u/KairaStudio

Well, this is Kaira Studio. I am the scenarist, and more importantly than that, I am your host in this post.

We are based in Turkey, and as you know, Turkey has been in a bad financial condition for at least 10 years. We nearly have zero budget, along with restrictions such as the ban on global payment methods like PayPal, etc. Also, right now, Turkey blames school shootings on video games because of the violence some games contain, and they are trying to restrict Steam too.

It's very hard, you know. My future wife and I founded Kaira Studio one year ago with one thing in mind. We will tell the boldest stories in the industry without being edgy like some of the works of Garth Ennis. We gathered a team without a budget, and we managed to pay a capsule artist and a sound engineer for the post-production of our game's voice acting with our student loans, but it is really hard to make it happen in a country trying to portray Minecraft as anti-Islamist because you can eat pork in the game!

Anyways, we need your help. Not for Turkey, but for the whole world. We need to show them that, with respectful boundaries and without crossing some lines, we can tell whatever story we want to. We need to make the industry free again like Postal tried to do. We need to make the internet free again for the whole world.

Check this out and stand beside us in our journey please: DeadWeight: A Lullaby

This one is animated for our first title: DeadWeight: A Lullaby. Feel free to criticize.

Geliştirdiğimiz hikaye odaklı oyunumuzun skeçleri ve final versiyonları. Bu paneller bizim için gerçekten çok önemli çünkü oyunumuzun hikaye anlatımının bel kemiğini oluşturuyorlar.

Çizeri redditte çok aradık. Özellikle türk olursa iletişim kolaylığı açısından çok işimize geleceğinden buradaki çizimlere de baktık. Şans vermek istediğimiz çok arkadaş oldu fakat nasip. Umarım sonraki projelerimizde bu subredditten sanatçıları da aramızda göreceğiz.

Ha Steam sayfamız da var bu arada ilgilenirseniz. DeadWeight: A Lullaby.

Game Designer'ımızın çizdiği skeçler ve çizerin bu skeçlere hayat verişi her açıp baktığımızda kahkaha attırıyor. İş arkadaşlarınızın bu kadar yetenekli oluşu büyük bir avantaj.

Oyun: DeadWeight: A Lullaby

Yep! These are some of the illustration panels, from the first rough sketches made by our game designer to the final illustrations created by our artist. Looking at them side by side always makes us laugh because of the huge difference between the silly stickman sketches and the final result.

Well this is our game DeadWeight: A Lullaby.

What do you think about this? We are not sure about the colors but umm I think revisions will wait full release.

This capsule art was made by a friend of ours who’s really talented, but hadn’t done professional work before.
We’re honestly very happy with how it turned out.

If you can, consider working with artists instead of using AI. Even if you don’t have the budget for a professional, there are plenty of talented amateurs out there. Supporting someone early in their journey and helping them grow into a professional feels pretty great too.