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New team member Philipp & EU funding for our next game!

The new team formation, now including Phil (on the right).

Hey everyone,

Long time no see. Which is totally our fault, but, you know – video games. Ain’t nobody got time for writing lengthy blog posts. Despite this, we now wanted to give you a small update on two important things that happened recently:

First and foremost, we got a new team member: Philipp! He joins as a full-time programmer to support our increasing development projects. Because, while we are working on new (and bigger!) stuff, we also still have to maintain the Orwell games. Phil previously worked at Daedalic Entertainment and Behind the Stone on multiple projects in a programming capacity, and we’re delighted to say his technical skills now bolster our own team! We are very glad to to have you on board!

Secondly, recently we have received (or rather have yet to receive, but have been greenlit) funding for our next project! The EU funding called Creative Europe MEDIA is intended to develop innovative narrative games, so it’s kinda perfect for us, and it allows us to creative a new prototype entirely independently. It’s awarded annualy among any applying EU-based gamedevs and “competing” with all those high-level studios in Europe, we are truly honored!

As for the corresponding project, that’s right, we’re working on something entirely new and unannounced! We hope to be able to reveal something about the project later in 2020, but as we are still very early in the project’s development, we can’t be too sure yet. Also, a potential release is still faaaaar away. Nonetheless, we are very keen on working on the new game as it is something very different from Orwell, only that it is once again a narrative-heavy single player game, and we certainly hope you are looking forward to hearing more about it.

I’ll hope to write on here more often now, but, as I said… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cheers
Dan

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New team members Vanessa and Alex

Osmotic Studios now consists of four members (f.l.t.r): Daniel, Alex, Vanessa, and Michael

Today, we have great news for you! Two team members are joining Osmotic Studios:

Vanessa joins the team as Art Director. She will be in charge of the art style of our games and the production of graphical assets. Previously, Vanessa was a freelance artist. Among other projects, she supported us with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. You can find her website at https://www.vanessazeeb.com.

The second new team member is Alex. He will take on responsibilies in Scripting and Quality Assurance, like he already did with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. Alex joins as a temporary team member until December to help us out on our current project.

We’re very happy to have both of you on board! Let’s make great games together!

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Final episode of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is out now!

Agents,

You have a job to finish.

Episode 3: Synthesis of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is now available on Steam, GOG and Humble Store.

Episode Three: Synthesis turns up the heat and unlocks the Influencer tool. Not only will you be given the power to uncover facts, now you will influence the way they are presented.

BUY THE GAME ON STEAM: http://store.steampowered.com/app/633060/Orwell_Ignorance_is_Strength/

BUY THE GAME ON HUMBLE STORE: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/orwell-ignorance-is-strength

BUY THE GAME ON GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/orwell_ignorance_is_strength

We do hope you enjoy episode three, and the conclusion of season two. We’d love to know what you think of it all. Be sure to post your thoughts in the Community Hub on Steam or tweet us @orwell_game.

One last, enormous thanks to you, our fans. Thank you all so much for playing, for getting into the episodic spirit, and for being so incredibly supportive!

Protect The Nation!

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength Episode 2: Antithesis now playable!

Agents,

you are herby urged to report to duty!

Episode 2: Antithesis of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is now available on Steam, GOG and Humble Store.

Episode Two: Antithesis continues the investigation into controversial Pargesian blogger Raban Vhart. After the embarrassing events of Episode One, The Office is under pressure to get results. Prime Minister Blaine is organising crisis talks with Parges, which Vhart plans to derail. The clock is ticking and the gloves are off. Clearance has been given to The Office to scrutinize the personal lives of those close to Vhart for any information that might undermine him or distract him from his plans.

Have fun!

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength Episode 1 OUT NOW!

Agents,

the time has come to return to work. The Nation is in crisis and needs you now more than ever.

Episode 1: Thesis of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is now available on Steam, GOG and Humble Store.

Set parallel to the events of the original game, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength places players in the shoes of a government official recruited to “The Office”, a top-secret department of the Orwell program. Through surveillance of phone calls, messages, websites, computers and mobile phones, the player chooses what information is added to the Orwell system and what is not, influencing how characters are perceived and how the story unfolds.

In season two, the player has access to an enhanced build of Orwell, able to go further and influence what information goes out to the public. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate “the truth”, players will ultimately have to decide whether the truth is sacred or ignorance is strength.

 

We hope you’ll enjoy playing Orwell: Ignorance is Strength!

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Announcing Season Two of Orwell — Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Investigators,

you are going to be needed once again. Today we are very excited to finally share with you what we’ve been working on for the recent months: The second season of Orwell, “Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.”

Inspired by the rise of fake news, the social media echo chamber and the death of “truth”–Orwell: Ignorance is Strength places the player in the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell program. A political crisis has arisen across borders, threatening to plunge The Nation and Parges into violent civil unrest.

Given the power to both uncover and fabricate “the truth”, the player must decide for themselves how far they will go in the service of their country and whether the truth is sacred or ignorance is strength.

The fact that we are able to produce a second season is due to the tremendous success of the first one that all of you who played Orwell made possible! Thank you for that!

We hope, you stay tuned and follow us on our journey to complete and release the game. Over the following weeks we’re going to tell you more about Orwell: Ignorance is Strength and the new features (yes, it does have a couple of them in fact!) it is going to introduce.

You can wishlist the game on Steam over here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/63306

Stay truthful!

The Osmotic Studios Team

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All Orwell episodes are out now!

Investigators,

You need to return to service one last time, to complete the game with Episode Five “Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree”! If you already own the game your Steam client should update the game automatically. If it doesn’t, check the game’s properties whether auto-updates are enabled.

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This episode will offer some answers. And a question.

 
BUY THE GAME ON HUMBLE STORE: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/orwell

We’re incredibly happy to have the game completed with this episode. The first chapter of Osmotic Studios is concluded. What a wild, wild ride it has been to this point. Thanks to everyone who has been on our side during this long time of development.

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Orwell Episode 4 released!

Investigators,

You need to return to service! You may now play Episode Four of Orwell, titled “Memory Hole”! If you already own the game your Steam client should update the game automatically. If it doesn’t, check the game’s properties whether auto-updates are enabled.

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After the harsh outcome of last time, “Memory Hole” will let you dig deeper into the backgrounds of Thought’s members whilst they begin to make plans of their own.

 
BUY THE GAME ON HUMBLE STORE: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/orwell

Have fun!

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Orwell Episode 3 now released!

Investigators,

The time has come to return to your job! The third episode of Orwell – “Unperson” – is now available! If you already own the game your Steam client should update the game automatically. If it doesn’t, check the game’s properties whether auto-updates are enabled.

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Episode Three follows the revelations about Goldfels, Juliet and Harrison, but the focus of the investigation shifts to a new suspect. With pressure mounting on the player and their handler, Symes, the stakes have never been higher.

Have fun!

Cheers
The Osmotic Studios Team

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Orwell Episode 2 out now!

Today we release the second episode of Orwell – “A Place where there is No Darkness”. This also marks the official release!

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If you played through the demo, your save game will carry over, and you will be able to continue right whener you left off.

Of course you can still continue to play the demo of Episode One before buying the game.

BUY THE GAME ON STEAM: http://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/
BUY THE GAME ON HUMBLE STORE:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/orwell

We hope you (continue to) enjoy the game!

Cheers
Your Osmotic Team

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