Jeffrey "GrahfMetal" Canam
@grahfmetal.bsky.social
I'm a pixel artist and game designer who worked on unofficial NESventure games, Infested, and Spectacle, as well as Official NESventure games, Beyond Shadowgate (2024), and The Uninvited 2: Let Nothing You Dismay
New Brunswick 🇨🇦
[He/Him]
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Hello! I'm a pixel artist who makes Shadowgate-style games. I made the games, Infested, and Spectacle on itch(.)io.
I also worked on #BeyondShadowgate (2024), the official sequel to the #NES cult classic, #Shadowgate, and I'm currently working on #TheUninvited2, the official sequel to #TheUninvited
I also worked on #BeyondShadowgate (2024), the official sequel to the #NES cult classic, #Shadowgate, and I'm currently working on #TheUninvited2, the official sequel to #TheUninvited
If you see this post an anime you love
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you see this post an anime you love
In #BeyondShadowgate you encounter The Gatekeeper within Gatekeeper Mountain
It's an Elder being with omniscient-like vision that violates the aesthetic distance
My design was taken directly from the box art to the original '87 #Macintosh release of #Shadowgate
#PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
It's an Elder being with omniscient-like vision that violates the aesthetic distance
My design was taken directly from the box art to the original '87 #Macintosh release of #Shadowgate
#PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In #BeyondShadowgate you encounter The Gatekeeper within Gatekeeper Mountain
It's an Elder being with omniscient-like vision that violates the aesthetic distance
My design was taken directly from the box art to the original '87 #Macintosh release of #Shadowgate
#PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
It's an Elder being with omniscient-like vision that violates the aesthetic distance
My design was taken directly from the box art to the original '87 #Macintosh release of #Shadowgate
#PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
I've made 21 #MegaMan levels in #MegaManMaker, from traditional levels, to a couple of mini-Metroidvanias, and even a remake of the DOS game.
Check out this awesome MMM fan site, and try out my levels. I'd love to hear what you think of them
@megamanmaker.com
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
Check out this awesome MMM fan site, and try out my levels. I'd love to hear what you think of them
@megamanmaker.com
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
Megaman Maker Fan Website
megamaker.webmeka.io
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I've made 21 #MegaMan levels in #MegaManMaker, from traditional levels, to a couple of mini-Metroidvanias, and even a remake of the DOS game.
Check out this awesome MMM fan site, and try out my levels. I'd love to hear what you think of them
@megamanmaker.com
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
Check out this awesome MMM fan site, and try out my levels. I'd love to hear what you think of them
@megamanmaker.com
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
Map size comparison between Shadowgate (NES), Deja Vu (NES), The Uninvited (NES), Infested (PC), Spectacle (PC), and Beyond Shadowgate (PC)
#Shadowgate #BeyondShadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #NES #NESventure
#Shadowgate #BeyondShadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #NES #NESventure
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Map size comparison between Shadowgate (NES), Deja Vu (NES), The Uninvited (NES), Infested (PC), Spectacle (PC), and Beyond Shadowgate (PC)
#Shadowgate #BeyondShadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #NES #NESventure
#Shadowgate #BeyondShadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #NES #NESventure
Reposted by Jeffrey "GrahfMetal" Canam
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
For fun, I put together a proof of concept of what a Sherlock Holmes game would look like in the NESventure style of Shadowgate, Beyond Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and The Uninvited
#SherlockHolmes #Shadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #ConceptArt #PixelArt #pixel
#SherlockHolmes #Shadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #ConceptArt #PixelArt #pixel
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For fun, I put together a proof of concept of what a Sherlock Holmes game would look like in the NESventure style of Shadowgate, Beyond Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and The Uninvited
#SherlockHolmes #Shadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #ConceptArt #PixelArt #pixel
#SherlockHolmes #Shadowgate #PointAndClickAdventure #ConceptArt #PixelArt #pixel
My most anticipated games of 2026:
DragonQuest is my favorite VG franchise.
Nioh 2 was a PERFECT masterpiece.
Storm, my Goddess, is my favorite comic book character / character, period.
As much as I LOVE Souls-likes, I respect Capcom for not caving and making the upcoming Onimusha into one.
DragonQuest is my favorite VG franchise.
Nioh 2 was a PERFECT masterpiece.
Storm, my Goddess, is my favorite comic book character / character, period.
As much as I LOVE Souls-likes, I respect Capcom for not caving and making the upcoming Onimusha into one.
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My most anticipated games of 2026:
DragonQuest is my favorite VG franchise.
Nioh 2 was a PERFECT masterpiece.
Storm, my Goddess, is my favorite comic book character / character, period.
As much as I LOVE Souls-likes, I respect Capcom for not caving and making the upcoming Onimusha into one.
DragonQuest is my favorite VG franchise.
Nioh 2 was a PERFECT masterpiece.
Storm, my Goddess, is my favorite comic book character / character, period.
As much as I LOVE Souls-likes, I respect Capcom for not caving and making the upcoming Onimusha into one.
Thanks, AI
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thanks, AI
An amazing review of our game #BeyondShadowgate from last year by Dennis Fleaman of @retrolike.bsky.social
I get chocked up when I read flattering reviews of our games, cause I love sharing my passion for #RetroGames, #PointAndClickAdventure games, and #Shadowgate
retrolike.net/2024/10/17/b...
I get chocked up when I read flattering reviews of our games, cause I love sharing my passion for #RetroGames, #PointAndClickAdventure games, and #Shadowgate
retrolike.net/2024/10/17/b...
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An amazing review of our game #BeyondShadowgate from last year by Dennis Fleaman of @retrolike.bsky.social
I get chocked up when I read flattering reviews of our games, cause I love sharing my passion for #RetroGames, #PointAndClickAdventure games, and #Shadowgate
retrolike.net/2024/10/17/b...
I get chocked up when I read flattering reviews of our games, cause I love sharing my passion for #RetroGames, #PointAndClickAdventure games, and #Shadowgate
retrolike.net/2024/10/17/b...
I've made over 20 #MegaMan levels using the brilliant #MegaManMaker, by @megamanmaker.com
I've also made #NintendoPower style guides for each one, like these four examples, as well as playthroughs of a bunch of them on my YouTube channel, @ GrahfMetalGames
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
I've also made #NintendoPower style guides for each one, like these four examples, as well as playthroughs of a bunch of them on my YouTube channel, @ GrahfMetalGames
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've made over 20 #MegaMan levels using the brilliant #MegaManMaker, by @megamanmaker.com
I've also made #NintendoPower style guides for each one, like these four examples, as well as playthroughs of a bunch of them on my YouTube channel, @ GrahfMetalGames
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
I've also made #NintendoPower style guides for each one, like these four examples, as well as playthroughs of a bunch of them on my YouTube channel, @ GrahfMetalGames
megamaker.webmeka.io/user-profile...
In #BeyondShadowgate, the four jewels on the bottom shelf in the treasury are the jewels you collect in Wizard on #C64
Wizard was an important part of my childhood as it made me fall in love with level design with it's level editor mode
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
Wizard was an important part of my childhood as it made me fall in love with level design with it's level editor mode
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In #BeyondShadowgate, the four jewels on the bottom shelf in the treasury are the jewels you collect in Wizard on #C64
Wizard was an important part of my childhood as it made me fall in love with level design with it's level editor mode
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
Wizard was an important part of my childhood as it made me fall in love with level design with it's level editor mode
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt
🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃
Here's my #OC, Kauline, dressed up as Terra from #FFVI (My favorite VG character), Taarna from #HeavyMetal, V from #Cyberpunk2077, and Ayla from #ChronoTrigger, all drawn beautifully by @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt
Here's my #OC, Kauline, dressed up as Terra from #FFVI (My favorite VG character), Taarna from #HeavyMetal, V from #Cyberpunk2077, and Ayla from #ChronoTrigger, all drawn beautifully by @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃
Here's my #OC, Kauline, dressed up as Terra from #FFVI (My favorite VG character), Taarna from #HeavyMetal, V from #Cyberpunk2077, and Ayla from #ChronoTrigger, all drawn beautifully by @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt
Here's my #OC, Kauline, dressed up as Terra from #FFVI (My favorite VG character), Taarna from #HeavyMetal, V from #Cyberpunk2077, and Ayla from #ChronoTrigger, all drawn beautifully by @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt
When making #BeyondShadowgate, writer @thechrism.bsky.social would sometimes send me pics of his literal napkin doodles to show me his ideas as inspiration struck
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Pixel
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Pixel
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When making #BeyondShadowgate, writer @thechrism.bsky.social would sometimes send me pics of his literal napkin doodles to show me his ideas as inspiration struck
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Pixel
#Shadowgate #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Pixel
I'm new to animation, but I have made several animations for InfestedX, and #TheUninvited2 will have some as well
Here's a test animation I made with my #OC, Kauline, speaking in the style of a #16-bit 90s Point & Click Adventure game dialogue pop-up
#Pixel #PixelArt #InternationalAnimationDay
Here's a test animation I made with my #OC, Kauline, speaking in the style of a #16-bit 90s Point & Click Adventure game dialogue pop-up
#Pixel #PixelArt #InternationalAnimationDay
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm new to animation, but I have made several animations for InfestedX, and #TheUninvited2 will have some as well
Here's a test animation I made with my #OC, Kauline, speaking in the style of a #16-bit 90s Point & Click Adventure game dialogue pop-up
#Pixel #PixelArt #InternationalAnimationDay
Here's a test animation I made with my #OC, Kauline, speaking in the style of a #16-bit 90s Point & Click Adventure game dialogue pop-up
#Pixel #PixelArt #InternationalAnimationDay
10 Games to get to know me
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
10 Games to get to know me
I remade every Judas Priest album cover in pixel art.
I limited myself to standard icon size [32 x 32 px] and 14 colors.
#JudasPriest #Metal #HeavyMetal #PixelArt #Pixel #MSPaint
I limited myself to standard icon size [32 x 32 px] and 14 colors.
#JudasPriest #Metal #HeavyMetal #PixelArt #Pixel #MSPaint
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I remade every Judas Priest album cover in pixel art.
I limited myself to standard icon size [32 x 32 px] and 14 colors.
#JudasPriest #Metal #HeavyMetal #PixelArt #Pixel #MSPaint
I limited myself to standard icon size [32 x 32 px] and 14 colors.
#JudasPriest #Metal #HeavyMetal #PixelArt #Pixel #MSPaint
AMAZING art of my #OC Kauline, as a witch, drawn beautifully by the wickedly talented @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt #AnimeStyle
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt #AnimeStyle
October 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AMAZING art of my #OC Kauline, as a witch, drawn beautifully by the wickedly talented @lamacchiarto.bsky.social
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt #AnimeStyle
#Halloween #HalloweenArt #BlackOC #TransOC #OCart #DigitalArt #AnimeStyle
I made some #mockup #Metal Album covers and track lists for some of the areas in #EldenRing
Limgrave = Heavy Metal
Liurnia = Prog. Metal
Caelid = Death Metal
Ainsel River = Black Metal
Leyndell = Power Metal
Mountaintops = Folk Metal
Elphael = Doom Metal
Farum Azula = Symphonic Metal
Limgrave = Heavy Metal
Liurnia = Prog. Metal
Caelid = Death Metal
Ainsel River = Black Metal
Leyndell = Power Metal
Mountaintops = Folk Metal
Elphael = Doom Metal
Farum Azula = Symphonic Metal
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I made some #mockup #Metal Album covers and track lists for some of the areas in #EldenRing
Limgrave = Heavy Metal
Liurnia = Prog. Metal
Caelid = Death Metal
Ainsel River = Black Metal
Leyndell = Power Metal
Mountaintops = Folk Metal
Elphael = Doom Metal
Farum Azula = Symphonic Metal
Limgrave = Heavy Metal
Liurnia = Prog. Metal
Caelid = Death Metal
Ainsel River = Black Metal
Leyndell = Power Metal
Mountaintops = Folk Metal
Elphael = Doom Metal
Farum Azula = Symphonic Metal
I use MS Paint for all of my #pixelart, including the art for Infested, Spectacle, #BeyondShadowgate, and now #TheUninvited2.
There's something cozy about using a program with very limited tools. I even downloaded a much older version #MSPaint, cause the newer versions are too fancy. Yeah, I'm weird
There's something cozy about using a program with very limited tools. I even downloaded a much older version #MSPaint, cause the newer versions are too fancy. Yeah, I'm weird
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I use MS Paint for all of my #pixelart, including the art for Infested, Spectacle, #BeyondShadowgate, and now #TheUninvited2.
There's something cozy about using a program with very limited tools. I even downloaded a much older version #MSPaint, cause the newer versions are too fancy. Yeah, I'm weird
There's something cozy about using a program with very limited tools. I even downloaded a much older version #MSPaint, cause the newer versions are too fancy. Yeah, I'm weird
A couple years ago we were making a game, Themeire, an unofficial spin-off to #Shadowgate, when SG co-creator, Dave Marsh, reached out to us to work on #BeyondShadowgate
In Themeire there was a mansion in which antagonist Talimar grew up. We wound up using that in BSG, along with most of the UI
In Themeire there was a mansion in which antagonist Talimar grew up. We wound up using that in BSG, along with most of the UI
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A couple years ago we were making a game, Themeire, an unofficial spin-off to #Shadowgate, when SG co-creator, Dave Marsh, reached out to us to work on #BeyondShadowgate
In Themeire there was a mansion in which antagonist Talimar grew up. We wound up using that in BSG, along with most of the UI
In Themeire there was a mansion in which antagonist Talimar grew up. We wound up using that in BSG, along with most of the UI
In #BeyondShadowgate The "Gangster Skull" death screen is a reference to the title screen for Deja Vu on the NES, while the Wraith death screen is a reference to a production photo of a ghost from Raiders of the Lost Ark
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Shadowgate
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Shadowgate
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In #BeyondShadowgate The "Gangster Skull" death screen is a reference to the title screen for Deja Vu on the NES, while the Wraith death screen is a reference to a production photo of a ghost from Raiders of the Lost Ark
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Shadowgate
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #PointAndClickAdventure #PixelArt #Shadowgate
Here's my Top 10 Video Game tracks that put me in the Halloween Mood 🎃
What are some of your favorites? 👻
#Halloween #VGmusic #Top10
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
What are some of your favorites? 👻
#Halloween #VGmusic #Top10
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Top 10 VG Tracks That Put Me In The Halloween Mood - YouTube
youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here's my Top 10 Video Game tracks that put me in the Halloween Mood 🎃
What are some of your favorites? 👻
#Halloween #VGmusic #Top10
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
What are some of your favorites? 👻
#Halloween #VGmusic #Top10
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The box art for Beyond Shadowgate [2024] was drawn by the late, great Stephen Peringer.
He was the artist who gave us the iconic box art for the NES ports of Shadowgate and Deja Vu, among MANY other game covers.
He sadly passed away last year, but his legacy lives on through his legenday art.
He was the artist who gave us the iconic box art for the NES ports of Shadowgate and Deja Vu, among MANY other game covers.
He sadly passed away last year, but his legacy lives on through his legenday art.
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The box art for Beyond Shadowgate [2024] was drawn by the late, great Stephen Peringer.
He was the artist who gave us the iconic box art for the NES ports of Shadowgate and Deja Vu, among MANY other game covers.
He sadly passed away last year, but his legacy lives on through his legenday art.
He was the artist who gave us the iconic box art for the NES ports of Shadowgate and Deja Vu, among MANY other game covers.
He sadly passed away last year, but his legacy lives on through his legenday art.