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The Artisan, one of one of Awyr’s most infamous killers, is said to walk the cloudy streets looking for his next masterpiece. Pursue the Art
Camera Anima is now listed on Steam with the Prologue Demo! Check it out and wishlist us if you like: - Female Protagonists - Visual novels - Point-and-Click - Beautifully illustrated levels to explore - Dapper-dressed robots
March 2026
Heyo~
First off, if you haven't seen it already, our trailer for Dames 4 Games is up on Youtube!
It was an amazing showcase with a lot of great games and interviews and topics. If you'd like to see the full showcase, you can find it here.
As for the game itself, we've hit some big milestones in the past few months. Here's some of the highlights.
Sprites
All the sprites for story scenes are now in the game! It's the first time we've seen some scenes with all the pieces put together - dialogue, sprites, backgrounds, CGs, gameplay mechanics, audio, etc. Though there's still work to do before we consider them "finished", some scenes still hit hard, especially late in the game.
Next up, implementation of side sprites into exploration scenes!
Backgrounds/CGs
All the backgrounds are now coloured! This means we've been able to shift our focus towards finishing colour-work for our CGs.
Testing
We've also shifted a big part of our focus towards testing. While the game's playable from start-to-finish, every game has it's bugs. Newly implemented assets need to be checked in-game, and unexpected issues happen.
Wrong Sprite vs Correct Sprite
As always, thank you all for sticking around! More to come.
Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase
Heyo~ We're very excited to announce Camera Anima will be a part of Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase on March 6 11AM PT-2PM EST
We're hyped to show new footage and see what other devs are up to!
If you'd like to see a quick peek of what to look forward to, watch around the :53 mark on Blue Sky
Dec 2025
Heyo~
Last update, we talked about progress being slowed for personal reasons. The last few months, we've been focusing on getting back into the rhythm of things to close out the year strong.
Sprites
Almost all sprites for story scenes are in the game! This involves getting all character sprites in-game - human, automaton, and flashback characters - and presenting them correctly. This includes getting their expressions right, positioning them correctly, syncing them to audio and visual effects where appropriate, and more.
While side-sprites need to be implemented, they're far less complex and mostly focus on Essie.
CGs
All CGs have been inked and lined out, including our stretch goal ones! Colouring continues, but all CGs have been added to the game and play when intended.
Backgrounds
All but one background are fully coloured!
The last one is a special one. It's a mix between a background and a CG, and it's used during a climactic part of the game. While we can't spoil what it is, the ending is our most CG-heavy section, and the background is a bridge that works between the gameplay and narrative.
We'll be breaking for a few weeks to enjoy the holidays, and then continuing to work finaling. Fortunately, we're hitting the point in the project where most of our big ticket items are wrapping up, allowing us to turn our attention elsewhere. This includes:
Continuing to colour assets and test the build
Balancing QTEs
Working on the codices and the gallery
And reviewing Steam/itch.io processes.
Thanks for reading, and have a happy rest of the year!
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Sept 2025 Updates
Heyo~
It's the spooky season again. While we have some cool updates to share below, we also wanted to be transparent about our progress.
The last few months have been hard for personal reasons we won't get into. As such, our development time took a hit, bumping back progress we wanted to get done over the summer. The good news, though, is even as a slower pace we've made progress, and we're starting to get back into the swing of things with polish, implementation, and testing.
Gif too big for Tumblr :( Check out the gif version on Kickstarter!
Art:
In the spirit of the spooky season, we've updated the Artisan's jump scare CG to match his current design! This has been one of our biggest "nice to haves", and the reactions we've gotten from people so far has been fun to watch : )
Backgrounds and CGs are currently being coloured. The last area of the game is most ambitious background, both in terms of gameplay and visuals, and our colourist's absolutely nailed it! While we can't show it now due to spoilers, we think it's going to be one of the most memorable environments in the game.
Testing:
Testing's been a two-part process. One, we're testing how the overall experience feels. This includes seeing how well the player transitions between levels, are there any major assets that haven't been implemented yet, what places feel jarring, does the dialogue feel clunky, are there any gamebreakers, and many more.
As always, thanks for reading and have a good day!
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July 2025 Updates
Heyo~
Happy summer!
Currently, the entire game is playable from start to finish with all the critical path text and gameplay beats! What's left is to finish assets still in various stages of WIP, continue implementing assets like SFX and sprites, test, and polish, polish, polish. It's the period of the project where we start focus less on "Is this in game?" as much as "How does it look in game?". We start looking at things like scene transitions, screen shake, and timing.
Next up, we're aiming to do a big testing pass to see how the game is currently playing to help us catch any major issues before we start locking parts of the game down.
UI:
Speaking of how the game looks, Camera Anima's undergone a massive UI update! The entire game's gotten a make over, including dialogue, exploration, and menus screens.
There are still pieces left to work on, but if you'd like to see how things currently look in game, check out the updated demo on Steam and Itch.io! The content is the same, but it has a refreshing new look.
Additionally, since we're half-way through the year, we wanted to update you all on release windows. With our current progress, we're targeting late 2025/early 2026. While the hope is always to aim for sooner, our priority remains for us to get out the game in a quality state while maintaining the team's health.
However, there is a light at the end of the development tunnel every time we load back into the game.
As always, thanks for reading and have a good day!
March 2025 Updates
Heyo~
First update of 2025! Lots of parts are moving, lots of assets getting getting pushed to completion.
Editing:
Big update on the editing front: we've finished editing Act 2 and Act 3!
Some levels will need minor changes to match (add a QTE; add or remove a cursor) but the core narrative experience is nailed down. Next up, all the edited text needs to be added to the build, played through, and reviewed. Once we've gone over the feedback and made any necessary changes, we can start prepping the text for lockdown so we can start copyediting (which is both amazing and makes the content feel concrete!)
There's still some writing left to do, mostly with the codex entries. However, they won't require the same level of work or focus.
Art:
Speaking of Act 3, background and CG work now into Act 3! All act 3's backgrounds have been inked, and we're now in the process of colouring them. Meanwhile, our CGs are now focused on depicting the big, climatic moments of the finale.
This year, we'll be focusing on getting levels towards "finished", which involves a lot of assembly work. It also puts things like release dates closer in the mirror.
We have a rough timeline for the remaining work, and we'll be keeping an eye on it to decide when we're ready to commit to release.
Merry Christmas from Santa Cleaner~ May your builds be stable, and your day be full of cheer.
Dec 2024
Heyo~
Happy Holidays, from Santa Cleaner and us!
We're winding down for the year to take some deserved rest before we hit the project again in the new year. A lot of our focus these last few months has been on "How many assets can we get ready before the end of the year?" And while we didn't get everything we wanted, we got a lot of what we wanted. In narrative, in art, in audio, and more, to the point it made it difficult to decide which highlights to share this update.
UI:
One of the biggest updates we've done to the game is updating our UI with the help of Sasquatchii's Designs! While there were things we really liked about our previous UI, we wanted a more overall cohesive experience. As such, we decided to give the whole UI an overhaul, and the results are gorgeous!
There's still work being done, but we've been in love with the progress so far.
Editing:
We've also completed most of Act 2's editing! Act 2 is the largest act in the game, with some of the stickier puzzles, but it's also been more fun t work with. In addition to editing our exploration content, we've been able to drill down on the granular levels. Some lines we edited to better match our polished assets, some were to support gameplay changes, and others were in response to questions like, "Does the information feel repetitive?", "How does the flow feel between levels?", or "Can we give this moment more narrative oomph?"
Act 2 also introduces one of our favorite characters, and working on their interactions with Essie has been one of the highlights of editing.
Art:
Art-wise, we're continuing to plug away at zoom-in images! We've gone through Act 1 to update all our flyers, papers, and cryptic images, and are currently working on Act 2's in tandem with editing. A lot of zoom-in images are used for puzzles, so there's been a lot of back-and-forth to make sure they give you the information you need while also interesting to look at.
Audio:
Excitingly, we now have sound effects for all three acts of our game! Putting in SFX is a huge part of assembling and polishing, and it's one of the moments where levels start feeling "finished". We'll start implementing them in earnest in the new year, but here are a few sounds you can expect:
There's one particular sound effect that was a standout for us, intended at a key narrative moment. We can't share it because of spoilers, but we think it'll hit players just as hard as it hit us the first time we heard it.
Thanks for reading, and have a happy rest of the year!
Sept 2024 Updates
Heyo~
It's autumn and the spooky season again.
First off, we wanted to address how our current progress is looking against our previous goal of releasing in 2024.
Unfortunately, while we really wanted to hit 2024, it's become clear to us we can't physically can't hit that while maintaining quality. We're very sorry to push the game back again, but will keep you updated on our release plans.
A bright spot, though, is we're increasingly confident in saying we can see a finish line and we do feel confident that we can finish the game. A lot of our focus lately has been on polish and finishing assets rather than huge structural changes or additions, and we have some really pretty things to share in the next update or two. The biggest challenges, though, have come from balancing the progress we want to make versus our time and capacity.
Editing:
We finished editing Act 1 and have imported it into the game! The next steps include looking at the text in-game to see how well it plays, if there are any pacing or cohesion issues, and if we need to make tweaks to match its timing with sprites/CGs/gameplay/etc. Ideally, changes are minor so we can hand it off for a final edit pass.
Meanwhile, we're continuing right into Act 2 edits. Fortunately, we already did a pass on most of Act 2's story scenes and have imported them into the build, meaning edits to those scenes will more likely be very targeted. However, we still need to go over the exploration scenes and do rewrites to reflect gameplay changes that happened while building out the levels.
Art Things:
Progress on art assets continues at a steady pace. RL obligations slowed things down a bit since the last update, but we're happy to say we've finished art for all items and that they've been added to the game! The next step will be to finish puzzle art and zoom-in images (i.e.: newspaper clippings; pages; formula sheets; et.).
We're also working on the final area of Act 2 that needs background art, and we're continuing CGs. Here's a tiny peak from one of our recent WIPs:
Thank you for reading, and thank you, sincerely, for support.
June 2024 Updates
Heyo~
Happy summer!
The last few months have been rougher development-wise, both due to offline issues and the grind to push assets from rough->polished. However, we're continuing to chip away at CA to get it to a finished state.
Editing:
We're currently in the middle of Act 1 editing, working on the level that's required the most rewrites so far. This has largely been a consequence of it being one of the very first levels ever created for CA.
When this level was originally created, it was more 1:1 adaption of the short story version and meant to be a portfolio piece. However, since it now has to work within the overall game, we've gone through it to improve the writing quality, shift its focus to areas of the game that matter more, and edit Essie/Giselle's characters to more closely match who they've developed into over the project.
Backgrounds, CGs, Items oh my:
Lots of progress on art front! We're limited on how many backgrounds we can show at the moment due to spoilers, but we're a few areas away from finishing Act 2's backgrounds.
CGs are likewise hitting spoiler content. While we're excited to see certain moments illustrated, it's hard not being able to share them yet. For now, here's a tiny peak at one of our recent ones:
As for items, we're in the process of swapping out our placeholders for real art! More than half the items are arted, and older items are getting some additional polish to bring them in-line with newer work.
Thank you for reading, and have a good day!
The Artisan, one of Awyr’s most infamous killers, is said to walk the cloudy streets looking for his next masterpiece. Pursue the Artisan, s
Heyo~ We're part of the Women-Led Games Steam event with our horror point-and-click visual novel!
Play as a smart-mouthed girl and save your twin from a soul-stealing serial killer
Remember what happened 5 years ago
Beware the Artisan
Play the demo and don't forget to wishlist, and check out other cool projects.
March 2024 Updates
Heyo~
First update of 2024!
Starting off our year, we participated in February Steam Next Fest 2024. It was a really great experience with lots of new players checking out our game, posting their impressions, and giving us lots feedback. Among the people playing our game includes GlitchKat, who created a pre-recorded video of their playthrough for our steam page! It's only available until the end of April, so if you'd like to check it out you can watch their playthrough here.
We've also been looking over the game script for editing. Tentatively, the script looks approximately 50-55k words before editing/rewrites, codex entries, and item text, but that number is expected to shift around.
Sprite Work
As small but big milestone for us, all the game's sprite work has been completed! Every major character has a sprite or is represented in some way.
This allows us to focus on completing CGs and backer death photos.
Gameplay and Polish
We've also shifted focus into looking into our mechanics and finding places where we can improve the overall experience. One of our first big pushes has been to look over quick-time-events and how they're currently working.
Among pieces of feedback we've received have included that it can be difficult sometimes to tell if you're meant to wait or do anything during scenes, which can be confusing. We've considered using different coloured timed bars to help better signal that to players. Likewise, we're looking into carrying over your remaining time between interactions where possible.
Thank you for reading, and have a good day!
The Artisan, one of Awyr’s most infamous killers, is said to walk the cloudy streets looking for his next masterpiece. Pursue the Artisan, s
Heyo~ We're in this week's SteamNextFest showing off our horror point-and-click visual novel!
Play as a smart-mouthed girl and save your twin from a soul-stealing serial killer
Remember what happened 5 years ago
Beware the Artisan
Play the demo and don't forget to wishlist!
We'll also be streaming Glitchkraft's playthrough throughout SteamNextFest on our page so check it out for their impressons!
Heading into the weekend of SteamNextFest! If you're looking for a demo with point-and-click, smart-mouthed protagonists, and horror and a bit of mystery, here's a reminder to check us out!
The Artisan, one of Awyr’s most infamous killers, is said to walk the cloudy streets looking for his next masterpiece. Pursue the Artisan, s
Heyo~ We're in this week's SteamNextFest showing off our horror point-and-click visual novel!
Play as a smart-mouthed girl and save your twin from a soul-stealing serial killer
Remember what happened 5 years ago
Beware the Artisan
Play the demo and don't forget to wishlist!
We'll also be streaming Glitchkraft's playthrough throughout SteamNextFest on our page so check it out for their impressons!
Heyo~ Less than 48 hours until Steam Next Fest! We're participating with Camera Anima.
You can check out our demo on Steam now! Check it out and wishlist us if you like:
- Female Protagonists - Visual novels - Point-and-Click - Horror - Beautifully illustrated levels to explore - Dapper-dressed robots
December 2023 Updates
Heyo~
Happy Holidays, and seasons greetings from Santa-Artisan (non-festive version further below)!
The last two months have been quiet as usual during the end of the year, as we finish up obligations and take a break for the holidays. We recently finished setting up the build for early feedback and testing, with a focus on how the narrative and progression experience feels before committing to polished work.
This also will help us in the coming year, when we move into overall script editing and rewrites.
Sprite Work
Since our last update, we've completed almost all the game's sprite work! The Artisan now has his complete sprite set, giving him more variety in poses he uses to stalk plucky heroines.
We've also completed a sprite set for an unrevealed character! They're one of our favorite characters, and require a bit more thought in how we portray them in story scenes compared to characters like Essie or Giselle. Figuring out how to solve that, though, has given us more potential ideas for how we can improve overall presentation during scenes for when we get to polishing.
As always, thank you for reading! Happy Holidays, and have a Happy New Year.