FriendShapes

Devlog

• FriendShapes v1.2.1
  February 27, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Replaced CPU and now able to zip files again, hopefully the couple of BSOD I had after installation were just teething troubles! Fix: - Spelling & grammar - Jumping over a hole in The Backwoods on the... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.2.0
  February 24, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Minor but needed update (mostly for Steam achievements but still) Fix: - Spelling & grammar - Text on picking up a specific File not being consistent - Axenic file to be out of frame and blocking your... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.9
  February 21, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Mostly Steam-based updates but works for non-achievement stuff as well, giving it's about Files: Fix: - Moved the Jayedpeg to be in a slightly easier area to see and interact with (I know the camera c... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.8
  February 20, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Another fix, hopefully it'll work as intended now 🙌 Fix: - More changes to the Encounter in SCP revisit, hopefully it'll be guaranteed -now- (thanks Starluft for testing!) - Era's End Entities Expe... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.7
  February 19, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Another one, hopefully the last for a bit! Sort of Fix?: - Made an Encounter in SCP revisit guaranteed in the area they're meant to be found in (as no one's ever encountered them) Changes: - Halved Bl... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.6
  February 19, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Couple small things that thought I should just get done for the overall good of the experience: Fix: - Spelling mistake in the single bit of extra text I added in last time - Added dark gradients to t... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.5
  February 17, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  I want to stagger the updates so it's not constant but there was a bad thing I needed to fix right away so here we are once again I'm afraid Fix: - Spelling and grammar, and an especially strange one... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.4
  February 16, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Some of this is Steam version only but there's enough to warrant updating here also Fix: - Spelling and grammar - Some achievement triggers were unknowingly lost due to a bluescreen a few days ago tha... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.3
  February 15, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Hi again, more fixes and little editions 🙌 Fix: - Some spelling mistakes and grammar - Achievement on Rejectamenta not triggering - Hopefully Edmonton's future-sight concerning Mr Dac's approval Ch... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.2
  February 14, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Hi again, got some more fixes and changes thanks to the wonderful people currently giving FriendShapes a try! Fix: - Items in a certain area of Axenic reappearing after going in and out of a door/path... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.1.1 - Hotfix
  February 11, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Fix: - Soft lock in Backwoods caused by bad RNG with a hole to be jumped over on top of an item (Thanks to bitsbops for discovering this!) - Visible object that shouldn't be in Backwoods - Collision r... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Steam Release
  February 10, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  #FriendShapes, #Steam

  FriendShapes is now on Steam with achievements! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3475600/FriendShapes/... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes First Anniversary!
  February 03, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  #FriendShapes, #Anniversary

  Today is the first anniversary of the full release of #FriendShapes! Thank you everyone that's tried, shared, streamed, commented on and purchased it over the past year! 🙌💜 Art by https://kitter... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes v1.1.0
  January 30, 2025 by RainingLampost

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  Now that FriendShapes is about to be on Steam, and got some traction (and bug finding) from Haunted PS1, I've added a few small things and some fixes: - Fix: Instance of crash on a Axenic Shape from m... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.0.8
  August 12, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  Thanks once again to my friend Ultra, there's another potentially nasty error fixed - it was a single old teleport tile in the Axenic that puts you out of bounds (less interesting than it sounds as yo... Continue reading
• Analogue Horror Series: Era's End Entities
  July 25, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  #Analogue Horror, #Era's End Entities, #FriendShapes

  New analogue horror video series just starting called Era's End Entities - set in the same world as FriendShapes and expanding on the background lore as well as some of the Shapes one would encounter!... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes v1.0.7
  June 01, 2024 by RainingLampost

  Just a small update that forces the tutorial page that explains how Encounters works to appear just after completing the intro as I think some people never went to look and thus didn't know what was g... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.0.6
  May 11, 2024 by RainingLampost

  Small update for FriendShapes with a couple of small (and one big) fix! Watch this space for news of a upcoming video mini-series detailing some Shapes you have (and haven't) encountered 👋... Continue reading
• Hotfix - 1.0.5
  March 22, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  Update to FriendShapes, bringing it up to 1.0.5! Hot fix (hopefully) fixing a problem with the autosaves in the final digression, thanks again to Ultra for reporting!... Continue reading
• 1.0.4
  March 01, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  pdated FriendShapes to 1.0.4 - another music file issue since I changed the names around to avoid crashing was discovered - hoping that's all of them now so the game can be crash free 🙏... Continue reading
• ​FriendShapes version 1.0.3
  February 26, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  riendShapes version 1.0.3 is out now - the first boss has been nerfed slightly and a specific high damaging move being indicated clearer to give players a better chance to heal Also save migration inf... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.0.2
  February 21, 2024 by RainingLampost

  Just updated FriendShapes to v1.0.2 - there was a thing I'd missed which would have caused crashes on running into Jinsil (again) - should be all fixed now 👍... Continue reading
• FriendShapes v1.0.1
  February 19, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  FriendShapes v1.0.1 is out with some renamed files to hopefully stop RPG Maker crashing on PCs with non-English locales- along with a small guide/explanation on how to fix it if it does happen (in the... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Out Now!
  February 03, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  #FriendShapes, #Release

  The existential horror lite-RPG game, FriendShapes is now fully released! - No jumpscares - Stylized 3D with rogue-lite randomized elements - Unique battle system based on interaction & understanding... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes fully releases on Saturday!
  January 31, 2024 by RainingLampost

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  #Release date, #FriendShapes

  I have arbitrarily decided that the full game of FriendShapes will be available starting this Saturday! It's 7-10 hours in length, has almost 40 encounters, 74 original tracks of music, 5 Digressions... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes music release
  October 01, 2023 by RainingLampost

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  #music

  Just released the music I've done so far for the FriendShapes game demo! https://raddyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/friendshapes-ost https://soundcloud.com/friendshapes/sets/friendshapes Plus! The first... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Demo v2.2 out now!
  November 18, 2022 by RainingLampost

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  #Update

  New update for FriendShapes! - Changes: Major change: The Axenic Digression is now blocked off to begin with, players will have to complete The Backwoods first before gaining access to both Axenic and... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes Demo v2.1
  November 02, 2022 by RainingLampost

  Updated FriendShapes to v2.1 now, with some grammar fixes mostly in the Axenic Digression as well as a rare major camera problem in the west, only discovered today after a lotta testing!... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Demo v2.0 Big Halloween Update!
  October 31, 2022 by RainingLampost

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  #Update, #Horror, #free demo, #FriendShapes

  Hi all! Finally a big update a year after the first demo came out - with this new V2.0 demo, there's now 3 times the amount of content! There's the Axenic Digression as well as the Soft Contained Play... Continue reading

  
• FriendShapes Demo v1.4
  February 19, 2022 by RainingLampost

  - Fixes: Altered part of the randomization seed so some events that weren't ever happening now have a chance of happening - it's a quick fix so some events and items may show up more than usual for th... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Demo v1.3
  November 02, 2021 by RainingLampost

  v1.3 out now! Changes: -Reduced the chance of a Certain Shape showing up by a factor of 3 + have encountered at least one shape in that Digression run -Added Save Migrate guide Also a Let's Play happe... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Demo v1.2
  November 01, 2021 by RainingLampost

  Demo v1.2 Fixes: Turned off some plugins to try to stop rare fatal plugin conflict in Encounters Added: Continue text boxes for NPC not previously in the last update Altered descriptions on items that... Continue reading
• FriendShapes Demo v1.1
  November 01, 2021 by RainingLampost

  Fixes: - Rare Text Event glitch where another text event happens after Game Over - Spelling and grammar Added: - A "Continue" text box at the end of Encounters to allow players to read final narration... Continue reading
• Free Demo Out Now!
  October 31, 2021 by RainingLampost

  The FriendShapes FREE DEMO is now out for consumption! CONSUME!... Continue reading