In progress cover art for the second episode of Kinbasket, our horror audio drama, coming Soon.™ Meanwhile: recordings for the remaining five episodes of The Concierge season 2 are still ongoing (what with it having far, FAR more actors than Kinbasket) but we're closing in.

In case you missed it last week: Sarah, Sylvia, and Mary did an interview with the fabulous @ghildirthalen.bsky.social, talking about Dragon Age, game development, and a little bit about what we're working on now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAxo...

Not too much of a selection at the moment but we're always open to ideas :) www.northmiststudios.com/shop

Not sick of our voices yet? Got 2hrs of tasks to crank through and need some voices in your ear? We talk about the differences between AAA and indie video game development, life as professional creatives & the joy of storytelling! Check out our interview with the lovely @ghildirthalen.bsky.social

Thanks for having us, @ghildirthalen.bsky.social it was a good laugh.

Not much to report today, other than some fun progress on the Eerie Mountain Horror Project (I cannot wait until it's got a real name.) Also had the pleasure of hearing Sarah record Weaver for episode 2 of Kinbasket! I offered helpful advice such as "maybe a little faster" or "a bit more Weavery."

Free post up on Patreon: April Writing Wrap-Up. I talk about my incredible experience as a member of the Late Spring Writers Residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity www.patreon.com/posts/156379...

And happy to say Kinbasket episode 2 has been written, gone through feedback, and in recording now. (We've rolled it into our recording sessions for The Concierge: Post Mortem audio drama.)

Hey everyone, two bits of news: 1. Getting busier, so updates on here will be once a week instead of twice a week. 2. I'm writing another episode of Kinbasket. I didn't have concrete plans after ep 1-we figured it very might well be a one shot thing-but this feels like a natural starting place...

Hi everyone. Today: The tiniest snippet of an upcoming episode of the Concierge: Post Mortem, and a few pictures of our latest recording session!

Today’s news: we have officially begun booking actor recording sessions for the final five episodes of The Concierge: Post Mortem. The schedule is real!

Hello everyone. Today’s Fun Fact™ about The Concierge: Post Mortem is that I snuck a few real Edmonton locations into the second season. MOSTLY for my own amusement, but also because it was kind of handy to have a real-world map to drawn on.

Hi everyone! As we turn away from discussions of our Unnamed Horror Project (for now), I thought I could trot out some Fun Facts about our audiodrama “The Concierge: Post Mortem.”

Hello everyone: Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Sylvia, these process descriptions are all well and good, but what size is this Unnamed Horror Project, AKA the UHP? How long will it be?”

Hello everyone: today I want to talk about our Unnamed Horror Project, and why local history is important when we’re pursuing-what I think, at least-will have elements of cosmic horror.

Hey everyone: I’m back to talk about our Unnamed Horror Project (UHP), and its connection to that spooky side story on our audio drama feed. Once the team agreed a horror game set in the Rockies would be cool, Sarah suggested a specific location: Kinbasket lake, over on BC’s side of the Rockies.

Hi everyone: Last time, we gave you an update on our audio drama. Now I’d like to talk a bit about that experimental project I teased earlier. Just to set expectations: I can’t go into names, dates, or gameplay specifics. We have ideas for all that, it’s just too early to go public.

Hi everyone: I’m Sylvia, one of the writers at North Mist. Sarah, the head of our studio, is working hard on a project deadline right now. So I’m temporarily taking over the feed to give people some updates.

And now it's out, and you can listen to it!

Been getting some listener feedback on our audio drama asking for episode synopsis at the start of each episode. How are we feeling about "Previously on The Concierge: Post Mortem..."? Been thinking about going back and adding them to already published episodes... 🤔

"Reading the Ice" A full cast Audio Drama made by video game devs Season 2 Episode 2 of The Concierge is out now! Written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social directed by @liljbat.bsky.social with editing and sound design by Colleen Perman and Andrew Sutherland www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqS...

Hey! My first full episode! Our audio team and actors did a phenomenal job, I can't wait for people to hear it.

Season 2, Episode 2 coming next week! www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGh...

(Too many its/it's for whatever time it is.) Please enjoy imagining me explaining to an increasingly distressed English guy why there is no passenger rail between Edmonton & Calgary while pretending I was in an ep of #TheConcierge. @northmiststudios.bsky.social #GreatCanadianWritingRetreat #viarail

"Build a studio" they said, "make video games" they said. No one ever talks about how much of ones life gets lost to lengthy discussions, battles and dissertations about butts. To art directors everywhere, we solute you.

i get this was just experimental, but I really liked it. Little weird, little creepy. Definitely use headphones if you can. It's worth a listen.

I recommend listening when it gets dark out. (I'm over the moon at how great it sounds-Andrew Sutherland did an amazing job with the sound design and music, and we also have music by Chris Scott too. Blessed with two composers.)

If you're an artist who works with digital media, social media and commercial media it is literally impossible to escape the discussions around generative A.I. All we can really do as creative professionals is watch, learn and keep making the content we're compelled to make.

@sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social 's experimental audio drama Episode "Kinbasket" is now live! Strange and spooky, this is a wonderful jumping in point to the story as it's entirely self-contained. We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month! youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...

Thank YOU @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social for such a wild and weird story ❤️‍🔥(and directing the performance with grace and patience ahah)

Join us for a side story at the Vancouver Branch for the next audio drama episode of “The Concierge” Written by Sylvia Feketekuty, sound by Andrew Sutherland. Dropping Friday! youtu.be/Vh8wz92YnJU?...

There's a classic creative problem: When a simple project gains momentum, passion and intrigue, things can get... less simple. Next Episode of "The Concierge" is on its way! The home stretch is in sight now thanks to Colleen's hard work!

Sad but... actually good news? Is that a thing in this age? We'll be dropping down to one new Audio Drama Episode release per month in place of our bi-weekly cadence of 2025. Why? Because we're working on some... stuff...

Thanks so much for pointing this out, @plokia66.bsky.social ! It should now be corrected: youtube.com/playlist?lis... ❤️

Happy New Year! The North Mist crew is taking a break over the holiday season and thus no new Audio Drama episode today… HOWEVER we’ve got some seriously exciting stuff in the pipe for January, for which you can blame @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social because it’s SO GOOD we don’t wanna rush it.

And we're back! Season 2, Episode 1 now live on YouTube and everywhere else you get your narrative podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVK...

Got another dump of snowfall in Edmonton this morning. Season 2 Episode 1 is a little delayed today… because… of… snow? Yes. Snow. ❄️ 🍁

Question for the Audio Drama crowd: during the Holiday season if for -reasons- we had to add another bonus episode or two during Season 2 would you rather a limited cast short story (10-15mins) or more Behind The Scenes chats? Always good to have options 🗡️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

North Mist Studios, which has given me a little space to stretch my skills, just released the scripts for Season One of Concierge: Post Mortem on their Patreon (www.patreon.com/cw/NorthMist...) They're good as heck, friends

So you think you're emotionally prepared enough for this level of puns? @marykirby.bsky.social 's season 1 scripts beg to differ. As our profound THANK-YOU to our supporters, you can find them on www.patreon.com/cw/NorthMist... available to our members of the "Cup o' Brew" tier and higher! ❤️🗡️🍁

Edmonton just got hammered with snow last night. Since it’s the holiday season and all… Keep an eye out for this coming Tuesday when we add another Patreon Bonus of @marykirby.bsky.social ‘s The Concierge Season 1 scripts (.PDFs) with acting notes and all! Whaaaaaat?!

Creative brain waves really do be like that.

This is wild

Aw, thanks so much @ghildirthalen.bsky.social !! We are very much in the fundraising phase with more incentives to show shortly!

Love a good horror character! Especially one made in Alberta!

Going into listening to this: Oh boy, I wonder what they say! Coming out of listening to this: I have a visceral need to go the West Edmonton Mall.

Should also mention that the extended cut (2hr) Tent Talk is available on Patreon, free to tier members. We go into depth about crafting narrative, stories from our careers and more about a brand new video game that may or may not exist. Mostly we just laugh a lot. www.patreon.com/posts/season...

You asked. We answered! The last short story from Season 1.5 is out now! Followed by North Mist’s first ever Q&A round table we’re calling “Tent Talk”… you’ll find out why. 🤣 youtu.be/zJs-u0x3UVU?...

The Worst is coming... And by that I mean the finale of Season 1.5 of the Audio Drama: The Concierge! As promised we'll be adding a first ever North Mist "Tent Talk" (Q&A) at the end of the episode. "Plan for the Worst" drops Tuesday! Enjoy some cover art in the meantime 🍁

@corbenkushneryk.bsky.social and @liljbat.bsky.social hard at work! What are these guys doing? Why recording Season 2 of The Concierge: Post Mortem, of course! If full cast audio dramas written by former BioWare developers about Canadian spies and assassins are up your alley: come take a listen!