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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · 10d

New timelapse video, yay!
From work on Postal: These Sunny Daze cutscenes, this particular shot is from the outro, cropped in a most non-spoilery way possible.
3 hours of work for a little over 1 second of animation, at 10000% speed, including a surprise around the middle, for your viewing pleasure.

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · 14d

Hey, TSIOQUE is 50% off during Steam Autumn Sale.
Rated Overwhelmingly Positive and arguably best Point & Click adventure game you never heard of, escape the Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
store.steampowered.com/app/393190/T...

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Sep 10

Postal: These Sunny Daze, DLC for Postal: Brain Damaged is out!
Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3768390/...
And yes, this means more animated cutscenes from us. Here's the intro, enjoy! Ending cutscene we advise watching in-game but if you have absolutely no impulse control it's there too.

Postal: These Sunny Daze - Postal: Brain Damaged DLC - Intro Animation

YouTube video by SMILE / Alek Wasilewski

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anyone up for more POSTAL animated cutscenes? 🌞🔍🌴🔥

POSTAL: These Sunny Daze DLC Launch Date Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Hyperstrange

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Jul 22

Something new is stirring at Smile Studios. As beneficiaries of "Program Wsparcia Gier Wideo 2024/25" we’ve teamed up with Centrum Rozwoju Przemysłów Kreatywnych to prototype our new game. It’s time to do our own thing again. More info coming soon!

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Jun 4

🎉 Happy 1st anniversary to Songs of Silence! 🎉

It was a blast to support this great game's unique vision with our trailer work. Huge thanks to @songsofsilence.bsky.social for the inspiring collaboration. Congrats! Can't wait what's next.

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · May 31

💥It's out!💥
Watch Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold On Amazon Prime and Apple TV. Everyone (us included) put a lot of heart into it so you better watch it, or else.

Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold | Now Streaming

YouTube video by PlayTest Network

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · May 17

💥 Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold - the raw, unfiltered story behind the most notorious game series ever made featuring our animation - hits Apple TV and Amazon Prime, starting with English-Speaking regions on May 30 and other languages following soon.

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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · May 9

Making-of for one of animated sequences for "Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold", full animation watchable in their latest released clip so you can check it out.
This part that I bothered to record is lineart and animation keys.
Color by Julia Maksymiuk

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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · Apr 27

I screenshotted this review of TSIOQUE just the other day and now bumped on the author here. Thanks so much for the lovely review @capabilitygames.bsky.social, still read every single one and they really matter. It's great our game can still find and touch you, for more reason than one.

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Apr 16

Reviews for "Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold" are coming in, all looking good. We get noticed, too - yay!

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Mar 31

"Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold" just started its film festival run premiering on Phoenix Film Festival and is set to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. We were responsible for most of the animated sequences and also contributed to the Polish translation of the film.

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Francisco González - ROSEWATER OUT NOW! @grundislav.games · Mar 27

ROSEWATER IS OUT!

A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.

It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...

GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Mar 24

Sneaky peeky stills from our animation work on Going Postal: Legacy Foretold documentary, premiering at Phoenix Film Festival in a couple of days.

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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · Mar 15

#SteamSpringSale is up, this you may know.
But do you know TSIOQUE is 50% off?
Break free from your prison, solve puzzles, give your captors a hard time.
store.steampowered.com/app/393190/T...

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Ian Hell Damnskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · Feb 16

TSIOQUE: one of my favorite finds of the last decade. I sing its praises all the time and I don't think anyone listens to me. the vizier takes over the kingdom and locks the very young princess in the tower, but she escapes, and she is SO. ANNOYED. store.steampowered.com/app/393190/T...

TSIOQUE on Steam

TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secre...

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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · Feb 16

Damn, I wish TSIOQUE showed up on lists like these more, I have to up my marketing game. With almost 800 reviews on Steam at 95% it should be mention worthy right?

store.steampowered.com/app/393190/T...

TSIOQUE na Steam

TSIOQUE jest grą przygodowa Point & Click z ręcznie rysowaną i animowaną poklatkowo grafiką 2D. Pełna humoru, mroku i tajemnic. Ucieknij z niewoli Złego Czarownika i odkryj, jaką tajemnice skrywa ...

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Feb 4

We hear Jupiter Hell is coming to Switch, so here's our animated intro - and trailer - in its entirety.

Well, sliced up two-part entirety at least because 60 second video limit.

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#TrailerTuesday

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Feb 3

Postal: Brain Damaged

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Jan 23

Happy to share this little making-of of a particularly tricky sequence from Blood West: Dead Man's Promise cinematics.

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Dec 21

"Going Postal: Legacy Foretold" documentary featuring our animations is now available for preorder:
goingpostaldoc.com/shop/

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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Dec 18

Credits
Writer/Director/Storyboard
Alek Wasilewski

Script
Alek Wasilewski
Oskar Kuźniak

Animation
Alek Wasilewski

Art
Kamil Kurt Kochański
Marco Castiello
Alek Wasilewski

Color Design
Julia Maksymiuk

Music
Kacper Kajzderski

Compositing
Alek Wasilewski

Produced by
Alek Wasilewski
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Smile Studios @smilestudios.bsky.social · Dec 18

We live, again! See our animated intro for the latest Blood West DLC: Dead Man's Promise, published by New Blood Interactive, developed by Hyperstrange.

Releasing in just a few hours! Be there when it hits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPOG...

Blood West: Dead Man's Promise - Intro Cinematic

YouTube video by New Blood Interactive

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Alek Wasilewski @alekwasilewski.bsky.social · Dec 5

Artwork for the Hyperstrange Publisher Sale, live now. We know many of these characters pretty well. Digital pencil & ink by Yours Truly, color by Julia Maksymiuk and Yours Truly, logo by Magda Badalska.

Full illustration (and the 💸SALE 💸) is here - store.steampowered.com/publisher/Hy...

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