MONSTER ROADTRIP: A ROADMAP
So, today is
#MonsterProm
's 3rd Anniversary.
We've decided it's also Monster Roadtrip's 1st official production month.
But we've been brainstorming, discussing, scribbling and doodling before... so we wanted to share some of our thoughts
A thread!
Tomorrow we release “Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip”.
We’ve poured so much effort & love into it… I wonder what people will think; which things they will like…
So excited to see people finally playing this weird little game of ours 💫
"Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip" has been out for 48h!
We've gotten a bit over 400 reviews so far... only 2 negative ones!
People seems to like the game.
We feel so happy & proud.
This one shows our growth as a studio, we believe. Love to see fans thinking the same (:
And some more!
We got some comment again on the problematics of genderswap. We remind you we discussed this on a statement (IG/Tumblr)
We’ve seen lots of submissions considering a NB spectrum & we did the same with some of our designs. Yay!
MEDITERRANEAN STYLE!
The
#Kickstarter
is out! Check:
We’ve worked a lot on it. So we have this plan: we’re not checking the KS now, we have 90 minutes of hot springs and fancy dinner. Because you must always remember to enjoy life!
No, but really: ...
DISCOVER YOUR ULTIMATE ZODIAC SIGN!
The Ultimate Zodiac: one day, one animal!
Which is yours by birthright?
Look for yours & share it with a RT with a comment and mention some of your friends. Or whatever help this tweet fly! :d
(check the comments)
HIGH MAGIC
We have these projects that may never take place. This is one. Its scope and some specific roadblocks keep it indefinitely frozen.
Still, we work on it from time to time.
We’ve discussed it in detail on Instagram. Will link it further on this thread.
We made a thing! It is the first multiplayer monster dating sim,
@monsterprom
! Because the fact you want to bang a monster is something you should share with your loved ones! Don't kill the monsters, fuck them! 🤪🧞♀️🧟♂️👻
Get it while it’s hot!
When I start reading a bad review on
@monsterprom
and it starts by saying something like "I cringed at the 'he/she/they' pronoun choice, as it was a massive red flag already" I know I'm down for a silly read. Yay!
If you follow us on IG () or Tumblr () we’re now revealing
@monsterprom
zodiac signs. Here you can see Scorpio and Gemini. But we also revealed Aries and Virgo! ;)
Go follow us there too!
Yo! Go check our latest KS update where we reveal... official monstersonas! Wanna get one for you? There are ways to do that now! Also, we now have an IG, Tumblr and YT channel!
Go check:
#monsterprom
#monstersona
ZODIAC THIRST
During our
#GDCShowcase
talk we teased some concepts around an idea we're toying with.
Should we work on it?
The idea:
Compete with your friends to become the 13th Zodiac sign in the Cosmic Court of the Demiurges.
But beware, the other 12 Zodiacs are... HOT!?
WHEN VERA MET SCOTT!
This ending is so friggin' hard to unlock that I thought it'd be nice to share at least the flashbacks. 1 per week, today the Scott one. Ofc, HEAVY SPOILERS!
Art by the talented
@Viiperfish
And from now on, tweet is Vera's lines!
[1 of many]
LORE REVEAL!
Today (Dec 12th) has been Polly’s b-day. But why today?
Polly is a (slightly) exaggerated version of a very common personality profile around here. We’re a land of party. She draws a lot from myself and from many people I know and love.
For my birthday, some friends and coworkers threw me a surprise party and gifted me a birthday mod! 🥳
I laughed to tears reading it. I was VERY CALLED OUT.
Also, they did my family monstersonas!
Happy to be surrounded by awesome people who appreciates how awesome I am too 💅🏼
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
@monsterprom
2 years ago we launched this weird wonderful thing. WHAT A RIDE!
We had some issues last minute and the week before release was HELL.
Also, I had no idea of automation and gave keys to our KS backers by copy&pasting codes into KS messages.
Look! It’s me!
I gifted this to 2 friends I love very much. They’re my friends who love
#monsterprom
the most, so I wanted to thank them for that!
As much as it’s cool making this wacky game my life; never forget: no project should stop you from celebrating life with friends.
Our latest
@kickstarter
update for
@monsterprom
is out!
We talk about the
@SXSWGaming
+ being showcased at the KS booth on
#PaxEast2019
+ rewards being fullfilled + what has happened + ...AN UPCOMING KICKSTARTER FOR MONSTER PROM'S SEQUEL! 😱😱😱
IMPORTANT NEWS! Recent update added lots of voice effects to the events that occur during first turns + 2 chars got their voices for the very first time!
Also... it seems the update might be causing some issues with stats. We're checking that first thing tomorrow!
WHEN VERA MET POLLY!
This ending is so friggin' hard to unlock that I thought it'd be nice to share at least the flashbacks. 1 per week, starting with the Polly one. Ofc, HEAVY SPOILERS!
Art by the talented
@Viiperfish
And from now on, tweet is Vera's lines!
[1 of many]
SHARING BIRTHDAY w/ VERA
Today is Vera's birthday. It's also Valerie's birthday. And, yeah, it's mine too. I wanted to celebrate my birthday by gifting the fandom something beautiful. We have worked a lot on this content. It's... very special.
(little thread. keep reading!)
OK, we are doing a silly promotional thing and we want to add fresh monster types, such as creepypasta stuff or pop culture... like you can tell "a huge internet audience" has demanded for this. Some ideas we had: Mothman, Momo or Slenderman.
Any ideas? Please, leave a comment!
THE OBERLIN SISTERS
This ending is so friggin' hard to unlock that I thought it'd be nice to share at least the flashbacks. 1 per week, today the Valerie one. Ofc, HEAVY SPOILERS!
Art by the talented
@Viiperfish
And from now on, tweet is Vera's lines!
[1 of many]
Remember to follow us on +
There we have the
#monsterpromchallenge
(here some examples of what you can win... your own
#monstersona
done by
@Viiperfish
!)
And if we get enough followers on Tumblr and IG, we will reveal lore stuff!
Hi.
A bit ago I’ve seen some messages about the information on Cry.
It’s 4am here.
I think I’ll need a couple days before making a statement and some choices on what to do about it.
I want to take it seriously, inform myself & reflect about it, so my words are sincere.
SUPER IMPORTANT TWEET: YOUR ULTIMATE ZODIAC SIGN - So, years ago we decided to create a complete Zodiac with 366 animal signs, one for each day. It took us 3 days listing animals (harder than it seems).
Dunno, just found the doc. Comment here & I tell you ur ultimate zodiac sign
CHECK OUR LATEST KS UPDATE!
We talk about many things, like custom rewards, "Monster Prom: REVERSE", or PAX:
Above all, we ask you to wishlist Monster Camp:
Even if you are already a backer, we can benefit a lot from wishlists!
CANON BIRTHDAYS
Today is the birthday of my favorite person in the world. My sister is a lot like Amira: a strong, confident person who will always light up a room.
Because of that I decided to make them share birthdays (nov 3).
We have great news, artists. The INDIE G ZINE is coming back! VOLUME III will be happening on 2019.
Soon we will put a call for submissions! Start telling your artists friends!
This year we're increasing artist payment thanks to
@monsterprom
success!
Today was
#LeftHandersDay
I am left-handed. It's always an interesting thing; because it seems very trivial, and yet it can shape you a lot.
I'm not talking on that being related to how your brain works or anything. But thing is the world is not built for LeftHanders (...)
Happy 2019!
Yesterday while partying we discovered the polaroids kinda go technicolor crazy with the right light.
Remember to conquer the night and feast on it!
We’re not as big as TTG, but due to recent success with
@monsterprom
we’re looking for writers who can write dialogues full of irreverent humor. We’d love to test new people (the test is paid). Not sure if we can offer the same TTG offered, but wanna talk? Open DMs
#TellTaleJobs
This beautiful piece has been done by LeraPI, an excellent artist that you should follow on Tumblr: (beware: NSFW content). Miranda and Vera share a love for money and power! Know more about them on
@monsterprom
This was from a shop next to my place. For all
@monsterprom
fans! Yeah, the Caganer thing is all real. Best Christmas tradition or what?!
Did you like the plotline? I wrote it myself as a homage to the beautiful place where I live.
MONSTER CAMP is OUT NOW!
It's time to smooch some monsters GhostGhostGhost
GET READY FOR SOME WEIRD WONDERFUL WACKINESS!
Join the conversation in our Discord server:
On our latest Kickstarter update we reveal in what are we working now on "Monster Camp".
We also give important news on Backerkit, the modtool, and custom rewards.
Read it!
@DistantKingdom
Ah, it was my bad. I didn’t see this is a joke tweet mocking the crybabies who does not know anything about game dev and get entitled over fandoms in a miserable way!
I see the sarcasm now. Sorry for the misunderstanding 🤗🤗🤗
Ah, I dream of doing so many silly things with the
@monsterprom
IP... but there is no time 😩
Messaging app emotes; a comic/trip journal; a dress-up game...
I keep the list tho... you never know.
What would you love to see as a MonProm side project?
I gave a
@monsterprom
Second Term key to
@Punziella
but -she being a beautiful supportive human being- she already had bought it
So let's give it away.
Tell us about the 2 chars you love seeing together in an event and why? What do you like about their chemistry when together?
The
#indiegzine
is opening a call for submissions! Volume III will have ~50 artists (20-30 will be chosen through submissions).
Send us your portfolio to indiegzine
@beautifulglitch
.pizza
Please, online portfolios only. We won't download stuff.
RTs are appreciated!
Thanks!
We launch a game today. It's so wonderful and yet so exhausting. You get so filled with equal parts excitement and sheer nervousness. Will people like it? Will itimplode? Have we missed something after checking a thousand times?
See you on the other side.
Wish us luck.
Check our latest
#kickstarter
update, in which we talk about custom rewards, the modtool and the wacky ideas we had for the upcoming games during our trip to Japan!
MONSTER PROM FIGURINE
OK, it is not for sure; but if we were to make figurines at some point... what'd you like them to depict? Here you have some ideas. Damn, this game has some wacky situations :v
Tell us the 3 you like the most! We're listening!
Please RT! <3
ANOTHER GIFT TO THE FANS!
You’ve been so supportive of us all this time that I wanted to gift you more stuff.
So we made animated stickers with
@stepsoversnails
Getting them on different channels these days. Here a link for Telegram:
Pls, share & RT!
Hey!
@monsterprom
won 2
@gamelab
awards! “Best debut” and “Audience award”. We loved winning the 2nd one, as it is a testament we have the best fandom! Yes, I am talking about you, you are the best!
READY FOR PAX!
So who’s attending PAX Dev/West? We just arrived to Seattle and we’re looking forward to grabbing drinks, meeting people and partying.
Who’s around here? (:
During the last 48h -and after doing research & listening- we've been discussing the whole topic within team members & some collaborators of Beautiful Glitch.
We've prepared a statement we feel it represents where we are with what happened.
We'll post it on
@monsterprom
WHAT TO TWIST?
Well, this one is still a narrative adventure; but it's more focused on survival mechanics rather than dating sim mechanics.
Don't fret: we're actively working on some dating mechanics so you can still aim for a date.
But it's not the main goal, for sure.
WHAT TO REPEAT?
Our main rule is: above all this MUST be a narrative adventure, just like MP/MC:
- Based on stories, characters and dialogues
- Focus on humor... the main joy is having fun with the narrative.
- Core most basic mechanic is "making text-based choices"
WHAT TO TWIST?
Firstly, the focus on characters. This is a roadtrip with Polly and Scott. So, expect to see a lot of them!
But also a lot of short cameos of many other NPCs, appearing on the trip different stops!
And there will be hitchhikers too.
WHAT TO TWIST?
A big change is navigation. We go from a base map with 5-6 locations to a map meant to be navigated, with a lot of potential stops (aiming for 50-60 but too soon to say).
Every stop has 2-3 potential events!
Hey!
@monsterprom
latest
@kickstarter
update is here!
Lots of info! And you know what? We just hid a Monster Prom steam key there because we are that awesome! ;D
So we have who will probably be the most despicable
#monsterprom
character to date. Really, you will want to punch his face every second he's on screen.
Be ready!
I am a man of my word. I said I wanted to do stupid cool things to expand the
@monsterprom
brand. Here’s one of such stupid cool things!
Hope the fans like it 💫
STICKERS!
Yeah, most of you guessed right. We’re preparing a
@monsterprom
sticker pack for several messaging apps (we’re exploring in which ones we can upload the pack).
These days we will be revealing some (if not all) of the stickers!
Art by
@stepsoversnails
💫
@DustinLaWheat
@pnkwzrd
@sasponella
Lil Uzi didn’t steal art. He’s offering compensation for the theft done by an artist his agency of music label outsourced, a theft he had no way of knowing about beforehand.
Best he can do afterwards is this and offering the OG artist public recognition.
Tomorrow we're finally revealing the Zodiac Poster tease. Wanna know which monster is a... Scorpio!?
If you wanna know, we will make it public tomorrow on these two channels: +
HELP, LOVELY FANS!
Please comment here attaching screenshots of your favorite
@monsterprom
’s
1. References to other pop culture
2. Absurd Moments
3. Meta jokes
4. Most inappropriate jokes
5. Most modern millennial references
Tell us why you like ‘em!
Thanks a lot! (:
VERA: "So he might be the biggest dumbass I know, but he's my dumbass, and I will skin alive anyone who hurts him.
Same as with that drunk chaotic ghost that has inhabited my life..."
WHAT TO TWIST?
Interaction between players. We're spending time looking for ways in which players really affect each other.
You know the first big twist on that topic: all players SHARE THE SAME STATS. They're stats for the trip (money, hype, etc).
One loses, everyone loses.
@BalfourJ
It was iconic. She gave zero fucks and slayed while being polite and humble about it.
She’s so talented! My only fear is her narrative resembles a bit that of Aquaria, and production might decide it’s time for a different queen to win.
Come & check the new
@kickstarter
update we prepared about Monster Camp. We tackle A LOT of topics around the game's dev!
Share with us: what's been the most interesting, insightful, surprising or just cool thing you've learnt from reading the update?
You know what?
@ElsieKFisher
is always supportive of
@monsterprom
& we can’t stretch how grateful we are both for that and for the hilarious quality content her twitter provides.
We loved to see she’s a SU fan like us & though this could be a cool gift.
You rock, Elsie! 💖
CONCURSO FANART "MONSTER PROM x
@japan_weekend
¡Dibuja 2 personajes de
#monsterprom
y gana de 50€ a 150€ en premios (en función a participación). Twittea tu fanart mencionando a
@btflglitch
antes del 9 del 2.
¡Por favor, haced RT para llegar a más artistas! ❤️
(bases abajo)
@osamadorias
In Monster Prom the chars are approached by “Joe the Laser” after at 6am after a night of hard partying. He’s a drunk wizard who teaches them how to shuffle (as in dancing). This happened to me in reality, with the exception of Joe the Laser not being a wizard.
AND MUCH MORE (design-wise)
Keep in mind NONE of this is final and it's subject to big changes, since this is month 1.
We're also exploring how the dating will work. We're exploring how new event types could work. We're exploring... an auction mechanic?
Wild brainstorming!
One could think
@monsterprom
and
#StevenUniverse
have nothing to do. It is true the tones are vastly different, and yet SU has been to me a masterclass on slowly building an unexpected deep lore and on the importance of carefully designing chemistry between characters.
Actually, Euro Truck Simulator was one of
@monsterprom
’s biggest inspiration.
jk, it was The Yawhg. If you liked MonProm, go buy The Yawhg
(Also, a bunch of superb TV shows, specially BoJack Horseman and Scream Queens).
These has been 2 weird wild years of feeling grateful 24/7.
My life changed, really.
So, from the bottom of my heart... THANK YOU.
(and in just an hour or so, the team and I are saying "thanks" to you again, in a very special way)
DESTINATIONS
So you're all in this together, managing the same stats. If you get to zero, you all lose and the run finishes.
The goal? Reach one of several DESTINATIONS. They have their own requirements.
There's not a lot of them; but we're working on LAYERS for them.
It is my choice to take some time, because that’s how I can respond more sincerely and seriously.
I hope people can understand.
It’ll probably be a rather long statement as I want to address different topics the situation is tied to.
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip Interview - Building and Expanding a 'Neat, Modern' Dating Sim Franchise
Thanks
@jdrochlin
for considering us for an interview (:
LAYERED GOALS
We're brainstorming the idea of layering DESTINATIONS. Each one would have extra requirements to unlock extra narrative (and even art maybe?).
So you have many stuff to unlock and get hyped about!
NOTE: these sketches are only to explore the ideas, not final.
CO-OP... AND COMPETE?
We're also exploring mechanics so players have their own "points". Points decide "placements" and placements decide "individual endings".
So you are in this together to reach a Destination and avoid losing... but there's winning and there's WINNING.
ART PLANS
The chibis are cute AF. It also opens the door for potential cosmetic DLCs in the future, with much more pizzazz, since a new playble char would get A LOT of chibis (20-30).
We could even poll the fans to know which char should become a playable DLC?
Shakespeare wrote King Lear during quarantine 🖋🤴🏻
I am writing a
@monsterprom
event prompt in which you convince a group of pervs that they have accidentally travelled to a timeline in which the concept of nudity has been never invented.
But who’s counting, really? 💅🏼
ART GOALS
When thinking on the art assets our goals is to have juicy stuff DURING the run so you're always wondering if a new art asset will appear.
Also, we need awe-inducing art in the end of every match, to give a sense of completion and reward.
Hey!
We're still looking for artists for the IGZ 3. We're still reviewing submissions (so if not contacted it doesn't mean it's a "no" yet). But just in case we wanted to refresh this to invite you to submit! (:
Please RT and share with artists! (:
PRODUCTION
Look, this is month ONE. A lot can change.
For ref, Prom took 24 months and Camp took 18.
This is bound to be a wild ride. How much will it take? Dunno.
Be sure we're pouring tons of passion <3
This KS update is WAY more extensive:
I know with this things you either rush it and people say you just did the minimum without really meaning it OR you take some time and people think you’re either not being natural, or even condoning an awful thing by not condemning it right away.