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The demo covers all of Act 1, and the team is now looking for a publisher.","whyItMatters":"A graduation project turned small international studio is shopping a demo in Southeast Asia not for press but for a funding partner, which is the state most independent puzzle games are in long before anyone outside a show floor hears about them.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe team behind the game met at an art university in San Francisco, where director Aria Batdorff\u0026#39;s graduation project grew into a studio. Batdorff, who is from Taiwan, directs and works across design, programming, art, and animation; 3D artist Ian Leung, from Hong Kong, handles the 2.5D presentation and stage finishing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombat runs on what Leung calls an original token system: coins are dragged into frames along the top of the stage to set the actions of the princess and her enemies. The story is framed as a bedtime tale with a magic mirror, and Leung says mystery and horror elements may work their way in.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Lamb Chop Show, from San Francisco's Abyssal Born Studio, casts you as the puppeteer of a puppet-theater stage. You drag tokens into sword and shield frames to move the princess and her enemies. Demo covers all of Act 1. The team is at gamescom asia Bangkok hunting for a publisher.","twitterPost":"The Lamb Chop Show is a turn-based puzzle game where you puppeteer the whole stage, dragging tokens into sword and shield frames to move the princess and her enemies. Abyssal Born Studio's demo covers Act 1. The team is looking for a publisher at gamescom asia Bangkok.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Lamb Chop Show, in development at San Francisco's Abyssal Born Studio, was shown at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026. Players control the entire puppet-theater stage, directing the princess and her enemies by dragging coins into sword and shield frames. The Act 1 demo is playable, and the team is looking for a publisher to fund development.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/055/G105509/20261102051/\",\"title\":\"The player controls not just the protagonist but the enemies too - turn-based puzzle game \\\"The Lamb Chop Show,\\\" fought on a puppet-theater stage\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5487,"outputTokens":762,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793677443,"createdAt":"2026-11-03T03:38:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T03:42:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-03T03:42:59.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6b0d90ef5191ee422bdd36a7","canonicalTitle":"主人公だけでなく敵までもプレイヤーが操る。人形劇の舞台で戦うターン制パズル「The Lamb Chop Show」","representativeArticleId":"a_07903e6addc3c57d04ec33e6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Lamb Chop Show\"],\"studios\":[\"Abyssal Born Studio\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-03T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-03T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-03T03:43:00.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/055/G105509/20261102051/","title":"主人公だけでなく敵までもプレイヤーが操る。人形劇の舞台で戦うターン制パズル「The Lamb Chop Show」"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Lamb Chop Show"],"studios":["Abyssal Born Studio"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Lamb Chop Show is in development at San Francisco-based Abyssal Born Studio.","Players direct the princess and her enemies by dragging tokens into sword and shield frames along the top of the stage.","The game began as director Aria Batdorff's graduation project at a San Francisco art university.","The demo includes the entirety of Act 1 and ends with a boss fight.","The team exhibited in Kuala Lumpur in early October and in Bangkok at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["the-lamb-chop-show","abyssal-born-studio"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"the-lamb-chop-show","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"green","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"abyssal-born-studio","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}