Father's Island

08/11/2024

My Australian friends and some contacts from the US ask me quite often, which book they should pick to start reading my novels. Until recently, I would have answered "Generation 23", but the more I think about it, the more I believe it should be "Shangri-La", as it reflects way better my way of thinking, writing and telling stories between video games, novels and screen. And, of course, my life in Australia.

So yes, this is my updated recommendation.

Shangri-La: Lost Beneath the Southern Cross (Pete O'Brannon Mystery Book 1)

03/07/2020

The first Homegrown Games Australia news since ages!

We are pleased to announce that we will return to game production this year. We did some contract work (mainly localizations to German) every now and then, but now things are getting real again. Not Unreal, though. With the Development of GG Max and us getting hands on a build in April, Into the Ice - N***s of Neuschwabenland will relaunch development, and a pre-production track for Anderson II is currently planned.

Check out The Game Creators Ltd sneak peak on GG Max here:

Pre-order GameGuru Max today to save 45%! https://www.game-guru.com/max Here's the next in our GameGuru MAX sneak peek videos - this time looking at the new ...

12/22/2018

That`s probably the highest resolution screenshot of Father`s Island ever...

You go higher? Post it as artwork to our Steam Page and we will reward you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/460940/Fathers_Island/

12/07/2018

Did you play Father`s Island 2.0 yet? If not, read the details about the HUGE upgrade here...
..and vote for us on the IOTY 2018!

Of course, you can also vote the best upcoming:

https://www.indiedb.com/games/into-the-ice

and our Golden Oldie, also freshly updated:

https://www.indiedb.com/games/into-the-dark

Father´s Island is a mystical, surreal crime-solving visual novel in a 3D open world, where the player has to solve the mistery of his own wrongful conviction 5 years earlier. In the player character´s words: I am John Richards, and I am innocent...

10/29/2018

And here the full release notes:

- IMPORTANT: If you have problems updating to this version, please uninstall and reinstall Father`s Island. Actually, we recommend uninstalling and a fresh install anyway! -

Changes:

* DirectX11 based
* Loading times reduced by 30 - 75%, depending on the system
* Load only once per session: Smart respawn system
* 2 new video scenes
* 3 new posters
* 2 new side stories in letters
* Full PBR support
* 37 assets converted to true PBR
* Multi-Level vertex painted terrain
* Advanced atmosphere light scattering
* Fixed some minor bugs and logic issues
* Fixed the summoning of the Dragon

Possible Troubleshooting:

* After you hit the "Start Game" button, just leave your system loading. Even if the game seems unresponsive, it will load (don`t cancel or quit)

* If the level fails to load (or an error message appears), open the setup.ini in the installation folder and set
dividetexturesize=1
to
dividetexturesize=4

*If Steam keeps reinstalling /or verifying over and over again, please uninstall and reinstall

*If you find it too dark / bright / red / whatever, you can adjust ALL rendering options by editing the visuals.ini file

Get it here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/460940/Fathers_Island/

Halloween 2018 - Homegrown Games Australia releases "Father's Island 2.0" on Steam.

Starring John Dick as John Richards, Ivan Ertlov as Heinrich von Richter / Henry Richards.

Featuring Music by Sturmpercht and the 58th Wildcards, artwork by Luna's Art and Disturbing13, 3D sorcery by Mihai Nicula

100% remastered and in DirectX11, the winner of

"Adventure of the Year 2016"
- OldGamer

"Best Indie Game 2016"
- VLC Retrospective

"Editors Choice"
- VGPhile

is back with a vengeance!

10/29/2018

Halloween 2018 - Homegrown Games Australia releases "Father's Island 2.0" on Steam.

Starring John Dick as John Richards, Ivan Ertlov as Heinrich von Richter / Henry Richards.

Featuring Music by Sturmpercht and the 58th Wildcards, artwork by Luna's Art and Disturbing13, 3D sorcery by Mihai Nicula

100% remastered and in DirectX11, the winner of

"Adventure of the Year 2016"
- OldGamer

"Best Indie Game 2016"
- VLC Retrospective

"Editors Choice"
- VGPhile

is back with a vengeance!

10/28/2018

IT IS RELEASED!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/460940/announcements/

10/07/2018

This Halloween: Father's Island remastered.
PBR, new lighting, expanded View, 30% more FPS, loading Times reduced by 70%, Checkpoint system, new Puzzles and Points of interest!

07/01/2018

Father's Island 2.0 - coming soon!
And of course it`s a free update.

All Homegrown Games Australia games come with free extensions, DLCs and upgrades for life.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/460940/Fathers_Island/

Coming soon!

07/01/2018

Coming soon!

06/19/2018

Something is coming - soon!