{"id":40374,"date":"2024-11-22T18:07:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=40374"},"modified":"2024-11-22T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:07:37","slug":"walk-kazumi-games-studios-anticipated-ps1-style-horror-game-may-be-getting-a-full-game-announcement-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/walk-kazumi-games-studios-anticipated-ps1-style-horror-game-may-be-getting-a-full-game-announcement-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk, Kazumi Games Studios\u2019 anticipated PS1-style horror game, may be getting a full game announcement soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese indie dev Kazumi Games Studios has suddenly started dropping more posts about their nostalgically creepy horror adventure game <strong>Walk<\/strong>. The game has been in development for over 3 years and previously received a playable demo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being silent on their X account since March 2023, Kazumi Studios suddenly started adding more posts about the game this November. This suggests that we may get an announcement about the full game\u2019s release soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aifmhBTcFi\">pic.twitter.com\/aifmhBTcFi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazumi Games Studios (@KazumiStudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KazumiStudios\/status\/1859526397817127289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ex7aPjjbEH\">pic.twitter.com\/ex7aPjjbEH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazumi Games Studios (@KazumiStudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KazumiStudios\/status\/1856341622986027473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled Sanpo in Japanese, Walk is an old school horror game in which you play as a Japanese elementary school girl who has to get home before nightfall. Played out against grainy, videotape-like images of suburban neighborhoods, it plays like an adventure game in which you must pick up items, solve puzzles and stay hidden from a tall, crow-like creature with a grinning white face.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game combines the low-res, compressed aesthetic of early 90s FMV horror titles like Phantasmagoria or The 7<sup>th<\/sup> Guest with the creepy atmosphere and fixed camera angles of iconic PlayStation 1 Japanese horror titles like Silent Hill and Resident Evil.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trailer for our game. Hope you like! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SanpoGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SanpoGame<\/a> Walk!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameTrailer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GameTrailer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Japan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jhorror?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jhorror<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/horrorgame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#horrorgame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/retrogaming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#retrogaming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WIP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WIP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%95%A3%E6%AD%A9%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u6563\u6b69\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30db\u30e9\u30fc\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30ec\u30c8\u30ed\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WalkGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WalkGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Indiegamedev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Indiegamedev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lowpoly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lowpoly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SurvivalHorror?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SurvivalHorror<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HauntedPS1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HauntedPS1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpdDqDUmbJ\">pic.twitter.com\/fpdDqDUmbJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazumi Games Studios (@KazumiStudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KazumiStudios\/status\/1355920099635392512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Walk was one of the games featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hauntedps1.itch.io\/demodisc2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021<\/a>&#8211; a sampler of free PS1-style indie games that are playable on PC. Offering about 30 minutes of gameplay, the demo received positive feedback, with <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/t\/2337232\/revisiting-walk-several-months-later-and-it-still-holds-up-my-guide-w-commentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commenters<\/a> eager to see a fuller, more fleshed out version. Kazumi Studios planned to run <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KazumiStudios\/status\/1381952061084868612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Kickstarter<\/a> for the game back in April 2021- with aims to add spoken dialogue, lengthen the story and add inventory management mechanics. At this time, it was announced that the game would eventually be released on PC, Mac, Linux and consoles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the recent increase in posts about Walk on both Kazumi Games Studios\u2019 X and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kazumigames.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bluesky<\/a> accounts, it seems that Kazumi Studios is gearing up to make an announcement about this anticipated indie horror soon- so watch this space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazumi Games Studios PS1-style indie horror game Sanpo \/ Walk was praised for its unusual atmosphere when it was released as a free demo back in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":40375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-40374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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