{"id":41905,"date":"2024-12-23T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41905"},"modified":"2024-12-23T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T06:02:58","slug":"chillas-art-new-game-cursed-digicam-has-you-taking-pictures-of-ghosts-fatal-frame-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/chillas-art-new-game-cursed-digicam-has-you-taking-pictures-of-ghosts-fatal-frame-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilla\u2019s Art\u2019s new game, Cursed Digicam, has you taking pictures of ghosts Fatal Frame-style\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chilla\u2019s Art, a development studio comprised of two brothers dedicated to making Japanese indie horror games like <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210906-1793\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Radio Station<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/chillas-art-to-release-complete-remake-of-the-bathhouse-a-game-discontinued-due-to-mysterious-game-breaking-bug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bathhouse<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chillas-arts-new-horror-game-shinkansen-0-coming-to-steam-on-march-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shinkansen 0<\/a>, has announced its latest title. <strong>Cursed Digicam<\/strong> is set to be released for PC (Steam) on January 10, 2025. As a person who finds a special camera, it is your job to take pictures of ghosts and upload them to a website to save your loved ones.\u00a0<\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30c1\u30e9\u30ba\u30a2\u30fc\u30c8\u521dUE5\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<br>\u300c\u546a\u308f\u308c\u305f\u30c7\u30b8\u30ab\u30e1\u300d1\u670810\u65e5\u767a\u58f2\u4e88\u5b9a\ud83d\ude4c<br>Our first UE5 game<br>Cursed Digicam out on January 10 <br><br>\u30a6\u30a3\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306b\u5165\u308c\u3066\u304f\u308c\u308b\u3068\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\ud83e\udd70<br>Please Wishlist~\u2665\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xdazzfAurj\">https:\/\/t.co\/xdazzfAurj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLu3rxKQHH\">pic.twitter.com\/NLu3rxKQHH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chilla&#39;s Art\uff5c\u30c1\u30e9\u30ba\u30a2\u30fc\u30c8 (@ChillasArt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChillasArt\/status\/1870471175182463104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cursed Digicam\u2019s narrative is shrouded in mystery. The game begins in a park- the place where a person important to the protagonist was last seen. The story progresses as more supernatural snapshots are uploaded to the website, with expositions about the mysterious circumstances you find yourself in as rewards. Unlike other Chilla\u2019s Art games like The Bathhouse and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230825-21107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parasocial<\/a> which have multiple endings, Cursed Digicam only has one ending for players to experience. Based on the development studio\u2019s track record, expect the conclusion to be depressing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cursed Digicam | \u546a\u308f\u308c\u305f\u30c7\u30b8\u30ab\u30e1 Coming Soon\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-rbi0BDj0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cursed Digicam was first announced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/chillasart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon supporters<\/a> at the end of November 2024. As a paranormal photo-taking game, it draws many parallels to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211004-3478\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koei Tecmo\u2019s famous Fatal Frame franchise<\/a>. Cursed Digicam is the first Chilla\u2019s Art game that runs on Unreal Engine 5, which explains the graphical and fidelity improvements over the studio\u2019s past titles.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41905-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Chilla's Art Cursed Digicam creepy park swings\" class=\"wp-image-41909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41905-001.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41905-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41905-001-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cursed Digicam is set to release on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3334550\/Cursed_Digicam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on January 10, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, Japanese indie game dev Chilla&#8217;s Art will release Cursed Digicam, a ghost-snapping photography game with Fatal Frame vibes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":41908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-41905","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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