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 Proper update coming later today. Thanks Octofans, you should pat yourself on the back. :)  (Read More)

There are less than 24 hours left for the campaign. It's been an exciting experience and we can't wait to start working full time on Octopus City Blues. We can't thank you enough for supporting a little Octopus City simulation about tentacles,... (Read More)

Octopus City Blues is designed to be played multiple times. It will not be a very long game and there are several important choices that drastically alter the gameplay experience. We want to create an game where events can unfold differently for... (Read More)

With 4 days left to go, we thought we can answer some frequent questions we get about Octopus City Blues and the campaign. But before we do that, we would like to share the results of the last live stream with you. We've got some wonderful... (Read More)

Live StreamingIn case you missed yesterday's event, or loved it so much that you want to do it again, Marina will be live streaming a pixel art session today at 8 PM UTC - 4 PM EST. Join us at http://www.twitch.tv/MarinaNT and suggest ideas for weird... (Read More)

There's only one more week to go! We can't thank you enough for your support. Marina is going to live stream a pixel art session in less than one hour (7 PM UTC - 3 PM EST). You can participate by suggesting ideas for a (hopefully) bizarre character... (Read More)

The Stretch Goal We are very excited about our next stretch goal, as it would allow us to bring the city to life and add a lot of optional events. When we say dynamic content, we are referring to how the city changes over time. An example of this is... (Read More)

About the UpdateAfter consulting backers on the comments page, we've decided to update the original stretch goals. We removed the multiple languages goal and reduced the amount needed for subsequent goals accordingly. We are still committed to... (Read More)

Octopus City Blues takes place in Gold Tower, the largest district of the city. Gold Tower was originally designed as the entertainment center of Octopus City. The Arcade is an old establishment located in Clock Tower Plaza, the central hub of Gold... (Read More)

Meet the Conman, Kaf's uncle and best friend. We recently hired him as our sales manager, and he's really excited about advertising the stretch goals. The Conman is also an example of how the animated cutscenes might look like. We will be using the... (Read More)

Why stretch goals?We've gambled and asked for $7,000 because we had no idea if people would like Octopus City Blues. It was essential to get the game funded even if we had to sacrifice some ideas. We knew that $7,000 wasn't enough for the game but we... (Read More)

Octopus City Blues is the kind of game in which an enormous, bloody millipede is used for public transportation and the protagonist is married to a pink octopus named Daisy. And it just reached its Kickstarter funding goal of $7,000. (Read More)

Now that Ghost in a Bottle's Octopus City Blues has reached its funding goal of $7,000 on Kickstarter, we can focus on the game's non-linear, adventure-oriented premise. Protagonist Kaf Kafkaryan lives in a city built around a giant octopus and discovers a conspiracy theory as he tries to learn more about his surroundings in order to assist the individuals within his dreams. Sounds... mundane. (Read More)

WE DID IT! WE'RE FUNDED!!! The Ghost in a Bottle Syndicate is happy to announce that Octopus City Blues, the authentic Octopus City simulation software, has been successfully funded. This was only possible thanks to the support of true octofans who... (Read More)

This week’s Kickstarter quintet gets two tentacles up for quirkiness.  We’ve become enamored with an octopus city simulator; a zombie survival game with an abundance of “cool it” dialogue choices; and a crime-solving, fedora-wearing feline.  To round things out, our final two games exist entirely in the imagination, but on completely different ends of the horror-to-cute spectrum. (Read More)

Ghost in a Bottle's Firas Assaad took some time to talk to GamerTell about Octopus City Blues, a new adventure game on Kickstarter. (Read More)

From the maw of Kickstarter – or as the case may be here, from the twisted pink tentacles – comes word of Octopus City Blues, a surreal new adventure game developed by Ghost in a Bottle, an independent team of six hailing from various parts of the globe. (Read More)

We would like to thank all of you for your wonderful support. We've reached 50% of our funding goal in two days and it was really amazing to watch that happen. When we launched the campaign we were on the edge of our seats in anticipation. What if... (Read More)

So, this is great: "Octopus City Blues" is the first game from Kuwait City-based Ghost in a Bottle Corporation. It's an adventure game about a listless, middle-aged octoblood junkie, tentacle cutter, and all-around chump named Kaf Kafkaryan and his unwitting role in changing Octopus City forever. (Read More)

The Octopus city simulation genre sounds like some sort of niche product, but it really is a burgeoning industry. Awash in tentacles, Octopus City Blues is leading the charge on this vaunted genre soon to explode ink or octoblood all over the world’s begging masses. Chris gave Ghost in a Bottle‘s newest game a couple pokes back in June, but since they recently launched their Kickstarter, and the game makes my eyes bleed happiness, it seemed like time to give it another look-see. (Read More)

I love cities, and I moved to London to experience life as part of tapestry of the giant, throbbing organism of England’s capital. The city in this open-world 2D adventure game Octopus City Blues is an incredibly literal interpretation of the language people use to describe cities, with the surreal setting of this city’s foundations being a fricking octopus. A living, breathing, sucking city: its tentacles creeping through the streets, sliding in and out of every crack, the blood of the beast turning the people into drug addicts. Adam had a brief look at this last month, and promised a Kickstarter would emerge. It’s here, and I’ve just backed it. (Read More)