Vivid Foundry https://vividfoundry.com Creativity emerges, even from structure. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:55:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories is now available! https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2023/10/01/solace-state-is-now-available/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 03:56:28 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3286 Unite the people and ignite the revolution. As a hacker, make your mark in hundreds of moral choices. 3D Visual Novel Solace State is available today on Steam and Xbox! You can pick up your own copy at: Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/928000/Solace_State_Emotional_Cyberpunk_Stories/ Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-IE/games/store/solace-state/9nr5h934436j Remember, you’ll get to meet Torrent! Here’s his new social profile:   Additionally, […]

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]]> At Solace State, What Does a QA Tester Do? https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2023/10/01/at-solace-state-what-does-a-quality-assurance-tester-do/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 03:40:44 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3274 Solace State is a visual novel that requires a lot of testing, due to its complex narrative, custom 3D text-in-the-environment system, and trippy sci-fi camera transitions. Less than a week before the game’s release, Kas Millard shares the process. Long time no see! With days until Solace State’s launch date on September 14, we are […]

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]]> Press Contact https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2022/11/19/press-contact/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 02:27:56 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3120 Thank you for your interest in our games! We look forward to hearing from you! Confirmation of identity may be requested. [contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form]

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]]> Solace State year 2021 in review https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2022/01/07/solace-state-year-2021-in-review/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:21:00 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3056 Solace State in 2021 has seen more production development from both myself and our larger team than in any previous year. But, on the other side of this is the vulnerability of tapping into myself to write fiction about social trauma and transformation, while experiencing my own grief and loss.

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]]> Steam Streaming companion guide: 5 tips for streaming https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2021/09/20/steam-streaming-companion-guide-5-tips-for-streaming/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:21:48 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=3016 This is meant to supplement the already fantastic How To Market A Game guide by Chris Zukowski! If you haven’t done so, please be sure to read that first. Here’s some additional ideas that may help you with you Steam Stream. As you can see from the volume of technical details, I highly recommend that […]

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]]> Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policies: Vivid Foundry version 1.5 https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2021/08/06/code-of-conduct-and-anti-harassment-policies-vivid-foundry-version-1-2/ Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:44:11 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2998 Our Pledge A welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment is the core tenet of Vivid Foundry. We, as team of collaborators, developers, and contributors, pledge to make our work environment a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible and invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic […]

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]]> Solace State: 2019 Year Review https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2020/01/12/solace-state-2019-year-review/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:08:28 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2875 Solace State has seen both challenges and growth in 2019. We've also got a chock-full of pictures to share with you. Let's celebrate our efforts from 2019 - from GDC, to Kinda Funny Games E3 showcase, to TCAF Comics x Games, and more!

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]]> Poem: Stakes https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2019/06/30/poem-stakes/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:05:22 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2860 They will treat us as disposable in life, The young, the old, and the free. They’ll call us mindless agents, When we seek is a clear path for A sustainable future, of hope That doesn’t cost anyone else’s loss. And after death, They will desecrate our graves, Shut down our memories and our shrines. Raise […]

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]]> Solace State in Netherlands, New York… and soon, Seattle for PAX West! https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2018/08/14/solace-state-in-netherlands-new-york-and-soon-seattle-for-pax-west/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:58:31 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2568 Summer 2018 has been a season to remember for Solace State! In May, Solace State brought on board Gabi (@UndeadOoze) working full-time as a programmer from May through the first week of June, then part time for the rest of the summer. We also worked with Silverstring Media (@Slvrstrng), narrative consultants, and Seage (@Seageart), 2D […]

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]]> Solace State updates in energies, bizdev and social impact learning https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2018/03/25/solace-state-updates-in-energies-bizdev-and-social-impact-learning/ Sun, 25 Mar 2018 06:32:50 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2448 Tanya Kan reporting in: There’s been a lot of behind the scenes activity for Solace State! In the past 9 months, I’ve been focusing on a lot of very diverse moving pieces of work that I have not written about in a blog post yet. First of all, we have a new-ish trailer with new music […]

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