Even if Dead plate wasn’t queerbaiting, it was DEFINITELY shipbaiting. The dialogue option about whether Rody is jealous of Vince’s possible gf, the hair drying scene, the way he stops correcting Rody about not calling him Vince… u guys r tumblr girlies, you knew damn well what you were doing LMAO. There’s nothing wrong w that lol - it makes for a fun dynamic - but don’t claim that queerbaiting never came into it pffft

My co-developer and composer who worked on the game are both men, calling us "tumblr girlies" is a bit condescending and disrespectful.

To queerbait or shipbait, it means we were taking advantage of possible queer characters and relationships as a means to appeal to queer audiences while maintaining ambiguity about the characters' sexualities. We don't believe the game was baiting anyone since again not only the sexualities of the characters aren't ambiguous as it was fully stated they were written as queer the moment they were designed way before the game was even developed, we've expressed multiple times that while the game does have themes of queerness and cannibalism the main plot and intention behind the source game was always intended to heavily focus on exploring the horror that comes from toxic and unhealthy obsessions and mindsets and how far one is willing to go for them (Rody's self-sacrificial and desperate love for Manon, Vince's selfish obsession for perfection, Rody and taste, etc). The game is about a waiter seeking out and realizing what happened to his ex-girlfriend, that's always been the main plot, Dead Plate is a game in the thriller/horror genre and there was not a single mention of the game having any possible romance in it nor the queer identities and interactions of the characters were used to promote the game in any of the official game pages or promotional material to draw in more audiences, so hearing that you're watering the game down just as some kind of shallow bait is a bit disheartening.

Sometimes characters just happen to be queer, and not all media with queer characters are strictly about romance. Their relationship is still up for audience interpretation and people can take them as whatever they like if they want to enjoy them like that as long as they aren't hurting anyone but we never meant to intentionally bait anyone into trying out the game using their queerness, and that as queer writers ourselves we've expressed time and time again how we wished people to check out the game for the overall narrative and message it has rather than for people to only focus and view the game as shipping material since we believe the game offers a lot more than that.

HE'S WAITING. ADOPT HIM NOW!!!!1

RODY PLUSHIE AVAILABLE NOW!!!

Rody Makeship Plushie is now open for order on Makeship!

He'll only be around for 21 days (check the timer on the order page!), and once the campaign's over he'll be gone forever! Get yourself a Rody plush and experience what it feels like to hire a little loser waiter when you can!

look at the lil guy!!

hello i sent an ask b4 but i tht it wld be better to ask again...

just to inform u that me and my college's performing arts club r putting on a live play adaptation of dead plate! we're currently practicising hard every week 🔥 performance will probably be around april 26!

i wld also like to assure u that the only profit we make from this (if we make any at all 💔) goes towards our club funds (which r quite barren rn im ngl) and nothing else, and if u decide u want a share of the money we earned we wld be more than willing to discuss a share of the profits with u 🫶

Oh sorry for the late reply! I've been getting a lot of asks recently so I must've missed it!

Sure, you guys are allowed as long as proper credits are given to the original game and us creators (STUDIO INVESTIGRAVE: RachelDrawsThis, Ekrix, BellKalengar) and state that the play is an unofficial adaptation/not officially associated with the studio.

We'd also absolutely love it if you guys recorded the finished play and took pictures of any promotional material (like posters) or the script for the show and send it to us ([email protected]) so we can watch it, the production idea sounds really cool and it'd be our honor to look through them :]

Best of luck to you and your club, we hope everyone involved has fun!

Hello! I was wondering if we could make merchandise from your games? Like keychain etc.

Yes! As stated in the official Studio Investigrave page, fan merchandise is allowed as long as it isn't using any of the official art or in-game assets (example: CGs that are actually in the game, posters done by the official artists/creators, etc) and the art you use for the merch are your original art, not someone else's fan art. (Also send one to us for free) << not a real requirement

where does cold front take place/does it have a set location?? (I kinda assumed Michigan or Washington bc of the bears and elk but im curious!)

The setting of Cold Front was heavily inspired by Saskatchewan, Canada where I used to live when I was young! They're Canadians I fear......

Hello! You mentioned at one point that dead plate would get more endings in the future. Do you have any ideas for what kind of endings they would be? And if so, would you tell a little about them, or do you not want to spoil?

Also, I really loved the game, so thank you for making it!

I never said there would be more endings of Dead Plate, we feel satisfied with the current story of Dead Plate and where it left off so there won't be any more endings & sequel of the game.

Thank you for enjoying the game however!!

has anyone done this yet?

I haven't seen anyone who's done this

RRAAA STUDIO INVESTIGRAVE ! ! !

I love both Dead Plate and Elevator Hitch so much I wanted to draw them in my delusional crack crossover (given how different the settings are LOL)

You can play the games here!! : Dead Plate Elevator Hitch

💞🍫💘 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY/RODY'S BIRTHDAY 🥳🎁🎉

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[There's a package addressed to you.]

I HAVE A QUESTION, ALSO SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU!! Anyway! I'm curious about the programs you used to create Dead Plate :D!

I used RPG Maker MV for all the games I've worked on so far (Eloquent Countenance, Cold Front, Elevator Hitch and Dead Plate)!

Hello! You mentioned at one point that dead plate would get more endings in the future. Do you have any ideas for what kind of endings they would be? And if so, would you tell a little about them, or do you not want to spoil?

Also, I really loved the game, so thank you for making it!

I never said there would be more endings of Dead Plate, we feel satisfied with the current story of Dead Plate and where it left off so there won't be any more endings & sequel of the game.

Thank you for enjoying the game however!!

Why is it that everything on the studio investigrave itch.io page is also uploaded to your own personal page? It seems like it kinda negates the purpose of having two pages in the first place. Do you plan to upload stuff to your own page that's outside of the studio?

My page was the original page since 2022 where Eloquent Countenance and Cold Front were uploaded as they are my personal games I worked on as a solo dev, it's only with Elevator Hitch that I began working with others on a game (Ekrix and Bell Kalengar), and when Dead Plate released on November 2023 it was when the studio made its official debut so over the two years my page I've gained a lot of followers so I thought continuing to keep my original page up would help in getting more traction to the newfound studio + I can slowly migrate the audience to the studio page, hope that clears things up!

Thank you everyone for all the love and support for the games lately! There are a lot of asks currently in my inbox right now so I can't answer all of them but every single one of your kind words means a lot aaa!!!

There might be a separate blog in the future dedicated just for Studio Investigrave content to keep things organized/all the asks are in one place so keep a look out for it!

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RODY'S MAKESHIP PLUSHIE PETITION IS ENDING SOON!

Please go pledge and support us devs & guarantee yourself a Rody Plush if you were planning to but haven't already! Let's see how many we can get till the very end!!!

THANK YOU FOR ALMOST 900 PLEDGES!!

We still have 3 days left in the petition! If we can reach 1000 pledges before the petition's over on Jan 20th 1PM EST, I'll draw one of these prompts with Rody & Vince! (poll will only open once we hit the number!)

Role/Outfit Swap 👨‍🍳🍽️

Priest/Demon AU ✝️😈

Zombie Apoc AU 🧟🥩

Actor Au 📸✨

Make sure to go pledge and support us developers & get a little Rody + bonus Dead Plate illustration out of this 💥

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Thank you everyone for pledging & showing overwhelming amounts of love and support for the petition, it means a lot! The goal has been reached and Rody plushie will be put into production!

Even if we're over the goal, remember, the petition doesn't end until Jan 20th!

You can still pledge and guarantee yourself a Rody plushie (Pre-order) 🔥 & The more pledges we get, the more us developers will be paid! Please consider supporting us ✨

Let's keep it going until the very end 💪💞