By Jenna Hume

As a long-time player of Merge Mansion, I was excited when developer Metacore approached us about consulting on its narrative and thrilled when this consulting project turned into a narrative revamp. It's been an honor for Lisa Brunette, Sara Hardin, and I to work with the established characters of Maddie and Ursula and create an experience new and returning players can enjoy. In Merge Mansion, you’ll explore and restore the mansion grounds with protagonist Maddie, unlocking the secrets of the Boulton family. What’s Grandma Ursula up to? Play to find out!

Official Description

Love, heritage, and betrayal put together in one mysterious puzzle. Maddie’s grandmother has something to tell.

This mansion is full of stories unheard of! Help Maddie discover what her grandma has to reveal about the family's adventurous past.

Wipe off the dust and find new items, merge them into useful tools, and earn surprising treasures. You never know what awaits behind the mansion's next corner.

Unlock new areas within and around the mansion, unveiling decades-old family secrets on the way. With an abundant combination of items to discover and hundreds of engaging puzzles to solve, the mansion makes sure it always has new secrets waiting for you.

Features:

• DISCOVER—Be it a shocking twist in Grandma's past or a mysterious room in the mansion cellar, there are always new things to look out for.
• MERGE—Combine what you have into more useful tools. Can a rusty old shovel and a broken lantern come in handy? You betcha.
• RELAX—Good vibes only, though there are some twisted secrets ahead.
• EASY TO LEARN—Anyone can learn how to play this simple, intuitive game.
• PLAY FOR A WHILE OR FOR LONG—Have a quick merge minute here and there, or become absorbed into an engaging merge marathon.

While Maddie’s journey into her grandma's mysterious past has just begun, there’s already a bunch of thrilling updates waiting to expand the story. We guarantee that Merge Mansion keeps surprising you, merge after merge, month after month.

It’s time to kick off your journey—the mysterious Merge Mansion awaits. 

Merge Mansion is available to play today on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Official Kingdoms of Heckfire Artwork

By Dexter Woltman

At Brunette Games, we recently had the opportunity to embrace our love for the fantasy genre on a narrative consulting project for A Thinking Ape's Kingdoms of Heckfire. In this mobile MMO, an army of goblins invades a small kingdom, prompting the townsfolk to strengthen their forces and save their home. Players can build a kingdom, raise dragons, train troops, and berate a squire! The Brunette Games team on this project (Anthony Valterra and I) analyzed the existing elements in the game and offered ways to enrich the story and player experience. In Kingdoms of Heckfire, the passionate team at A Thinking Ape presents an entertaining world with lovable characters, compelling gameplay, and witty dialogue.

After all, who could say no to helping out Cedric the Nude?

Official Description
Build your Kingdom, train your dragons, and start destroying things today. Goblins! Skeletons! People with weird Mustaches! Battle them all in this real-time strategy mobile MMO!

FEATURES
• Real-time, open world map filled with monsters and players from around the world!
• Raise a powerful Dragon army to strike fear into your enemies hearts (and other organs)!
• Create powerful Clans and Alliances to rule the realms of Heckfire!
• Complete epic quests issued by a semi nude wizard!
• Battle well groomed Titans for massive amounts of loot! Possibly even Ham!

Kingdoms of Heckfire is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Current in-game title screen

By Dexter Woltman

Brunette Games has had the honor of working with top developer Jam City for a full year now, on five different titles either in release or still in development. One of our projects together gave me the chance to write new script content for the popular mobile game Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. As a scriptwriting major in college, working on a franchise like Family Guy was the stuff of dreams, and now here I am, writing about the quest for stuff!

Screenshot of the in-game dialogue

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is a mobile game in which players get to build their own version of Quahog, the central setting of the television show. The story begins with the show getting canceled again, leading to a fight between Peter and his infamous chicken nemesis. Reminiscent of Peter's encounters with the chicken in the show, their fight leaves the town in shambles. Following this, players guide the characters of the show as they work to rebuild Quahog.

Official game artwork

I've been watching the television show Family Guy ever since I was, well, too young to be watching Family Guy. I've followed the beloved antics of the Griffin family for over a decade. When Brunette Games had the opportunity to collaborate with Jam City on its newest content, it was definitely a bucket-list item for me. And I'm not the only one obsessed with the franchise. In the time since The Quest for Stuff's initial release in 2014, it's acquired a steady following of committed players. 

Even though Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff originally launched nearly six years ago, Jam City's devotion to the title has added a steady plethora of new content ever since. I've already written several events for the game, and one of my favorites is "Life's a Zoo." This one sees Peter Griffin opening up his own zoo and facing competition from his daughter, Meg. As per typical Family Guy humor, this release has plenty of jokes, references, and whacky adventures. It certainly pushes the boundaries more than other titles in the casual market, making it a blast, for me to write for, personally, since many of our other titles are much more, um, circumspect.

To learn more about the game, hear it from the developers themselves with the official App Store description:

After another epic battle with the giant chicken, Peter Griffin has accidentally destroyed Quahog! Play for FREE and rally your favorite Family Guy characters (even Meg) to save the city in a hilarious new adventure. Or don’t, and regret it forever!

Game Features:

• It’s Free! Freakin’ free? Freakin’ sweet!

• Create a living Quahog that fits enjoyably in your pants

• Unlock hilarious outfits for your characters like Mermaid Peter, Bikini-Clad Quagmire, and Rambo Lois

• Send your characters on ridiculous quests

• Keep Quahog safe from pirates, evil chickens, and other invasions

• Peterfy your town with decorations such as The Petercopter, The Peterdactyl, and The Hindenpeter

• Unlock hundreds of brand new and classic animations

PS: You can play this game in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese!

PPS: Don’t forget to watch new episodes of Family Guy on Sundays - only on FOX!

WHAT'S NEW

The Family Guy: Life's a Zoo Event is here! Watch out for the animals in this new event from the Writers of Family Guy!

A new feature is coming. Travel the multiverse with Alternate Quahogs!

Features:

-New Feature: Alternate Quahogs!

-General Improvements to Game Performance

-New App Icon

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff can be played on iOS and Android devices. To try the game and play "Life's a Zoo" for yourself, follow either of the links below!