The Inverted Spire

Devlog

• Progress, Deep Lore and Significant Detours
  July 14, 2023 by N. A. Melamed

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  #update, #detour, #alleged, #grant, #lore, #founding guilds

  Hello dear readers, It’s been a while since our last dev log. In fact, it’s been over a year—and a difficult year at that. I’d like to catch you up on what’s been happening behind the scenes... Continue reading

  
• Game Updates and the Shadow of War
  March 15, 2022 by N. A. Melamed

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  #update announcements, #release date

  Hello dear readers, and fair warning: This one's is going to be a little different from our usual logs. Let's start with a few updates related to The Inverted Spire~ Firstly, our search for funding ha... Continue reading

  
• Love among the Damned: On Romance in the Inverted Spire
  February 15, 2022 by N. A. Melamed

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  #narrative design, #relationship mechanics, #romance, #meaningful choices

  Hello dear readers! Allow me to introduce you to our first Valentine’s Day themed dev log—because what better excuse to explore how romance works in future chapters of The Inverted Spire? We’ve... Continue reading

  
• Goblin Fashion and Sexy Drug Gloves: On Clothing as Worldbuilding in The Inverted Spire
  January 19, 2022 by N. A. Melamed

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  #worldbuilding, #goblin fashion, #character design, #update announcements

  Hello, dear readers, and welcome to another lore-heavy dev log! This time, we’ll be diving into the details and origins of New Order fashion~ But before we get too deep, I wanted to address that yes... Continue reading

  
• 2022, Here we come~
  December 31, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #character design, #artistic overhaul, #update announcements, #new year retrospective

  Hello again, dear readers, and happy New Years' Eve to those of us living any part of our lives by the ubiquitous Gregorian Calendar! This is a time of year when many of us reflect on the past, and ma... Continue reading

  
• New Release available for download!
  December 01, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #new release, #narrative design, #relationship mechanics

  Welcome, dear readers, as I resume out bimonthly dev logs with a major update. After a grueling couple of months, we're excited to announce that a new release is finally live! (In fact you can go down... Continue reading

  
• On What We're Learning from Working with our Beta Readers
  October 15, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #narrative design, #meaningful choices, #call for beta readers

  Welcome, dear readers, to another bimonthly dev log ~<3 With progress occurring on so many fronts at once, I'd like to take a break from the usual content-based subject matter of our dev logs to talk... Continue reading

  
• On Painting Facial Expressions and a New Team Member!
  October 04, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #characters, #new team member, #artistic overhaul, #character design, #facial expressions

  Welcome, dear readers, to a somewhat belated bimonthly dev log ~<3 (and thank you ever so much for your patience) Before we get started on our main topic for today, I'd like to share some very excitin... Continue reading

  
• On Worldbuilding and Ursula K. Le Guin
  September 16, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #worldbuilding, #inspirations, #release date

  Hello dear readers, and thank you for checking in for another bimonthly dev log ~<3 Before we get started on the main topic for today, I'd like to let everyone know that due to an evolving personal ma... Continue reading

  
• Visual Novels as Theatre & Other Storytelling Inspirations
  August 31, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #narrative design, #inspirations, #call for beta readers

  Welcome, dear readers, to another bimonthly dev log! Before we get into that, I’d like to let you know that we currently have ~a call for beta readers here. ~ Details are in the posting, but in gene... Continue reading

  
• On the mechanics and ethics of mind-reading
  August 15, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #meaningful choices, #narrative design, #mentalism

  A new bimonthly dev log arrives on the scene! This time, I’ll be talking more about Mentalism (or more colloquially, mind-reading), and how that functions as a game mechanic in TIS. As those of you... Continue reading

  
• On character dynamics in TIS, and designing relationship-building mechanics a little outside the box~
  July 30, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #meaningful choices, #relationship mechanics, #narrative design, #characters

  Hey all, our bimonthly dev log is coming at you a little early today, as yours truly plans to be out in the wilderness this weekend, without much in the way of a wifi connection. As promised, you'll b... Continue reading

  
• Next Release Date and More!~<3
  July 15, 2021 by N. A. Melamed

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  #new team member, #artistic overhaul, #release date

  It's been a while since our last update, but rest assured, dear reader~ our progress is far from stagnant. Today I bring you news of a new team member, a major aesthetic overhaul, and the date of our... Continue reading

  
• Why Goblins? (and not Orcs)
  October 20, 2020 by N. A. Melamed

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  #worldbuilding, #inspirations

  In the first two weeks following our demo release, we’ve been getting a lot of comments from various sources about how it’s tempting to call the cast of The Inverted Spire “orcs" rather than "go... Continue reading

  
• What do we mean by "meaningful choices"?
  October 11, 2020 by N. A. Melamed

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  #narrative design, #meaningful choices

  Hello everyone! For our first devlog on Inverted Spire development, I’d like to dive deep into what we really mean when we say the story offers meaningful choices. Don’t worry, this entry won’t... Continue reading