Adam Vian

Adam Vian

@sfbdim.bsky.social

creative director/writer of Crow Country, The Mermaid Mask, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House. SFB Games w/@sfbtom.bsky.social Adam@SFBGames.com

5,708 Followers 1,293 Following 552 Posts Joined Oct 2024
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How The Mermaid Mask introduces 3D objects to its detective work without compromising its 2D vision The latest game in the Detective Grimoire series is also a continuation of its predecessor's aesthetic, with an extra dimension.

www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-gam...

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15 hours ago
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How The Mermaid Mask introduces 3D objects to its detective work without compromising its 2D vision The latest game in the Detective Grimoire series is also a continuation of its predecessor's aesthetic, with an extra dimension.

www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-gam...

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2 days ago

we've added so many bespoke new dev tools to The Mermaid Mask Unity project, I'm continually baffled as to how we made Tangle Tower without this stuff. I guess Tangle Tower was just made with fairy dust and dreams

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3 days ago

idk, it does accurately evoke being pulled away from Earth to float in the void of space. Maybe they just described the intro to the composer

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3 days ago

thanks for saying such nice things about The Mermaid Mask!! :)

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5 days ago

some bits from the Mermaid Mask interview

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5 days ago

some bits from the Mermaid Mask interview

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6 days ago
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Hoppers was GREAT, go see it

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1 week ago
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The Mermaid Mask Creative Director on Making a Sequel and Two Decades of Game Development - RESPAWN STATION Interview with Adam Vian, Creative Director at SFB Games, about making a direct sequel with The Mermaid Mask and Crow Country's success.

An interview about the development of The Mermaid Mask: www.respawnstation.com/2026/03/the-...

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1 week ago

I love touch detective!!

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1 week ago
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The Mermaid Mask Creative Director on Making a Sequel and Two Decades of Game Development - RESPAWN STATION Interview with Adam Vian, Creative Director at SFB Games, about making a direct sequel with The Mermaid Mask and Crow Country's success.

An interview about the development of The Mermaid Mask: www.respawnstation.com/2026/03/the-...

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1 week ago
A photo of the Chibi Crow Country plush on a small table decorated with tickets and tokens. The plush is wearing one of the included accessories, a pumpkin-shaped hat that goes down over its eyes. A photo of the I Survived Crow Country shirt, a black shirt with a screenprinted souvenir-style design reading "I Survived Crow Country 1990." The shirt is spattered with red ink to simulate blood.  A collage of some of the items included in the Crow Country Deluxe Edition, including reversible cover art, a folded poster, trading cards, an instruction booklet, stickers, and an "investigation journal."

Don't let anybody tell you it's cheating to just buy some Crow Country souvenirs online instead of visiting the park yourself.

Browse the full collection here: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

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1 month ago
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❄️⛸️❄️It was amazing to show the first peek of the game to people at @mivsmagfest.bsky.social ❄️⛸️❄️

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1 week ago

yes, of course! the art gallery in the full game has 10 times more stuff like this

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all of this beautiful art is by @catherineunger.bsky.social

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1 week ago
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The Mermaid Mask on Steam An impossible locked-room murder: Captain Mortuga lies dead beside an ancient cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects. A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humo...

Take a look at the steam page and the demo and give us a Wishlist during Next Fest, it really helps us out!! :) store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...

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Check out some of the concept art slides from the Art Gallery feature we added to The Mermaid Mask steam demo!

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1 week ago

It has beautiful backgrounds!! But yeah, REmake is obviously better

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Checking out some Steam Next Fest demos this weekend?

🧜‍♀️Try The Mermaid Mask!🗡️

Like Ace Attorney, Monkey Island, Professor Layton, Tintin & Indiana Jones had a detective adventure game baby

We have over 65k wishlists so far, help us reach 100k by launch!

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

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2 weeks ago

I love these drawings!

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2 weeks ago

Hahaha

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This is what the dialogue tool looks like in our Mermaid Mask Unity project. I write the script directly into these boxes, select facial expressions if it's for an examine box, as these are, and I include voice directions, since it later gets exported as a script for the voice actors

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2 weeks ago

I loved Later Alligator!!

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2 weeks ago
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it has optional tickboxes for a bunch of features - choices ('branches') look like this:

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2 weeks ago

the localisers also get the voice notes, to help them understand my intention with each line

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The Mermaid Mask is part of Next Fest! Go check out the Steam page and the updated demo:
🕹️A 40-minute streaming video of us playing through the demo and talking about the game!
🎞️The Steam page has new gifs and graphics
🎨The demo has been updated to include a glimpse at the art gallery

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2 weeks ago
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We're having a The Mermaid Mask giveaway to celebrate Next Fest!

Three winners will take home a bundle including:
🕵️Handmade crochet amigurumi of Detective Grimoire & Sally
👕The Mermaid Mask t-shirt
🍫Bar of “HER” chocolate

Head to our Steam news post to enter:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/169...

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2 weeks ago

Thanks!

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2 weeks ago

the second one! hoo boy

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2 weeks ago

The voice actors don't see this part, they see an exported script, which doesn't have the pictures. (see linked post) I actually don't select the little faces until the voices are in the game - that way I can pick a face that matches the delivery that the actor went with!
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