Join Richard Flanagan, the creative director of Phosfiend Systems as he plays through the entirety of FRACT OSC while sharing behind the scenes insights into the making and story of this landmark indie videogame. We'll try and have the stream up all week, but you can also watch it on youtube here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeo0qAYQFo)

FRACT OSC's 10 year anniversary is coming up in April, and we're planning to put together a retrospective on the conception, development and release of FRACT. We intend to be quite candid and open open how this wild thing got made - from the team, tools and techniques employed, to the mistakes, missed opportunities and just where the heck we've been doing for a decade.


So if you have anything you'd like us to answer, drop those questions here and we'll see if we can address them in this retrospective. We're not 100% sure what shape this will take, but we're working on it.

Thanks for being awesome!

Keep you posted

SOLVE PUZZLES. DO SYNTHESIZERS. SAVE MONEY.

Great news synth weirdos! FRACT OSC is on deep discount as part of the Steam Puzzle Fest from April 24th to May 1st!

Hello Again!

More good news as FRACT OSC has been classified as Playable by the DeckLords at Steam! ALSO, IT'S ON SALE! In our experience it runs quite great on Deck, and we think you'll enjoy FRACT on the go. While our experience doesn't 100% line up with Valve's assessment, we didn't want to hold up the approval process.

Three points to note in it's playable status according to Valve:

• This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons (the default controller bindings are visible in the menu, just navigate with the stick and use RB to 'click')
  
• Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard (this only effects players who need to name/rename synth presets, likely a TINY fraction of players)
  
• This game does not exit cleanly and may require you to manually quit via the Steam overlay (we have not seen this behaviour in hours of our own testing, but maybe we're the exception)

For those of you that have FRACT'd on the go - have you seen the third behaviour with unclean exits? Before we push Valve to retest this one, we thought we'd ask you folks first!

Thanks,

The phosfiend team

Hello Everyone!

In a surprise that really caught us off guard, FRACT OSC is up for a Steam Award this year! We're eligible for the 'Labor of Love' award - a category we've perhaps not entirely earned, but think of it as motivation to engage with our community and plant the seed for things to come?

We'd love your support, please vote for FRACT OSC if you can!

Thanks!

The phosfiend team

phosfiend systems is excited to announce our collaboration with Superbrothers on the expansion for their game JETT: The Far Shore. The initial release of JETT: The Far Shore was one of our favorite games of 2021, as it captures an amazing sense of momentum and flow, while also presenting a captivating sci-fi narrative in a unique and rich far away world.

When the opportunity came up to work with Superbrothers (co-creators of the awesome Sword & Sworcery EP) on the equally ambitious Given Time expansion, we eagerly hopped on board to help the talented JETT Squad to get this thing to the finish line. Our last-mile contribution was largely a mix of design and systems advising and you should read a bit more about it here.

Without going into too much detail we can say that the Given Time expansion delivers on the promise that JETT: The Far Shore established in 2021. The flexibility and openness of its world and systems create something truly special that we think will really resonate with players.

JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time will be launching in early 2023, and we think if you like FRACT OSC, that JETT will resonate with you as well. In fact, the new demo that lets you play the truly epic opening sequence of the game is available now. Be sure to wishlist the game to keep an eye on updates and the release!

Thanks,

phosfiend systems

FRACT OSC has not been officially Steam Deck Verified (yet) but we can unofficially say it runs great! Decade old first person synthesizer walking simulators are probably not at the top of Valve's list, and we don't have the ability to push it through the process manually at the moment.

That said, based on our testing and a bunch of folks reaching out to us via email, dms and other means, we have every reason to believe it should work just fine on the deck. In fact, it's a pretty ideal platform for the game; just plug in a good set of headphones and get lost in this weird world we've built.

We've published a community control scheme that we feel is the best of both worlds, but please let us know if it can be improved.

Cheers,

Richard

With your help, the 5 year anniversary limited edition FRACT OSC vinyl by Mogi Grumbles is going to be a reality! If you were holding off, now is your last chance to pick it up (here)[qrates.com]. We have no plans to do this again

Thank you again,

We can't wait to get this into your hands

- The Phosfiend Team

PICK UP A COPY FOR STUPID CHEAP & PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IF YOU CAN - IT REALLY HELPS OUT

DON'T FORGET! PRE-ORDER THE LIMITED EDITION LP HERE[qrates.com], WE NEED 100 BACKERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Thanks!

- Phosfiend Systems