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Michelle is a winner at the 2025 Game Maker's Sketchbook

Sorry We're Closed - Art Book · published 16 Jun 2025, 15:33 UTC

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Hey, we have three announcements coming this week and we're starting off with some art!

Michelle is in the winning selection for Character Art in the 2025 Game Maker's Sketchbook! This initiative is "aiming to highlight and celebrate all forms of art related to the craft of making games", you can read more about the project here as well as see all of the winning selections.

C.B. entered a character sheet exploring potential hairstyles for Michelle, along with her outfit and weapons. The piece was on display at Summer Game Fest from June 7th-9th.

Prints are available from iam8bit until July 7th with all proceeds going to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

We've got more news to share tomorrow!

Tom & C.B.

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