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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 16h

It's our second word of #sansstringstober, LAIR! Our concept artist Ghia Mercado whipped up a quick little creepy guy in the dark of her lair, as did @dukegunston.bsky.social and Robin Pamintuan!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Exploration of a weird little bird! "I'd take a bullet for this little guy," says COO Andrew Sommerville. We would too, Andy. 🥹

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This Inktober, the whole studio is joining in, with a relaxed pace of just 2 drawings a week. Come draw with us #sansstringstober every Tuesday and Thursday until Halloween ! 🖤

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to @netflix.com and the entire Bad Dinosaurs team on the announcement of Seasons 2 and 3! 🦖 We’re especially proud of our Executive Creative Directors, @thatnatt.bsky.social & @rathergood.bsky.social , the brilliant show runners behind the series. Excited for what's next! 🙌

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Heyyy hoooo...! TBT with some claymation-style character exploration and music by Naughty by Nature, Hip Hop Hooray! 🎶

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Spotted: Ryan Corniel's Jesse Ventura puppet saving the day on Adult Swim’s Smiling Friends. We’re lucky to have his brain leading Sans Strings by day, while his talents infiltrate adult animation by night. Never know where they'll show up next. Catch it on HBO Max!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Before Gleeful Beasts hit 99K subs and 8.3M views... we were just making puppets jerk around in real-time. Then you joined our chaos ▶️ 7.3M video views 417K engagements 90+ episodes, 40+ characters (Testing confirms: the internet was ready for our puppet mockumentary. 👹)

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

"With puppets, there's so much weird stuff you can get away with.” CCO Ryan Corniel One pipeline ▶️ ✓ Gaming breakthrough @ Summer Game Fest ✓ Viral success globally ✓ Emmy + Netflix creator partnerships ✓ a16z speedrun Cross-platform isn't a feature—it's the foundation.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"Everything is real-time." – CEO Sébastien Deguy Our F.E.L.T. system ▶️ ✓ Cross-platform deployment ✓ Unprecedented speed ✓ End-to-end pipeline Our system doesn't replace creativity – it amplifies it. #DigitalPuppetry #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Before Fuzz-E stepped into the ring... we were just making puppets punch each other in real-time. Then Summer Game Fest happened ▶️ 115K Steam wishlists 5M+ views 100+ press mentions 2.2K hours watched (Testing confirms: puppet boxing was exactly as unhinged as we thought it would be. 🥊)

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Stuntman Stu = world's craziest stuntman who fails spectacularly. Challenge: Animate him driving and crashing motorcycles, rockets, cannons, cars... you get it. No match for Ryan + our real-time pipeline. 22 episodes of animated spectacular stunts! Thanks for the wild ride!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We animated 22 episodes for PlaymatesToys' new Stuntman Stu line. Toy designs → Real-time puppet pipeline → Action-packed episodes Ryan Corniel ( @dukegunston.bsky.social) handled all animation through our real-time system. Animation as fast as the action. #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Silent but stylish. (Testing confirms: our tech captures tie physics perfectly. 💜) #DigitalPuppetry #Interactive #RealTimeAnimation #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Couch potatoes leveling up. 🎮 (Testing confirms: our tech works on root vegetables. 🥔) #DigitalPuppetry #Interactive #RealTimeAnimation #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

String Theory – deranged puppets, shoestring budget, zero strings attached. Building with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, 9 Emmys). When you cut the strings, puppets get weird. Really weird. You'll see 👀 #StringTheory #DigitalPuppetry

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Real-time puppeteering = every spontaneous choice captured instantly. Some sessions just hit different. (Yes, we're still geeking out over Sam Richardson‼️) #DigitalPuppetry #Animation

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"It was pretty inspiring to see all these passionate entrepreneurs jumping full-on. The team at a16z is world class and the energy was golden." -Sebastien Deguy, CEO SR005 is off to a legendary start. Puppets incoming. No strings attached.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We're honored to be among the ~60 startups selected (out of 10,000+ applicants!) for a16z SR005. Week One brought lightning-round pitches and fireside chats with industry titans. Behind-the-scenes: speedrun.substack.com/p/scenes-from…

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Our Beasts have crossed into the physical realm Gleeful Gear & Goodies now live at gleefulbeasts.com/shop/ From character creation → community that demands floof products. Real-time puppeteering = audience-driven IP that scales. Grab your merch + join the puppet revolution!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Any puppet, any screen, anywhere. Balloof started as performance → now feeds fan communities, a YouTube series, and cross-platform content. Real-time puppeteering = content infrastructure that scales. Behind the Glee Ep 3 + cameraman incidents 👀 youtu.be/t7aC6QVfjY8

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Fans are invested in how characters move and come alive through performance. 💬 "The way she squiggles as she floats away is kind of adorable!" "The texture on the hair and the movement" "The animations are beautiful." Our system brings this authenticity to any IP we develop.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Balloof's growing wings promise nothing but doom, our system delivers. ZBrush → Substance 3D → Houdini → UE5 → movements are a live performance captured in real-time with Valve Index Controllers. Our system adapts – from shows to live events, games, and interactive spaces.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

We’ve successfully flipped animation workflows! 6.2M+ views 92K+ fans 33K+ hours 395K+ interactions Gleeful Beasts is our sketch comedy mockumentary series with hilariously flawed beasts. We make puppets do stuff → Sparklegoose writes lines and adds music → gleeful chaos!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Johnson’s Mouth-Watering Bulge discovered its tragic destiny through movement first–meaning second. Last week, pure movement. Now it becomes lore for Gleeful Beasts' world. When tech eliminates barriers between performance and output–puppets tell their own stories.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Our digital puppeteering system transforms human movement into instant character animation – no strings attached. Anyone can bring characters to life using real-time control that's intuitive to learn and genuinely fun to use. Get your puppet fix ▶️ www.youtube.com/@SansStrings

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We delivered this performance to our Gleeful Beasts partners – pure character movement captured with our real-time technology. No voices or narrative yet… just a character waiting to discover its story. From our pipeline to screen – we’ve started a puppet movement.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

1️⃣month since #SummerGameFest 🎮 Still thinking about these ❤️ indies 💬 Out of Words - stunning stop-motion co-op 🦗 Infinitesimals - tiny aliens, big adventure 🎵 Mixtape - coming-of-age soundtrack Here's to devs who dare to make something different! Show em some love!💙

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

"Every shot in the trailer was performed with different controller types and every shot was captured in real-time with OBS," says Ryan Corniel, Sans Strings Studio COO. It's a demo of puppets + real-time technology. Catch the trailer again ▶️ youtu.be/eSZCdxMQjxs

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Real-time puppeteering = ✨ No delay between input + output ⚡ Create content at ⚡ speed 🎭 Real-time feedback loop "With puppets, there's so much weird stuff you can get away with," says CCO Ryan Corniel. More at → speedrun.substack.com/p/how-game-en…

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

No pressure, Fuzz-E! Breaking: Animation studio becomes completely obsessed with their own puppet creations. More at 11. For your weekly Fuzz-E fix (because we know you need it too), check @FeltThatGame, Steam, and our YouTube Channel 🥊 We're all in this together now.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

"Everything is real-time." Shares CEO Seb Deguy on our breakthrough pipeline in a new a16z speedrun article about Sans Strings Studio and Felt That: Boxing. Grateful to a16z for believing in our felt-covered chaos! 👉 speedrun.substack.com/p/how-game-e...

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"THIS IS A GAME???" "Are you kidding me?" "Best looking game at Summer Game Fest." – watching you react to puppet boxing has been a blast. We’ve been swapping our fav reactions and had to compile them. Check out a few “wait, what?” moments. Thanks to every champion in our corner! 🥊Credits on YT!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📈 100,000 Steam wishlists ⏰ All in 7 days post-Summer Game Fest We built something weird but we knew y'all would get it! This is just round one. 🥊

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This isn’t just a fighting game. It’s a full-contact puppet drama. 🎮 Narrative combat 💥 Furry Flurry + Poopet Blaster 🍞 Dodge toast + beat meat 🎶 Flying Lotus soundtrack Come for the puppet chaos. Stay for the emotional damage. Wishlist now → store.steampowered.com/app/3763840/...

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🎮 Still buzzing from Summer Game Fest 2025! Huge thanks to #SummerGameFest and Geoff Keighley for letting us unleash fuzz-e mayhem in front of millions. To every dev who stepped into the spotlight swinging… you crushed it. The Tournament of a Million Punches is coming 🥊#Linkinbio

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🔥 #SUMMERGAMEFEST 2025 JUST GOT FUZZ-E! Felt That: Boxing – a comedic, over-the-top boxing game set in a world where the charm of furry puppets collides with the fury of boxing. ⇢ This game is currently in development. 🥊 WISHLIST FOR UPDATES: link in bio! 🎮 FUR-FILL YOUR DESTINY

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