Author: James Patton

Hello again to the Clockwork Flock! Just a quick reminder that if you want to back my tabletop RPG, The Hidden Isle, now's your last chance! If you need a reminder, the game uses beautiful Tarot cards instead of dice, is set in the Renaissance and is about fighting tyranny and injustice. There's also a [...]

Hey Clockwork Flock, just a quick note to let you know that our Tarot-based pen and paper RPG is finally live on Kickstarter! Here's a quick summary: The Hidden Isle is a pen and paper RPG that uses Tarot cards instead of dice, set in the 16th century on the secretive island of Dioscoria. It [...]

Hello Clockwork Flock, I’m afraid I have some disappointing news to share with you. To rip the band-aid off quickly, I’ll get right to it: Danny, the other founder of Clockwork Bird, has had to leave the studio.  Why? The reason is simple: Clockwork Bird has always struggled to make ends meet, and we finally [...]

Hi again to all our flock members! It’s been a while. If you’ve forgotten who we are, we’re Clockwork Bird: a two-person indie game studio that made Silicon Dreams, that android interrogation sim from a few years back. This ol' thing! Sorry we’ve been so quiet the last few years! We’ve been working behind the [...]

Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you! In the week since launch there has been quite the surge in the number of deviant androids being interrogated! We appreciate each and every comment and review that you have left Silicon Dreams - we’ll be forever grateful to all of you who have reached out [...]

Followers, fans, and fellow cyberpunks, it’s finally here! We can finally announce the launch date for Silicon Dreams - and it’s less than two weeks away! Silicon Dreams is launching on April 20th! It'll be available through Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux. Here's a brand new trailer to prove it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyqbAAefpPg Or, here's a [...]

Wake up, Androids. Silicon Dreams has been away - but you can’t hold back progress forever. Systems booting... Sorry we’ve been so quiet, we’ve been working hard on the game! Here’s some highlights: I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe... We’ve revamped the visuals a few times but this one just *mwah!* nails the Blade Runner [...]

We're excited that Silicon Dreams is part of Steam's Autumn festival - live right now! - where players can check out upcoming releases. Like the Summer fest before it, the event is completely digital so anyone can take a look. Again, this is happening right now, so feel free to click on through and see how much the game [...]

The last game I shipped was Spinnortality, a cyberpunk management sim where you try to take over the world. The thing you stared at most was a globe, which changed colour as you took over more countries. The game I’m currently working on is Silicon Dreams, a cyberpunk conversation sim where you learn about people. [...]