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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19h

They are definitely 15% more aggressive in hard mode!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Enemies don’t respawn!

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Fangamer @fangamer.com · 01/10/2026

Our newest Crow Country shirt is "Mara," illustrated by mushbuh. Available now, along with a deluxe physical edition and much more, in our official collection: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

A closeup photo of Mara, a new shirt in Fangamer's Crow Country collection. It's a black shirt with an illustration of Mara pointing a gun at a long-legged guest in a cute style that resembles simplified toys on a diorama or pre-rendered 3D art from an old player's guide.

A photo of Mara, a new shirt in Fangamer's Crow Country collection. It's a black shirt with an illustration of Mara pointing a gun at a long-legged guest in a cute style that resembles simplified toys on a diorama or pre-rendered 3D art from an old player's guide.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

One of the most rewarding art challenges we took on in The Mermaid Mask was to make all the clues fully 3D. @catherineunger.bsky.social would paint the 2D image as always, and then @kindradantone.bsky.social modelled and painted a 3D model to match it exactly - and the results were quite incredible-

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dressmaker is clearly a massive slam dunk, but it's wild to me that the NPCs are 2D and don't/can't wear the dresses you make!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's not pre-Sally, technically!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

yeah I agree, it's quite odd that it exists. I think Sony just REALLY wanted Horizon to be a universally beloved IP and they were trying whatever they could to boost it

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Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our games are in the Steam Autumn Sale, including 50% off Crow Country, and 10% off our recently released The Mermaid Mask! store.steampowered.com/developer/SF...

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I thought the new Resident Evil film was great. I liked how it broadly matches up with the experience of actually playing a RE game; finding guns, looking for ammo, opening paths to new areas, solving puzzles, etc. It’s really funny, too. Go see it!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And then I choose all my favourite takes, edit them, and put them into the game.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For this project, 7 of them I live-directed, 3 of them recorded on their own (I ask for at least 3 takes, and then I record myself speaking the lines for any pickups I want to request)

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

thank you, I really appreciate hearing that!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

that process actually involves several steps after this! but yeah we take great pains to make it seem like the characters are actually acting the dialogue

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

to add a new section I press this little tickbox here.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

a little look at how we write the script for The Mermaid Mask - I write the script directly into the Unity editor, including the voice directions. Then that gets automatically exported into a document for the actors to read. Then, once we have the audio, we import it back into the dialogue system

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Chris Monka @chrismonka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I played Crow Country! The game took around 10 hours to beat. This game was absolutely amazing 🥹 the story was unpredictable and thrilling from beginning to end, it was a joy to experience! The gameplay was also super fun, and the game was filled with tense and exciting moments! It was immaculate 😭

Screenshot from the game Crow Country by SFB Games (Nintendo Switch version)

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

since i am working on my first new alt movie posters in *quite* a while, thought i'd share a selection of my favs from over the years ! title and description in alt text all of them are ink on claybord/scratchboard

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wow!! That’s a very high quality selection

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ahh! the cell phone! There are probably too many triggers in there, it's really far too easy to miss a single message. So glad you can carry on!! :)

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

if you look closely at your grid of clues, there -should- (in theory) be one with a flashing white icon (the 'READ' or 'USE' icon) over it, prompting you to look at it again...

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I hadn’t read your Crow Country piece before! What a treat, thank you

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Have you tried asking the hint button on the map screen? It’s totally possible you’ve hit an edge-case bug, and I apologise if you have! Often people need to read/listen/watch some extra info on the clues in their case file

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If anyone's interested, I posted a whole bunch of my work-in-progress diagrams for The Mermaid Mask over on my old tumblr account: adamvian.tumblr.com

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Can you describe it for me briefly? So sorry to hear you’re having problems

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you haven't played The Mermaid Mask yet, here's an advert in the form of the Save Data Team's faces during the ending store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks for playing it, I’ve really enjoyed watching your playthrough videos

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you haven't played The Mermaid Mask yet, here's an advert in the form of the Save Data Team's faces during the ending store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yeah he’s free to do whatever and he seems to be enjoying himself!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I know voice actors are real actors, that’s not what I meant at all. I meant actors’ real faces visually appearing the game.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Death Stranding may be a great game, I don’t know, I was put off by the sense that it was a list of cameos from people he knows and admires irl

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I used to be a big fan of Kojima’s games but as someone who really doesn’t like the trend of real actors appearing in video games, I couldn’t be less interested in his modern-day output as it seems like that’s entirely what he’s focused on.

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

congrats on the launch! looks great

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Ockeroid @ockeroid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I composed the music for the lovely guys at Wild Arts again! This two person team brings you a campy action-horror where you play as a dog on a zombie infested train! It’s called Fright Train and it’s out RIGHT NOW!!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks! Me too! Shout out to @justineleahva.com for the voice performance that made it work

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

imo those clothes are nice because the characters appear to be off the clock, they're not performing as per their jobs, they're just doing whatever in their actual lives

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Mermaid Mask has been nominated for TIGA awards in four categories!!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Mermaid Mask has been nominated for TIGA awards in four categories!!

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

they delved too greebily and too deep

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

nah that's also the screen but all the devs have been putting black bars there as a joke

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

it caps at 1991, I'm pretty sure

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

caps at 1991 the other way, I'm pretty sure

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Crow Country intro starts with the current year and then counts down to 1990, which means the intro takes slightly longer to play through each year

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

IIRC it doesn’t allow anything lower than 1991

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It caps at a certain year I set manually

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