War of the Western Deep

A beautiful classically hand-animated adventure game inspired by 70s and 80s-era Disney and Don Bluth movies - Play as a royal courier - Sword duels and RPG elements - Cinematic combat system - Large interconnected world Game is War of the Western Deep. #gamedev #indiegames #gaming

"Combines classic narrative adventure gameplay with a cinematic combat system, brought to life with gorgeous hand-animated artwork, a stunning orchestral score, and a fully voiced cast of memorable characters." wow! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/... Dev: @westerndeep.bsky.social

Just how hand-drawn is our classically animated adventure game? Well, here's a look at our development process, including every step of making a single idle animation for our Kingsguard character from the intro!

We’ll be exploring some of the characters of War of the Western Deep in the coming weeks, showing off fun concept art and more! Don’t forget that you can play the free demo on Steam right now! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

Here's another look at the turnarounds from our last update video! Pim is a member of the prestigious Scholars of the Spire, assigned to the tiny village of Ardmoor for mysterious reasons. Birch is a young tamian who wants to be a scout, and takes the protection of the village VERY seriously.

War of the Western Deep development continues post-PAX! There's a new scene, new character art from Rachel, lots of fun stuff! If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the demo on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

It’s a War of the Western Deep PAX celebration post! We wanted to share some choice quotes from the previews! We’re still targeting late 2027, so check out the demo on Steam and wishlist if you like it! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

Aw, thank you so much @lydlbutton.com! It was a pleasure getting to share the demo with you at PAX!

War of the Western Deep is on this list, along with some other absolutely amazing games! Definitely check it out! (Also, any preview that encourages folks to visit their local library is a huge win in our book!)

Some great War of the Western Deep PAX coverage from Hey Poor Player! www.heypoorplayer.com/2026/09/12/p... (It does indeed all seem to come back to Redwall!)

We're back from PAX and ready to make some amazing things! Thanks to everyone who came to say hi and play the demo--thanks to you, we just had our busiest and best PAX West EVER!

Polyarc set the bar for what an immersive VR experience could be, and we're devastated to see them shutting down. We encourage all our fans to check out Moss: The Forgotten Relic if you haven't yet--and we hope everyone at the studio lands on their feet.

We're beyond excited to see War of the Western Deep featured on @ign.com's list of their favorite games from #PAXWest!

That’s a wrap on PAX West! Thank you so much to everyone who came by to play the game and say hi to the team! We’re already excited about what the next year of War of the Western Deep will bring, so stay tuned! ❤️‍🔥

We're now in the final hours of @officialpax.bsky.social. If you've not had a chance to visit @westerndeep.bsky.social at Booth 662, don't miss your last chance to experience this year's show-exclusive demo!

@westerndeep.bsky.social receiving continual visitors over this year's @officialpax.bsky.social: one 2D hand-drawn animated game based in classic point-and-click adventure titles, one small development team, and one investor bringing delight to convention guests for a third year straight.

@officialpax.bsky.social Booth 662 for @westerndeep.bsky.social. Demo of War of the Western Deep by Sunsgrove Studios on the show floor.

Swing by booth 662 to play the War of the Western Deep demo and meet the Sunsgrove team!

We just wrapped the BUSIEST first day of PAX we’ve ever seen! HUGE thank you to @samanthabeart.bsky.social for coming by the booth to say hello and surprise our demo players!!

We're so excited for Day 1 of PAX West tomorrow! Come check out the new demo and meet the Sunsgrove team in the Arch Building, Booth 662!

Putting the finishing touches on our PAX West demo (and maybe also trying to get that elusive final gold hang glider medal in Pilotwings 64) Excited to see friends and new fans alike at PAX West this week! We’re at Booth 662 in the Arch Building!

Finding the right TV for our PAX booth isn’t just about specs and price! The 2D art and colors can look wildly different depending on the setup! Huge thanks to Video Only for letting us commandeer their TVs to find the right one 📺

The ever-incredible @nolanmarkey.bsky.social composed this gorgeous piece for our studio logo and we couldn't be happier with how it turned out! 🎻🪈🎵 He also wrote several amazing new tracks for the upcoming PAX West demo--we can't wait to share them with everyone!

A sneak peek at the choices you'll explore in our new War of the Western Deep #PAXWest demo! Will you solve a deadly puzzle to pay a bribe 💰🪙 or draw your blade on a foe twice your size ⚔️💀? Play the demo and meet the Sunsgrove Studios team at Booth 662!

If you're headed to Gamescom you're in for a real treat! We're all big fans of @ghostofatale.bsky.social here at Sunsgrove Studios and simply cannot wait to see more of @seithcg.bsky.social's incredible worldbuilding craft in the sequel!

We’re bringing a new demo to PAX West and can’t wait for players to meet our new characters! So many more to come! You can check out our prologue demo right now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

Grab your War of the Western Deep sticker sheet at #paxwest and try out the new game demo! Booth 662 this September! #2danimation #indiegames #2d #adventuregame

War of the Western Deep is an adventure game at heart, with puzzles, exploration, and fun dialogue, but it’s ALSO got: ⚔️ Sword duels! 🧭 Optional quests! 🏋️‍♀️ RPG-style character improvement! And it all takes place in one big interconnected forest. 🗺️🌲🌳🪾

We’re hard at work on our new upcoming PAX West demo for War of the Western Deep! Featuring Maggie Robertson, @luciendodge.bsky.social, and the incredible @samanthabeart.bsky.social as our protagonist, Mirren, we can’t wait for players to experience it this September!

Much as we’ve come to appreciate the convenience of remote VO sessions, there’s just something special about having everyone working together in the studio! Thanks so much to @samanthabeart.bsky.social and @jonahscott.bsky.social for making this week so much fun!

RAMageddon’s driving up costs all over, so we’re making a classically animated adventure game that runs on a 3-year-old mini PC with integrated graphics! Check out the demo and Wishlist on #Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

First Art Fight attack complete, targeting @kobb.bsky.social 's character, Quinlan, from @westerndeep.bsky.social ! #ArtFight #ArtFight2026 #squirrel #furry #furryart

Good Story Guild is proud to announce the talented voice acting cast for our upcoming anti-ai indie game, Cat Secretary! 😻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX9v... #indiegames #indiegame #voiceactor #gaming

Ever wonder what the raw data of a VO session for War of the Western Deep looks like? We snapped a pic through Zoom of audio director Lucas Fehring's ProTools setup after an incredible session last week with @samanthabeart.bsky.social. Each colored marker is a line read we want to keep!

The pledge manager for @leagueofgeeks.com's "Armello: The Founding and the Fall" is LIVE! If you missed the campaign (and maybe wanted to grab those Black Company Bandit Clan skins!) you have one last chance! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

War of the Western Deep just crossed 10,000 Steam Wishlists! Thank you to everyone who's tried the demo--we've got lots of exciting things still to come!

comm for @sleepycanid.bsky.social id.bsky.social featuring their @westerndeep.bsky.social OC

Looks like Mirren has some fun news to share that's hot off the presses! Right on the heels of our Tuesday announcement, we're thrilled to announce that War of the Western Deep has surpassed 10,000 Wishlists on Steam! Thank you EVERYONE! We can't wait to share more at PAX West!

Thanks to @cervidian.bsky.social's support, War of the Western Deep's director @tdcpresents.bsky.social was able to leave his studio job to work on it full-time! In an era of slashed budgets and big-AI, know that there are still people out there interested in small-scale, classically made games!

MOSS IS COMING TO PC/COSOLE! This was one of our favorite VR experiences, and we're SO EXCITED to see @polyarcgames.com's masterpiece become available to so many more folks!

And if you're curious how the final turned out...

This incredible Western Deep fight scene was directed by @patstannard.bsky.social and produced by his amazing @kotlt-animation.bsky.social! This animation announced our reacquisition of the Western Deep IP from an unscrupulous comics publisher and helped set the stage for the years to come :)

We can’t wait to share the next full section of playable gameplay from War of the Western Deep at PAX West this summer! Lots of fun new stuff afoot! Check out the demo and Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

War of the Western Deep is brought to life by far more than its hand-drawn animation and incredible voice cast. The immersive sound design by Lucas Fehring and incredible musical score by @nolanmarkey.bsky.social (presented here) are absolutely essential to the experience!

We're thrilled to announce that @luciendodge.bsky.social has joined the voice cast of War of the Western Deep! It has been so much fun working with Lucien again after his incredible work on Dust: An Elysian Tail, and we think folks will love his take on this gruff canid soldier!

You won't need the latest technologies or snazzy 3DFX accelerator cards to experience War of the Western Deep exactly as intended. Turns out one of the best ways to future-proof your game is to embrace the oldest techniques and make them part of your visual identity.

I think we're going to see even more stories like this over the next year. Good.

We're recording the VO for this grumpy guy today! We think you'll love who we have doing it :) This (still very WIP) battle is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL in our upcoming PAX West demo. Mirren can either bribe this soldier or draw her blade and fight! Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

We're SO excited to announce that Maggie Robertson has joined our incredible voice cast for War of the Western Deep! Maggie has done some absolutely amazing work bringing Skora to life and we can't wait to share more with you in the coming weeks!

We're excited to be able to share the latest page of Beyond the Western Deep this weekend! We know a lot of folks have been curious about tamian treewalker hunts since we first mentioned them in the prologue. Well, they're pretty intense!