- Fleapit’s Grab Bag: Back to the Grab Bag - 3 July 2025
Heeeeeey Guests of the Fleapit~ Coming right at ya is yet another Fleapit devlog where we drag you kicking and screaming through the depths of development hell (or rather Inferno) and show all the exciting stuff (that we can show at this point in time)! As per usual, the biggest bulk of the work we’ve been doing these last couple of months has been focused on behind-the-scenes stuff – but we’re making steady progress, pinky promise!! That said, let’s dive into the nitty gritty, shall we? UPKEEPING THE OLD STUFF Turns out working on a game breeds… even more game. Thankfully, at this point we’re more that ever aware that polishing things into perfection isn’t exactly the way to go, but making additional touches here and there won’t hurt anybody. Like, for example, here’s a new cute little sprite for Ruby’s speech during the opening cutscene: https://i.ibb.co/PGPkTjq9/image5.gif of course…
- Fleapit’s Grab Bag Returns... With Vengeance! - 18 April 2025
Heeeeeey Guests of the Fleapit~ We may have skipped a month or two of these devlogs, hope that was just about enough time for you to start missing us a little bit! Truth be told, we had to go slower than usual this last month due to quite a few team members getting sick (including me, who writes this very text lol), but we’re very much back in action and today we’re gonna make it up to you with quite a few gameplay bits from the upcoming New And Improved Steam Demo that we’ve been talking a lot in the past. So let’s get the show rolling, shall we? New Traps, New Foes For starters, we can finally show more enemies that will torture your existence in the upcoming updated demo! As you might recall, we promised to extend each Circle of Hell with subfloors – with each one containing a few exclusive demons that get progressively harder the deeper you go! This time around we’re going to focus…
- Fleapit's January Grab Bag - 30 January 2025
Heeeeeey Guests of the Fleapit~ Guess who’s back with a brand new devlog! As always, January’s kind of a slow month for us, so we won’t have that many updates for y’all today, but at least we’re here and we brought some cute arts! So without further ado, let’s begin the first Fleapit HQ Direct of 2025. Ready? Let’s gooooooo! All Rise, The Court is Now in Session In Freaked Fleapit you’ll have many opportunities and places to date cute demon girls. But since Ruby’s, errr, a special case, we’re making sure that every encounter with her is as unforgettable and bonkers as the pink-underboobed-poltergeist herself. So, here’s your very special date right in the courtroom. Featuring Ruby as Judge, Jury and Executioner all at the same time. But don’t fret, guests of the Fleapit, cuz you’ll be represented in the Inferno’s Court of Almighty Law by the one and only Attorney Extraordinare – Ryubich…
- Fleapit's Hell Guide: Gluttony - 24 December 2024
Hey kiddo, Been a while since I’ve taken you on a tour across the Inferno’s Circles of Hell. You might have even forgotten what we’ve been through so far, so check back the Limbo and Lust entries if you’ve missed the memo on how we do things here. Are we back to speed now? Good, cuz we got no time to waste, it’s time to step into the Circle of: G L U T T O N Y Just some of the potential little chefs you’re about to meet at the Circle of Gluttony Ah yes, kiddo, this ain’t no “hole in the wall” restaurant nor a cheap noodle place you liked so much in your life. This is high cuisine, an establishment that screams “spectacular opulence” in your flustered face as you come in. Ever been in those restaurants that you feel like you don’t even deserve to be in? Well, you are in one now and the sheer feeling of grandioseness is almost impenetrable. The greatest restaurant in all Inferno, or hell,…
- Fleapit HQ Direct — October ‘24 - 4 November 2024
Hi, guests of the Fleapit!~ Welcome back to our yet another Fleapit HQ Direct where we talk about our ongoing development and show cute concept arts. Mostly that second one, honestly. But anyway, this time we’re happy to report that we’re finally moving towards active development of the third Circle of Hell — Gluttony. So grab your forks and knives and let’s dig in! NEW ENEMIES We’ll be talking more in-depth about the inner workings of the Circle of Hell — Gluttony in one of the future devlogs, but for now we can reveal that it’s gonna be set in the Greatest Restaurant of all Inferno. And the staff won’t be happy to see its eternal feast interrupted. Get ready to have your navigational skills tested: from lots of traps to enemies that can directly interact with your tie. It’s ‘Eat Or Be Eaten’ in this world, after all. NEW MUSIC A lot of you were asking for more music teasers, so today…
- Meet the Girls: Sister June BIO - 30 September 2024
Hi, guests of the Fleapit!~ We’ve been talking about the Ladies of the Fleapit quite a lot and we saved the best for last! ‘Best’ being of course the story of everyone’s favorite mommy, Sister June. So polish your halos, spread your wings and let’s dive straight into it, shall we? Quick facts: EN VA: Melissa Medina JP VA: Sayaka Ohara Age: ~2400 years old Height: 200 cm (6' 6.7") Nicknames: Juney, The Big Lady, Mommy. Noble Sister June Warrior of Fire and Light, Senior Secretary to the Head of the Ancient Knowledge and Competence Department. Favorite movies: Romance movies, biographies and movies with cute animals. Hobbies: Keeping order and balance among all of the Inferno’s chaos. Also secretly playing visual novels on Fasaria’s Dethboy. Favorite drink: Hot coffee with whipped cream. ‘Did you fall from Heaven?’ isn’t really a pick-up line for Sister June, because she really is an actu…
- Freaked Fleapit Dev HQ Direct — August ‘24 - 29 August 2024
Hiya, guests of the Fleapit!~ And welcome back to yet another edition of Fleapit HQ Direct where we show some of the cool stuff we’ve been working on behind the scenes! Strap in and come along for the ride, cuz there’s quite a bit to go through this time. Y’all ready? Then let’s begin! EXPANDING THE INFERNO One of the most often requested feedback we received from our demo was ‘please make longer levels’. And while we’ve already committed to make every Circle of Hell longer with three increasingly difficult levels, we want to make each one of them feel somewhat unique. Thus, we’re working on creating special tiles for each zone that would feel more thematically appropriate and help us convey the storyline of each Circle of Hell! Like, check out one of the deeper rooms of Limbo below (with a brand new enemy teaser haha) And to clarify: it’s not just about the floor, but most of the props…
- Meet the Ladies of Fleapit — RUBYYYYY! - 30 July 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! Have you missed us?~ Here’s a pleasant surprise for you as sudden as her chaotic nature. Meet the delightfully unhinged, disgustingly sweet and perpetually energized Ruby! >ADMIN: unknown_user >OVERRIDE_COMMAND Initialized… Quick facts: EN VA: Sarah Ann Williams JP VA: Uesaka Sumire Age: Ugh, rude! Ruby is older than 21 if you’re sooo interested, perv Height: 173 cm (5'8) Nicknames: Rub, Don’t touch my console, Don’t come close!, @#$%!!! Favorite movies media: dopamine instilled feeds, FYIs, recs, shorts, reels, anything exciting and tickling the nerves, you name it, Ruby’s seen it! Hobbies: Eating, EATING, EATING!!!, punitive cooking, stapling things and people, occasional wrestling, drawing anything on everything, especially Keyla, he-he Favorite drink: Coffee with 8 spoons of sugar, MARSHMALLLOWS!!, crispy doughnut, colored sprinkles, a touch of salt and a…
- Play the Freaked Fleapit demo at PixElated Festival! - 25 July 2024
Hi, guests of the Fleapit!~ If there was one thing about Freaked Fleapit that we feel like gets underappreciated sometimes, it’s the work that goes into creating the pixel artwork that makes, like, 95% of all of our visuals. So today we’re here for two things: to announce that Freaked Fleapit’s going to be a part of the PixElated Festival starting next Monday, July 29th — and to celebrate the wonderful art of our lead pixel artist Todo! We’re gonna share some of his finest pixel art work for both Fleapit and elsewhere and you — please say something nice to him, won’t you? And without further ado, let’s begin!! Here’s how the character sprites evolved throughout the years of development Blabbing Betty’s sprite sheet for the fans! Pictured: hopefully you, looking at these arts respectfully What are y’all drinking today? Are we, uhhh, interrupting something? And now for something completel…
- Freaked Fleapit Dev HQ Direct — June ‘24 - 27 June 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! What a month, huh? We’re incredibly excited to share a sneak peek behind the gates of Fleapit, and seeing your genuine excitement and passion for our game filled us with even more determination to make the best rhythm--slash-dungeon crawler-slash-date sim ever! That being said, there’s no time to waste basking in the afterglow for us. There’s still much to do based on both our original development plans and your demo feedback, so let’s get right into it! WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DEMO Honestly, not much. We’ve worked up some quick bug fixes and we just added the Russian VO, but we’re now focusing on the Next Big Thing and, truthfully, we just don’t have the resources to also keep polishing this little demo further and further. We want to take a moment to restate how invaluable , and precious your feedback has been, and how incredibly thankful we are. We’re also ext…
- Freaked Fleapit Steam Demo is OUT NOW!! - 4 June 2024
Hey Guests of Fleapit! The moment that we've been talking about for so long is finally here: Freaked Fleapit demo is OUT NOW on Steam! We're incredibly pumped and excited to finally show a snippet of what we've been cooking publicly and we can't wait for your reactions to it!! Now, we'd very much like you to go and play it Right Now, but before that we have a few things we want to mention! First of all, as previously mentioned we still plan to release a bigger demo later down the road... yes, you guessed it, later™️. But we promise it's gonna be worth the wait as it's gonna include: Meta-progression — more fleshed out roguelite elements, traders, perks, skills, meta-currency and all that jazz 5 dates with branching dialogue set in different locations The complete first 2 circles of Hell but this time bolder, bigger and more fun! Various mini-games including mixology, bowling and more An…
- OTK Games Expo marks the date for the Demo! - 24 May 2024
Hello, esteemed guests of Fleapit — soft sinners and certified freaks alike! Freaked Fleapit is going to be a part of… OTK Games Expo 2024! Mark the date — June 4th at 12 pm PT, — because it’s also the day we’re gonna drop the demo!!! You can watch the show on: Asmongold's Twitch Channel OTK YouTube Channel However, we have to set some expectations here. While we’re confident that you’re going to enjoy this short look at the game, we also have to emphasize that it’s only The First Look. And here’s exactly what it’s going to contain: A peek at the beginning of Newbie’s journey! Two levels to dance through — complete with boss fights at the end! Voice over — you saw our Japanese VO cast, but the demo will also include English VO as well! And it’s good! Word!!! Personal quests for the girls — after you finish the 1st level, you can take a unique quest from each of the girls. However, you h…
- Freaked Fleapit — Steam Demo coming this June! - 16 May 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! Kept you waiting, huh? Well, the wait is almost over — cuz we’re finally ready to announce that the Freaked Fleapit demo is finally coming to Steam next month! That’s right, you’ll be able to enjoy the quick look at the first two Circles of Hell from the comfort of your home and even meet some cute ladies voiced in both English and Japanese (and localized into many languages via subtitles, of course)! We’ll announce the exact release date a bit later, but let’s just say that June is generally a pretty big month for gaming announcements, if you catch our drift. . . But wait, there’s more! Since we’ve committed to grant early access to the demo to our Patreon and Indiegogo backers with an appropriate tier, we’ll be contacting them in the near future, so keep an eye on the email you used for Patreon! AAAAAND we've also launched a giveaway of a few early access c…
- Freaked Fleapit Dev HQ Direct — April ‘24 - 1 May 2024
Hey Guests of the Fleapit! Guess who’s back with yet another grab-bag of a devlog! As always, we prepared a few topics from our Development HQ that we can share and we hope you’ll enjoy what we have in store. So without further ado, let’s start with a deep dive into… THE BOTTOMLESS PITS Every game worth its salt must have bottomless pits… or at least that’s the case for the Fleapit. A lot of players were wondering if they could fall into the pits found everywhere across the dungeon crawling section and were (apparently) disappointed when that wasn’t the case. Well, congrats y'all, because we’re granting your wish to yeet yourselves into the void. Better watch your steps now cuz one wrong jump could become your doom (or take 1HP away from you, to be precise) https://i.imgur.com/cbhUJyu.gif This is yet to be implemented in the actual build, so please enjoy this new enemy pattern with a pl…
- Meet the Girls: Bellboy BIO - 3 April 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! Glad to have you with us again - not that you can really leave or anything but! As promised, we’re gonna talk about our resident best girl bartender — Bellboy! So grab a drink, snag a seat, and enjoy the show~ Quick facts: EN VA: TBA 👀 JP VA: Ami Koshimizu Age: 21 (at the time of death) Height: 174 cm (5′ 8) Nicknames: Bell, Ginger, Kid Favorite movies: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, noir, and road trip movies. Secretly might have a thing for doramas as well. Hobbies: Everything high-stakes and extreme; mixing drinks and saving lives Favorite drink: Poitín One might say Bellboy is one of the more ‘normal’ regulars in the Fleapit, and that’s not exactly untrue. See, she isn’t a child of Inferno, but rather a run-of-the-mill human born in Dublin, Ireland. You might be wondering, what brought her to the Fleapit, not to mention made her the bartender of the joi…
- A Freaked Fleapit Newsletter — February 2024! - 8 March 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! Another month passed by, another devlog has arrived! Looks like you enjoyed our grab bag format, so we’re running another one of these again. And now let's get straight to the show: WE MADE AUDIO CALIBRATION (and the rest of the options menu) Design and settings are not final and subject to change! As a part of our preparations for the public demo launch (coming soon, promise!!), we finally made an actual Options menu and audio calibration! This is a more important update than it sounds because previously we were kind of operating on the basis of “let’s make the game first and all the inconsequential stuff later”. Well, it turns out having an options menu and audio calibration for users is pretty darn important, so we’re happy finally getting that out of the way. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but we consider this another little milestone towards the…
- A Freaked Fleapit Newsletter — January 2024! - 9 February 2024
Hey, guests of the Fleapit! Guess what time it is? That’s right, time for our regularly scheduled devlog! The year has only just begun, so January is just a big ‘ol grab bag of stuff to chat with you about. And we’re starting off with… FLEAPIT AT TAIPEI GAMES SHOW 2024! Even more of you got to put your grubby little hands all over play our demo, yay! Taipei Games Show was our final destination for showcasing Fleapit’s demo to public events (for now 👀) and it was still as exciting as our first time! Thank you for coming to see us everyone! 💜 And the next stop will be Steam at last! Stay tuned for more news, we’ll be sure to let you know once we put the final fixes, feedback. and polish on the demo build and determine the exact date! But more importantly, we finally got to see the first official cosplayers ever for Ruby and Fasaria in real life, and now you will too!! CONCEPT ART CORNER…
- Storyteller's Festival Special Broadcast! - 31 January 2024
Hello, our beloved Guests of the Fleapit! Freaked Fleapit got into the Storyteller's Festival 2024, because our writing is just that good! Don't believe us? Oh, then a broadcast containing the demo walkthrough might convince you! That's right, we're going to stream our upcoming demo at Tomorrow at 10 am PST \ 13 pm EST right here on our Steam store page! Yeah, it's gonna be in the morning hours, but remember — the early bird gets the flea... no, wait. Anyways, don't forget — Tomorrow, February 1st at 10 am PST \ 13 pm EST! See you there!
- Happy (Freaked) Holidays! - 29 December 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Guests of the Fleapit! We at Finch Bird team are wrapping up 2023, so it’s as good a time as any to reflect on what we achieved so far, what we’re doing right now, and what our plans are for the nearest future! (Almost) Done: Freaked Fleapit Demo(!?!) This year, we put out an exclusive live event demo that showcases what Freaked Fleapit will look like going forward — battle system, dating, quests, and even voice-over! Concept arts of some of the enemies encountered in the demo We’re incredibly thankful to everyone who gave us feedback throughout the year and proud to have players who even visited us multiple times during the events just to spend a bit more time with Freaked Fleapit! Now, to a more pressing question: when do *you* guys get to play the demo? A quick answer is: early next year. A more nuanced answer is: We made this current demo to…
- Fleapit's Mini-Guide to Hell: What is Freaked Fleapit? - 27 October 2023
Hey newbie, I bet you’re pretty curious about the place you ended up at in the first place. And to tell you the truth, so am I, for it’s a pretty weird place even by the Inferno standards. See, the Freaked Fleapit hasn’t always been a fleapit. Once upon a time, this grand Theater was an integral part of Hell's entire infrastructure, it served to teach demons and imps alike the most efficient methods to extract high quality sin from the souls of sinners. And I have to admit, the Lord of Hell that conceived this place, that old rascal, has cracked the code — familiarizing demons with the world of people, their culture and everyday life, to stealthily penetrate the earth and provoke them to do sinful deeds has never been easier! If I told you that underneath the ruthless facade, this Lord was hiding such a sentimental side, you’d probably have a hard time believing he’s a real demon lord.…
