Danny Adams - Clockwork Bird https://clockworkbird.net Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:33:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://i0.wp.com/clockworkbird.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-Chickadee_square.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Danny Adams - Clockwork Bird https://clockworkbird.net 32 32 170021612 Fatality & Fame is out now!!! https://clockworkbird.net/fatality-fame-is-out-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fatality-fame-is-out-now https://clockworkbird.net/fatality-fame-is-out-now/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:33:51 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=797 Hey cyberpunks, it's finally here: the free Silicon Dreams content update "Fatality & Fame" is out now! You can grab it via Steam or itch.io at a 20% discount! We've talked a lot about how we think this game is ripe with stories to be harvested, in this update we're pleased to introduce you to […]

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]]> Hey cyberpunks, it's finally here: the free Silicon Dreams content update "Fatality & Fame" is out now! You can grab it via Steam or itch.io at a 20% discount! We've talked a lot about how we think this game is ripe with stories to be harvested, in this update we're pleased to introduce you to [...]

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]]> https://clockworkbird.net/fatality-fame-is-out-now/feed/ 1 797 Fatality & Fame https://clockworkbird.net/fatality-fame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fatality-fame Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:55:51 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=788 Hello again, cyberpunks!  Time is flying by but we wanted to take just a few minutes to share some exciting news with you! The Fatality & Fame update is coming very soon to Silicon Dreams and will be released as a free update to the base game! Keep reading below to see everything that will […]

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]]> Hello again, cyberpunks!  Time is flying by but we wanted to take just a few minutes to share some exciting news with you! The Fatality & Fame update is coming very soon to Silicon Dreams and will be released as a free update to the base game! Keep reading below to see everything that will [...]

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]]> 788 Silicon Dreams: A Micro-Postmortem https://clockworkbird.net/silicon-dreams-a-micro-postmortem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silicon-dreams-a-micro-postmortem https://clockworkbird.net/silicon-dreams-a-micro-postmortem/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:07:04 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=778 Salutations, cyberpunks!  Danny and Jamie here to tell you what this Clockwork Bird’s been up to since we released Silicon Dreams. The short version is: critics loved it, it sold ok but not great, and we’re planning a free update with new content in the next few weeks! (More info on that to come in […]

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]]> Salutations, cyberpunks!  Danny and Jamie here to tell you what this Clockwork Bird’s been up to since we released Silicon Dreams. The short version is: critics loved it, it sold ok but not great, and we’re planning a free update with new content in the next few weeks! (More info on that to come in [...]

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]]> https://clockworkbird.net/silicon-dreams-a-micro-postmortem/feed/ 2 778 Cybernoir thriller “Silicon Dreams” is out now! https://clockworkbird.net/cybernoir-thriller-silicon-dreams-is-out-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cybernoir-thriller-silicon-dreams-is-out-now Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:11:36 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=682 Greetings, cyberpunks. Our new cyberpunk interrogation sim “Silicon Dreams” is launching as we speak! What’s it about, you ask? Three words: tears in rain. “The best Blade Runner game that we've gotten in years.” - TheGamer.com Silicon Dreams is a narrative cyberpunk thriller about interrogating rogue androids. In a corporate-controlled dystopian future where the lines […]

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]]> Greetings, cyberpunks. Our new cyberpunk interrogation sim “Silicon Dreams” is launching as we speak! What’s it about, you ask? Three words: tears in rain. “The best Blade Runner game that we've gotten in years.” - TheGamer.com Silicon Dreams is a narrative cyberpunk thriller about interrogating rogue androids. In a corporate-controlled dystopian future where the lines [...]

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]]> 682 Games are best when they’re weird https://clockworkbird.net/games-are-best-when-theyre-weird/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=games-are-best-when-theyre-weird https://clockworkbird.net/games-are-best-when-theyre-weird/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:47:56 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=677 We’ve been chipping away at this game about androids and feelings and megacorps for over 18 months. Now there are only 4 days left before Silicon Dreams spills its circuitry onto the Steam store, and we wanted to take a step back and look at what the game was when we began planning, what it […]

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]]> We’ve been chipping away at this game about androids and feelings and megacorps for over 18 months. Now there are only 4 days left before Silicon Dreams spills its circuitry onto the Steam store, and we wanted to take a step back and look at what the game was when we began planning, what it [...]

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]]> https://clockworkbird.net/games-are-best-when-theyre-weird/feed/ 1 677 Hurtling towards launch https://clockworkbird.net/hurtling-towards-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurtling-towards-launch Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:27:13 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=607 Howdy cyberpunks! We’ve been keeping our nose to whatever androids use instead of grindstones, and the game is really taking shape. As we’re wrapping up this project - one of the biggest either of us has taken on - we thought we’d share our feelings about it. Jamie: Silicon Dreams is pretty much the most […]

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]]> Howdy cyberpunks! We’ve been keeping our nose to whatever androids use instead of grindstones, and the game is really taking shape. As we’re wrapping up this project - one of the biggest either of us has taken on - we thought we’d share our feelings about it. Jamie: Silicon Dreams is pretty much the most [...]

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]]> 607 Why ssooooo pOlitiCaL? https://clockworkbird.net/why-ssooooo-political/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-ssooooo-political Fri, 01 May 2020 15:31:13 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=420 No matter how hard a creator tries to avoid it, every piece of art or media is inherently political: it was made by an individual who inhabits a political system. Whether we want them to or not, these influences seep into everything we do, say, create, or consume - video games included. While Silicon Dreams might not be a “political game” our goal is to present the player with an interesting, personal, and emotional experience.

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]]> No matter how hard a creator tries to avoid it, every piece of art or media is inherently political: it was made by an individual who inhabits a political system. Whether we want them to or not, these influences seep into everything we do, say, create, or consume - video games included. While Silicon Dreams might not be a “political game” our goal is to present the player with an interesting, personal, and emotional experience.

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]]> 420 You can polish a turd… but it’s better to polish something else. https://clockworkbird.net/you-can-polish-a-turd-but-its-better-to-polish-something-else/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-can-polish-a-turd-but-its-better-to-polish-something-else Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:15:38 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=399 Have you ever wondered how a game goes from prototype to finished product? Before all of the fancy graphics and animations are added, before all of these incredibly detailed inter-woven systems work together, how does a game look? Today we’re going to talk about the journey we’ve taken with Silicon Dreams; how it has already […]

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]]> Have you ever wondered how a game goes from prototype to finished product? Before all of the fancy graphics and animations are added, before all of these incredibly detailed inter-woven systems work together, how does a game look? Today we’re going to talk about the journey we’ve taken with Silicon Dreams; how it has already [...]

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]]> 399 Kronos Robotics: a history of hostility https://clockworkbird.net/kronos-robotics-a-history-of-hostility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kronos-robotics-a-history-of-hostility Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:14:05 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=369 “The AI Titan’s gilded age” The history of Kronos Robotics, the dominating manufacturer of consumer androids and automation technologies, is a tangled web of perfectly executed business strategies, product launches, hostile-takeovers, and PR cover-ups. After years of research, interviews with former employees, and a substantial amount of speculation, we can now piece together the confidential […]

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]]> “The AI Titan’s gilded age” The history of Kronos Robotics, the dominating manufacturer of consumer androids and automation technologies, is a tangled web of perfectly executed business strategies, product launches, hostile-takeovers, and PR cover-ups. After years of research, interviews with former employees, and a substantial amount of speculation, we can now piece together the confidential [...]

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]]> 369 Silicon Dreams is live on Kickstarter! Right now!! https://clockworkbird.net/silicon-dreams-is-live-on-kickstarter-right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silicon-dreams-is-live-on-kickstarter-right-now Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:42:35 +0000 http://clockworkbird.net/?p=356 Silicon Dreams is live on Kickstarter as we speak! Download and play the demo for yourself! Silicon Dreams “Silicon Dreams” is a game of trust and betrayal set in a cyberpunk future. In a world where everyone has an android servant, it’s your job to figure out which ones are “defective” and report them to […]

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]]> Silicon Dreams is live on Kickstarter as we speak! Download and play the demo for yourself! Silicon Dreams “Silicon Dreams” is a game of trust and betrayal set in a cyberpunk future. In a world where everyone has an android servant, it’s your job to figure out which ones are “defective” and report them to [...]

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