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Sans Strings Studio

@sansstrings.bsky.social

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Founded by creative powerhouses Ryan Corniel + Sébastien Deguy, we're on a mission to bring digital puppeteering to new heights. Our unique system is tactile, real-time, scalable, and most importantly—has genuine soul. https://sansstrings.studio/felt-that

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 7d

Before Fuzz-E stepped into the ring... we were just making puppets punch each other in real-time.

Then Summer Game Fest happened ▶️

115K Steam wishlists
5M+ views
100+ press mentions
2.2K hours watched

(Testing confirms: puppet boxing was exactly as unhinged as we thought it would be. 🥊)

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 39m

"Everything is real-time." – CEO Sébastien Deguy

Our F.E.L.T. system ▶️

✓ Sub-2 millisecond latency
✓ Cross-platform deployment
✓ Unprecedented speed
✓ End-to-end pipeline

Our system doesn't replace creativity – it amplifies it.

#DigitalPuppetry #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 7d

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 14d

Stuntman Stu = world's craziest stuntman who fails spectacularly.

Challenge: Animate him driving and crashing motorcycles, rockets, cannons, cars... you get it.

No match for Ryan + our real-time pipeline. 22 episodes of animated spectacular stunts!

Thanks for the wild ride!

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 21d

We animated 22 episodes for PlaymatesToys' new Stuntman Stu line.

Toy designs → Real-time puppet pipeline → Action-packed episodes

Ryan Corniel ( @dukegunston.bsky.social) handled all animation through our real-time system.

Animation as fast as the action.

#UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 28d

Silent but stylish.

(Testing confirms: our tech captures tie physics perfectly. 💜)

#DigitalPuppetry #Interactive #RealTimeAnimation #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 28

Couch potatoes leveling up. 🎮

(Testing confirms: our tech works on root vegetables. 🥔)

#DigitalPuppetry #Interactive #RealTimeAnimation #Animation #UnrealEngine

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 21

String Theory – deranged puppets, shoestring budget, zero strings attached.

Building with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, 9 Emmys).

When you cut the strings, puppets get weird. Really weird.

You'll see 👀

#StringTheory #DigitalPuppetry

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 19

Real-time puppeteering = every spontaneous choice captured instantly.

Some sessions just hit different.

(Yes, we're still geeking out over Sam Richardson‼️)

#DigitalPuppetry #Animation

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 14

"It was pretty inspiring to see all these passionate entrepreneurs jumping full-on. The team at a16z is world class and the energy was golden." -Sebastien Deguy, CEO

SR005 is off to a legendary start. Puppets incoming. No strings attached.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 12

We're honored to be among the ~60 startups selected (out of 10,000+ applicants!) for a16z SR005.

Week One brought lightning-round pitches and fireside chats with industry titans.

Behind-the-scenes: https://speedrun.substack.com/p/scenes-from-sr-kickoff-week

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our Beasts have crossed into the physical realm

Gleeful Gear & Goodies now live at gleefulbeasts.com/shop/

From character creation → community that demands floof products.

Real-time puppeteering = audience-driven IP that scales.

Grab your merch + join the puppet revolution!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Aug 5

Any puppet, any screen, anywhere.

Balloof started as performance → now feeds fan communities, a YouTube series, and cross-platform content.

Real-time puppeteering = content infrastructure that scales.

Behind the Glee Ep 3 + cameraman incidents 👀 youtu.be/t7aC6QVfjY8

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 31

Fans are invested in how characters move and come alive through performance. 💬

"The way she squiggles as she floats away is kind of adorable!"
"The texture on the hair and the movement"
"The animations are beautiful."

Our system brings this authenticity to any IP we develop.

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 29

Balloof's growing wings promise nothing but doom, our system delivers.

ZBrush → Substance 3D → Houdini → UE5 → movements are a live performance captured in real-time with Valve Index Controllers.

Our system adapts – from shows to live events, games, and interactive spaces.

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 24

We’ve successfully flipped animation workflows!

6.2M+ views
92K+ fans
33K+ hours
395K+ interactions

Gleeful Beasts is our sketch comedy mockumentary series with hilariously flawed beasts. We make puppets do stuff → Sparklegoose writes lines and adds music → gleeful chaos!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 22

Johnson’s Mouth-Watering Bulge discovered its tragic destiny through movement first–meaning second.

Last week, pure movement. Now it becomes lore for Gleeful Beasts' world.

When tech eliminates barriers between performance and output–puppets tell their own stories.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our digital puppeteering system transforms human movement into instant character animation – no strings attached.

Anyone can bring characters to life using real-time control that's intuitive to learn and genuinely fun to use.

Get your puppet fix ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/@SansStrings

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 15

We delivered this performance to our Gleeful Beasts partners – pure character movement captured with our real-time technology.

No voices or narrative yet… just a character waiting to discover its story.

From our pipeline to screen – we’ve started a puppet movement.

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 10

1️⃣month since #SummerGameFest 🎮

Still thinking about these ❤️ indies

💬 Out of Words - stunning stop-motion co-op
🦗 Infinitesimals - tiny aliens, big adventure
🎵 Mixtape - coming-of-age soundtrack

Here's to devs who dare to make something different! Show em some love!💙

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Every shot in the trailer was performed with different controller types and every shot was captured in real-time with OBS," says Ryan Corniel, Sans Strings Studio COO.

It's a demo of puppets + real-time technology. Catch the trailer again ▶️ https://youtu.be/eSZCdxMQjxs

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 3

Real-time puppeteering =
✨ No delay between input + output
⚡ Create content at ⚡ speed
🎭 Real-time feedback loop

"With puppets, there's so much weird stuff you can get away with," says CCO Ryan Corniel.

More at → https://speedrun.substack.com/p/how-game-engine-tech-powers-these

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jul 1

No pressure, Fuzz-E!

Breaking: Animation studio becomes completely obsessed with their own puppet creations. More at 11.

For your weekly Fuzz-E fix (because we know you need it too), check @FeltThatGame, Steam, and our YouTube Channel 🥊

We're all in this together now.

Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jun 24

"Everything is real-time." Shares CEO Seb Deguy on our breakthrough pipeline in a new a16z speedrun article about Sans Strings Studio and Felt That: Boxing.

Grateful to a16z for believing in our felt-covered chaos!
👉 speedrun.substack.com/p/how-game-e...

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jun 19

"THIS IS A GAME???" "Are you kidding me?" "Best looking game at Summer Game Fest." – watching you react to puppet boxing has been a blast.

We’ve been swapping our fav reactions and had to compile them. Check out a few “wait, what?” moments.

Thanks to every champion in our corner! 🥊Credits on YT!

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · Jun 18

📈 100,000 Steam wishlists
⏰ All in 7 days post-Summer Game Fest

We built something weird but we knew y'all would get it!

This is just round one. 🥊