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The Perfect PencilNewsThe Perfect Pencil new trailer and beta announcement!
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The Perfect Pencil new trailer and beta announcement!

The Perfect Pencil · published 10 Jul 2023, 16:28 UTC

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Hello there!

Today we wanted to show you the new trailer for our game, The Perfect Pencil, but most importantly we’d like to take the opportunity to announce our closed beta!

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But most importantly: the closed beta! We invite you all to try The Perfect Pencil for free this weekend, from July 14th to July 17th.

We invite everyone to try The Perfect Pencil for free this weekend, from July 14th to July 17th.

Everyone can register at this link. If you do so, you will receive a Steam Key in you inbox that will allow you to join the closed beta!

For anyone who already played the old demo of the game: this beta is a updated and polished version of our old demo.

We are going through this new beta process because your opinion matters to us, and we would like to learn how we can improve the game even further!

If you want to know more about the game...

The Perfect Pencil is a surreal action platformer that tells a tale of personal development and investigates the psychology of fear. Join protagonist John as he awakens in a bizarre hand-drawn kingdom and comes face to face with the terrors that dwell in the last place he’d have thought to look...

The game was born from the need to tell a story about a personal struggle with an anxiety disorder.

Starting from that spark, Studio Cima grew over the years in order to tell that tale and bring The Perfect Pencil to life.

We are now a team of 10, all based in Italy.

Our main inspiration are modern Metroidvanias such as Hollow Knight, and classics such as Zelda and Earthbound.

We are also fascinated by the aesthetics of Magritte, David Lynch and Wes Anderson.

The game is still in development and it is set to be released in 2024 on Steam and Nintendo Switch, with other platforms following.

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Discord: https://discord.gg/QYqqmvpYgJ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/perfect_pencil
Mail: [email protected]

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