Adam Vian

The Mermaid Mask is out now on Steam, PS5, Switch 1 and Switch 2 - and it's been getting some really excellent reviews...

Crow Country is at -50% during the Steam Scream sale! Perfect time to pick it up (or recommend it to a friend if you've already played it) store.steampowered.com/app/1996010/...

some early character drawings for The Mermaid Mask

WOIM is out now on Steam! go get woimin, 15% discount for launch! store.steampowered.com/app/4272020/...

There it goes - The Mermaid Mask crosses the 3000 Steam review mark, and only 19 of them are negative! In a complete reversal of The Normal Order Of Things, I still go to the Steam reviews and read a few when I need a pick-me-up. They've been consistently lovely since day 1!

Pick up the new Mara shirt or just browse the rest of our Crow Country collection, featuring CDs, deluxe physical editions, plush crows, and more: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

Starting soon is our interview with @sfbdim.bsky.social of SFB Games, the team behind Crow Country, Snipperclips, Tangle Tower and it's acclaimed 2026 sequel The Mermaid Mask. Join us as we ask... does Super Mario Maker teach you how to make games? youtu.be/lTZcw2GM7Xc

I really wanted to do this chapter title gag in The Mermaid Mask, but it’s the kind of idea you have early on that ends up getting cut because it’s too silly or frivolous, so I’m glad we stuck with it. Same goes for Gripp’s fake shop interface

IT’S HAPPENED! YOU can finally play Bad Magpie! so what are you waiting for, go and play the demo NOW 🗺️ explore a chaotic and colourful world 🌟 get a glimpse of the mysterious narrative 🔍 discover meteorites and hidden items 🐦 wreck havoc, be a menace play now on Steam & XBOX on PC!

The newest issue of @edgemagazine.bsky.social has a full studio profile on SFB Games! 6 pages, covering our entire career so far! What an honour, thanks so much to the wonderful folks at Edge

I really wanted to do this chapter title gag in The Mermaid Mask, but it’s the kind of idea you have early on that ends up getting cut because it’s too silly or frivolous, so I’m glad we stuck with it. Same goes for Gripp’s fake shop interface

The newest issue of @edgemagazine.bsky.social has a full studio profile on SFB Games! 6 pages, covering our entire career so far! What an honour, thanks so much to the wonderful folks at Edge

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/...

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-

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!

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...

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!

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

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 😭

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

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

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/...

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/...

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!!

store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

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

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

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

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

Big Walk is incredible

in my experience of watching videos and streams, even when players are appearing to be thorough, they often still miss lots of The Mermaid Mask's optional examine dialogue. good catch on finding this one

in my experience of watching videos and streams, even when players are appearing to be thorough, they often still miss lots of The Mermaid Mask's optional examine dialogue. good catch on finding this one

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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

Darkstalkers

some early character drawings for The Mermaid Mask

very early designs of some of the characters from The Mermaid Mask, including one who was cut (although I suppose they were replaced with Mariana Moon)

Here is one of my earliest drawings of The Mermaid's Tongue (for The Mermaid Mask) Originally, it was capable of its own form of speech (it was even one of the suspects, at one point!) I had fun researching the earliest automatons and talking machines, all of which are, of course, rather unsettling

I found this in the library, The Queen in the Cave by Júlia Sardà. It’s so beautiful I can’t stop thinking about it. It has just about the best art I’ve ever seen, go read it

Tickets are now available for #AdvX26, the UK narrative & adventure games conference taking place in London on 7 & 8 November! Come play our curated game exhibits, chat with devs and listen to experts! Buy at buytickets.at/adventurexco... Info, speakers, games, schedule at adventurexpo.org!

all the sentence-puzzle icons I had to draw for Tangle Tower, and then again for The Mermaid Mask. There's an obvious scope difference, but it's also interesting to compare the colours and vibes - Tangle Tower is all punchy fruit/flowers/gems/etc, Mermaid Mask is quite murky and slimy in comparison

The Mermaid Mask launched 1 month ago and it's gone so much better than we dreamed! Over 2,300 Steam reviews - so many of them glowing - and 99% positive, we couldn't have asked for a better player response. And sales-wise, TMM almost did as well as Crow Country in its first month. Unbelievable! 🧜💖

We recommend humorous detective adventure, The Mermaid Mask, by @sfbtom.bsky.social and @sfbdim.bsky.social. Read our full review here: gameobserver.com/the-mermaid-...

Just finished playing The Mermaid Mask, the new detective game from the makers of Haunt the House, Crow Country and of course Tangle Tower. Absolute 10 out of 10 for me, really really recommend picking up this game!! Gorgeous art and music, intriguing story, and FULLY voice acted - a must play!!

We'll be here exhibiting The Mermaid Mask, please come and say hi! It's such a good event if you have any kind of interest in adventure games/narrative games.

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15. The Mermaid Mask I genuinely loved my time with The Mermaid Mask and you will too. Easily a Game of the Year Contender