update #4 March 2024

So, the past month has certainly been a productive one for the Fool's Dev team since we last posted one of these. We've been hard at work on the game. Overall, the demo release is around 80% complete as of now. We have most of the coding and gameplay down pat, it's simply a matter of finishing the last stretch of the project in terms of artwork, some design, and playtesting. Of course, the playtest will be mostly done by the lovely Fool's Gold fandom. Speaking of the playtest/demo release, I have worked on the beginnings of the Foolsdev Itch.io page for our release. We don't exactly have a release date for the demo yet, but you can expect it to come in the not-so-near-but-not-so-far future. The full product will not be released until the full Fool's Gold series has been finished which could be another two years from now depending on how much is left. We've piddle-paddled ideas for a early access model where each arc is it's own updated version of the game that includes patches bundled in to fix previous arcs, but nothing concrete has been established yet. As always, we like to leave some teasers of stuff, so have this portrait of Xanu done by our wonderful @alynwrench

-Tenmei

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SOULBREAKER DIGEST: JANUARY 2024

Welcome to the first Soulbreaker Digest! I will be making posts overviewing the contents of each Soulbreaker Update video like I did for the teaser trailer! Now, go watch the latest Soulbreaker Update vidoe:

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Welcome to the rest of the post! It will be split into a few questions, including game updates, answered Q&A questions, theories, and misc. I will not being going through the non Soulbreaker content discussed.

GAME UPDATES

Dice Death and Dating is now Soulbreaker! So much new content as been added that it really requires a rename! (exciting!!) And the reason for the name is spoilery

Nothing has been cut from DD&D (awesome!)

Gameplay has been being rebuilt to make it more satisfying, responsive and juicier.

The main gameplay loop is finished, work on story and other content is going to be worked on now to get it to a state for a public demo.

Work has been done on the Soulbreaker's sprites! And we got to see the walkcycles!

New enemies! Twiggy, Teevy? (Look the subtitles call it TV so IDK how it's actually spelt) and Burnie (also nicknamed explodey) They're more basic enemies and also "little bastard"

Story progress! The game is almost half written at this point, polished and all.

Q&A ANSWERS

Taken directly from the video!

Q: "Is our main character canonically nonbinary, or is it one of those "its you so they're whatever you are" type of deals. A: " I'm happy to confirm that it's the latter. The character is whatever you would like them to be and the reason for that is that, while the character does have their own personality and their own story, we still wanted it to be you because the game's also still got some dating sim in it and if there's like a weird disconnect then it just feels off, you know? So the character is very much you. It's whatever gender you prefer them to be honestly. It's kind of like Link from Zelda, technically link is a dude but you know." Q: "Will there be permadeath and if so how is that going to work story-wise?" A: "Permaddeath no not exactly, the game is a roguelite and the lite part means every time you die you get to retain some of your stuff. You'll be dying a lot probably, but if you've played games like Hades, you know, you can come back check in with some of the story elements that are maybe in the House of Hades, before you then gear up and head out to your next run. So kind of a similar flow like that for Soulbreaker." Q: "I remember when talking about Soulbreaker, Cult of the Lamb was mentioned as inspiration! Are there any other games that are noteworthy to its inspiration to give us a good idea of what we'll be seeing?" A: Definitely so, Cult of the Lamb is a huge one, I mean everybody at the studio loves it. But some of our other Inspirations for Soulbreaker are Binding of Isaac, Dead Cells, and Hades, because they're all fantastic games, we all love them, and really we're just combining them into like the Bound Dead Cult of Hades kind of thing. It's going to be so much fun, and if you like any of those games or you're curious about them you're going to love Soulbreaker, so yes..." Q: "What will our ranged attack arsenal be like? Will we be able to attack at range at all?" A: "Yes. So you'll be able to cast all sorts of spells, and there's actually currently some talks in the studio about adding a dedicated ranged weapon as well, so, yes on all fronts! Melee and ranged you guys." Q: "Is there going to be co-op play?" A: Not for now. This is an idea that's floated around, but to be honest, co-op takes a lot of time and effort to do right, and right now we're focusing on all the other features instead. This is one of those 'maybe wishlist features', would be cool if that could be added one day, but for now? No, it's not going to be in the game." Q: "Can we befriend the tarrasque?" Q: "No no no, the REAL question is, can we ROMANCE the tarrasque?" A:

Q: "What is the power system in the game? Like, can the little Soulbreaker guy unlock new abilities, or will it be more based on loot and magic items?" A: "Yes, both actually. There will be some upgrades you can unlock to permanently upgrade yourself, and there's also a ton of items, kind of like in Binding Of Isaac, that you can use to upgrade your player during a run. It should be amazing chaos." Q: "Will Gorthan and Julian be in the game?" A: "Absolutely! In fact, the whole Fool's Gold cast will be in the game. Gorthan and Julian will likely take the place of merchants / blacksmiths in the game.

Theories and Misc observations.

So, VERY interested in the name Soulbreaker being spoiler teritory! I'm guessing the term Soulbreaker means something tangible in the game, as in its a class or a title of some sort. Maybe it's related to the mercury infection, maybe you can fight it *because* you're the Soulbreaker.

Happy to have some of my questions answered. VERY happy Julian and Gorthan are back (Over the course of the development for @fghuntforthecrystals I have grown pretty attached to Julian and Gorthan). I hope we get lots of banter and stuff with them! I need more Julian content in my life!

Also interested in the mention that, while the Soulbreaker's gender is up to the player, they have their own personality and story. Was really hoping they would have their own personality and I'm very happy about it!

Congrats on my friend @alynwrench for getting their art shown in the Sands segment of the video at the start too! That's awesome! We love Alyn here!

Last but not least, excited to have the new enemy sprites, will be adding them into my Soulbreaker Kristal mod at some point, though I will have to guess on how they attack (minus Burnie) since we didn't see them in action.

Huge thanks to Felix and the rest of the Cryodon team for working hard on the game, and showing us the development. CANNOT wait for the kickstarter, I am so hyped. - EJ out.

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"Who's the goodest, sleepiest boy? Hm?"

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And soon, bleak days will come.

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hyperfixating look at my beloved children go

The soulbreaker still needs their battle animations, and the soots arent done yet (currently just using the dummy's default code) but OH MY GOD my children omg

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Sun and moon enjoyers please dont beat me up for this one Either way ive been thinking a lot about their relationship dynamic and how complex it is I still ship em but they have their moments, like most individuals

(Posted this to twitter but nowhere else on accident)

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Kore isn't mad, just disappointed.

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A lot changes in a year, that being said you are one of the most wonderful people I have ever met and you have only became more and more of a person I look up to. There have been ups and downs and even a breakup but I'm so glad to have worked on ourselves and discuss our needs and wants to a point we're comfortable knowing we can solve anything.

I love you Allyssa, Happy Valentines Day from yours truly <3

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I cant wait for sonic x shadow to be real

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Happy to be part of the crew, fellas! 💕

Monthly Update #2: January 2024!

This post is about two weeks late, but that's okay, because we've been hard at work! The Foolsdev team has expanded yet again, with two new artists joining the team! @alynwrench is our new portrait artist, who will be doing work on certain late-game antagonists, and @odybramm3rdattempt is our new sprite/tile artist who is working on getting our enemy sprites up to date!

The project is coming along really nicely, and we've made some really good progress with the demo version. The dungeon is mostly complete and the story segments of the demo are nearly complete. There's a few things left to do in that regard, and once that's done it's a matter of time until all the sprites and the artwork are done and implemented.

The game is still a fair ways off, but we've been progressing steadily in the past month. Once we get closer to having a finished demo ready, we'll post some information on where we'll be uploading it and we're gonna see if we can put together a trailer at some point around that timeframe.

Have a little sneak peek at some dungeon tiles!

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SOULBREAKER - WHAT WE KNOW

SOULBREAKER is an action hack-n-slash roguelite inspired by games such as HADES and Cult of the lamb with relationship building elements set in the Bellowing Wilds. You play as an unnamed protagonist (who I will be referring to as The Soulbreaker during this post) fighting through an everchanging infected world. You will meet enemies and friends, you will find new items and new monsters, and it is up to you to determine the fate of the inhabitants of the Bellowing Wilds.

(LOOK AT THEM GO!)

SOULBREAKER is NOT Fool's Gold: Dice Death and Dating, as shown in its teaser trailer when they literally destroy the dice death and dating logo. It is however heavily related. Assets from dice death and dating will most likely be reused, alongside the friendship building and dating mechanics. Buff jack is here to stay!

As for theorising, the infection shown within the trailer appears to be related to the mercury dragon, as seem with its silvery appearance and a WHOLE lotta eyes. Which fits very well with the name "SOULBREAKER". This however brings into question our role in this all as THE Soulbreaker.

As seen here (and in their walk sprite) we appear to be partially made of/wielding the mercury infection, (though in a more structurally sound form). As well, it seems it can change shape, as the walk sprite has a mercury helmet, and not chestplate, while the helmetless artwork has a chestplate. Credence is lead to their power being related to the mercury infection via this concept art below by Avery, which has the filename of "mercury"

(also gives credence to the idea that the mercury can change form) So far not much else about them or the infection is known, as all we have to go off is what we've been told in the discord, the steam page, and the teaser trailer, but we have been told we're going to be getting more updates, and a kickstarter (and demo!!!) this year and I am VERY excited. Thanks for reading through and please reblog if you have anything else to add!

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YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID

I PISSED OFF FOLIX FROM FOOLS GOLD I KNOW

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Drew this in celebration of getting 300 followers on Twitter!

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MY FRIEND NEEDS HELP!

My friend, @sassy-britches , needs some emergency help! Please consider commissioning her! She's an amazing artist, and an amazing person who has done so much for me, as well as others.

She is the reason I met some of the most amazing people I've ever met, including her. The reason I was able to advance my art. The reason I would gain the confidence to stand up to the person who abused me for 7 years.

PLEASE help!

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In case anyone is wondering, all mail will be shipped tomorrow! I totally forgor mail doesnt run today, I knew it was a bank and school thing but not a postal thing. (Common sense, Alyn!) That being said any orders put in today will be packed and thrown in the mailbox asap :)

Originally put on etsy but uh.. Thats not an option anymore. But I have a listing on kofi! Hope some of yall find interest in this :)